In 1853, Russia invaded the Danubian Principalities, just west of its empire on the Black Sea. Britain and France responded by allying with the Ottoman Empire and declaring war on Russia. Much of the fighting over the next three years…
Millennials: those most confounding of social science data points. Ross Douthat is the latest to stare into the polling numbers about my generation. He concludes: The common denominator is individualism, not left-wing politics: it explains both the personal optimism and…
Republican David Jolly has defeated Democrat Alex Sink in the race to replace Congressman Bill Young’s House seat in Florida’s 13th Congressional District. The race was touted as a bellwether for the coming 2016 elections later this year, prompting a…
Earlier today, Ben Brophy questioned the wisdom of congressional Republicans sitting on their hands and letting Obamacare do their electoral work for them. Peter Suderman, in evaluating the speeches at CPAC, had a similar observation: Yet even as the parade of…
Progressives see the world as a simple dichotomy, pitting the powerful and the wealthy against the oppressed and the poor. Politics consists of the oppressed rising up and making their lives better by diminishing the powerful. The federal government is…
On Friday, Senator Rand Paul gave a rousing speech at CPAC in which he repudiated almost the entire Republican foreign policy of the aughts, attacking unlimited government surveillance and calling for a new emphasis on civil liberties. On Saturday, he…
The debate over Chuck Hagel’s confirmation last year focused on his attitude towards Iran and allegations that he was an anti-Semite. But Hagel’s primary role at the Pentagon has been that of a quiet manager presiding over some of the…
At least phone psychics have colorful personalities. The OECD has a new report out that blasts its own economists for having foggy crystal balls with regards to their recent forecasts. The Wall Street Journal reports: The Organization for Economic Cooperation…
The latest budget battle in Washington has Democrats and Republicans once again at loggerheads. Democrats think Republicans should get nothing in return for another debt ceiling increase. Republicans think they should get less than nothing. The House GOP leadership has…
Last year the state of Connecticut, still staggering from the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, passed one of the toughest gun control laws in the country. More than 100 types of guns were banned, including all semiautomatic weapons. Anyone who…
