Poll: One-Third of Iowa's GOP Evangelicals Support Ben Carson
Quick thoughts on this morning’s Quinnipiac poll showing Ben Carson overtaking Donald Trump in Iowa, 28 percent to 20 percent.Carson taking the lead isn’t enormously surprising but the margin is. The...
View ArticleBenghazi Committee Should Ask Hillary: Where Was Obama?
The House Select Committee on Benghazi should make Hillary Clinton answer this question at today’s much-anticipated hearing:“Where was Obama during the Benghazi attack? Please reply in detail according...
View ArticlePalestinians’ Breathtaking Falsification of Reality
Pretty well every day at present some Palestinian, usually a teenager, draws a knife on some Israeli, may or may not succeed in killing him, and is then himself shot dead by some Israeli security...
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CHART: The Real Story Behind Income Inequality
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and other liberals have recently spread misinformation about income inequality. The truth is that most of the wealth in the United States is earned, not...
View Article‘The Anti-Establishment Frontrunner’
I write in Politico today about the bizarre reversal in GOP presidential politics that we have witnessed to this point:If we had been told at the beginning of the year that in October a Republican...
View Article13 Things that Caught My Eye Today
1. Archbishop Chaput from the Vatican bishops’ meeting on the family: “the synod reported in the media and the synod actually taking place at the Vatican are rarely the same creatures.”2. Toasting the...
View ArticleCruz, Lee, Rubio: Reconciliation Should Repeal Obamacare
The three senators issued a joint press release:“On Friday the House of Representatives is set to vote on a reconciliation bill that repeals only parts of Obamacare. This simply isn’t good enough. Each...
View ArticleCourt Permits Evidence Jahi McMath Alive
A court in California has permitted Jahi McMath’s mother to present evidence that Jahi ”has standing” to bring a lawsuit. From the court’s order sustaining a demurrer (meaning the original pleadings...
View ArticlePaul Ryan Tells Colleagues: I'm 'All In' on Speaker Bid
Moments ago, Paul Ryan told his colleagues that he’s plowing ahead with a bid for House speaker. In a meeting with them on Tuesday, he indicated he’d move forward only if he had the support of all...
View ArticleTen Things that Caught My Eye Today (Oct. 23, 2015)
1. Do not abandon yourself to despair. We are the Easter people and Alleluia is our song. (St. John Paul II)— Cardinal Napier (@CardinalNapier) October 23, 20152. WOW: New @CtrMedProgress footage...
View ArticleHillary's Back on Top in Iowa
Has the Bernie Sanders boomlet come and gone? This morning’s Quinnipiac poll in Iowa offers the first major piece of evidence:Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is back on top among Iowa likely...
View Article'Make Sure That the Person Who Made That Film Is Arrested and Prosecuted.'
Do you ever feel like you’re seeing something completely different from everyone else? This morning the media is full of reports that the Benghazi committee’s hearing yesterday revealed “nothing new.”...
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Chafee's Out; A Political Non-Factor By Any Metric
I know this will stun you, but Lincoln Chafee is dropping out of the Democratic presidential primary. It may stun you almost as much as the fact that Lincoln Chafee was in the Democratic presidential...
View ArticleFriday links
Some Halloween-related links: history, witches, costumes for animals and people, pumpkin carving (and exploding), trick or treating origins, candy hierarchy.Why More Firstborn Kids Need Glasses.Gallery...
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Hillary's Campaign Sends Out Benghazi-Related Fundraising E-Mail
It is not surprising, but still in bad taste, that Hillary Clinton’s campaign is sending out fundraising e-mails that cite yesterday’s appearance before the Benghazi Committee:Yeah, that was a long day...
View ArticleAnatomy Of A Political Suicide: Lessons for the Right from Canada
Conservatives should pay attention to this week’s defeat of Stephen Harper’s government in Canada after a decade in power. Despite presiding over genuinely solid economic performance – it weathered the...
View ArticleLincoln Chafee Ends Campaign: Will Anyone Notice?
Lincoln Chafee announced today he is ending his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. The former Rhode Island senator and governor started out in politics in the 1990s as a Republican,...
View ArticleJeb Bush Doubles Down on Religious Liberty
During his Liberty University commencement speech this May, Jeb Bush made the case for religious liberty — making the critical point (especially in an era where Christians are constantly branded...
View ArticleThe Intra-Millionaire Inequality Problem
I am a longtime fan of Wired, probably my favorite magazine after our own blue-bordered oasis of civilization here and The New Criterion. That being said, its recent “Race, Gender, and Equality in the...
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