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I grew up a Rush Baby. Some of my earliest political memories come not from school or textbooks but from Rush Limbaugh’s unmistakable voice filling our car. I subscribed to…
Editors at National Review Online analyze the American president’s impact on elections north of the border. Even if Canadians haven’t been taking Donald Trump literally when he promises to make…
James Antle of the Washington Examiner highlights the political left’s response to President Biden’s poor poll numbers. President Joe Biden is trailing, and liberal pundits are increasingly saying he has…
James Antle of the Washington Examiner reports on a difficult predicament for President Biden. President Joe Biden has found himself stuck in the middle of the Democratic Party on environmental…
Conn Carroll of the Washington Examiner looks into Democrats’ responses to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ actions. “My Fellow Liberals are Exaggerating the Dangers of Ron DeSantis.” That’s the headline, and…
By celebrating two-hundred years of progress. The spread of classical liberal institutions like limited, constitutional government, representative democracy, private property, and rule of law dramatically improved the lives of billions.…
David Drucker of the Washington Examiner highlights a key point of divergence between the activist Democratic party base and candidates seeking to unseat Republican Senate incumbents. Democratic challengers in key…
The following story might be old news to those who follow politics in the Nutmeg State, but I’ve not heard much debate about it. You might remember some recent discussion…
JLF friend Michael Barone makes his living analyzing election trends. His latest column notes similarities in the most recent elections involving all three North American Free Trade Agreement nations: Mexico,…
To be specific, against the education of judges in ways that might make them less likely to believe leftist shibboleths about the economy, the environment, etc. The program under attack…
Here’s Arnold Kling on Conventional Wisdom. More at Newmark’s Door.
That’s the punch line of another joke but it applies directly in this quote from (of all people) Garrison Keillor: Liberals like Curt were kind and loving to strangers, at…