…but I can’t quite bring myself to do it. (I refer you to this and this.) Biden’s candidacy fills me with a powerful feeling of weariness as well as repulsion. The weariness is a very similar feeling to one I … Continue reading →
I don’t think Bernie Sanders did himself any political favors when he said that even the Boston marathon bomber should have the right to vote. What constituency is he appealing to, besides hardcore libertarians? It’s not that his argument lacks … Continue reading →
Seems to me that New Hampshire would be well within its rights to require that students vote by absentee ballot in their states of origin rather than their temporary home of NH, unless they’ve established residency in New Hampshire. But … Continue reading →
No, I don’t have a crystal ball, and I’m not going to predict a winner. Hey, I don’t even know which Democrat is likely to be the nominee. And a lot can happen in the world between now and Election … Continue reading →
The Democrats have long been intent on trying to make sure that Republicans never win another election. Rather than figuring out how to do this through argument or through amassing a solid record of accomplishments, they have figured out that … Continue reading →
Roger Simon writes: Basically, our youth has suffered from a form of child abuse by their teachers and the media. They have been told, implicitly and explicitly, from earliest childhood that socialism is the preferable system because of “fairness.” The … Continue reading →
Some changes might be happening concerning the attitude of Hispanic voters towards Trump, a development that surprises the left: …Trump is making an aggressive play for Hispanic-American votes in Florida and beyond. Meanwhile, polls suggest Marist might have been onto … Continue reading →
And threatening those who’ve been naughty not nice: After more than two dozen moderate Democrats broke from their party’s progressive wing and sided with Republicans on a legislative amendment Wednesday, New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reportedly sounded the alarm … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is such a huge topic that I’m splitting it into parts.] There’s a lot of derision on the right about the Green New Deal. It goes something like this: it’s so stupid, and so against what the American … Continue reading →
I think it’s almost normal for at least one political side to hate a third-party candidate. And it stands to reason that the more appealing the candidate, the more that person will be hated by the side that feels threatened. … Continue reading →
Third-party candidates just about always strike fear into one party more than the other, and it’s the party that figures it stands most to lose. In the case of candidate Howard Schultz, that’s the Democrats. Schultz is (or was) basically … Continue reading →
…and widens. I wouldn’t rule any of them out, however obscure, however extreme. We’ve seen too many surprises in the past. I remember how optimistic I was about the GOP field in 2016. And then the debates began, and the … Continue reading →