POLITICS & POLICY

President Donald Trump greets Chinese Vice Premier Liu He after signing phase one of the U.S.-China trade agreement in the East Room of the White House, January 15, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) An email in response to my NRO article, “Navarro’s Faith-Based Case for Tariffs.” Your recent observations on China and trade compel me to make
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Here was the inspiration (yes, I’m my own muse) for today’s episode: All Democratic policy is bad medicine. That’s why Dem pols have to hide everything behind the “giving you something for free” ruse. https://t.co/4mBjy3OVwo — SFK (@stephenkruiser) January 29, 2020 The modern American Democrats are bereft of any good ideas, we all know that.
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Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax (Jonathan Drake/Reuters) On Wednesday, after the Virginia Senate deadlocked 20-20 on a bill repealing several modest abortion restrictions in the state, Democratic Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax cast a tie-breaking vote to pass the legislation. Senate Bill 733 would remove Virginia’s requirement that only doctors may perform abortion in order to
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Voters cast their ballots to vote in state and local elections at Robious Elementary School in Midlothian, a suburb of Richmond, Virginia, U.S. November 5, 2019. (Ryan M. Kelly/Reuters) On the menu today: an eye-opening poll on political animosity; a powerful argument that America’s elites have forgotten what their positions require of them; and a
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The Iowa Caucus, the real start of the 2020 presidential primaries, is next week. Who’s favored to win? Sadly, as I write this, the smart money says it’s the candidate who’s promised Americans the most “free” stuff. Six months ago, my staff and I tallied the candidates’ promises. All wanted to give away trillions —
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Hillary Clinton speaks at a panel for the Hulu documentary Hillary during the Winter TCA Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif., January 17, 2020. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters) A four-hour documentary shows Hillary Clinton is still blaming America for her failures. Imagine a socially maladept but extremely wealthy friend of yours was told, “People like tap dancing. You
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to reporters after the weekly policy lunch in Washington, D.C., May 14, 2019. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Senator Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) on Tuesday said he doesn’t have the votes to block a resolution to allow witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial, according to multiple reports. McConnell made the admission in
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“Are You Good Enough at Paperwork to Be a Poor American?” asks the New York Times. The essay is an interesting and valuable read. Most programs that make up the American social safety net have become simpler to navigate over time, with more requirements automated, eliminated or moved online. Participation rates today vary depending in
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LEXINGTON, Virginia — Every Wednesday morning, James McDaniel sits along the South Main Street portion of U.S. Highway 11 with a healthy stack of The News-Gazette beside him. He wears a neat white apron with the newspaper’s moniker stitched across the top. He keeps a small, folded tarp tucked away to protect the paper in
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DACA supporters outside the White House, September 2017. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) The network of groups allied to Charles Koch thinks a pro-Dreamer agreement is close to fruition. Indian Wells, Calif. — There’s no way a Democratic House and a Republican Senate could pass legislation resolving the future of the Dreamers before Election Day. Or is there?
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U.S. President Donald Trump holds a news conference, January 22, 2020. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Just one day after a leaked excerpt of John Bolton’s upcoming book revealed that he directly witnessed President Trump condition Ukrainian military aid on a politically beneficial investigation, Trump’s personal lawyer Jay Sekulow claimed during Monday’s impeachment trial that “not a single
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Indian Wells, Calif. — “The faculty thought the university existed for them, and it doesn’t,” declared Michael Crow, the president of Arizona State University, stirring laughter and applause from the more than 600 members of Stand Together, the network of political and charitable groups headed up by Charles Koch. “The students were the reason for
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Barbers Hill High School senior DeAndre Arnold interviewed on KHOU. (KHOU/via YouTube) A public-school system beset by conformism, in Texas and across the country It seems almost inevitable that long hair is unwelcome at Barbers Hill High School. There’s a touch of aptronymic poetry in Texas public-school dress-code disputes. When I was in school in
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As conservative writers for online magazines are all too well aware, their leftist adversaries are not interested in serious debate or mannerly conversation. Civility is not the left’s strong suit. Tactics vary along a spectrum of readily predictable talking points, false assertions, vituperation and obscenity, the stock in trade of those who have come to
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Clayton Christensen at a TED Talks in 2012 (via YouTube) The guru of innovative technology leaves a legacy that extends well beyond the business world. Read through the marketing materials for a given startup and one adjective will inevitably appear: “disruptive.” The term “disruptive technology” might induce semantic satiation nowadays, but the man who coined
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Two weeks ago, the United States seemed on the brink of starting another war in the Middle East after a drone strike killed Iran’s most notorious spymaster, Qasem Soleimani, as he departed an international airport in Baghdad. The shadowy general, in charge of the Iranian equivalent of the CIA, was one of the … Read
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Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter attend an NCAA basketball game in Washington, D.C., January 30, 2010. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) They deny Trump the right to present a defense, then complain that he has produced no evidence. Imagine you get indicted in a swindle. The prosecutors represent that they can prove you and your
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