Category: Column

One thing is abundantly clear: Neither political party will emerge from the 2016 nomination battle looking anything like they did when they began the marathon. Fundamental changes are now inevitable in both political parties. And they will be irreversible. These changes will not be so much in how the ethnic or geographic constituencies divide themselves […]

Consumer Reports is sounding the alarm about a vicious infection raging through hospitals, even prestigious academic medical centers such as Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City and Ohio’s Cleveland Clinic. Clostridium difficile, or C. diff for short, sickens half a million people each year, and 29,000 of them […]

On February 20th, UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced that the ‘in/out EU referendum’ he had promised in the campaign for the last parliamentary vote would finally take place on June 23rd. The outcome of the long-promised vote could have a tremendous impact not merely on the future of Mr. Cameron and his coalition but […]

Welcome to the club, America! You’re now experiencing first-hand what was previously seen as something that only happened in foreign lands: an overt electoral hijacking attempt by establishment elites. What do you do when the democratic process turns out to be a bit too democratic, in the sense that people on the side that’s currently […]

Hillary Clinton will not be elected president of the United States. Why? Because she can’t win, that’s why. And the sooner you figure this out, the calmer you will be. She wants desperately to win. She’s endured painful decades of Bill, years of Barack, eating all the insults like so many sins and swallowing them […]

It is seldom that the fate of a nation can be traced to what happened on one particular day. But that may be what happens in the United States of America on Tuesday, March 15, 2016. That is because the front-runners in both political parties are not merely inadequate but appalling — and the vote […]

This past Friday, a left-wing mob shut down a Donald Trump rally in Chicago. Most Americans viewing what happened saw it for what it was — another left-wing assault on the speech of those with whom they differ and on traditional American civility. Not surprisingly, the media reporting has concentrated overwhelmingly on Trump for incendiary […]

The likely presidential nominee of the Republican Party and the certain (barring indictments) nominee of the Democratic Party have something in common, something more than residences in New York: campaign appeals based on nostalgia. Consider Donald Trump’s official campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again.” His reference point is not the Founding Fathers, whom Marco Rubio […]

It is disheartening that the Wall Street Journal editorial board, for whom I had such respect for years, is discouraging a narrowing of the GOP field if either John Kasich or Marco Rubio wins his home state Tuesday. It’s bad enough for the editors to encourage Rubio to stay in if he wins Florida, but […]

Polling begun and completed after the March 10 debate shows radical changes in Ohio and Illinois ahead of their March 15 primaries. In both primaries, Ted Cruz is surging on the strength of a strong debate performance. In Ohio, a winner take all primary with 66 delegates on the line, the latest poll by CBS […]

Might the establishment republican power brokers actually prefer Ted Cruz to Donald Trump? The left wing website Yahoo News thinks so. Could it really be that the country club, French republicans (hat tip – Mark Levin) line up behind the most hated Senator in world history? According to Matt Bai at Yahoo, the republicans may […]

Watching FX’s “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” brings me back to the one day I spent in 1995 at Simpson’s murder trial. I play that day over and over in my head. The prosecution had spent an inordinate amount of time asking the coroner about an indentation in Nicole Simpson’s back caused, […]

Why does it take death to bring us together? Why not life? Watching Nancy Reagan’s funeral on television, the front-row tableau was a picture of unity, in form, if not in substance. There was Gov. Jerry Brown of California, a Democrat, Michelle Obama (D), former President George Bush (R), Laura Bush (R), Hillary Clinton (D), […]

Just about the time I was getting ready to write this column, news broke from Chicago that a Trump rally was canceled because of threats. Not surprising, I thought. Sad, but not surprising. Welcome to the 2016 election. I’m not a Trump fan by any stretch of the imagination. If you’ve been reading my columns, […]

The Supreme Court heard arguments last week in the Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt case, where the constitutionality of HB 2, the Texas omnibus abortion law that Gov. Rick Perry signed in 2013, is being challenged. At issue are the new regulations that the law placed on abortion providers in Texas. One: Facilities performing abortions […]

Evidently it’s not safe to be a dissenter at a Donald Trump rally these days. But then I suppose it’s not safe for anyone who is not part of the Trump brigade – not even if you are just reporting on it, or are shills for the Trump campaign, like Drudge and Breitbart. Drudge, being […]

I learned a new word at Wednesday night’s Univision Democratic debate — “Hispandering.” Univision’s Maria Elena Salinas asked former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton whether she was flip-flopping on her erstwhile opposition to “illegal immigrants.” (It’s interesting Salinas did not say “undocumented.” She said “illegal” immigrants.) Or was Clinton “Hispandering”? Salinas explained that the term […]

While pro-Trump pundits do their best to rationalize the sewer talk flowing from the stage after the most recent GOP debate, please understand that the problem is really not that complicated. We do not need psychologists, campaign analysts or even cable and radio show hosts to defend the reprehensible, puerile locker room talk erupting from […]

Bad news for both parties in the primaries and caucuses in the seven days in March following Super Tuesday. Start with the higher-ratings, higher-turnout Republican race. Donald Trump won two solid victories in Michigan and Mississippi Tuesday, after weak showings in the five contests over the weekend. From March 2 to March 8 he netted […]

Sheeesh! This is second time this week I’ve written about Rush Limbaugh. It does have to do with politics, but thankfully it doesn’t concern the presidential election or the never-ending primary season. I know it’s of vital importance, but frankly the never ending daily doses of it are getting a bit old. So let’s instead […]

As I was listening to Donald Trump’s performance art/news conference the other night, I wondered whether it was even worth writing another column about the assorted lies and myths he peddles on trade. I don’t think so. Trump promises to bring Third World jobs back to an advanced economy, and millions of voters — left […]

This special edition of The Glazov Gang was joined by Dr. Peter Hammond, a Christian missionary who is the Founder of Frontline Fellowship and Louis Lionheart, a Christian preacher who is the Founder of TruthDefenders.com. The two guests came on the program to discuss Does God Love All People?, unveiling Judeo-Christian scriptures that delegitimize several […]

The so-called Republican establishment is coming to the painful realization that Texas Sen. Ted Cruz may be its only hope to block Donald Trump from winning the nomination and Hillary Clinton from winning the White House. It’s not assured, of course. There are as many theories on how to emerge from this year’s Republican convention […]

I appealed to Donald Trump supporters to consider voting for Ted Cruz, and I now make the same request of Marco Rubio supporters. I must emphasize that my primary motivation is to advance conservatism, not to defeat Trump, though the two might be more similar than dissimilar. The remedy for what ails America is full-throated […]

“Burn it down.” That’s the slogan of faux conservatives who now rejoice that the Republican Party is being smashed by a slick, howlingly transparent grifter. The urge to destroy has a kind of pornographic appeal to a certain personality — but it’s a shock to find it so widespread. The Republican Party is choosing an […]

Donald Trump’s lead in the Republican race is real, but far from secure. At the moment, the billionaire has 458 delegates and Ted Cruz has 359. That’s a 99 delegate lead with more than 1,400 delegates still to be selected. Cruz has plenty of room to come from behind if he’s able to defeat Trump […]

During the Democratic presidential debate in Flint, Michigan, Hillary Clinton used a question about teachers’ unions to blame the state of the education system on a lack of funding. When asked by CNN’s Anderson Cooper if “unions protect bad teachers,” Clinton replied in part: A lot of what has happened—and honestly it really pains me—a […]