Republicans Need to Start Talking about Cutting Spending
Please forgive me for asking but after last night’s debate I wonder when — or if — the Republican presidential candidates will ever have a real conversation about cutting government spending. While the...
View ArticleNR Coming to New Hampshire — Sign Up Now!
All who are anticipating word about that great quadrennial event, wait no more: National Review will be in Manchester on February 6 for a most fun evening of ruminating, riffing, and debate-watching...
View ArticleTen Things that Caught My Eye Today (Jan. 15, 2015)
1. Your friend the one-note pony had a favorite debate moment last night:Thank you @marcorubio for talking about the genocide of Christians by ISIS in the Middle East #GOPDebate— Kathryn Jean Lopez...
View ArticleHang in There, Governor Hogan
The Maryland state legislature is back in session, and the Democrats have announced that one of their priorities is overriding Governor Larry Hogan’s veto last year of a bill that would automatically...
View ArticleGermany: Freedom from Fear?
As I’ve mentioned before, Angela Merkel has recently been picked to receive the Roosevelt Foundation’s ‘Four Freedoms’ award.One of FDR’s original four freedoms was freedom from fear.How’s that working...
View Article13 Hours: Of Course There's Evidence of a 'Stand-Down Order' in Benghazi
Of the many battles over the facts of the Benghazi attack and the administration’s response, few are as contentious as the alleged existence of a “stand-down order” that prevented U.S. special...
View ArticleMLB to Make Hiring Spanish-Language Interpreters Mandatory
According to this Washington Post story,“On Tuesday, Major League Baseball and the players union sent a memo to all 30 teams informing them that, beginning this 2016 season, they must hire a full-time...
View ArticleShocking News From Afghanistan — We're Denying Air Support in the Fight...
In Afghanistan, the only news is bad news. The American-trained Afghan Army is in retreat, the Taliban have made “major gains” on the ground, and now ISIS is gaining a foothold. So this is another...
View ArticleWas Cedrick Chatman a Threat? New Video Suggests Another Questionable Chicago...
It’s not dispositive, but following the release of the Laquan McDonald video and the revelations that Rahm Emanuel & co. almost certainly worked to bury it until after his tough reelection contest,...
View ArticleThanks to Lawsuit, Cruz's Eligibility to Continue Being Stupid Issue We Have...
And . . . there it is:Republican presidential contender Ted Cruz should be disqualified from the race because he isn’t a “natural-born citizen,” a fellow Texan claims in a “birther” challenge filed...
View ArticleChris Christie on Video: Of Course I Signed a Hugely Problematic Anti-Gun,...
This video of Chris Christie talking to the editorial board of the Des Moines Register is absolutely disgraceful.First, Christie boasts that he is proud to have signed a bill that deprives New...
View ArticleKrauthammer's Take: Obama Giving False Assurances About Gitmo Captives Being...
President Obama is treating the emptying of Guantanamo Bay Prison like he has the Iran Deal, where the “objective” must be reached at any cost, Charles Krauthammer said tonight.Responding to a report...
View ArticleChristie Sotomayor Story Gets Weirder
Christie also told the Des Moines Register that he had only expressed approval for Justice Sotomayor’s confirmation after it had taken place. When she was nominated, he said, he had said that he would...
View ArticleCanada Supreme Court Conjures "Right" to be Dead
Canada is on the verge of instituting the most radical culture of death in the world. More radical than the Netherlands, which allows psychiatrists to euthanize the mentally ill.More radical than...
View ArticleIn Prisoner Swap, Iran Frees American Pastor Saeed Abedini and Three Other...
At long last, four American hostages are coming home from Iran:Iran freed four U.S. prisoners on Friday, including Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian, senior U.S. administration officials said,...
View ArticleThe Jacksonian Politics of "13 Hours"
Will the just-released film, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, hurt Hillary Clinton and President Obama politically? It will, and rightly so. At minimum, Obama and Clinton did too little to...
View ArticleGlimpses of Merkel’s Germany
The Jerusalem Post:Three young men from North Africa sought to stone two transgender women in the western German city of Dortmund on Sunday. According to a report on Friday on television station...
View ArticleThe EU’s Referendum Problem
Misguided it may (often) be, but The Economist can be an interesting and informative read, not least for the insight it gives into the thinking of the supranationalist elite it writes for, not least...
View ArticleTed Cruz Played Donald Trump Like a Fiddle
Ted Cruz gestures toward Donald Trump during the Fox Business Republican presidential debate, January 14, 2016. (Scott Olson/Getty) Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are, not surprisingly, now in a total war....
View ArticleHillary: ‘I Know Some People Have Raised Questions’ About Accuracy of ‘13 Hours’
Hillary Clinton says the new Benghazi film “13 Hours” gets the facts wrong. Asked this morning on Meet the Press whether “everything was done that night that could have” saved Ambassador Stevens,...
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