Trump’s Strong Start on Policy
By Ramesh Ponnuru • National Review Gorsuch confirmed, ISIS defeated, taxes cut: The Trump administration has compiled a solid record of accomplishment in its first year, one that compares well…
Unable to Win Elections, Liberals Turn to SCOTUS
By Kyle Sammin • National Review Last month, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Gill v. Whitford, which concerns gerrymandering in Wisconsin. Gill is the latest of many instances in…
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Conservatives have every reason to be optimistic
Freedom and opportunity are on the horizon with a new crop of principled, capable and positive conservatives. by George Landrith In the past few weeks and the next couple…
The Idiocy of Modern American Politics
by Dr. Miklós K. Radványi Politics, with its ambition for boundless expansion into the lives of individuals and societies, is a human activity that overwhelmingly attracts narcissists of all types…
Elbert Guillory: Why I switched parties …
by Elbert Guillory Hello, my name is Elbert Lee Guillory, and I’m the senator for the twenty-fourth district right here in beautiful Louisiana. Recently I made what many are referring…
Names
by Gordon S. Jones “How can I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name.” So says John Proctor in The Crucible, Arthur Miller’s…
Changing the Benghazi Talking Points
How they were changed to obscure the truth by Stephen F. Hayes Even as the White House strove last week to move beyond questions about the Benghazi…
Missile Defense: projecting strength rather than weakness
by George Landrith Ronald Reagan coined the phrase, “Peace through strength,” but it was not a new idea and it had not been an historically partisan concept. It dates…
Senate Democrats are blocking an honorary resolution for Lady Thatcher
With Lady Margaret Thatcher’s recent passing, tributes and praise for her leadership are flowing freely from former allies and adversaries alike. This is entirely fitting as she was not only…
The Electoral College — The Last Round
by Gordon S. Jones My last column on the Electoral College prompted a number of thoughtful responses, so I would like to deal with those, and then make some…
Sequester Madness: The White House has become unhinged
by George Landrith With the sequester deadline looming, there has been a marked uptick in the hyperbole emanating from Washington. Little wonder, a Pew Research poll says that only about…
The buck still stops with the president
by Nolan Finley Playing the crisis card won’t work forever for President Barack Obama. At some point, the people will expect their leader to lead. And the president hasn’t…
The manufactured crisis of sequester
by George F. Will Even during this desultory economic recovery, one industry thrives — the manufacture of synthetic hysteria. It is, however, inaccurate to accuse the Hysteric in Chief of…
The Violence Against Women Act?
by Gordon S. Jones With the Senate having acted and the House set to take up the bill as early as next week, it is time for someone to answer…
More on Electoral College “Reform”
by Gordon S. Jones Now that a Virginia state senator has dropped plans to re-work his state’s method of allocating votes in the Electoral College, let’s consider some other proposals…