Elections & Public Integrity
Trump as tragic hero
Victor Davis Hanson asks at National Review Online whether President Trump is likely to ride off into the sunset after leaving the White House. I once wrote that whenever Donald…
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American actor (1907–1979)
Law & Public Safety
Good message needed to help replace chaos with order
C.M. Fortenberry explains at National Review Online why restoration of order would help everyone. That’s why the concept needs the right messaging. In response to riots, looting, violence, and iconoclasm…
Liberty
Envied, but not respected
Angelo Codevilla of the Washington Examiner documents foreign countries’ changing approach to the United States. The United States of America is still the world’s envy. Being born, or just living…
Liberty
National Review columnist tells us how he really feels about the president
Don’t expect National Review Online’s Kevin Williamson to see an invitation for a White House dinner any time soon. His latest column helps explain why. Trump is the political version…
Elections & Public Integrity
A great time to be a GOP delegate
James Antle explains in a Washington Examiner column why delegates to this summer’s Republican National Convention are likely to face a much different experience from those who have held similar…
Liberty
What happened in Mecklenburg?
John Wayne of Carolina Strategic Analysis has an excellent analysis for Politics NC of Mecklenburg County voting trends. It begins: Mecklenburg County is North Carolina’s most populous county, containing the…
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Will the General Assembly redistrict Mecklenburg County?
John Wayne of Carolina Strategic Analysis address the possibility over at Politics North Carolina. A highlight: After redistricting legislation affecting North Carolina’s third and second largest counties, could similar bills…
Liberty
Think he’ll get the same treatment as the Koch brothers?
A hedge-fund billionaire throws his money around in an attempt to influence an election. He believes in a “smash-mouth, confrontational style of politics.” So why does Tom Steyer not face…
Liberty
Another good reason to like the Duke
Not John Wayne, but the great American composer Duke Ellington. Sure he was liberal, and he hung out with some wacky Communists and fellow travelers in his day, but an…
Liberty
Disney to produce enviro propaganda films
One clueless Disney exec calls this a return to the Disney tradition of making nature films. Not very likely. As one who grew up watching Rex Allen narrate nature films…
Liberty
Handgun saves homeowner
This won’t get big media play, but an 80-year-old man saved his own life in North Texas when two men busted into his house as he answered his door. But…
Liberty
Nothing better than a cigarette after a barbeque sandwich
Where better to sample local public opinion on Rep. Hugh Holliman’s proposed smoking ban than Lexington’s barbeque joints? “After the first bill didn’t pass, we just decided to try it…