Blame It On Rio
From the last Morning Jolt of the week:Blame It On RioFor the next two weeks, American minds will think less about politics and more about the summer Olympics, and this year’s competition may offer a...
View ArticleTrump's 'but the Court!' Cry Can Be Used Against Him, Too
Earlier in the week, Ian Tuttle wrote trenchantly — and comprehensively — on the matter of Trump and the Supreme Court. Regardless of where you come down on the question, I’d recommend that you read...
View ArticleLastest Poll Shows Ryan Desperately Clinging to Mere 66-Point Lead
Yesterday I asked what Trump gets out of his refusal to endorse Ryan, and his kind words for Ryan’s primary challenger Paul Nehlen.Granted, this is a House primary in the middle of summer, and turnout...
View ArticleNotre Dame Has Reached the Point of No Return
Yesterday at First Things, William Dempsey laid out a case for the decline of the nation’s preeminent Catholic university: Notre Dame. Dempsey is an alumnus of the university and chairman of Sycamore...
View Article‘The Ransom that Dare Not Speak Its Name’
I wrote about the Iran payment today:It’s funny how coincidences work. In 2010, as much as $7 million was dropped on the deck of the Maran Centaurus, an oil tanker captured by Somali pirates, and the...
View ArticleThe Pro-Life Case for Being Pro-Life
Michael New makes several sound points against the idea that pro-lifers should vote for Hillary Clinton even though (or maybe because) she supports legal abortion. One additional point: A legal regime...
View ArticleVIDEO: Journalists Forget They're Journalists, Applaud Hillary's Answers to...
In a rare press conference, Hillary Clinton got the royal treatment from so-called journalists who continually applauded her for answering their questions. Is this what we have to look forward to for...
View ArticleAs Donald Trump Craters in the Polls, Is Never Trump to Blame?
The Great Cratering is upon us. According to the RealClearPolitics average, Donald Trump is losing to Clinton by almost seven points, the battleground polls look terrible, his net favorability rating...
View ArticleThe Worst News for Trump in the Marist Poll
We all know that the GOP isn’t known as the party of the young, but yesterday’s Marist poll has Trump finishing fourth amongst voters under 30 — and it’s not even a close race for fourth place. Hillary...
View ArticleEEOC Treads on 'Don't Tread on Me'
It was only a matter of time, really. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has ruled that displaying the Gadsden Flag in the workplace — the yellow flag with the words Don’t Tread on Me below a...
View ArticleJuly’s Solid Job Numbers
This is why you should never read too much into one employment report. A couple of months ago, the government said payroll growth was the slowest in several years. Pessimists went into overdrive, the...
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How To Tell If The GOP Has Become A Trump Party
Is the Republican Party now Donald Trump’s party? Democrats and liberal pundits naturally love to say that since Trump is the party’s presidential nominee, he is the head of the party, and his ideas...
View ArticleBrave New World Should Be Campaign Issue
Over at First Things I get into how one of the most important questions of our time–how to maintain a moral biotech sector–is being ignored in this election season. Human cloning is being perfected, we...
View ArticleA Collegial Conversation
One of my favorite things to do in life is talk with Ian Tuttle, my brilliant colleague (one of them). Usually, we do this in the office or a restaurant. Recently, we did it in a Q&A podcast. Our...
View ArticleA Word About Marines
Col. John Folsom runs an organization called Wounded Warriors Family Support. I have the honor of serving on its board. I had known that Col. Folsom was a decorated Marine, but I didn’t know that he...
View ArticleDefining Being on Message Down
Donald Trump made pro forma endorsements of Paul Ryan, John McCain, and Kelly Ayotte on Friday, which has led his supporters to argue his campaign is back on track. It does show that Trump can...
View ArticleCokie Roberts Tries to Play the Sexism Card for Hillary
This weekend, Cokie Roberts claimed that Donald Trump’s characterization of Hillary Clinton as “unhinged” is “totally code for we shouldn’t elect a woman.”This is a big stretch. Plenty of people have...
View ArticleIranians Execute Scientist Mentioned in Clinton’s E-Mails
From the first Morning Jolt of the week:Iranians Execute Scientist Mentioned in Clinton’s E-MailsYes, the Iranian regime executed a nuclear scientist who reportedly helped U.S. intelligence who was...
View ArticleRicochet Time
For years, as we promoted webathons, I kvetched about mooching — in this case, the art of visitors’ daily feasting at the NRO all-you-can-eat bar without ever throwing a sawbuck in the tip jar. It’s...
View ArticleEvan McMullin
He is a #NeverTrump advocate, and #NeverHillary too, and he is now offering himself as a conservative choice for president, an alternative for disaffected voters..Opposing @realDonaldTrump is about...
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