The Self-Muzzling of America
Democratic candidates are apparently not allowed to say “radical Islam.” Or “All lives matter.” If they say those things, there’s hell to pay. And now Hillary Clinton has pledged not to say “illegal...
View ArticleBarack Obama, Red-Baiter
Undeterred by pesky responsibilities like the War on Terror (as we called it in the bad old days), President Obama is headed to Paris to confront the Greatest Threat of Our Time: global warming (as...
View ArticleThe Rapidly Spreading States of Emergency
On November 12, President Obama said it was “premature” to say that ISIS was “the greatest terror threat in the world.”Since then, four countries have declared a national “state of emergency” in...
View ArticleThis Is Sparta!
This week’s Bookmonger podcast is with Paul A. Rahe, author of The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta: The Persian Challenge. We talk about the guys who inspired the movie 300, whether their martial...
View ArticleWhy Ted Cruz Probably Won't Win
Ted Cruz is now the flavor of the week. He has risen dramatically in polls, both nationally and in key states like Iowa, and now many pundits are saying he’s the man to watch. Maybe so, but that vastly...
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Jeff Bezos, Nazi
First, this:Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday demanded Amazon suspend its subway advertising campaign for its new show, “The Man in the High Castle,” which has plastered Nazi and Imperial Japanese...
View ArticleKrauthammer's Take: Turkey Also Shot Down Any Chance of a U.S.-Russia Alliance
In shooting down a Russian fighter jet that violated its airspace, Turkey also greatly diminished any chance the U.S. will accept Russian into its anti-ISIS coalition, Charles Krauthammer argued...
View ArticleTake the X Train
Below, Ian has a post on the advertising that is permitted on New York subway trains and the advertising that is not. Well, I bring you some advertising that is: A few inches from an adorable little...
View ArticleThe New Hamtramck -- and the Looming Question
When I was growing up in southeastern Michigan, Hamtramck was the Polish-American stronghold. It must have been one of the most Polish cities outside of Poland. We were all kind of proud of it. It was...
View ArticleThe West Takes on ISIS, Even without U.S. Leadership
From my most recent NRO article, on France’s response to the attacks: “The French government has responded admirably to the Paris outrage and is preparing to cooperate with the Russians in attacking...
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New Kasich Web Video: Donald Trump Is Pretty Much a Nazi, Right?
From the last Morning Jolt of this Thanksgiving Week:New Kasich Web Video: Donald Trump Is Pretty Much a Nazi, Right?Yeesh. John Kasich’s campaign takes its biggest shot at Donald Trump, featuring a...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving links
Time to invite the neighbors to dinner, kill them, and take their land. Here’s a huge roundup of Thanksgiving links: how turkey got its name, why the Lions and Cowboys always play, Ben Franklin’s...
View ArticleAttacking Trump, Ineffectively
I don’t think that this line of attack on Trump is going to be effective at reducing his support. Republican voters are used to being told that the candidates they like are dangerous extremists, and to...
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This Train Is Not Bound for Glory
Jay: I’ll see your prudishness, and raise you. Several months ago, I spotted this ad during my morning commute:I’d say, “Don’t miss the disclaimer at the bottom” — but you couldn’t miss it if you...
View ArticleStop Saying That Public School Teachers Are ‘Underpaid’
One of the more enduring education-policy myths is that public-school teachers are “underpaid” on average, and therefore that raising teacher pay across the board would improve student achievement. The...
View ArticleNine Things that Caught My Eye Today (Nov. 25, 2015)
Just a few windows open on my computer before Thanksgiving:1. From Terry Mattingly about the new Louisiana governor:what did this win tell the Democratic establishment? If it wants to return to power...
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Putin's Turkey Problem
On Tuesday two Turkish F-16s shot down a Russian Su-24 fighter bomber over Turkish territory.Given the crowded skies over Syria these days, with American, French, British, Turkish, and now Russian...
View ArticleThe Fed Freaks Out
The FORM (Fed Oversight and Modernization) Act would direct the Federal Reserve to come up with a rule to guide its policies. If it chooses a rule other than the well-known, widely-supported “Taylor...
View ArticleFor Marco Rubio, the Force Awakens
This article is not about the upcoming Star Wars movie. But it is the article you are looking for!The GOP primary electorate has a Force that “surrounds us” and “binds the [GOP] together”. That Force...
View ArticleKey for Cruz
This morning, I did a little television, in what I thought would be a segment about my new book. (Plug plug plug!) It turned out to be about Ted Cruz and Iowa, which was fine. (My disclosure, written...
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