Jay Nordlinger, senior editor for National Review and music critic for The New Criterion, writes Impromptu columns for NRO. Jay recently attended the Oslo Freedom Forum, an annual human rights gathering in Norway. In Oslo, Part V, Jay talks about his observations in the Norwegian capital. A visit to Norway will make you think a […]
Do You Know Rick Scott?
Learn more about Rick Scott here, and vote for Governor Scott tomorrow in Florida. Rick Scott is the 45th Governor of Florida. Born in Bloomington, Illinois, and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, his father was a city bus and truck driver after his service in the 82nd Airborne during World War II, and his mother […]
Bureaucratic Swine at the Trough
The Cato Institute’s Dan Mitchell goes three for three in this compelling expose. The crowd in Washington benefits enormously from a complicated tax system, a Byzantine regulatory regime, and a bloated budget. The Republicans will take the Senate. Nothing will change in Washington Until We The People force the change needed. And the required revolution […]
The World’s Political Winds Have Shifted
Daniel Henninger explains that Democrats Crash-Land the Planet. Want to know how to really scare a Democratic candidate for Congress on Halloween? Forget the Sarah Palin mask. Don’t say “Boo!” Just slip up behind them and whisper, “national security.” They’ll jump from here into next week’s election. In New Hampshire, North Carolina, Arkansas, Iowa and […]
November 4—Outcomes Matter
With midterm elections just days away and some predictions pointing to a strong showing by Republican candidates, what would a Republican-controlled Congress actually mean? Cato Institute’s Michael Tanner warns that we should not expect big changes should Republicans make major gains. ObamaCare is not going to be repealed, and there will be no big entitlement […]
Obama Policies Wreck Shaheen in New Hampshire
Scott Brown, in a stunning shocker, has made it a horse race in New Hampshire’s Senate election. Debbie and I support Scott’s candidacy. In the last month, Scott Brown has transformed the New Hampshire Senate race into an unexpected, nail-biting contest. The state’s unique sensitivity to nationalized politics, and its proclivity to ride the wave, […]
Republicans Will Take the Senate
That is Pat Buchanan’s forecast and my count as well. For me the big news here is that Obama will not get to put another liberal on the Supreme Court. As it stands today, Republicans will add seats in the House and recapture the Senate on Tuesday. However, the near-certainty is that those elections will […]
A Life and Death Menace
Monica Crowley in the Washington Times asks an important question: Why are the Joint Chiefs of Staff recommending mandatory quarantine for personnel returning from Ebola-struck regions in Africa, yet the Obama administration calls three weeks in quarantine “overreach”? Maybe we need hazmat suits to protect us from our leaders. The president has two primary jobs: […]
Cato Event on ObamaCare
Cato Institute’s Michael Cannon explains here why ObamaCare supporters are showing signs that the Halbig cases could actually succeed. On October 30 the Cato Institute will host a half-day conference on the Halbig cases. Featured will be two of the plaintiffs: Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt and Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller. Go here for […]
“You Can’t Say that ObamaCare Has no Winners.”
From the archives. Originally posted January 24, 2014. Are you aware that under ObamaCare more than $1 trillion of taxpayer funds go to insurance companies? For what? Why subsidies for insurance companies to help people sign up to buy their products—products that by law citizens and companies are required to purchase. Here Cato Institute’s Michael […]