Harry Mount
Early yesterday afternoon, I asked Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn if he thought he had the votes to defeat a cloture on the motion to proceed for the Democrats’ main gun control proposal. The Texas Republican replied that he had…
Politico, as usual, breaks it down: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he would join a group of Senate Republicans threatening a filibuster to oppose a cloture vote if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid moves a gun bill to the…
Jim DeMint spoke for half an hour today at the Heritage Foundation, introducing himself as the powerful conservative think tank’s new president and laying out his vision for its future. He said “competitive federalism” is an important element of Heritage’s…
Those who stand athwart the progressive dream of ending history yelling, “Stop!” suffered a great loss today. The Right Honourable Baroness Margaret Thatcher has died. Whatever one thought of her, there was no denying that she stood her ground with…
The details of a gun control bill being written by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) are now coming to light. As first reported by Politico, Grassley is crafting a Republican alternative to Democrats’ proposals, which are centered on expanding background checks,…
In lieu of bleeding-edge, blow-by-blow analysis of initial reaction, here is a closer look at the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report for March. The 88,000 new jobs created last month fell short of the 190,000 jobs that economists polled…
I came across this video of MSNBC host and Tulane faculty member Melissa Harris-Perry on Facebook. I will let her speak for herself to begin: The full transcript: We have never invested as much in public education as we should have, because…
Here is a link to my March 25th interview with Renee Giachino of the Center For Individual Freedom about gun regulation which aired on WEBY 1330 AM, covering the Florida Panhandle and Gulf Coast all the way to New Oreleans. I…
As reported by the AP, early this afternoon Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy signed into a law “An Act Concerning Gun Violence Prevention and Children’s Safety.” The official bill analysis is 49 pages long (compared to the 138 for the bill…
From the hallowed bowels of the White House: All Americans deserve the chance to turn their hard work into a decent living for their families and a bright future for their children. Seizing that opportunity takes more than drive and…
