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Aug 16 2015
News
G.O.P. Is Vague on Using Power Abroad
If the diverse group of candidates competing for the Republican presidential nomination agree on one thing when describing how they would engage with the world if they made it to the White House, it is this: If only the United States were stronger, and more feared, the country would not feel threatened by the Islamic State, manipulated by Iran or challenged by a rising China.
But after
New York Times (News)
Jul 08 2017
Opinion
Russia's Global Anti-Libertarian Crusade
One of the surreal twists of the past year in American politics has been the rapid realignment in attitudes toward Russia. Democrats, many of whom believe that Russian interference was key to Donald Trump's unexpected victory last November, are now the ones sounding the alarm about the Russian threat. Meanwhile, quite a few Republicans—previously the keepers of the anti-Kremlin Cold War flame—
Guest Writer - Right
Oct 31 2014
Opinion
OPINION: GRENELL: The midterm elections and Iran
President Obama is signaling that an Iran deal is close at hand. The political team negotiating with the Islamic Republic and the five Permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany are also making it clear that they are nervous about how the deal they are about to cut will be received by the U.S. Congress and the American public. The Obama team expects the Democratically-controlled
Washington Times
Aug 07 2014
News
The woman who could beat Scott Walker
Mary Burke might be the last candidate you’d expect to potentially topple one of the Republican Party’s leading governors and upend the 2016 presidential field. The only elected office she’s ever held is a school board seat. She didn’t even become a Democrat until her 40s. And in heavily working class Wisconsin, it was only two years ago that the scion to the Trek Bicycle fortune was being
Politico
May 28 2012
News
Can Romney 'connect'? Poised to clinch nomination, GOP candidate faces next test
Mitt Romney, after weathering an onslaught of rotating primary challengers over the course of the last year, is poised to clinch the Republican presidential nomination as early as Tuesday. In doing so, his campaign will complete its shift, from knocking off Republican rivals one by one to challenging a single Democratic opponent, President Obama.
Fox News Digital
Sep 25 2019
News
Trump administration releases transcript of call with Ukraine's President Zelensky amid impeachment inquiry
President Donald Trump repeatedly pressed the president of Ukraine to re-open an investigation into a Ukrainian energy company to focus on any involvement by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, according to the transcript of a July telephone call between the two leaders.
In the 30-minute call, reduced to a five-page transcript released by the administration
USA TODAY
Mar 20 2019
News
OPINION: New Mueller probe revelations explain Trump's rage
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump looks -- and is acting -- rattled and encircled by the Russia investigation. And a series of fresh disclosures on Tuesday show there is every reason for him to feel threatened by the vast shadow it is casting over his life, business and presidency.
Newly unsealed court documents detailing special counsel Robert Mueller's activity reveal an
Guest Writer - Left
Oct 18 2012
News
American Crossroads Ad Appeals to Women's Brains and Pocketbooks, Not "Ladyparts"
Rattled by recent polling showing Mitt Romney drawing roughly even with President Obama among female voters, Democrats are making yet another hard play over "ladyparts." American Crossroads is answering back with an ad blitz of their own, also targeting women. It seems conservatives view women as more than just uteruses. Weird, right?
Townhall
Aug 04 2014
News
Poll: Only 3% of voters think Congress is very productive
Democrats are fond of labeling the 113th Congress "the least productive Congress in modern history."
And according to a new poll, a strong majority Americans agree with them.
Nearly three-fourths (74%) of registered voters said Congress has been "very unproductive" or "somewhat unproductive" this year, according to a poll released Sunday by NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist
CNN Digital
Dec 19 2019
Opinion
Family-Forward Conservatism Could Be the Future
The Bennet-Romney child benefit offers a path forward for reformers seeking to respond to today’s policy crises.
A strange thing happened this week amid the chaotic logrolling that has come to define America’s broken budget process: A conservative Republican and a liberal Democrat proposed a good-faith, bipartisan tax reform.
I’m of course referring to the proposal that senators
National Review (News)