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Conservatives for Trump? Apr. 26, 2016
The sudden appearance of Donald Trump on the political horizon last year may have been surprising, b... Read More
The President, the Court and Immigration Apr. 21, 2016
In 2014, President Barack Obama signed 12 executive orders directing various agencies in the departm... Read More
The 'Voice of the People' Fallacy Apr. 12, 2016
We hear many fallacies in election years. The fallacy that seems to be most popular this year is tha... Read More
The Rule: First Candidate to 1,237 Wins Apr. 12, 2016
I have been concerned for some time that forces supporting Donald Trump have intentionally been layi... Read More
Calls for American Unity Are Either Dishonest or Naive Apr. 12, 2016
Just about all candidates for president regularly announce their intent to unite Americans, to "brin... Read More
Campaign Lies Apr. 12, 2016
If you took all the lies out of political rhetoric, how much would be left? Apparently even less tha... Read More
Unrestrained Rhetoric Could Have a High Cost Apr. 06, 2016
Democracies are inevitably raucous, but they are often more fragile than their citizens believe. Ame... Read More
Dangerous Donald Trump Apr. 05, 2016
Donald Trump's victories in the Republican primaries may make him seem like a sure winner. But those... Read More
Obama's Underused Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card Apr. 05, 2016
"Did 'Hope and Change' really mean: 'Arguably, better than the very worst?'" political science profe... Read More
Sanders Is Getting Away With Murder Apr. 01, 2016
David Harsanyi is off. The following is a column by William Murchison. I've resisted coming down to... Read More
How the Clintons Made Donald Trump Mar. 30, 2016
Donald Trump is a boor. He's a vulgarian, a liar, an ignoramus. He has only the most cursory grasp o... Read More
Would The Donald Govern Like Arnold? Mar. 27, 2016
They're both iconic figures in American culture who are known by their first names. California's for... Read More
Women are Key to November: What Do They Really Want? Mar. 25, 2016
Women think men are transparent and easy to figure out. Everybody knows that. But women are a puzzle... Read More
Missing: Any Challenge for the Common Good Mar. 19, 2016
For the presidential campaign of 2016, the best estimate is that the candidates, their political act... Read More
An Open Letter to Sen. Marco Rubio Mar. 18, 2016
When I read this morning that Marco Rubio had said that Ted Cruz is the only conservative left in th... Read More
How the West Was Shunned in Primary Politics Mar. 17, 2016
There's a not-insignificant part of the United States known as the West Coast. It includes such prom... Read More
Obama to GOP: Do as I Say, Not as I Did Mar. 17, 2016
Washington, D.C., should host an Olympics for finger-pointing. There would be no shortage of accompl... Read More
Yuk It Up, America, While You Still Can Mar. 16, 2016
We will look back upon these days and laugh. How could we not? Won't students of the future look bac... Read More
Hey, Hillary: Smile, Girl Mar. 16, 2016
You know, the world would be a happier place if a girl would just smile more. Just ask the guys on T... Read More
A Political Year Desperate for Humor Mar. 12, 2016
Boy, do I miss Ronald Reagan's robust sense of self-confidence, which enabled him to use self-deprec... Read More
