…who’s every bit as deficient in the “likability” department as Kamala Harris, but who seems to be doing pretty well and even gaining some support. Why is that? As commenter “FOAF” writes: …Warren is scary for reasons beyond herself. She … Continue reading →
In National Review John McCormack tackles the question of why Harris’s poll numbers have been falling after an early rise. His answer involves her back-and-forth waffling on busing and Medicare for All, as well as her record as a prosecutor. … Continue reading →
The politics of American Jews have come up recently, due to Trump’s “disloyal” remarks. The majority of Jews certainly do vote for Democrats, as Trump noted. But it’s not that simple. For some secular Jews, leftism has replaced Judaism as … Continue reading →
…is the fact that the Democrats were the party of slavery as well as the party of Jim Crow and segregation, and the Republicans were the anti-slavery party. If slavery is so very central to the entire story of America, … Continue reading →
The thing I particularly like about this video is when he says “It’s easy to be a Democrat.” So true! A person with an open and questing mind, which predisposed him to be open to change. I find him to … Continue reading →
Here it is: To address the unprecedented flow of families across the Southwest border, the Trump administration on Wednesday announced regulations that will allow families to be detained together, pending disposition of their immigration hearings. The goal is to end … Continue reading →
By now you may have read something about the NY Times’ 1619 Project to rewrite American history as the story of racism. Not just racism as a part of American history—racism as the story, the root of the story, the … Continue reading →
The latest brouhaha over a word Trump used (“disloyalty”) stems from this Trump quote: Trump made the comments after he was asked about Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar’s suggestion that the U.S. might want to reconsider how much it pays Israel … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “Artfldgr.”] Here’s a very interesting article about another kind of changer, who told his story recently in a talk to the Heritage Foundation: Khalid, now a scholar in cybersecurity studies at the University of Maryland, was born … Continue reading →
Remember during one of the debates, this happened: Well, now this is happening After rushing to out-socialist Bernie Sanders by unquestioningly embracing Medicare for All, the Washington Post reports that presidential candidates have begun singing a different tune. Kamala Harris … Continue reading →
The left has been anti-Israel for a long, long time. And “anti-Israel” is often a cover for anti-Semitism, and a rather poor one at that. The main clues that indicate anti-Semitism rather than mere criticism of Israel are (1) if … Continue reading →
…but even that is Trump’s fault. Trump provides a convenient reductionist Theory of Everything Wrong With the World. Excerpt: …New York Times Opinion staff writer and editor Bari Weiss openly admitted to the Reliable Sources panel that the media was … Continue reading →