Nikki Haley’s most enthusiastic supporters all voted for Joe Biden. That’s why she never gained much traction and dropped out yesterday. She did better than all of the Republicans not named Donald Trump, and she represents a constituency within the…
Today’s primary in Michigan offers us a potential forecast for November. Rashida Tlaib, the congresswoman representing a heavily Muslim and more heavily Democrat district, encourages those in her party to vote “uncommitted” in protest over the Biden administration’s support for…
A few things seem clear, and much else murky, after the seismic shift that occurred on Thursday. Donald Trump, more because of Thursday than by encouraging public polling of recent weeks, runs as the favorite in the 2024 presidential election….
Tucker Carlson interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin for over two hours. Watch the conversation, at times a filibuster, here. He seems more coherent than our president. At the same time, KGB agents, former and present — whatever the agency currently calls itself —…
Chris Christie won his campaign. He only ostensibly ran for president. He really ran for token Republican on panel television shows. He dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination on Wednesday night. This inevitably boosts Nikki Haley’s chances…
Do you want the speaker of the House to speak, or do you want the speaker of the House to herd cats? If it’s the latter, and it usually is, a congressman in his second term seems like the wrong…
By averting a government shutdown, Democrats and more moderate Republicans ensured bigger government, further indebtedness, a greater percentage of the federal budget allocated toward paying interest, and inflation worse than otherwise. Given that the government never really shuts down —…
The same conservatives who condemn Washington for unconstitutionally funding education beseech it to send billions to a country at war 5,000 miles away. Where in the Constitution does it sanction this? It seems fewer rank-and-file conservatives endorse the idea of…
The headlines read: “Ray Epps Charged With Jan. 6 Crime—After Conspiracy Theory Claimed He Worked For FBI” (Forbes), “Ray Epps Charged Over Jan. 6 Riot, Dealing Major Blow to Tucker Carlson’s Conspiracy Theory” (Mediaite), “Feds charge Jan. 6 protester at center…
Donald Trump, who described himself as “very pro-choice” on Meet the Press in 1999, came almost full circle on the same program this weekend. He called Florida’s ban on abortions after six weeks “a terrible thing and a terrible mistake.” He talked of brokering a…