Opinion
When, If Ever, Can We Lay This Burden Down?
Around the world, America is involved in quarrels, clashes and confrontations with almost too many nations to count. In how many of these...
Trump Wants a Weaker Dollar. Is That a Good Thing?
A weaker dollar could awaken bond investors from their decades-long slumber. They would be forced to conclude that the U.S. government is not...
Read moreTrump’s Great Gamble
President Donald Trump’s reelection hopes hinge on two things: the state of the economy in 2020 and the identity of the Democratic nominee....
Read moreHow Important Is Today’s Racial Discrimination?
How much of the plight of many blacks can be explained by current racial discrimination? ...
Read moreChina, Not Russia, the Greater Threat
Undeniably, Russia is a rival. But China is the greater menace. ...
Read moreThe Meaning of “Invasion”
Overnight, the use of the word “invasion” to describe the flood of millions coming into America illegally is deemed racist. ...
Read moreBiden Goes All In on the Race Issue
Joe Biden apparently concluded that branding the president a “racist” and “white supremacist” is the strategy to pursue to win the nomination and...
Read moreRep. Ilhan Omar’s Radicalism Offends Me
I expect that most backers of Congresswoman Omar sent her to Congress without knowledge of just how radical she truly is. ...
Read morePassing Laws, Passing Taxes and Passing the Buck
What do the French digital services tax, the employers’ share of payroll taxes and the corporate income tax all have in common? They...
Read moreMurder, It’s a Democrat Thing
With leftists seeking to blame the El Paso shooting on President Trump, guns, white people and whatever other boogieman will help score political...
Read moreWas Trump Right About Baltimore?
Whether Trump’s claims about Baltimore have any merit is an empirical matter settled by appealing to facts. Let’s look at a few. ...
Read moreEl Paso: The Real Root Causes of Mass Shootings
The main underlying cause of increased mass-murder events — and so much evil in general — is a severe philosophical/spiritual malaise besetting our...
Read moreExploiting Massacres to Raise Poll Ratings
"Never let a crisis go to waste" is an old political adage. ...
Read moreCongress Spending Surge is National Suicide
Spending is what keeps Washington alive and keeps the DC suburbs rich. They’re not about to cut back on their own. ...
Read moreA Multicultural Mugging of Uncle Joe
Bottom line of the July Democratic debates: It seems astonishing how far the Democratic Party’s center of gravity has moved to the left....
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