The Surge in New Gun Sales Is Entirely Rational
Hugh Hewitt tweeted, “Attacks like yesterday add to necessity of an armed population, especially with a president who does nothing serious to stop the spread of jihadism.”Washington, D.C., police chief...
View ArticleSan Bernardino Shows the High Cost of Political Correctness
Read the last paragraphs of this CBS Los Angeles report about the police raid on Syed Farook’s home:A man who has been working in the area said he noticed a half-dozen Middle Eastern men in the area in...
View ArticleWhat Should Delight Conservatives about the 2016 Race
I wrote about Cruz v. Rubio for Politico today:Amid the Republican Party’s panic over Donald Trump, the media’s obsession with his every statement and misstatement, and the pundit’s predictions of an...
View ArticleCNN: Shooter Was in Touch With 'More than One' Terrorism Suspect
Here you go. The San Bernardino shootings that killed 14 people and injured 17 more were a radical Islamist terrorist attack.Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook was in touch over the phone and via...
View ArticleCNN: Sources Say Farook Was Radicalized
Not very surprising at this point:Sources: Syed Rizwan Farook, male shooter in #SanBernardino massacre, was apparently radicalized https://t.co/KL3OFxBKwZ— CNN (@CNN) December 3, 2015
View ArticleWho Sets Monetary Policy?
The ECB cut interest rates, and the euro sharply appreciated while stocks fell. The generallyacceptedstory is that the markets expected the ECB to cut interest rates by more than they did.If you read...
View ArticleRubio Plays to Republican Jewish Audience and Sets Sights on Cruz
On the campaign trail, presidential candidates deliver a lot of canned lines and recite a lot of speeches from memory. Marco Rubio in particular has been criticized for sounding overly scripted in...
View ArticlePentagon Makes 'Historic' Mistake -- Opening All Combat Jobs to Women
The social justice warriors have won. Today, in a decision the media is hailing as “historic,” the Pentagon is opening “all jobs in combat units” to women:Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said...
View ArticleGun Control as False Religion
The Left started criticizing people for saying they were sending their “thoughts and prayers” to the victims in San Bernardino last night. But what it is offering instead is magical thinking about gun...
View ArticleSpecial Interests Are about to Score Big on Bipartisan Tax Breaks
It’s that time of year again: The time when we see commitments to fiscal responsibility in Congress go out the window. First, there is the horrible transportation conference bill, which will end up...
View ArticleReconciled Republicans
Republicans had a debate about what changes to Obamacare to include in a reconciliation bill—which, because it is immune to filibusters, has a chance of getting to President Obama’s desk. Senators...
View ArticleRyan’s Policy Vision
As Rameshnotes below, with regard to the budget reconciliation process, both observers of the congress and some congressional Republicans have for too long implicitly viewed the passage of legislation...
View ArticleDon We Now . . .
. . . our conservative apparel. The season is upon us, and it is my duty — truly my joy — to offer some suggestions for what are certain to be great gifts that you need to give to those special...
View ArticleFriday Links
The precursor to the war on drugs: on December 5th, 1933, prohibition in the United States of America came to an endWorld’s most expensive carsThe lost Broadway musical starring Muhammad AliThis...
View ArticleObama Administration's Much-Touted Counterterrorism Screening Fails
From the last Morning Jolt of the week:San Bernardino Shooter Passed DHS Counterterrorism Background CheckHeck of a job, Department of Homeland Security:Federal investigators believe there is a “very...
View ArticleChristie vs. Jindal, Perry, and Walker
From a profile by Matt Bai:Part of the challenge for Christie here — and for other governing candidates in the race — is that voters this year just don’t seem to care very much about records or...
View ArticleThe Numbers on Anti-Abortion Violence
On the homepage, Matt Shapiro carefully reviews the data.
View ArticleAn Islam of Their Very Own . . . Cont’d
The day after the San Bernardino jihadist attack that left fourteen dead and even more wounded, my old boss, Rudy Giuliani, came out and said what most sane people are thinking. After hours of pained,...
View ArticleCNN: San Bernardino Shooter Declared Loyalty to ISIS
CNN:As the San Bernardino attack was happening, investigators believe the female shooter, Tashfeen Malik, posted on Facebook, pledging allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, three U.S....
View ArticleISIS, Hobbes, and Inconvenient Reality
One of the more dimwitted responses to the Paris atrocities was Obama’s claim that they were an assault “on the universal values we share . . . ,” a remark that could only be made by a man unwilling or...
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