Raise Marginal Tax Rates to Own the Libs
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and a retinue of other Democratic Party notables love the idea of high taxes. For them, soaking the rich […]
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Progressing America Into the Abyss
Leftists self-identify as “progressives.” Yet anyone with a scrap of sanity and a rudimentary understanding of their philosophical antecedents, as well as their injurious policy […]
What We Still Have to Lose
In September 2016, the Claremont Review of Books published Michael Anton’s essay, “The Flight 93 Election,” which became one of the most controversial and discussed […]
Attack of the Watermelon People
Supposedly, the “Green New Deal” is “green” because it would help the environment. But a close reading of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s proposed resolution reveals a […]
Look Upon the Media’s ‘Life of the Mind’
Every word she writes is a lie,” Mary McCarthy once said of Lillian Hellman, “including ‘and’ and ‘the.’” This wisecrack got her sued by the […]
The PMS Caucus
In a gracious move at his State of the Union address, President Trump gave a shout-out to the historic number of women serving in Congress […]
Why Liberals Don’t Call Out Democrat Hate
Last month’s attack on the Covington Catholic High School boys should be one of those electrifying moments of correction, as when Senator Joseph McCarthy was […]
Donald Trump’s Annihilation of the Democratic Party
The nadir of the amoral egotism of what might broadly be called “Me-ism” has been reached by the avant garde of the Democratic Party in […]
The Art of the SOTU
Do you remember Hillary Clinton? I know, I know. Now, do you remember her campaign slogan? It was “I’m with her!” Incredibly, I still see […]
Ripping Off the Left’s Mask
Writing at Townhall on Sunday, Kevin McCullough recalls Rush Limbaugh’s vintage observation that “If the Left (Democrats) ever told America what they actually believed they’d […]
Trump Tower Collusion Storyline Backfires
It could be the most investigated and costliest 20-minute meeting in political history. I’m talking, of course, about the infamous June 9, 2016 encounter between […]
When Is Hating Hate More Hateful Than Hate?
This week’s scoundrel of the century is Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, who faces growing calls to resign since the website Big League Politics broke the story, […]
The Rise of People Who Actually Say Things
Over the past two weeks, Senators Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) have both announced they will run for president in 2020. These announcements […]
Congress Has a Little Time to Get Immigration Right
After refusing for weeks to negotiate over border security “until the government is open,” the bluff has been called on congressional Democrats. Congress has until […]
How to Make It Home in California: Rules for the Modern Odysseus
I drove back from San Francisco not long ago to the rural San Joaquin Valley. It is only 200 miles. But in fact, it can […]
The Sun Also Pounces
Like an ex-journalist and current lush from Pamplona who thinks no one knows he’s loaded because he guzzles vodka—we’ll call him Ernie—the legacy media is […]
‘Small Government’ Is Dead, Long Live Limited Government!
In his 1996 State of the Union address, President Bill Clinton announced a political course correction, declaring “the era of big government is over.” It […]
California’s Green ‘Bantustans’ Are Coming to America
If the “smart growth” urban planners that dictate land use policies in Democratic states and cities have their way, the single family dwelling is an […]
One of These Genocides Is Not Like the Others
The story of America as told by the American Left is one of unremitting exploitation, enslavement, and genocide. A country founded on the backs of […]
The ‘Red Tory’ Moment
Just a few miles from my hometown sits the Welsh Rust Belt—the south Wales Valleys. Stamped onto those verdant galloping hills is what remains of […]