"Extreme Vetting" Is Extremely Overdue
Donald Trump’s speech yesterday on the threat of radical Islam included a section about immigration policy that has the usual suspects in a tizzy. This section focused not on terrorism, but rather on...
View ArticleKathleen Kane Was an Honorary Clinton All Along
From the Tuesday edition of the Morning Jolt:Kathleen Kane Was an Honorary Clinton All AlongBill Clinton, endorsing Kathleen Kane in 2012:“The first elected office I ever held was Attorney-General, so...
View ArticlePanetta’s Call to ‘Move On’ From Hillary Emails to ‘Real Issues’
I just want to add a couple of points to Ian’s excellent post from Monday on former defense secretary Leon Panetta’s call for Americans — including “the candidates — to “move on” from his pal Hillary...
View ArticleThe Ideologies of Islamism and Communism Aren't That Different
There’s a lot to gripe about in Donald Trump’s speech about how he would fight ISIS, but one point that doesn’t seem legitimate is scoffing at Trump’s comparison of the current effort against radical...
View ArticleUncommon Knowledge: General Jack Keane
General Jack Keane briefly describes the history and rise of ISIS and its aim in the Middle East. Keane then discusses the concrete steps America should take to defeat ISIS, including partnerships with...
View ArticleTrickle Down: Trump's Failure Hurting Republicans Down Ballot
For a few months after Donald Trump clinched the nomination in May, it appeared as though his bizarre candidacy, his “gaffes” (hard to call them gaffes when they seem to comprise the entirety of the...
View Article"Worse Than Death" Meme Pushes Culture of Death
Assisted suicide is promoted in the USA with fear mongering about the terminally ill suffering with intractable pain for which nothing other than a lethal overdose will suffice.In actual suicide...
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There's Nothing Wrong with Carefully Screening Immigrants
In reaction to Donald Trump’s “extreme vetting” proposal, Mark Krikorian writes:Questions about the practical implementation of such a proposal are legitimate, if overblown. Trump obviously didn’t go...
View ArticleDrowning Lives Matter
There is a horrific flood in Louisiana that seems to be totally off the media radar screen. Our old colleague Rod Dreher lives there and is reporting wonderfully and castigating too — the devastation...
View ArticleSorry, but Keeping SCOTUS Conservative Isn't Enough to Justify a Vote for Trump
In today’s LA Times, Jeremy Rabkin (of George Mason’s Scalia Law School) and I argue that keeping the Court conservative is not enough to vote for Donald Trump. Many conservatives explain away the...
View ArticleProfile in Courage Award
National Review’s film critic, Ross Douthat, in response to a current Twitter meme, has named his seven favorite films. I praise him for his courage in putting Titanic on the list. It’s an excellent...
View ArticleDeath and Disaster in Syria and Iraq
News from Syria is dramatic. Units loyal to the Bashar Assad regime have been besieging Aleppo, the country’s most important city after Damascus. In heavy fighting, secular rebels appear to have...
View ArticleBallot Question Forcing Liberals to Decide Between Teachers Unions and Children
Poor minorities cannot count on Democrats’ help when the teachers lobby is on the other side of the debate, and a Massachusetts ballot question to modestly expand charter schools is highlighting that...
View Article‘The Nihilism in Milwaukee’
My column today, which I open with how reporter Tim Pool felt it was too dangerous for white people at the Milwaukee protests from him to continue to cover them:The Milwaukee unrest has taken on a more...
View Article‘Obamacare is going through a major test of its viability’
From Vox, no less. Obamacare -- Major Test of Its Viability
View ArticleRe: 'Extreme Vetting' Is Extremely Overdue
Here’s my top-ten list of what we should expect from those who want to become Americans (and those who are already Americans, for that matter). The list was first published in a pre-9/11 National...
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POLL: Should Immigrants to the U.S. Be Carefully Screened?
Should immigrants to the U.S. be carefully screened? Take NR’s latest poll and let your voice be heard. POLL: Should Immigrants to the U.S. Be Carefully Screened?
View ArticleHillary Clinton’s Incredible Weakness
In the new NBC/Survey Monkey poll, 59 percent of people regard her unfavorably. When presented with various positive descriptions of her, 52 percent of people opt instead for “none of the above.” Only...
View ArticleWould Hillary Clinton Really Oppose TPP as President?
It’s odd to see a sitting president and his endorsed successor disagreeing so strongly, and then effectively campaigning against each other on one big priority, Trans-Pacific Partnership trade...
View ArticleViability?
Rich reports that Vox – even Vox! — concedes: “Obamacare is going through a major test of its viability.”This is sincerely not intended as petty or snarky or partisan, but I don’t see how this is a...
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