Democrats Are Running Out of Arguments
With a brisk economic revival and continued retrenchment of the virus, it is going to be increasingly difficult for the Democrats to prevail on the merits.
China Should Not Provoke the United States
America is a much richer country than China, with a more motivated ethos, comparatively well-functioning institutions, and the advantages of a free society, an enterprise economy, and serious allies.
Resolving the Argument Between Lockdown and Liberty
We must protect the vulnerable, restore the lives and livelihoods of those whose vulnerability is economic and not medical, and assert the human spirit of survival and progress over a demeaning and unfeasible culture of intimidation lest we live like furtive, fearful, moles.
A Farrago of Democrat Delusions Will Bury Them in 2020
Comparative peace will come after the election; political corpses can’t fight on after the voters have buried them.
Democrats Charge Into a Political Cul-de-Sac
Democrats don’t have much hope to cling to, but they don’t deserve better.
Will COVID-19 Kill Environmental Leftism?
If coronavirus kills climate change, the international Left, after a spirited attempt to roll the world over, will have to try another angle.
How a Sensible Great Power Maintains Its Influence
President Trump, contrary to what his opponents think, is following Theodore Roosevelt’s counsel to “speak softly and carry a big stick,” and it is working.
The Changes to Come
In a few months, everything will be largely back to what it was within the United States. The big changes will be geopolitical.
View of the Coronavirus from Abroad
At least the American national media have a plausible reason to dislike the president and to behave so unprofessionally. The disinterested antagonism of much foreign high-brow media is astonishing and has no such excuse.
Democrats Underestimate Trump at Their Own Peril
The president’s enemies have not figured out how cunning he is, because he doesn’t seem cunning—at first.
Political Elite Plays Its Last Card
Joe Biden is just a muddled amalgam of 40 years at the public trough, an arthritic wheelhorse in a machine that has broken down.
It’s Time for the President to Address Our Economic Relaunch
If the president acts carefully and puts the issues squarely, he will succeed, the economy will recover quickly, and he will be invincible in November.
Coronavirus Provides an Opportunity for Prison Reform
In the current public health crisis, one false note is the objection from the president’s supporters that prisoners shouldn’t be released.
Trump’s Leadership in Pandemic Paves Way to Reelection
The president has admirably mobilized the natural desire of Americans to rise to a national challenge, part of which is generally a rallying behind the leader, as long as the leader knows how to lead.
Coronavirus Consequences Coming into View
Democrats seeking electoral advantage from this crisis are in an untenable position. Even in suboptimal circumstances, it is hard to see where any case can be made for mismanagement by the administration.
FDR as Conservative Champion?
It is time the intelligent Right deprived the moronic Left of the ability to swaddle their socialistic cynicism and defeatism in the great and misapplied legacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
‘Dr. Win-the-War’ vs. the Mouse
Democratic Party bosses are sending an infirm and elderly mouse to bell a big, tawny, roaring cat. Anyone can see how it will end.
Trump’s Coronavirus Response Is Foiling His Enemies
The president is already unlimbering the economic guns and starting to spike the dreams of those who hope that the economic consequences of the anti-coronavirus measures will lose the administration its reelection.
Securing the Peace in Israel
The third Israeli general election in a year has produced a clearer advantage for the principal party, but has been ambiguous in the more important […]
Overcoming the Multiple Coronavirus Contagions
There are delicate balances the administration will have to sort out, but the results of the national voluntary mobilization the administration has led are already emerging.