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What’s the Matter With Ted Cruz?

Andrew Klavan tries and fails to figure out why Republicans don’t rally behind the best candidate their party has produced since Ronald Reagan: Am I missing something about Ted Cruz? The Texas senator seems to me to be the one true conservative left in the presidential race, and the most true conservative who was ever […]

This Week In Quotes (Double Edition)

I’ve become fatalistic about this. Yes, Trump would be a disaster for the party in most ways. Yes we should do all we can do to avoid that — and yes, that means if he’s one delegate short of the nomination, he should be denied it. Unless, by some miracle, polls show that he has […]

How John Kasich Could Very Easily End Up As The GOP Nominee

If Donald J. Trump does not win the nomination outright or on the first ballot at the Republican Convention, it’s highly unlikely that he’ll be the nominee. That wasn’t always so. At one point, the expectation that Trump would run third party or would undercut the nominee and take his supporters with him to guarantee […]

Clintons are in no position to surf the populist wave

With apologies to Buffalo Springfield, there’s something happening here. What it is ain’t exactly clear. Here’s Bill Clinton in Spokane, Washington, making the pitch for his wife last week: “But if you believe we can all rise together, if you believe we’ve finally come to the point where we can put the awful legacy of […]

We Must Not Destroy the Constitution to Save It

I really worry that the Trump movement is a misguided reaction to the abuses of power by the ruling class in Washington, D.C. In our dire predicament, we need to be very thoughtful about our remedy. Some presumably well-intentioned people are convinced that because federal politicians have caused the problems threatening America, only an “outsider” […]

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Climate Inquisition

The Climate alarmists are losing it. As each year of the “hiatus” passes – now over a decade of no warming – climate change warriors become more unhinged. They are losing the argument and they know it. Polls regarding what is most important to Americans continue to rank man caused climate change dead last or […]

Paul Ryan’s Road Ahead

The House Speaker, the honorable Paul Ryan, recently expressed his hope for a more “confident America.” He went on to say “we don’t shut people down. If someone has a bad idea, we tell them why our idea is better. We don’t insult them into agreeing with us.” He spoke of the superiority of persuasion […]

Hillary To Bernie Fans: Be Good Now, And Hush

Hush, young Bernie Sanders supporters. Shhh. Hillary Clinton’s campaign wants you to change your tone. And when you’ve changed it, tone it down. I don’t mind you making noise. But Clinton’s advisers don’t like it, and they talk as if you’re still in those pajamas with the feet. The message? Be still. Good night. Hush. […]