Taxes and the Candidates
Next week in D.C., the Conservative Reform Network will be releasing “Tax Reform for Our Century,” a booklet by Ryan Ellis (which I helped edit). Representatives of four presidential campaigns–those of...
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Whatever Happened in those Post-9/11 Jersey City Arrests?
Trump fans point to a September 16, 2001 report from a CBS New York affiliate, as supporting evidence for his claims about celebrating Muslims on 9/11.CBS reporter Pablo Guzman related an eye-opening...
View ArticleDon't Worry: Thomas Piketty Has the Answer to ISIS and the War on Terror
Here is a confession: I tend to look at every policy issue through the narrow lens of small government, government’s interference with the market, freedom, and cronyism. But I guess you knew that. But...
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And Still the Kindness Comes
Our Webathon proceeds, fueled by need, matched by generosity of those NR readers — surely you too — who want to see NR thrive, who want to be part of this incredible Buckley mission, who want to...
View Article"Typical Left-Wing Tactics" at Slate
The laws governing the market for fetal tissue are weak, in part because federal courts have insisted on their being weak. A pro-life group has brought new attention to this market with a series of...
View ArticleThis Shooting Does Not Fit the Usual Pattern
Nothing about this shooting fits the usual pattern. If, as seems to be confirmed, there were indeed three shooters, that rules out the lone wolf lunatics to which we have become sadly accustomed. And...
View ArticleTexas AG Not Defending Futile Care Law!
Texas has an odious “futile care” law that permits hospital bioethics committees to refuse wanted life-extending treatment to patients based on their view–strangers–of the quality of the person’s life....
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BREAKING: Shooting in San Bernardino, Calif.; 17 Dead, 14+ Wounded; 3...
8:45 p.m.: Police announce two suspects were killed at the scene of the shootout near the black SUV in San Bernardino. One officer was injured and is being treated at a local hospital with...
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San Bernardino and the Police Militarization Debate: Sometimes, Cops Need Armor
If you listen to the recording of radio traffic during the shootout with the San Bernardino mass-shooting suspects, you’ll hear right away the police are clearly calling for “Bearcats.” They’re almost...
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View ArticleWhat to Make of the Confusion Surrounding the San Bernardino Shooting
As I write this it is Wednesday just past 10 p.m. on the west coast, and information on Wednesday’s shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., is far from complete. Perhaps like you, I’m noting the apparent...
View ArticleOur National Rorschach Test of Violence
From the Thursday edition of the Morning Jolt:So How Much of this ‘Hybrid’ Attack Was Jihadism?Yesterday the country got the perfect Rorschach test of violence. People who want to downplay violent...
View ArticleCruz Looks to Shore Up National-Security Credentials Before Pro-Israel Audience
Ted Cruz appeared before the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) on Thursday looking to shore up his national-security credentials, which have increasingly come under attack as his rivalry with Florida...
View ArticleMore on Cops and Armor
To David’s excellent post on the need to have well armed police forces, I’ll add a point I’ve made before. It is rich of the federal government to complain about the militarization of local police...
View ArticleChristian Martyrs Today
The White House, as you may have heard, is reportedly on the verge of announcing that Yazhidis in Iraq are victims of genocide. They should do so, and they should include the Christians. Christians in...
View ArticleHas Prayer Become a Platitude?
The Daily News today has a cover declaring that God isn’t “God Isn’t Fixing This” and “Prayers aren’t working,” the associated article says.The paper takes particular aim at Republican candidates for...
View ArticleHas Prayer Become a Platitude?
The Daily News today has a cover on the San Bernardino shooting declaring that “God Isn’t Fixing This.” “Prayers aren’t working,” the associated article says.The paper takes particular aim at...
View ArticleGraham Rips Cruz and Trump, Warns GOP About Electability
Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are going to get Republicans “creamed” next November, Lindsey Graham warned Thursday morning in a harsh public rebuke of his party’s conservative wing.The South Carolina...
View ArticleYes, We Should Prohibit Those on the Terror Watch List from Purchasing Guns
It’s rare that I take Barack Obama’s side against Charlie Cooke’s, but I’m inclined to agree with the president on the narrow merits of his new talking point about the terror watch list and gun buying....
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