National Review- Quillette
- Iran Contra Israel April 16, 2024The Iranian missile strike against Israel marks a watershed moment in the Middle East conflict, even though it was unsuccessful.Benny Morris
- How Women Can Become Worthy Opponents April 15, 2024It may be unpalatable to consider that part of what holds women back is our own nature. But if part of the problem is within us, then we have the power to fix it.Lisa Marchiano
- Peter Higgs (1929–2024): A Gentle Giant of Science April 14, 2024We have lost an important scientist; we have also lost a wonderful man.Lawrence M. Krauss
- Iran Contra Israel April 16, 2024
- Jay Nordlinger
- Groves We Have Known April 16, 2024Reader mail on tradition and modernity; ‘God Bless the U.S.A.’; and more.
- A lesson from Augusta, &c. April 16, 2024On tradition and change; a remarkable college president; the wisdom of Phil Gramm; a righteous, heroic nun; and more.
- A Couple to Know April 15, 2024On a podcast with Robert and Guna Mundheim.
- Groves We Have Known April 16, 2024
Tag Archives: Democrats
On to the Midterms
The Democrats have built an impressive suicide machine which, by all accounts, they intend to deploy for the midterm elections. This theory contradicts the conventional wisdom—a conventional wisdom that was horribly wrong in 2016 and 2020. Horribly wrong in that … Continue reading
Magical Thinking
Republicans complain that Democrats are hypocrites. Democrats reply that Republicans are hypocrites. They are, of course, both correct in a generic sense. All politicians routinely say things they know or suspect to be false, especially if they think it affords … Continue reading
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Tagged Debt, Deficit, Democrats, Magical Thinking, politics, President Biden, Republicans, Taxes
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The Enduring Fantasy of the Moderate Democrat
Congress is poised to pass President Biden’s spectacularly misnamed $1.9 trillion Covid Relief and Recovery Act. The bill will pass on a strict party line vote. And there is nothing moderate about it. Not only does the bill contain relatively … Continue reading
The Virginia Senate Race
Before being elected to the US Senate in 2008, Mark Warner (D. VA) served as governor of Virginia from 2002 to 2006. In 2014 ran for a second term against Republican Ed Gillespie, winning by just under 1% of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Daniel Gade, Democrats, election 2000, Mark Warner, politics, Republicans, Virginia
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Competing Nightmares
We live in a strange political times. One of the strangest things of all is that winning candidates get elected because of who they are not. Donald Trump got elected in 2016 because he was not Hillary Clinton. If Joe … Continue reading
Government by Executive Decree
According to press reports, by Executive Order President Trump is preparing to suspend the payroll tax through the end of the year retroactive to July 1. He also intends to extend supplemental jobless benefits, although at what level and for … Continue reading
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Tagged Democrats, economics, executive order, lawless government, President Obama, President Trump, Public Finance, Republicans, social security
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The Season is Upon Us
When January of 2021 comes rolling around it is virtually inevitable that a supremely ambitious, self-serving, vicious and ignorant partisan hack will take the Presidential oath of office. The only question is whether the hack will be named Donald Trump … Continue reading
Posted in Policy, Politics
Tagged corruption, Democrats, Donald Trump, elections, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, politics, Republicans
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Democrats are Behaving Disgracefully
For the second time in 2 days the Democratic caucus in the Senate voted unanimously (except for Doug Jones, D. AL) to refuse to allow a vote by the full Senate on a $2 trillion bill designed to cushion the … Continue reading
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Tagged Chuck Schumer, Congress, COVOD-19, Democrats, emergency, Financial Markets, Senate
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