Student Demographics Are Not Destiny
When we compare educational outcomes across different states and cities, it is important to keep in mind that some states and cities have populations that are (say) more disadvantaged than others. To...
View ArticleKrauthammer's Take: Jeb Starting to Sound 'Petulant and Pathetic'
Over the weekend Jeb Bush said if the primary is going to focus on “how we’re going to fight to get nothing done,” he “doesn’t want any part of it” because he has a lot of other “cool things” he could...
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View ArticlePoland's Election (Updated with Links)
Poland has been one of Europe’s success stories in recent years, but Sunday’s election saw the defeat of an incumbent market-friendly government that was, by any measure, successful. CNN has the...
View ArticleNo Longer Cry for Argentina?
Argentina’s election last Sunday could be the start of a game changer. The left-wing British newspaper The Guardian put it bluntly: “If there were any remaining doubts that progressive governments in...
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Meet Your New GOP Frontrunner! No, Not Just Iowa . . . Nationally!
From the Tuesday Morning Jolt:Meet Your New GOP Frontrunner! No, Not Just Iowa . . . Nationally.You know how Donald Trump likes to bring up the polls in his speeches and remarks? I think he may shake...
View ArticleThe Clintons' Marriage Revisionism, Ctd.
Chuck Ross has more at Daily Caller: Neither the Clinton White House’s papers nor the recollections of contemporaries backs up the Clintons’ account of why they supported the Defense of Marriage Act.
View ArticleAnd While We're on the Subject
of misstatements by Hillary Clinton: It turns out she is making false claims about gun laws, too.At an October 7 forum in Iowa, she wrongly claimed, “They are the only business in America that is...
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GRAPH: The NRA Is More Popular than Both Obama AND Hillary
Hillary Clinton recently claimed that she considers the National Rifle Association (NRA) an enemy. Recent polling has shown, however, that such a declaration may not be the smartest idea for courting...
View ArticleWho Will Take Over Ways and Means after Paul Ryan?
According to the Wall Street Journal on Friday, the three contenders for Chairman Paul Ryan’s job at Ways and Means are representatives Kevin Brady of Texas, Devin Nunes of California, and Pat Tiberi...
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Black Lives Matter Makes a Good Case for Hosting a Democratic Debate
The Black Lives Matter group called for a Democratic presidential primary debate focusing on their paramount issues, race relations, police treatment of minorities, and “white privilege.” The...
View ArticleCampaign Finance Reform That Actually Works
In the Washington Post, the political scientists Ray LaRaja and Brian Schaffner, authors of Campaign Finance and Political Polarization When Purists Prevail, offer a compelling case for stronger...
View ArticleThe Budget Deal Has No Pretense of Fiscal Responsibility Whatsoever
Despite Republicans’ having their largest congressional majority since 1928, we just got a budget deal that is a total surrender to the Democrats and gives them almost everything that they want. This...
View ArticleAn Awful Budget Deal
The worst thing about the budget deal — and there are many lamentable things about it — is that it effectively ends sequestration, converting it from a real spending cap into a set of theoretical...
View ArticleThis Week in Michigan: Jay Nordlinger and Children of Monsters
Jay will be speaking in his home state of Michigan this week, courtesy of the National Review Institute, with fascinating tales and lessons from his acclaimed new book, Children of Monsters.On...
View ArticleAll That's Missing Is an 'Amen'
John Kerry, preaching to the choir at last week’s Secretary’s Climate and Clean Energy Investment Forum:Did skeptics of Mendelian inheritance or wave–particle duality have to be “converted”? Or was...
View ArticleShouldn't GOP Leaders Fight for Republican Voters, Not Against Them?
Imagine waking up one day and reading this in your favorite conservative news source:The incoming Republican Speaker of the House has signed off on a letter promising not to bring up any legislation...
View ArticleNew Planned Parenthood Video: Fetal Hearts Are 'Amazing' -- That's Why I...
After a long delay, the Center for Medical Progress is out with a new, typically ghastly, Planned Parenthood video:Via CMP:The eleventh video release from The Center for Medical Progress in the ongoing...
View ArticleIs the Obama Administration Escalating the War Against ISIS?
Last week an American soldier died in ground combat in Iraq, and while the Obama administration at first tried to downplay the raid, there is now strong evidence that it may well be a harbinger of a...
View ArticleKrauthammer's Take: Republicans' Plan to Impeach IRS Commissioner Will Backfire
Tonight Charles Krauthammer warned Republicans that their plans to impeach IRS commissioner John Koskinen are “not going to end well.” “Republicans in the Congress have shown they have no ability to...
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