Do you ever wonder what it was like for David when Goliath fell? The weight of nations hanging in the balance. The whoosh of his slingshot. The crash of Goliath’s thud to the ground. The roar of the crowd behind…
Voters in at least seven states will decide ballot measures this year concerning ranked-choice voting. A handful of left-leaning, deep-pocketed donors are driving the push for this fundamental shift in elections. Yet despite a huge fundraising advantage, they seem to…
I have been waiting for a very long time to write this column, and yet I can’t quite summon up the joy and relief I thought I’d get out of it. We’re speaking, of course, about the long-awaited denouement of…
I wouldn’t call it a fascinating article that Alexander Bolton wrote at the Hill, the newspaper probably best identified with the out-of-touch Washington ruling elite, but it certainly was a clarifying piece of journalism. Bolton tells us that some of…
Ranked-choice voting is on the rise, but if Alaska’s open primary fiasco is any indication, that’s not a good thing. This November, Nevada voters will debate an open primary and ranked-choice voting ballot initiative known as Question 3. The initiative…
This week, all eyes are on Alaska, following the results of the state’s first-ever ranked-choice voting (RCV) election — a special U.S. House contest that sent Democrat Mary Peltola to Congress over former Gov. Sarah Palin for the final few…
The surnames Cheney and Palin may for many evoke a bygone era in Republican politics, but on Tuesday night it will be anything but. Both names will be set before voters, but under very different circumstances. In Wyoming, over a…
Sarah Palin is in the news again. Another way of saying this is that Alaska is in the news again. Palin is a case study for the media’s scant coverage of Alaska and other flyover states. Her well-known love for…
The primary beneficiary of the environmental movement is neither the bald eagle nor the killer whale but the Russian predator. When environmentalists suppress the U.S. energy supply, they do not curb the world’s energy demand. So, our competitors, not constrained…
