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January 2017

January 04, 2017

The Democrats’ religion problem

Michael Wear is a pro-life evangelical Christian who was a staffer for Barack Obama, helping...

January 04, 2017

The “current year” argument

Some people invoke the current year as a sufficient argument. As in, "I can't believe...

December 2016

December 29, 2016

The worst political predictions of 2016

The Cranach Institute is not the only news source that holds itself accountable by checking...

December 22, 2016

The next scheme to stop Trump

Trump couldn't be stopped in the Republican primaries, or at the convention, or in the...

December 20, 2016

Donald Trump news

The Electoral College officially elected Donald Trump president. Despite all of the efforts to persuade...

December 19, 2016

Electoral College Day, then and now

The Electoral College meets today, with the designated electors meeting in state capitols to cast...

December 13, 2016

Democrats lost because they raised religious liberty fears

The reason the Democrats lost, argues David Bernstein in the Washington Post, is that their words,...

December 12, 2016

CIA says Russia helped Trump

The CIA says that Russia deliberately interfered in the American election in order to help...

December 09, 2016

The triumphs of nationalism

The victory of Donald Trump--along with other political insurgencies in England, France, Italy, and other...

December 02, 2016

America’s first Independent president?

Donald Trump not only beat the Democrats. Before that, he beat the Republicans. Dan Balz...

December 01, 2016

Trump is already keeping jobs in U.S.

Donald Trump is already fulfilling his campaign promise to keep jobs in America. The air-conditioning...

November 2016

November 29, 2016

Last hope to deny Trump his election fizzles with recount fiasco

The Democrats and the Greenies missed the deadline to request a recount in Pennsylvania. Though...

November 28, 2016

The future of “identity liberalism”

Liberals in politics have traditionally focused on issues of class, economics, and public policy. But...

November 25, 2016

Recount in the rust-belt states?

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein is calling for a recount of the votes in Wisconsin,...

November 23, 2016

Trump is changing some positions

Donald Trump seems to be backing off from some of what he said on the...

November 18, 2016

The Left’s support of Donald Trump

The Wikileaks e-mails of Democrats' correspondence show that the Hillary Clinton campaign feared running against...

November 17, 2016

An electoral vote campaign vs. a popular vote campaign

That Hillary Clinton did win the popular vote should be of concern to Republicans, Democrats...

November 16, 2016

No one won a majority of votes

Democrats are claiming a moral victory--and sometimes an actual rightful victory--by saying that Hillary Clinton...

November 11, 2016

Unhinged over-reactions to the election

My daughter told me about someone coming up to her after Donald Trump's election as...

November 11, 2016

The journalistic sin of smugness

Will Rahn, the Washington editor of the Daily Beast, no less (known both for its...

November 11, 2016

A civil libertarian analyzes the election

Thanks to long-time reader Todd for linking me to the "Best article I've read on...

November 10, 2016

Whither Republicans? Whither Democrats?

Last Summer, liberal pundits were looking forward to "the end of the Republican party." That...

November 09, 2016

President Donald Trump

Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. The polls were wrong; the pundits...

November 09, 2016

People who got it wrong

Being one of the people who got it wrong by being taken by surprise at...

November 09, 2016

Congress, marijuana, beer, and other election results

The presidency was not the only important election last night. Republicans kept control of both...

November 08, 2016

Liveblogging the election

My custom has long been to stay up until the wee hours watching the election...

November 08, 2016

What do you think will happen today?

So what are your election day predictions? Who will win? By what margin? Will the...

November 07, 2016

Your last chance to make your case

Tomorrow is the election. Soon it will all be over. It looks like it is...

November 03, 2016

Liberalism of the left & liberalism of the right

The well-regarded ethicist Stanley Hauerwas reviews a new book by John Milibank, of "radical orthodoxy"...

November 02, 2016

FBI investigating Trump & Russia

In addition to investigating Hillary Clinton's illegal e-mail arrangements, the FBI has been investigating possible...