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Why Voters Like Trump in Spite of His Failures
Donald Trump is remarkably cheerful for a man sitting in the smoking ruins of his presidency. This week, the Department of Commerce reports our trade deficit is $621 billion, much higher than the level that existed during the Obama administration...
What Nixon and Trump Have in Common
It's hard to believe Richard Nixon, the consummate, disciplined insider, and Donald Trump, the shambolic, impulsive outsider, have anything in common, but it's true...
No Business Is Safe from the Left’s Ignorance & Envy
The late Darryl Royal once explained the problem with cockroaches: "It's not what they eat and tote off, it's what they fall into and mess up...
Howard Schultz Could Use a Little Caffeine
Howard Stern has the same likelihood of being elected president in 2020 as Howard Schultz, but the Stern campaign would be much more interesting...
Virginia Democrats Play Last Man Standing
Note to white people: Whenever an interview or news conference contains the phrase: "I am not a racist,” you've already lost the argument...
Why Electing Leftists Is Bad for the Birth Rate
Virginia's unborn are discovering what can happen when leftists take over state government. This wouldn't have happened if Trump had lost to Hillary...
Another Crop of Illegals Moves North
The savage response of the Trump administration to last November's illegal alien caravan was such an object lesson for potential lawbreakers that the newest Illegal Alien Reunion Tour making its way through Mexico is 30 percent larger...
That Long Winter at Valley Shutdown
The long winter at Valley Shutdown is evidently growing more dire for federal employees. Repercussions from this disaster extend all the way into Latin America...
Why Term Limits Lost and Ranked Choice Voting Will Succeed
There have been two major attempts to change the calculus of elections and officeholders since the 1990s. The other was a bottom-up effort imposed on the politicians...
Hospitals Guard Prices Like the CIA Guards Secrets
Way back in 2017, before we were on the road to Nuremberg With Donald Trump, the Washington Post was outraged that hospitals were trying to make a profit...
Bipartisanship Is Another Word for Ignoring the Base
Here's how the Opposition Media's beloved "bipartisan cooperation" works among the residents of Incumbentstan here in Washington, DC...
America at a Rubicon Moment, and MAGA Isn’t Enough
Author and speaker Os Guinness knows America is divided, but he has a different line of demarcation than some other cultural observers....

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