A shorter version of this column appeared first in the WALL STREET JOURNAL. Against all logic, some prominent potentates of the conservative movement promote the absurd proposition that right wing candidates who fail with GOP voters in...
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Harvard Law professor Randall Kennedy likens President Obama to an immortal baseball hero as a “Jackie Robinson figure.” The professor told the New York Times: “Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier and encounters all sorts of...
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Republicans seek to follow Ronald Reagan’s example to recapture the presidency but they’re confused about the way he actually won. Reagan didn’t win by mobilizing conservatives: in fact, the percentage of self-described...
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With peace talks underway between Israel and the Palestinians, Fareed Zakaria of CNN asked an inane question of Israeli ambassador Michael Oren. Why, he wanted to know, does Israel insist on recognition as a Jewish state? Ambassador Oren...
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Polls show that at least 80% of African-Americans disapprove of the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial, leading some conservatives to give up ever making significant progress in the left-leaning black community. But skeptics should...
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The media continue to stress glaring inequalities between blacks and whites but on the most important measure of them all, African-Americans have made spectacular progress. New numbers on life expectancy from the National Center for Health...
Read MoreMoral equivalence is an article of faith for activists of the secular left, with their insistence that a baby is no better than an abortion, or that traditional marriage is no more consequential than a same sex union. Fortunately, the...
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Two of Hollywood’s biggest summer thrillers suggest that the chief threat to humanity comes from gigantic, vicious reptiles? Both PACIFIC RIM and Will Smith’s AFTER EARTH forced their intrepid heroes to confront these Godzilla...
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Recently on my radio show, former Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota slammed colleagues of both parties for their inability to work together to solve the nation’s worst problems. An angry caller disagreed, telling Senator Dorgan that...
Read MoreWith the widely-anticipated “not guilty” verdict in the George Zimmerman murder trial, it’s crucial to place the tragic death of Trayvon Martin in its proper context. It’s true that black teenagers across the country face a hugely...
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Polls show Americans deeply dissatisfied with operations of their government – and particularly with Congress. So why then do we regularly re-elect nearly all of the same people? In 2012, 85% of all Senators and Representatives were...
Read MoreIn a major address on his “New Management Agenda,” President Obama gave an alarming indication of his underlying contempt for the private sector. He emphasized his desire to recruit “the brightest minds” to work in government and...
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