The Weird Politics Of Sexual Harassment By Ted Rall
When the Kevin Spacey story first broke, he stood accused of one act of wrongdoing: aggressively hitting on a 14-year-old boy.
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November 11, 2017
November 10, 2017
2016 Is Looking Like the New Normal By Michael Barone
If you wanted to predict the results of Tuesday's gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey, you would have been wise to ignore the flurry of polls and campaign events. You would have paid no heed to the conventional wisdom that Republican Ed Gillespie had a solid chance to beat Ralph Northam in Virginia.
November 10, 2017
That Bloodbath in the Old Dominion By Patrick J. Buchanan
The day after his "Silent Majority" speech on Nov. 3, 1969, calling on Americans to stand with him for peace with honor in Vietnam, Richard Nixon's GOP captured the governorships of Virginia and New Jersey.
November 9, 2017
Democratic Domination in the Old Dominion By Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley
Tuesday represented the best non-presidential election night Democrats have had since 2006. They swept the statewide ticket in Virginia for the second election in a row, and they picked up the New Jersey governorship. They also won a crucial, majority-making state Senate election in Washington state, so they won complete control of state government in two states (New Jersey and Washington).
November 8, 2017
Simpler Tax Simplification By John Stossel
As you read this, President Trump's tax plan is being debated. Congress will change it. Where this ends, no one knows.
November 7, 2017
Red Lines & Lost Credibility By Patrick J. Buchanan
A major goal of this Asia trip, said National Security Adviser H. R. McMaster, is to rally allies to achieve the "complete, verifiable and permanent denuclearization of the Korean peninsula."
Yet Kim Jong Un has said he will never give up his nuclear weapons. He believes the survival of his dynastic regime depends upon them.
November 6, 2017
Christ Church Looks Down on George Washington, Robert E. Lee By Charles Hurt
CORRECTION: In a column dated Oct. 29, 2017, I incorrectly noted: “The vestry of Christ Church in Alexandria, however, is not capable of grappling with such complexities. Truly, pearls before swine. After all, it is so much easier just to obliterate painful history than to understand it and learn from it.”
November 3, 2017
Another Reason To Protect Bicycle and Pedestrian Paths From Cars By Ted Rall
This week's ISIS-inspired truck attack in lower Manhattan by Uzbek immigrant Sayfullo Saipov has prompted discussions on a number of fronts. There is blowback, the foreign-policy-chickens-come-home-to-roost indicated by an increasing number of radical Islamists emerging from the former Soviet republic of Uzbekistan, a Central Asian nation whose brutal dictatorship is financed and armed by our U.S. taxdollars.
November 3, 2017
Keep Calm and Carry On By Michael Barone
Keep calm and carry on. Those words, though not appearing as extensively on posters in wartime Britain as often supposed, are good advice for Americans now appalled by the presidency of Donald Trump.
November 3, 2017
Their America, and Ours. By Patrick J. Buchanan
"Meet you at Peace Cross."
In northwest D.C. in the 1950s, that was an often-heard comment among high schoolers headed for Ocean City.
November 2, 2017
Signs and Portents By Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley
In an off-year long on election commentary but short on actual elections, the two main events on a Spartan political calendar are now upon us: New Jersey and Virginia will elect new governors next week, and the stakes are high, particularly for Democrats.
November 1, 2017
Communism Turns 100 By John Stossel
This year marks the hundredth anniversary of one of the worst mistakes ever made: the Communist revolution in Russia.
November 1, 2017
Allahu Akbar-itis: America's Deadly and Debilitating Disease By Michelle Malkin
"Shout 'Allahu Akbar,' because this strikes fear in the hearts of the non-believers."
October 31, 2017
That Other Plot -- to Bring Down Trump By Patrick J. Buchanan
Well over a year after the FBI began investigating "collusion" between the Trump campaign and Vladimir Putin, Special Counsel Robert Mueller has brought in his first major indictment.
October 30, 2017
Christ Church and the Slavers' Blood Money By Charles Hurt
“All are welcome. No exceptions,” reads the cheap, blue sign zip-tied to the wrought iron fence between brick pillars outside Christ Church in Alexandria.
“All,” that is, except George Washington and Robert E. Lee. Or, anyone who reveres either of the two great generals. Or, even the memory of them.
October 30, 2017
President Trump Needs a Stable Dollar Along With Tax Cuts to Maximize Growth By Lawrence Kudlow
President Trump is likely to name a new Federal Reserve chair over the next few days. Speculation is focused on current Fed governor Jay Powell and Stanford University economist John Taylor. The list may be larger; it could still include current Chair Janet Yellen or Kevin Warsh. Trump is soliciting opinions and advice from people inside and outside government. We will see soon enough.
October 27, 2017
It's Trump's Party Now By Patrick J. Buchanan
"More is now required of us than to put down our thoughts in writing," declaimed Jeff Flake in his oration against President Trump, just before he announced he will be quitting the Senate.
October 27, 2017
Both Parties Trying Even Harder to Defeat Themselves By Michael Barone
Three weeks ago, I wrote a column about how both parties seem determined to lose the next elections. Since then, the pace has accelerated.
The clamor is more visible -- and more assiduously reported by mainstream media -- among the Republicans.
October 26, 2017
Primary Colors in Red By Kyle Kondik
If President Trump actively campaigned against incumbents of his own party in primaries next year, it would be an unusual political occurrence. But it would not be without precedent. In fact, he wouldn’t even be the first ideologically flexible, wealthy New Yorker who occupied the Oval Office to do so.
