Liberty
No way RNC will be canceled, says Trump
President Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity there is “no way” he will cancel the Republican National Convention, scheduled for August in Charlotte. Obviously the bigger concern in the…
Sean Hannity
Elections & Public Integrity
CJ Commentary: ‘Politainment’ in the era of Trump
Last week, guest commentator and professor at NC State University, Andy Taylor, wrote an opinion column in Carolina Journal. His piece focused on the lack of long-term vision in the…
Liberty
Rage is not all the rage with National Review columnist
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online explains why he’s no fan of rage. Put me in the anti-rage camp. Rage makes you stupid. … … I’m sometimes described as an…
Liberty
N&R editorial writer takes a cheap racial shot at Trump
Greensboro News & Record editorial writer Steven Doyle–who replaced the laid-off Doug Clark–started off his regular Wednesday columns all nice and flowery–introducing himself as a humble farm boy and regaling…
Liberty
About those ‘fact checks’
Mollie Hemingway of the Federalist takes aim at media “fact check” schemes. A few weeks ago, Donald Trump responded to Meryl Streep’s insults by calling her overrated. Some fact checks…
Liberty
Obama and homeownership
David Bahnsen writes at National Review Online that prominent conservative commentator Sean Hannity makes one major mistake in his critique of President Obama’s economic record. I more or less agree…
Elections & Public Integrity
A monkey wrench in the electoral math?
Ian Tuttle of National Review Online profiles David Evan McMullin, the conservative whose longshot campaign has a remote chance of throwing the 2016 presidential race into turmoil. … [I]f McMullin…
Research Brief
Law & Public Safety
What The Law Says About Selfies, Kids, And Guns In Polling Places
Beyonce’s done it. Sean Hannity’s done it. And we all know Kim Kardashian has done it too. Done what? According the article quoted above, all those celebrities used their cell phones…
Elections & Public Integrity
Trump and the immigration ‘hawks’
Eliana Johnson explains at National Review Online why Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s changed rhetoric on immigration might not cost him votes among his most strident supporters. Many believe that…
Liberty
The conservative echo chamber
Matthew Sheffield, writing for National Review: One of the more interesting developments since the emergence of the Web as a mass medium is the establishment of a conservative media presence.…
Liberty
A rebuttal to the doom and gloom
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online is no stranger to the world of heated political criticism. Still, Williamson offers NRO readers some reasons to keep their cool. While race riots…
Elections & Public Integrity
Murray questions the ‘Hillary is worse’ argument
Charles Murray explains at National Review Online why he’s not buying a common argument from Donald Trump’s most reluctant supporters. I am part of the tiny fraction of the population…