Romney, Me, and the Trees
I’m in my home state, Michigan, where “the trees are the right height.” That’s what Mitt Romney said in 2012. He was roundly mocked for it. He still is. I saw that phrase cited and mocked just the...
View ArticleDemocrats and Jesus: A Study in Cuteness
Democrats are so cute when they talk about Jesus — which they occasionally do at Christmastime. When they need to make political points, slashing their opponents.In 1999, Hillary Clinton was...
View ArticleTrump, ‘Even-Steven,’ and Change
Earlier this year, I had an essay called “The Even-Steven Temptation: Adventures in moral equivalence.” (Go here.) The occasion for it, I think, was President Obama’s statement at the National Prayer...
View ArticleThe Palestinians Descend Deeper Into Depravity
While American eyes are rightly fixed on ISIS, Palestine’s so-called “Stabbing Intifada” continues. For those unfamiliar with the latest twist in Palestinian terror tactics, Israel is beset by a spate...
View Article‘As a Christian Country …’ (!)
A few days ago, I had a post on Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of Britain’s Labour party, who was said to have “canceled” Christmas because he refused to issue a traditional Christmas message. I mentioned...
View ArticleIn Afghanistan, Taliban Controls Most Territory Since 2001
In the first Morning Jolt of the week, some good news from Ramadi in the war on terror . . . but ominous news on other fronts:In Afghanistan, Taliban Controls Most Territory Since 2001; ISIS Preparing...
View ArticleA Gift for You, and a Question for Us All
I know it’s after Christmas, but I still have kind of a Christmas present for you. You have been good, right? Here is an Impromptus about Clive A. Babkirk. It’s an expansion of a piece we have in the...
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Still Time to Pitch In
Our Webathon is winding down, now in its final days as we seek to raise $25,000 to apply towards NR’s 2016 Social Media Outreach Project. To date we have raised over $20,000 – many thanks to those of...
View ArticleTrump: 'Wages in [Our] Country Are Too Low!'
Donald Trump, November 10, in the Republican debate:There is nothing that we do now to win. We don’t win anymore. Our taxes are too high. I’ve come up with a tax plan that many, many people like very...
View ArticleSharpton on Rahm Emanuel: ‘I Don’t See How He Can Continue Governing’
Al Sharpton — described as President Obama’s “go-to man on race” by Politico— is calling for the resignation of Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s first chief of staff, over another accidental police...
View ArticleChicago Police Kill Man Threatening Family, Accidentally Kill Neighbor
Details on the accidental shooting Jim noted below, via the Chicago Tribune:Police responding to a call about a domestic disturbance shot and killed a 19-year-old engineering student and a 55-year-old...
View ArticleA Challenge to Opponents of D.C.’s School-Voucher Program
NR’s Ian Tuttle wrote earlier this month about how the omnibus spending bill failed to reauthorize the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program (DCOSP), a school-voucher program for low-income families in...
View ArticleJudging Congress
David Boaz touches on one of my pet peeves: the journalistic habit of judging Congress based on their “productivity.” The idea is that Congress is supposed to be a legislation factory, and something...
View ArticleBREAKING: Celebrity Says Dumb Things about Subjects He Knows Nothing About
In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, The Hateful Eight star Samuel L. Jackson lowers the collective intelligence of the American public several IQ points with his deep thoughts on current...
View ArticleYankee Divas
As I mentioned this morning, I have a piece today on Clive Babkirk, a Yankee in the South, an American original. His great-great-aunt was Lillian Nordica— Madame Nordica, the first American opera...
View ArticleJay, Midge, and Norman Reflect on WFB and The Unmaking of a Mayor
In November, the Manhattan Institute and the National Review Institute cosponsored a gathering in New York City to discuss the 50th Anniversary of Bill Buckley’s 1965 mayoral run and the great...
View ArticleThe Grand Jury Made a Defensible Decision not to Indict in the Tamir Rice Case
A Cleveland grand jury has declined to indict the two officer involved in the fatal shooting of Tamir Rice, a young boy who died after playing with a toy pistol in a public park. No sensible person...
View ArticleKrauthammer's Take: Retaking Ramadi Important Because 'It's All About...
Retaking Ramadi won’t “tip the balance,” but the victory nonetheless plays an important role in ISIS’s eventual defeat, Charles Krauthammer argued tonight. “In a war like this, it’s all about...
View ArticleAdopt "Opt-Out" Organ Donation & Destroy Trust in Medicine
Well meaning people and utilitarian bioethicists continue to push an “opt-out” system of organ donation that would automatically make each of us “donors” unless we signed a form saying “no” in...
View ArticleRahm Emanuel, Stranded in Cuba as His Deputy Gets Assaulted
From the Tuesday Morning Jolt…Rahm Emanuel, Stranded in Cuba as His Deputy Gets AssaultedYesterday I called Al Sharpton’s call for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s resignation over a police shooting the...
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