“No one is going to take this guy down,” writes Peggy Noonan in the WSJ. To whom is she referring? The guy who reads Dickens, who quoted “Bleak House” in a 2009 decision. A former clerk told Ms. Noonan that because of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch’s grounding in legal philosophy, it “allows him to […]
Why Full Repeal of ObamaCare Is Better than Partial Repeal
Yes, undoubtedly under full repeal of ObamaCare, some Americans would lose coverage. But as Cato’s director of health care policies Michael F. Cannon explains, “The actual number of people who would lose coverage under full repeal is likely comparable to the number who would if and when ObamCare collapses of its own weight.” Dick and […]
Greetings from the Florida Keys: Sunset Yoga Islamorada
Consequences of “I’ve Got a Pen”
Jonah Goldberg, among National Review’s top #nevertrumpers, spoke at the Cato Institute’s always well-attended, enlightening annual event in Naples, Florida. Mr. Goldberg was preceded by keynote speaker Jonathan Turley, lawyer, legal scholar and professor of law at George Washington University Law School. Mr. Turley explained to the audience why he, while very critical of both […]
ACA–“People Don’t Like It Because They Don’t Know what It’s Done for Them”
Jonathan Gruber, one of the architects of ObamaCare, who once admitted that ACA was passed on the “stupidity of the American voter,” tells Tucker Carlson that Americans don’t understand what ObamaCare did for them. Tucker takes on ObamaCare architect Jonathan Gruber
President Trump’s Exclusion of Aliens from Specific Countries Is Legal
Explains Andrew C. McCarthy in National Review, “Arguments to the contrary ignore the Constitution and misstate federal law. … there is no doubt that the executive order temporarily banning entry from specified Muslim-majority countries is both well within President Trump’s constitutional authority and consistent with statutory law.” But as editors at the WSJ point out, […]
How President Obama Achieved Slower Growth and More Inequality
Democrats and progressive economists like to tout the economic “boom” Obama has left to President Trump. But here is a reality check, as reported by the WSJ. According to the Commerce Department, “growth clocked in at 1.9% for the last quarter of 2016, which was a major deceleration from 3.5% in the third quarter after […]
American Carnage
Progressives are up in arms over a particular phrase President Trump used during his inauguration address. Donald Trump described the high number of killings going on in major U.S. cities, many of which, like Chicago, have been under Democrat leadership for decades, as “American carnage.” The Manhattan Contrarian’s Francis Menton reports that in an editorial […]
“Oneness” the Bedrock of Islam, Governance by Sharia Norms
There is much speculation out and about on how Donald Trump will govern and fulfill his promises. But President Trump’s success or failure is not guaranteed, writes Andrew McCarthy in NRO. Mr. McCarthy reminds readers that the Trump’s presidency will most likely be judged on events that have not happened yet and how President Trump […]
Prosperity Not Character Will Determine Trump’s Fate
Donald Trump’s mouth and his personal recklessness worry even his staunchest supporters. Will Trump’s intrinsic and immutable flaws, as Victor Davis Hanson puts it, inevitably lead to overweening arrogance and thus catastrophe? “Perhaps,” writes Mr. Hanson at NRO. “But it’s far more likely that Trump’s fate will hinge on his economic reforms.” One reason that […]
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