The election in 2020 will present a starker choice than voters faced in 2016, writes Victor Davis Hanson. Donald Trump will run on the premise that he is “the only thing standing between voters and socialism.” Who gets into the White House will depend on (1) whether the Democratic presidential campaigners continue their hard-left trajectory […]
Democratic Socialism – the Scenic Road to Serfdom
The Democrats’ proposed Green New Deal would place the U.S. economy on a war footing, warns Jeffrey Miron and Ryan Bourne at Cato.org. As they explain, democratic socialism is the scenic route to serfdom. The Green New Deal (GND) is the opposite of market-led decision-making, the antithesis of anti-central government. The goals of the GND […]
Income Inequality Bigger Hoax than Russian Hoax
With the Russian hoax now behind us, the latest mantra filling the media vacuum is “income inequality,” writes Francis Menton in the Manhattan Contrarian. It’s front-page news again. Ray Dalio – the serious mega-billionaire and Co-Chairman of the country’s biggest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates proclaimed on 60 Minutes that income inequality is a “national emergency.” […]
The Upside-Down Results of Affirmative Action
Admissions to New York City’s top public high schools are based on a single, highly competitive entrance exam. Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to relax those standards, reports William McGurn in the WSJ, because the mayor is mortified by the results. For example, of the 895 openings for the freshman class at the NYC’s most […]
Democrats’ Trio of Old White Males – Biden, Bernie, Beto
Odd indeed that the leading presidential contenders for the Democrat’s anti “white male” party are all white males, observes Victor Davis Hanson. Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke: The lifelong beneficiary of wealth and influence – when not declaring Trump guilty of treason – has done his best to blast his own past white privilege. “As a […]
America – the Best Time Ever to Look for a Job
According to the latest employment report from the National Federation of Independent Business, due out later today, U.S. businesses in March continued aggressively hiring, reports James Freeman in the WSJ. From NFIB Chief Economist William Dunkelberg: Job creation was solid in March with a net addition of 0.50 workers per firm (including those making no […]
Investors Like Growth in 401K Accounts
Roger Kimball is going out on a limb, predicting Donald Trump will be a second term president. Kimball also admits that predictions are subject to all sorts of vagaries to intervene against Donald Trump’s reelection. But what we have just witnessed is perhaps the most stunningly successful first two years of any administration in history. […]
The “A” List of Bad Actors in the Russia Hoax
The motives of the bad actors partaking in the Russia hoax are diverse, but they share a common denominator, writes Victor Davis Hanson. As Washington politicos and administrative state careerists, all of them believed that Donald Trump was so abhorrent that he should be prevented from winning the 2016 election. After his stunning and shocking […]
The Russian Hoax – Why “Moving On” Would be Bad for the Country
Should President Trump “just move on,” as Karl Rove suggests in the WSJ? Mr. Rove urges Trump to focus on positive messages, including the strong economy. Don’t Let the Perpetrators Off the Hook Francis Menton at the Manhattan Contrarian argues that it is of “great importance not to let the perpetrators of the Russia hoax […]
Politics Today – Sweeping, Definitive, Maximalist, Bullying
Policy demands today are no longer moderate or incremental, Peggy Noonan points out in the WSJ. Current America, with its moderating institutions (churches) going down and its dividing institutions (the internet) rising, sees our polarization not as something to be healed but a reason for being, something to get up for. There’s a finality to […]
