Rep. Justin Amash speaks at CPAC 2013 (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) It’s not at all clear. He could hurt Democrats in some states. Now that Representative Justin Amash has left the Republican party, he’ll be getting some calls asking whether he plans to run for president in 2020. Never Trumpers and consultants and left-wing billionaires will be
Month: July 2019
Henry Olsen, an occasional National Review contributor, writes in the Washington Post: [Justin] Amash is right that millions of Americans are unhappy with the choices the two major parties give them. But he is wrong in his implicit assumption that they yearn for a more consistently principled libertarianism. Political analyst Lee Drutman showed this conclusively
Al Baldasaro tells press to focus on ‘real issues’ that matter to veterans
Just outside the fence on the South Lawn of the White House is a squat granite monument, usually surrounded by tourists snapping shots through fence and awash in discarded soda cans and plastic water bottles. Though ignored by nearly everyone who passes it, the monument marks the Zero Milestone for one of the most audacious
The Real Clear Politics report claims Mueller’s team relied on a ‘private contractor for the Democratic National Committee’; reaction from Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, Republican member of the House Judiciary Committee, and former Watergate prosecutor Jon Sale. FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines
Maybe it’s just the summer heat. Perhaps it can be attributed to spending a lot of time overseas lately. Or, as most observers seem to feel, maybe it’s still just the economy, stupid. Whatever the cause, the latest Washington Post/ABC News poll has some good news for President Trump. He’s seen a six-point rise in
Sen. Kamala Harris speaks during the second night of the first Democratic presidential candidates debate in Miami, Fla., June 27, 2019. (Mike Segar/Reuters) Many Democrats striving to replace Donald Trump are, while execrating him, paying him the sincerest form of flattery: imitation. If California senator Kamala Harris is elected president in 2020 and reelected in
Jordan Peterson (Gage Skidmore) A group of mostly young writers challenge the Left’s excesses. The dominant assumption in conservative circles is that college campuses are left-wing echo chambers with little room for dissenting opinion. But this assumption misses a host of previously apolitical or liberal college students who are voluntarily seeking out conservative thought as
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slams U.S. Customs and Border Protection over border facilities; reaction from Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw. #TheStory #MarthaMacCallum #FoxNews FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation. FOX News also produces FOX News Sunday
President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speak with reporters at the Korean Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjom, June 30, 2019. (Shealah Craighead/White House) The first two summits with Kim Jon Un fell short, and optimism for the most recent one is hard to sustain. President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un
If we have not yet reached the nadir of non-partisanship in judicial confirmations, Politico reports that we’re right around the corner from it. In the first six months of this session of Congress, Senate Democrats have voted against far more of Donald Trump’s appointments than in his first two years. And it’s tough to see
So it’s now the 6th of July (George W. Bush’s birthday, just by the way) and it looks like Tian An Men on the Potomac has been averted by the brave tweeting of the panic-stricken. Just for future reference, here’s a little compare and contrast exercise: Tian An Men I’m feeling a little discursive today,
(Shutterstock) 1989—In solo dissent in Hamblen v. Dugger, Florida justice Rosemary Barkett opines that a capital defendant is not permitted to waive his right to present evidence of mitigating circumstances. Such waiver, she contends, somehow makes it impossible for the sentencing court to carry out its statutory role of weighing aggravating and mitigating circumstances when
According to 2017 New York Times report, FBI received email; panel reaction and analysis on ‘Hannity.’ #Hannity #FoxNews FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation. FOX News also produces FOX News Sunday on FOX Broadcasting
The biblical prophet Jeremiah once asked, “Can an Ethiopian change his skin or a leopard its spots?” His question was rhetorical – pointing out how impossible it was for someone to change his or her nature or character. One who is a liar tends to stay a liar. One who is honest tends to sway
From left: Seinfeld cast members Michael Richards, Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Jason Alexander pose after the show won the Emmy Award for best comedy series in 1993. (Lee Celano/Reuters) Legions of imitators have tried to copy its formula, but the original ‘show about nothing’ remains the best. ‘Do you know what this is all
Introduction In April 2016, the Democrats and Hillary were the natural preference for Putin. Remember the trampoline joke by Dmitry Rogozin? Hillary Clinton delivered on her promise “to help strengthen Russia”, including the act of making the United States entirely dependent on Russia for human space flight. The list of her feats is long and
Much of the debate about campus culture would have you believe that the average college student is hellbent on tearing down the patriarchy. One wakes up in the morning, wallows in grievance, and proceeds to spend the day railing against the evils of privilege. I attend Harvard University, one of the places … Read More
U.S. Navy SEAL Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher prepares to answer a question from the media with wife Andrea Gallagher after being acquitted on most of the serious charges against him during his court-martial trial at Naval Base San Diego in San Diego, Calif., July 2, 2019. (John Gastaldo/Reuters) It should also make us thankful
If I were to buy a Tesla, because I thought it was the best car in the world, but had trouble making the payments for it and for my mortgage, and in the end lose my car and my house, who is responsible: the Tesla advertisers, the banks that extend credit, my boss who does
Joe Biden joins Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on a campaign stop in Los Angeles, Calif., May 8, 2019. (Kyle Grillot/Reuters) Of the four top candidates for the Democratic nomination — Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren — Biden is the only one who has not come out for outlawing most private
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich weighs in on the state of President Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign. #AmericasNewsroom #FoxNews FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation. FOX News also produces FOX News Sunday on FOX Broadcasting
Antifa protester yells at police during a rally in Portland. (Jim Urquhart/Reuters) Conservative journalist Tom McArdle has a very worthwhile piece in the new outfit Issues & Insights analyzing possible legal responses to ongoing brutal Antifa attacks — such as this week’s hospitalizing assault on journalist Andy Ngo in Portland, Ore. — using the federal Racketeer Influenced
Hillary Clinton speaks to supporters following the 2016 presidential election in Manhattan, November 9, 2016. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) She’ll never be president, but she’s made history nonetheless. The consensus view on the right is that Hillary Clinton was a primary reason for Donald Trump’s success in 2016. But not all conservatives agree about why that was.
To hear most of our higher-education leaders talk, you’d gather that their sole concerns are helping students and improving society. But in their recent book Cracks in the Ivory Tower, two scholars (Jason Brennan and Phil Magness) do a “public choice” analysis of our higher-ed system and show that it’s full of self-interested actions that waste resources
An antique car drives down Main Street during a July Fourth parade in Barnstable, Mass., in 2014. (Mike Segar/Reuters) There’s no prescribed way to celebrate July 4th. And that’s the best part of it. Donald Trump is recruiting some Abrams tanks and obsessing about some of the choreography for an Independence Day parade in Washington
Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the second night of the first Democratic presidential candidates debate in Miami, Fla., June 27, 2019. (Mike Segar/Reuters) Making busing an issue again is a strategic and a policy mistake by the Democrats. Senator Kamala Harris demonstrated rare skill during the debate — managing to shiv Joe Biden
A woman smokes a Juul e-cigarette. (Ronen Zvulun/Reuters) Virtue-signaling can have real-world consequences. San Francisco, not known as a city particularly interested in fighting the drug war, has just passed legislation banning the sale of e-cigarettes to consumers of any age — while leaving real cigarettes alone. The city’s board of supervisors passed the bill
DOJ wrapping up investigation; reaction and analysis from Rep. John Ratcliffe and former congressman Trey Gowdy. #Hannity #FoxNews FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service, FOX Nation. FOX News also produces FOX News Sunday on FOX Broadcasting
Fireworks explode over the New York City skyline during Independence Day celebrations in 2010. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters) Not much has changed in the way Americans celebrate the Fourth in the last 243 years. A bright blend of family, friends, picnics, and patriotism fills the summer air; red, white, and blue adorns every Main Street; parade floats