Manafort Out
The inevitable happened. There was no way that any campaign — not even Trump’s — could keep such a tainted fixer on board, when we were learning more about his sleazy and disturbing connections to...
View ArticleRare Media Refusal to Deploy Suicide Word Engineering
The media is wholly in the tank for the assisted suicide agenda. Witness the Brittany Maynard PR blitz and the recent stories about a happy “right to die” party.That is why almost all media followed...
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Poll: Who Is Your Favorite President of All Time?
Who is your favorite president of all time? Take NR’s latest poll and let your voice be heard. Poll: Who Is Your Favorite President of All Time?
View ArticleOlympics: Brussels Grabs British Gold!
The Daily Telegraph:The European Union has put itself at the top of an Olympic medal tracker, leading to accusations the organisation was attempting to take credit for Britain’s extraordinary Rio...
View ArticleHRC: Colin Powell Made Me to Do It
We’ve come full circle. Hillary Clinton’s decision to risk national security to avoid transparency requirements is — once again — Colin Powell’s fault. The New York Times reports:Pressed by the F.B.I....
View ArticleHaidt on Politcal Polarization
Last week my NR Cruise and Facebook pal Margaret tossed a suggestion: Watch this video of psychologist and author (and founder of Heterodox Academy) Jonathan Haidt’s recent keynote speech on political...
View ArticleTrump Campaign Managers, the Spinal Tap Drummers of Politics
Most political campaigns have only one manager in a cycle; Trump is on his third in two months. Corey Lewandowski was fired June 20, Paul Manafort took over, and Manafort departs today, leaving Steve...
View ArticleThe Rise of Compassionate Populism
George W. Bush gave us compassionate conservatism; Trump is now trying to give us compassionate populism, as we heard at his North Carolina rally last night. This isn’t crazy. We hear a lot about...
View ArticleFunny How that Works
Trump went to Baton Rouge; President Obama to follow. Donald Trump Visits Baton Rouge -- President Obama Follows Suit
View Article‘Who’s Afraid of Religious Liberty?’
A very thoughtful piece by Richard Samuelson in Mosaic. Religious Liberty -- Richard Samuelson in Mosaic Magazine
View ArticleThe Cultural Isolation of the Elites Is Primarily Driven By the National Media
Milwaukee erupts in riots that injure police officers, but it barely becomes national news. Louisiana is devastated by floods, but it takes a week for the national press to notice. The number of fatal...
View ArticleCan Speaker Ryan Recommit the Republican Party to Free Markets?
Republican support for the Export-Import Bank is a perfect illustration of the utter misunderstanding about what it means to be “pro-market.” (Hint: It doesn’t mean being “pro-business.”) As a result,...
View ArticleOf Course Physical Strength Is Important to Masculinity
My piece earlier this week— noting research that college men have less physical strength than their fathers did — kicked up a bit of a hornet’s nest. I got a number of responses both on Twitter and...
View ArticleStruggling
Yesterday, Betsy Woodruff had a piece about Stephen Bannon, the new chief of the Trump campaign (and therefore a chief of the Republican party). Betsy Woodruff is a reporter for the Daily Beast, who...
View ArticleWhere Did Those Manufacturing Jobs Go?
The economic consequences of globalization are, quite clearly, one of the themes running through this election (and not just this election), but via Cato, this is a useful reminder that job losses...
View ArticleKrauthammer’s Take: On Trump’s Plan for Black Employment, ‘What Exactly Is He...
Donald Trump has argued that high levels of unemployment in the black community are reason to support him, and Charles Krauthammer thinks that Trump needs to have more of a planWell, I don’t think it’s...
View ArticleForeigners Go to Belgian ERs for Euthanasia
When euthanasia is sold, we are promised it will be a rare procedure, oh, so carefully administered, with tremendous protections against abuse.Guidelines, schmidelines: In Belgium, people from other...
View ArticleMad Men: Remaking the Past
This take in Prospect on Mad Men by Clive James, the UK-based Australian writer, critic and very much more, lurks behind a paywall, but, as with so much that James has written, it is very well worth...
View ArticleMonday links
Dorothy Parker’s birthday: quotes, poems, a brief bio, and the weird journey of her ashes.Five Ancient Athletes Who Dominated the Olympics Thousands of Years Ago, and The United States’ First Trip to...
View ArticleIs This Election Trump vs. Hillary or Trump vs. the Media?
From the first Morning Jolt of the week:Is This Campaign Trump vs. Hillary or Trump vs. the Media?Michael Wolff, a longtime analyst of the media industry, writes in USA Today:Since the conventions, as...
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