Ex-Im President Is Campaigning for Hillary Clinton
The close connection between the president of the federal crony Ex-Im Bank, Fred Hochberg, and Hillary Clinton has beenestablishedbefore. Well, for those of you who had any doubts about the close...
View ArticleIn Defense of Sarah Palin's Endorsement of Donald Trump
I’ve said this before, and I’ll say it again — I like the Palins. My wife has worked with Sarah on two books, Bristol on one, and she edits Bristol’s widely-read blog on Patheos. Bristol is a former...
View ArticleSteve King: Branstad Knock on Cruz 'Flatly False' and 'Wrong'
Marshalltown, Iowa— Iowa representative Steve King blasted the state’s governor, Terry Branstad, today after Branstad attacked Ted Cruz, whom King is backing.Branstad told reporters at a summit on...
View ArticleCruz: Establishment Has Abandoned Rubio for Trump
Hollis, N.H. – Yes, you read that right. According to Ted Cruz, the so-called Republican establishment is abandoning Florida senator Marco Rubio and uniting behind real-estate mogul Donald Trump. Cruz...
View ArticleKrauthammer's Take: Nothing Trump Says 'Can Ever Be Used Against Him'
Tonight Charles Krauthammer expressed bewilderment at Donald Trump’s ability to contradict himself without consequence, and praised Ted Cruz for avoiding a last-minute conversion on ethanol.“I think...
View ArticleWhy Conservatives Have Moved on Immigration
In a recent column, I argued that immigration had become a more important, and defining, issue for conservatives than it used to be. I have a follow-up speculating about why conservatives have changed...
View ArticleThursday Links
It’s Stonewall Jackson’s birthday— here’s the story of his left arm’s separate grave (bonus: Lord Uxbridge’s leg).Man stabbed and bitten after stirring someone else’s chili.White Castle offering...
View ArticleMany Americans Don't Seem All That Upset about Big Government
From the Thursday Morning Jolt:Contemplate the Possibility that Americans Are Fine with Big GovernmentOver at Hot Air, Taylor Millard examines my contention that the Tea Party is effectively dead and...
View ArticleDJT, WJC, and HRC
I’m about Trumped out, meaning that I have nothing left to say — except maybe this (and some other things): Lately, I’ve been thinking that Trump supporters remind me of Clinton supporters. Both Bill...
View ArticleA Medley of Songs
Over the past three days, we’ve published a series called “Living with History.” It was spurred by the “Rhodes Must Fall” movement, a student movement that calls for the toppling of statues of Cecil...
View ArticleSanders Earns Rave Reviews for New Ad that Doesn't Say Anything
Of course this new 60-second ad from Bernie Sanders, featuring iconic American scenes and Simon and Garfunkel’s “America,” is brilliant . . . . . . it’s brilliant because it says nothing about Sanders....
View ArticleHillary Clinton Is Trying to Pull a Fast One
I haven’t followed the Hillary Clinton e-mail server scandal that closely, but I heard her on NPR yesterday, and I just want to focus on one specific thing she said that struck me as a bit too clever,...
View ArticleGeorge Weidenfeld, R.I.P.
George Weidenfeld was the most enterprising publisher of his day, an absolute phenomenon in the rather stagnant literary and social life of London these last decades. His combination of flair,...
View ArticleAnd Ye Shall Know Them by Their Mudslinging
Via Buzzfeed:With Ted Cruz clinging to a narrow lead in the fast-approaching Iowa caucuses, an increasingly vocal chorus of evangelical leaders and campaign rivals is questioning the authenticity of...
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Government Is an Efficient Debt-Producing Machine
We libertarians and conservatives tend to be very skeptical of government’s ability to do anything well. But there is one thing the government excels at producing: debt. In fact, Washington is the...
View ArticleJim Guirard, Conservative Word Man
Some people serve their country for years, very well, without the recognition and thanks that is their due. So it was with Jim Guirard, who died on January 10 after a life well lived.For many years,...
View ArticleThe Administration Is Ruling by Decree
Yesterday, the Department of Labor unexpectedly issued a new rule (which it called an interpretation) that will upend thousands of businesses’ established practices. It did so with no notice, and no...
View ArticleMy Screed
I have on my desk Thomas Leonard’s Illiberal Reformers, which I am very much looking forward to reading and, if time permits, reviewing. Leonard is a brilliant and meticulous historian and his new book...
View ArticleThe Sanders Ad Is Brilliant Because It Normalizes Socialism
Jim — Agree the ad is brilliant, but I’d flesh out the reason why it’s brilliant. For more than a century, socialism has had a problem convincing people it’s American. This isn’t simply a function of...
View ArticleTrump, Sanders Roaring to Big Leads in Early States
A new CNN poll finds Donald Trump roaring ahead to an 11-point lead in Iowa…… and he’s been leading consistently in New Hampshire. As many have pointed out, if Trump wins both, there’s little reason to...
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