During a ceremony on Capitol Hill this past week, the Attorney General poked fun at Nancy Pelosi: “Madam Speaker, did you bring your handcuffs?” “Mrs. Pelosi has flatly accused Mr. Barr of lying to Congress, and last week the Judiciary Committee voted to recommend he be held in contempt,” reports the WSJ. Some excitable Democrats […]
Back to the Obama/Biden Years?
Do you remember an interview on “60 Minutes” when President Obama spoke of the “new normal”? The year was 2010, and Obama was warning viewers that businesses needed to adjust to fewer employees … that the job market in America would never expand. GDP was 1.9% when President Obama and Joe Biden left office. Obama […]
Why Are Democrats Not Mentioning Obamacare?
As the Democrat presidential contenders vie for top billing in the primary season, health care, especially Medicare for All, is a top issue. Kaiser Health News reports that every analyst interviewed for its story on the health-care debate shared concerns regarding a Medicare for All system. How would people respond to losing the option of […]
Russiagate – an Exquisitely Planned Political Campaign
The Trump/Russia investigation has been a political narrative, plain and simple, with two objectives, explains Andrew C. McCarthy in NRO. To hamstring Donald Trump’s capacity to press the agenda on which he ran (immigration enforcement, conservative judicial nominees, deregulation, and a military build-up, along with skepticism about military interventions, free trade, and NATO). To render […]
Our Country – Divided
Most supporters of Donald Trump did not vote for the president because they thought he had a high personal character. Instead, they thought he had high “political character,” explains Peggy Noonan in the WSJ. “They hired him as an insult to the political class, as a Hail Mary pass—we’ve tried everything else, maybe this will […]
What Fear Looks Like in the Liberal Establishment
Attorney General William Barr made real news in his Senate hearing. The press didn’t notice, writes Kimberley A. Strassel in the WSJ. But Democrats did. Do not underestimate how many powerful people in Washington have something to lose from Mr. Barr’s probe. Among them: Former and current leaders of the law-enforcement and intelligence communities. The […]
Trawling to Score Political Points and Discredit Trump
In their campaign against President Trump and his administration, Democrats are conducting what the WSJ describes as “a pseudo-impeachment” in order to not undertake a real one. Pelosi’s Fear of Losing the Majority in 2020 With special counsel Robert Mueller’s report shattering Democrats’ hopes of Russian collusion, Democrats are caught between (1) a left-wing base […]
The Clintons – How Much to Have Them Just Go Away?
Things don’t seem to be going well for Hillary and Bill’s “Where We Go from Here” speaking tour. Joe Public isn’t showing much interest in hearing what the Clintons have to say. Ticket Prices Plunge Tickets can be purchased for less than $14. Saturday evening’s show in Los Angeles saw prices drop as low as […]
Bernie Promises Miracles, Ensures Poorer Care for All
Last week, after Democrats asked the Congressional Budget Office to layout parameters for single-payer health care, the CBO reported that it would be “challenging and potentially destructive” to move 160 million people from single payer to Medicare for All. Really? Banning Private Coverage If elected president, Bernie Sanders is promising to ban private coverage that […]
Notre Dame Not the Arena for Idiosyncratic Personal Expression
“It’s complicated,” said our driver more than once, as we discussed different issues – the Gilets Jaunes, Notre Dame, the bitter reaction to philanthropic giving from France’s wealthiest citizens. It took only two days after Notre Dame’s flames had been extinguished for President Macron to announce that France’s greatest gothic cathedral would be rebuilt in […]
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