The Agony of the GOP
That was the title of a book by Bob Novak, in 1965, about the previous year’s election. (Only there were dots in “GOP”: “G.O.P.” We also put dots in the Soviet Union: “U.S.S.R.”) In our new Need to...
View ArticleSeven Things that Caught My Eye Today (Oct. 27, 2015)
1. Bishops from Iraq and Syria would like us to pay attention. 2. “That was pathetic.” Morning Joe doesn’t hold back on Hillary Clinton’s sexism claim.3. On going for the spine – an eleventh video from...
View ArticleBeyond PP
Ready to find out what’s beyond Planned Parenthood and it’s monopoly claim on women’s health? Good. Because this Thursday (October 29th) the Heritage Foundation and National Review Institute are...
View ArticleA Closer Look at Those 'Non-Violent Drug Offenders' Obama Mentioned
From the midweek edition of the Morning Jolt:Let’s Look Closer at Those Non-Violent Drug Offenders Obama MentionedPresident Obama yesterday in Chicago: “Our prisons are crowded with non-violent...
View ArticleYou're Running for President, Not Diva
Jeb Bush tells us he could be doing other really cool things. Donald Trump preemptively declares he doesn’t expect tonight’s debate to be “fair.” Hillary Clinton says it’s sexist to say she’s shouting....
View ArticleA Very Brief Reply to Theodore Johnson
Mr. Johnson thinks it’s a good idea for Republicans to condemn policies that do not discriminate on the basis of race by their terms, in their intent, or in their application, but simply because they...
View ArticleNineteen Things that Caught My Eye Today (Oct. 28, 2015)
1. The Syrian Catholic priest who escaped IS captivity(Hat tip: @BenWeinthal)2. Rabbi Jonathan Sacks marks an anniversary:It was, on the face of it, a minor theological gesture, yet it brought about...
View ArticleThe Mystery of Performance
About last night’s odd, long, and wonderful baseball game, Daniel Murphy, a Met, said, “Yeah, there was a lot of baseball out there.” (For an account of the game, and that Murphy comment, go here.)...
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Trump: 'A Small Loan Of A Million Dollars'
Donald Trump was feeling under appreciated — a common occurrence — at a townhall meeting in New Hampshire this week. He explained to NBC’s Matt Lauer how rough his life had been because he’d been...
View ArticleI Hope the Russians Love Their Children Too
Compare and contrast how New York Times covered a school rezoning fight on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, where middle- and upper-middle-income white parents are resisting having their children...
View ArticleNo Way, No How, on Budget Deal/Capitulation
This budget deal is an abomination. It must be defeated.I write that as somebody who once served on the House Appropriations Committee staff. And as somebody who still contends that John Boehner’s...
View ArticleRubio's Tax Plan: Structure vs. Level
Senator Rubio has revised his tax plan to address some criticisms of it. I write about the resulting plan here. My basic conclusion: Rubio has the best proposal of any of the presidential contenders in...
View ArticleWho's Running the Best Presidential Campaign?
Chris Cillizza makes a solid case that the answer is Ted Cruz.(disclosure)
View ArticleRyan: Give Away the Store to 'Wipe the Slate Clean'?
Is he kidding?After posturing about how much the budget deal, or at least the backroom process that produced it, “stinks,” the apparent next House Speaker, Paul Ryan, has announced that he will support...
View ArticleRand Paul and the Founders
Andrew Kaczynski and Megan Apper of BuzzFeed have documented that Sen. Rand Paul is a serial offender when it comes to repeating fake quotes from the Founders. Thomas Jefferson, for example, never...
View ArticleZombie Ex-Im Bank Makes for a Ghoulish Halloween
The Ex-Im Bank was dead. Not “dead dead” but the closest it had ever been to being truly six feet under. Defeating this 81-year-old crony program was a tremendous victory for the free-market and...
View ArticleMarco Rubio Needs to Address His H-1B Visa Support
In August, I wrote about the use and abuse of the H-1B visa program. Employers in technology industries maintain that the visa program enables them to fill IT positions for which there are no qualified...
View ArticleBREAKING: Paul Ryan Wins GOP Speaker Nomination
It’s official: Pending the general election on the House floor Thursday, Paul Ryan will be the next speaker of the House. In the Republican conference election that ended just moments ago, Ryan managed...
View ArticleSometimes, Primary Fights Can Be Great Clarifiers
John Kasich let loose yesterday, perhaps previewing some criticism of his rivals he’ll offer tonight:“I’ve about had it with these people,” Kasich said at the rally in Westerville, Ohio.“We got one...
View ArticleA Sanders Fan on HRC, the Campaign So Far
A friend writes: “The media has embraced Hillary. Sanders has peaked and I am p***ed that he never truly embraced the American radical tradition: Paine to FDR. Instead he continually spoke of...
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