Trump the Dealmaker: Good Enough to Manage the Mess We’re In
From my most recent NRO article, on the recent anti-Trump effort: “The conservative thinkers seem to have no clearer understanding than the mainstream national media do that the country is disgusted...
View ArticleScreen ALL Adults for Depression!
Is there no END to the planned technocracy?A government-appointed panel wants EVERY adult screened for depression as part of their routine healthcare. From the LiveSciencestory:All adults in the U.S.,...
View ArticleDid the Housing Bubble Cause the Economic Crisis?
Just about everyone seems to think so. In the New York Times, David Beckworth and I argue the negative side of the case. Did the Housing Bubble Cause the Economic Crisis?
View ArticleWednesday Links
On January 27, 1945: the Soviet Army liberated AuschwitzTen awesome, forgotten World War II filmsVeteran plows neighborhood with wheelchairChildren are imbeciles (and babies are stupid)Out of the...
View ArticleHow Far We've Come in Five Years!
The opening sections of today’s Morning Jolt offer a quick look at how dramatically people’s views can change in a five-year span . . . or sometimes just five minutes.Trump in 2011: Participating in...
View ArticleTrump, Trumpism, and the Conservative Policy Response
National Review has had many fine moments in its storied history, and its recent editorial, “Against Trump,” and symposium, “Conservatives against Trump,” certainly add to the tally. (And if you think...
View ArticleCuccinelli: Hillary's Trying to Minimize Her Legal Exposure on Server Scandal
A point or two to add to last night’s piece on how the FBI will respond if the Department of Justice tries to ignore their assessment of potential criminal acts involving Hillary Clinton’s private...
View ArticleWill Trump’s Boycott Play as Tantrum or Principled?
Joe Scarborough announced on MSNBC that “Fox News has walked into the biggest trap ever” by having its tiff with Donald Trump escalate into the Donald’s refusing to show up for Thursday’s Fox debate in...
View ArticleSeven Things that Caught My Eye Today (Jan. 27, 2016)
1. Why China’s two-child policy won’t alter its human rights horrors2. Retired Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun of Hong Kong: “[Chinese Christians] are still in deep waters, in burning fire, a terrible...
View ArticleMike Huckabee Says 'Hello'
I’m hearing some people asking “What the heck?” about this video from Mike Huckabee’s campaign, a parody of Adele’s “Hello”:Eh, it actually made me laugh in a few places, and it’s mostly about the...
View Article'European Values': Watch What You Write
Deutsche Welle:In rare instances, Dutch police are knocking on social media users’ doors and asking them to be careful writing posts about refugees that could lead to real-life violence and,...
View ArticleYes, It Was Fair for Ben Sasse to Question Donald Trump About His Many Affairs
Earlier this week, Senator Ben Sasse launched a barrage of questioning tweets at Donald Trump. Most dealt with policy. Unsurprisingly, the tweet that got personal is getting most of the...
View ArticleA Shooting in Oregon — It Was Past Time for the Bundy Protest to End
It appears that the Bundys’ Oregon standoff is ending tragically, with further violence still possible. Through grandiose demands and threats of violence, the Bundy brothers hijacked an entirely proper...
View ArticleA 'Safe Zone' in Cologne
Hymning her decision last fall to fling open the doors to Germany even more widely, Angela Merkel liked to boast “wir schaffen das!” (“we can do it”), a claim for which there was in reality very little...
View ArticleKrauthammer's Take: Trump's Debate Decision 'a Competition Between His...
Donald Trump needs to find “an honorable” way back into Thursday’s debate, Charles Krauthammer said tonight on Fox News’s Special Report. “Well, look, he’s gotten what he wants, which is blanket...
View ArticleThe Company They Keep
Donald Trump has been endorsed in South Carolina by Lieutenant Governor Henry McMaster, which is appropriate: If there’s anything that Donald Trump knows, it’s how to find creative solutions to get out...
View ArticleBBC to Broadcast Suicide Porn
Too many media outlets allow their airways to be used to promote assisted suicide by showing the deed being done.Recall 60 Minutes played Jack Kevorkian’s home video of his murder of Thomas Youk. That...
View ArticleWhite House that Demagogued Iran Deal Laments Rise of Anti-Semitism
From the Thursday edition of the Morning Jolt:Obama: ‘Anti-Semitism Is on the Rise.’ No Kidding. President Obama, last night:President Obama warned of growing anti-Semitism in the United States and the...
View ArticleSummer Internship
National Review is accepting applications for its summer internship. The intern will work in our New York office, receive a modest stipend, participate in every part of the editorial process, and have...
View ArticleIn Final Push, Jeb Bush Deploys Veterans Coalition Into Iowa
In one last push to claim the so-called establishment lane in Iowa, Jeb Bush is deploying prominent veterans to campaign for him across the state, according to two Bush advisors.Today, the advisors...
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