Tariffs are taxes, and taxes are not political winners

The only one-term president in the memory of most living Americans was the Republican who hiked people’s taxes. Is President Trump looking to...

College football week 8: Three games you need to watch

There are 12 unbeaten teams left in college football. While my picks might not be unbeaten all season long, I did go unbeaten last week straight up...

April Ryan attending a ticketed fundraiser for a Democratic candidate is not even the worst thing she has done

White House correspondent and CNN contributor April Ryan has canceled a scheduled appearance at a ticketed fundraising event for 2020 Democratic...

Sorry, trolls: The US political tradition does indeed spring from the Roman Republic

A smattering of journalists and political commentators mocked the president this week after he boasted accurately that the United States and Italy...

One Supreme Court case could change the whole way the courts handle abortion cases

Perhaps the best outcome of the case June Medical Services LLC vs. Gee , which the Supreme Court will hear this term, will be for the nine justices...

Will the Democrats miss Middle America again?

COLUMBUS, Ohio — In the weeks, then months, and now years after losing the presidential election in 2016, Hillary Clinton has repeatedly...

How churches can save marriage — and American religiosity

Marriage season is in full swing. Early autumn has become the most popular season to marry, as more and more couples choose an October wedding. In...

Britain's huge Brexit Saturday

Brexit, or Britain's withdrawal from the European Union, faces a huge test on Saturday. On Saturday, parliamentarians will vote on Prime Minister...

US Army signs contract to study UFO material and make better weapons

The U.S. Army has signed a contract to study and exploit materials from unidentified flying objects. It intends to use what it learns in order to...

A tale of 2 failures: Obama's withdrawal from Iraq, and Trump's from Syria

Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama both wrongly ordered military withdrawals from areas where the military was not taking regular casualties....

Sen. Tim Scott: Opportunity zones are really working

The 2017 tax reform law was a once-in-a-generation tax cut for America’s families, small businesses, and workers. A huge part of that victory was...

Tulsi Gabbard should take Hillary Clinton’s 'Russian asset' smear as a compliment

Hillary Clinton will go down in history as one of the worst presidential candidates of all time. So if the failed 2016 nominee is bashing one of...

In Chicago Teachers Union strike, students suffer due to educators’ greed

Classes are canceled in Chicago today. Kids might celebrate the long weekend, but their education is suffering for no good reason. Friday marked...

David Brooks makes best case for reelecting Trump

New York Times columnist and self-taught psychiatrist David Brooks says there’s no way he can vote to reelect Donald Trump in 2020. But without...

No, Mike Pompeo didn't violate the Constitution by speaking at a Christian conference

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave a speech a week ago to the American Association of Christian Counselors at their conference in Nashville,...

Mick Mulvaney's walkback is a lie

" Let me be clear, there was absolutely no quid pro quo between Ukrainian military aid and any investigation into the 2016 election," said acting...

At a Wisconsin restaurant, social media outrage meets real life

Move over, Red Hen . The most controversial restaurant in America may be Fat Joe's Bar and Grill, an unassuming establishment in the heart of...

Did China actually ask the NBA to fire Daryl Morey? Does it matter?

China wants Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey canned — at least, that's true according to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. By Chinese...

Venezuela is on the Human Rights Council and the UN should be ashamed

Thursday, in yet another hypocritical decision, the members of the United Nations General Assembly elected the Venezuelan socialist dictatorship of...

Mick Mulvaney just revealed how little the White House has thought through its impeachment strategy

The White House’s impeachment strategy seems to be a kind of political “Because I said so!” Hesitant to explain the details of President...

Incompetence and impotence marked US retreat in Syria

Completely apart from the utter foolishness of President Trump’s decision to betray the Kurds, risk reinvigorating the Islamic State, and give a...

The night the censors drove old 'Dixie' down

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, operates on a more liberal compass heading than much of the South. But it carries the unfortunate distinction of...

Trump tax cuts rightly taxed labor more than capital

In defense of the Trump administration's Turkey-Kurds ceasefire

'Landmark the SOB!'

The Strand Book Store in New York City is a rare landmark beloved by both tourists, for its clever literary souvenirs, and locals, for its frequent...

The funny thing about Comic Sans

Twenty-five years ago, a typographer invented Comic Sans because digital dogs don't speak in elegant fonts. "Dogs don't talk in Times New Roman!"...

Venezuela is not the only egregious addition to the UN Human Rights Council

Democrats foolishly pine for a new New Deal

One small step for NASA, one giant leap for women

Gen. Mattis demonstrates how to respond to Trump insults

Your End-of-Week Reminder: ABC News still hasn’t explained why it showed Kentucky gun range footage and said it was from Syria

A full work week has now elapsed since ABC News made a remarkable error. We still have no explanation of how it happened. ABC anchor Tom Llamas...

GOP making big gains in 2019 after 2018 'blue wave'

After the so-called “blue wave” of Democratic victories in the 2018 midterm election, the grassroots of both parties looked to the 2019 off-year...

Hillary Clinton makes the wrong criticism of Tulsi Gabbard on Russia

Responding to Hillary Clinton's description of Tulsi Gabbard as a Russian asset, my colleague Brad Polumbo observes that Clinton isn't exactly a...

Rep. Andy Biggs: The Pelosi-Schiff impeachment farce has no respect for due process

Earlier this week, Rep. Denny Heck, Democratic member of the House Intelligence Committee, told reporters that Republicans “are darn lucky these...

We need to clean house at the Federal Election Commission

The Federal Election Commission may be the worst way to regulate political contributions and spending: except for all the alternatives, that is....

Honest socialists vs. Elizabeth Warren

The best way to expose an imposter is to stand her next to the real thing. Elizabeth Warren had to stand next to Bernie Sanders at the Oct. 15...

Federal court strikes back against Obama mandate forcing doctors to perform sex reassignment surgeries

A federal court in Texas has ruled in favor of conscience protections in a fascinating case concerning the intersection of healthcare, sex...

This is not how a president behaves if he is very concerned about corruption

The White House’s current defense against charges that he made improper demands on Ukraine is that President Trump is a passionate opponent of...

With quids and quos now admitted, it’s time to impeach

With regard to the quid and the several examples of quo involved in President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, they were all part of the same...

The media's 'Joker' panic was all ginned-up nonsense

Chances are you have heard something about Warner Brothers' “Joker," which stars Joaquin Phoenix in the title role as Batman’s arch-nemesis,...

Londoners rebel against Extinction Rebellion

Henry V might not have been as woke as the present Prince Harry, but his courage at Harfleur and Agincourt still flows in English veins. The proof...

Trump, Pelosi, and Gen. Mark Milley's telling sadness

Whether you support President Trump, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, or neither, pay close heed to the reaction of America's highest ranking military officer...

Holding G-7 at Trump's Doral resort is shameless

News that the G-7 summit will be held at the Trump National Doral resort in Miami is perhaps the most blatant example of President Trump using his...

Trump's humiliation by Erdoğan could lead to a reckless overreaction to show strength

President Trump has projected Jimmy Carter-like weakness to foreign leaders in getting utterly humiliated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

The Democrats should cancel their MSNBC debate until Andy Lack, Phil Griffin, and Oppenheim leave NBC News

Rachel Maddow stood up for journalism and against her bosses on national television after becoming suspicious that NBC News had killed Ronan...

Ohio Republicans are living in Denial

Ohio's drug epidemic, surging welfare spending, and slow job growth spell trouble for the future. But few Ohio Republicans seem concerned....

The United Nations hammers another nail in its credibility coffin

Electing Venezuela to its Human Rights Council, the United Nations hammered another nail into its credibility coffin on Thursday. Winning a...

Trump's Syria peace plan: Get the Kurds to surrender to Turkey

Outlining Turkey's agreement of an immediate 120-hour cease-fire in Syria on Thursday, Vice President Mike Pence claimed that President Trump has...

Get ready for a million negative reviews about Trump's Doral Miami golf resort

If President Trump’s master plan in choosing one of his golf resorts in Miami to host the 2020 G-7 summit is to enrich himself by promoting the...

Team Beto desperate to deny that their candidate endorsed door-to-door gun confiscation

Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke should probably coordinate his campaign message with his campaign team. Because they do not seem to be on the...

Socialism at the liquor store

I heard last week from an intrepid subscriber to the Washington Examiner who had read my May 10 column about how I like my martini but who had been...

Doing the Lord's Work

"Love your neighbor" is one of Jesus Christ's most famous commands. One church in central Indiana decided to live this commandment by paying off...

Extortion: Democrats test new charge against Trump

In recent weeks, some Democrats have struggled to cite a crime committed by President Trump in the Ukraine affair. While the intelligence community...

Nancy Pelosi should yank Adam Schiff from impeachment investigation

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi should transfer the ongoing impeachment investigation from the House Intelligence Committee. It does not have proper...

Trump deserves his inevitably bad G-7 news cycle

In yet another unforced error instigated by the Trump administration, acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney announced that the next G-7 summit will...

Hillary's quid pro quo

It's not an impeachable offense -- because she will never, ever be the President -- but in yet another reminder that any flaming pile of garbage...

Mulvaney confirms there was a quid pro quo

In today's press briefing, the White House just admitted to a charge it's been vehemently denying for weeks. Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney...

Charles Krauthammer and the Nats and me

On May 28, 1957, a day that will live in infamy, Major League Baseball’s owners allowed the Brooklyn Dodgers to move to Los Angeles (now the home...

Stop asking politicians what they think of the culture

At the end of a terribly mundane Democratic debate, CNN drew bipartisan criticism for ending the proceedings with a question you might ask a group...

Hey, Mark Zuckerberg: Get off the fence on free speech

Mark Zuckerberg is a walking, talking contradiction when it comes to free speech. The Facebook founder and Silicon Valley icon often touts the...

Conservatives should make peace with the complete decriminalization of prostitution

When Veronica Monet was trapped and raped by a client, she couldn’t go to the police. She knew they’d dismiss her concerns and possibly even throw...

'Government is not God,' but the Democrats would like to see that change

If it were up to the Democrats, religion would be a one-day-a-week kind of thing: you can attend your service on Sunday, get all that faith stuff...

The death of sexy

Victoria's Secret for decades sold one thing: sexy. With gorgeous models in seductive photo shoots, Victoria's Secret provided women with aesthetic...

Kale fail

Sometime in recent years, you may have noticed something new on your plate: a big leaf, darker than most salad greens, and with edges so ruffled...

Hey, put your records on

After the invention of the CD, it seemed like vinyl stores would eventually join dusty used bookshops among the hallmarks of an older era. Then in...

A Nobel Hope For Peace

It was among the century’s great feats of moral and political courage, the kind of bold action the Nobel Peace Prize was created to honor. On July...

Congress is a worse place for the death of Rep. Elijah Cummings

Rep. Elijah Cummings is dead. The U.S. Congress is worse off for it. The longtime Democrat from Maryland, who passed away early Thursday morning at...

Trump is giving Republicans a utilitarian argument for impeachment

The question of what high crimes and misdemeanors rise to the level of impeachable offenses is unclear by design. Impeachment is an inherently...

What Mick Mulvaney said about Ukraine and the DNC server is not the quid pro quo that Democrats were looking for

Democrats and liberals in the media think they just caught the White House admitting to a quid pro quo setup between President Trump and the head...

What would really happen if DC legalized prostitution?

On Thursday, the D.C. City Council held a committee hearing to consider passing a bill that would turn the national’s capital into a mecca for...

At Democratic debate, notes of caution on impeachment

WESTERVILLE, Ohio -- In the most recent Quinnipiac national poll, 90 percent of Democratic voters approved of the party's impeachment inquiry...

CNN did all it could to make Elizabeth Warren win the Democratic debate

To learn who the media love, look at who they let speak. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren spent the most time talking at the CNN/ New York Times...

Westerville debate leaves the Democratic race wider open

The world’s oldest political party set an all-time record Tuesday night, with 12 presidential candidates on a single stage in Westerville, Ohio....

Democrats hate Tulsi Gabbard because she reminds them what they used to stand for

“I think it is important for us to send a signal that we are not hellbent on regime change,” presidential candidate Barack Obama said in 2007. He...

‘Don’t be a fool!’: Trump responds to Turkey's aggression with ridiculous letter

Turkey moved into northern Syria last week, attacked our Kurdish allies, and rejected a ceasefire. President Trump’s strategy is to respond to...

Democratic debate featured a question about Ellen but nothing on China’s domination of corporate America

It is impossible to take the 2020 Democratic primary debates seriously when the moderators themselves treat them like parlor games. These are not...

Amy Klobuchar beat Elizabeth Warren, but how come no one talked about black voters?

In the spirit of girl power, Sen. Amy Klobuchar did not allow her gender or the fear of feminists get in the way of her unapologetic efforts to...

Amazon Prime's The Report is fake history and not worth your time

If you were watching Tuesday night's Democratic presidential primary debate, you might have noticed Amazon Studios advertised a trailer for their...

Kim Jong Un's white horse, a dark omen for missile test moratorium

Kim Jong Un will likely soon announce the end of his moratorium on intercontinental ballistic missile tests. Either that, or the North Korean...

Last night's Democratic debate proved that it's going to be very difficult to defeat Trump

Maybe after Tuesday night’s debate it will have finally sunk in that Democrats are going to have a very, very, very hard time winning the...

Pete Buttigieg rightly reminds Beto O'Rourke that suicides comprise the majority of gun deaths

While Beto O'Rourke has continued to assert that Washington needs to shred the Second Amendment to save lives, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg...

Estimated cost of Sanders-Warren healthcare plan rises to $34 trillion

A plan to provide free healthcare to all along the lines of what has been proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders and endorsed by Democratic frontrunner...

Farrow: NBC News and Gwen Stefani in the tank for anti-vaccine movement

We already know that Hollywood is responsible for reviving Andrew Wakefield's murderous pseudoscience supporting anti-vaccine activists. For...

Education deserves more focus from 2020 Democrats

Fourteen minutes and 50 seconds — by my count, that’s about how long the Democratic presidential candidates have spent talking about K-12...

AOC's endorsement gives Bernie Sanders' campaign the energy and security it needs

Bernie Sanders might be one of the oldest presidential candidates in the 2020 race, but his policies will live for a long time yet. Alexandria...

The fallout over the Trump-media video reveals the need for decency in politics

In this political climate, it takes very little for either side to get outraged over the actions of a small percentage of the opposition. This is a...

Democratic candidates lie about abortion because they can

When it comes to abortion, Democratic candidates are out of touch with America. They made this much clear at the Democratic debate on Tuesday...

The Left has a plan — let's pay $7 trillion more for healthcare without any improvement in care

From the 2020 Democratic candidates’ discussion of healthcare in their Oct. 15 debate, one receives the impression that Sen. Bernie Sanders’...

No, President Trump, the PKK terrorist group is not worse than ISIS

President Trump on Wednesday suggested that the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK terrorist group, "is probably worse at terror, more of a terrorist...

The Washington Post is becoming Elizabeth Warren's love-struck stalker

Again, the Washington Post has been anything but subtle in its love for Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. Last week, the D.C.-based newspaper...

Viral liberal hoax claims Chick-fil-A backed a law to execute gay people

How sad is it that we have to fact-check the fact-checkers? Unfortunately, though, many ostensibly neutral fact-checkers have become too obviously...

Nancy Pelosi's delay of impeachment could backfire in 2020

House Democrats were quick to announce an impeachment inquiry against President Trump. But now that the process has started, they seem hesitant to...

Hospice care needs some help from Congress

It was me and my sister in a room watching our brother hooked up to an oxygen machine and laboring to breathe. The machine buzzed. I went into the...

Warren draws scrutiny for Medicare for All, but her opponents are no wiser on healthcare

Whenever anyone, especially a politician, starts a sentence with, “Let’s be clear,” you know they’re on the defensive. Moderators knew it at...

Shining light into the complicated, obscure aluminum pricing system

Over the last century, the brewing and beverage industry have been leaders in economic development and innovation. Both industries employ hundreds...

Will DC fall prey to siren song of prostitution?

President Ronald Reagan once quipped, “Someone once said that politics is the second-oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking...

Media want to protect Elizabeth Warren from questions about her plan to raise taxes

Poor Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Cruel and unfair moderators asked her repeatedly Tuesday evening during a 2020 Democratic primary debate whether she...

Democrats try to drive religion out of the public square

The Democrats aren’t going to come after you just for being religious. They won’t sic the feds on you unless you try to live your faith in...

Trump's tax dodges look more serious than Whitewater

Conservatives who spent years investigating and criticizing the Clinton family business dealings known as “Whitewater” and Hillary Clinton’s...

Elizabeth Warren's 3 worst debate moments

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren was exposed in Tuesday night’s debate as the petty, patronizing, petulant poseur she really is. Pundit after...