by Glenn Reynolds. When Americans have more faith in the military than the political class, democracy is in trouble. According to a recent Associated Press poll, the public lacks confidence in government. And by “lacks confidence,” I mean “really lacks confidence.” Specifically, “More than 6 in 10 respondents expressed only slight confidence — or ... MORE
by Sylvia Van Peebles. Of all the things one could think of that New York City needs more of, public urination doesn't immediately come to mind. But New York's City Council,
which is so far left it almost collides with the right, is about to
make it happen thanks to it's Speaker, a Puerto Rican nationalist who
supports terrorists and rejects the ... MORE
by NY Post Editorial Board. It’s easy to see why some feel numbed by the Hillary Clinton e-mail scandal. Damning new “shoes” are dropping . . . well, fast and furious, to cite yet another administration outrage (see below). Fox News, which last week disclosed that messages on Clinton’s private server went beyond even Top Secret classification, ... MORE
Sunshines shines on Clinton Foundation. The FBI has expanded its investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a
private email server during her time as secretary of State to determine
whether her Clinton Foundation work violated public corruption laws, according to Fox News. The report is based on accounts by three unnamed sources. "The
agents are ... MORE
A Washington Examiner editorial. What makes for a credible public voice? A key ingredient is truth. The crucial difference between Winston Churchill and Baghdad Bob was not their nations' respective fortunes in war. It was that Churchill was open with the British public about the difficulties his nation faced. He could have tried ... MORE
by David A. Graham. Amid all the scandals related to the Clinton family, Bill Clinton’s sex
scandals were supposed to be a dead letter. After all, the former
president weathered impeachment proceedings in the late 1990s—in fact,
Hillary Clinton’s popularity soared at the time. As those events
receded, Bill Clinton became one of the most popular ... MORE
by Kenneth Walsh. Both major political parties are in trouble with the American people. The latest Gallup Poll finds that loyalty to the Democrats and Republicans
is at or near historic lows. In 2015, for the fifth straight year, "at
least four in 10 U.S. adults identified as political independents," a
Gallup spokesman said. Forty-two percent said they were ... MORE
The king of blather takes the stage again. Those who have been marveling at Donald Trump's political showmanship were given a reminder of who is the top showman of them all, when President Barack Obama went on television to make a pitch for his unilateral actions to restrict gun sales and make a more general case for tighter gun control laws. ... MORE
by Kevin D. Williamson. At the beginning of December, Rolling Stone writer Jeff Goodell asked Secretary of State John Kerry whether Charles and David Koch, two libertarian political activists, should be considered — his remarkable words — “an enemy of the state.” He posed the same question about Exxon, and John Kerry, who could have been ... MORE
by Richard M. Ebeling. Democratic Party hopeful, Bernie Sanders, recently outlined what it means for him to be a “democratic socialist.” The problem is that the same label might be applied to most of the other candidates running in both the Democratic and Republican parties running to be the nominee for presidency of the United States. One ... MORE
Playing favorites. In the Democrat presidential debate, Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT), an avowed socialist from Vermont, alluded to crony capitalism. “I'm running for president because as I go around this nation I talk to a lot of people. And what I hear is people concerned that the economy we have is a rigged economy.” In the Republican ... MORE