Contrary to what we hear, “the energy” in the Democratic Party is coming not so much from the political left as from the geographical center. The most notable victories belong to Conor Lamb in Pennsylvania, Doug Jones in Alabama and Democrats taking statehouse seats in Missouri and Wisconsin. They win because they talk economics, not […]
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China’s imperialist ventures in Africa
It’s time the world recognized sub-Saharan Africa’s newest economic and military imperialist: Communist party-ruled China. China’s immense economy needs natural resources and markets to continue generating wealth. Sub-Saharan Africa offers both — rich mineral deposits in particular — so China is there, with money and weapons. Since China’s major mineral and oil companies are state-owned […]
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The hypocrisy of the Democratic Russia hawks
WASHINGTON — With his interference in the 2016 election, Russian President Vladimir Putin achieved something that none of his murderous Soviet predecessors were able to accomplish: He has turned Democrats into Russia hawks. A few months after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ronald Reagan addressed the 1992 Republican National Convention and said: “I heard […]
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Democrats ignore truth to grab some votes
San Francisco is permitting “undocumented immigrants,” as political correctness demands we label them, to register to vote this November in local school board elections. Who doubts this is the first step by the left and Democrats toward full voting rights in state and eventually in federal elections? The claim by lawyers will be that it […]
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Democrats take note: ‘Normal’ isn’t coming back
Smack them with their own bat. That was the gist of, “Hey Democrats, Fighting Fair is for Suckers,” a provocative jeremiad that Politico ran on Independence Day. In it, writer Rob Goodman argued that, after Republicans have killed all the old political norms — denying a Supreme Court nominee a hearing, for example — it’s […]
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Economic nostalgia poses false promise
WASHINGTON — We Americans have long been obsessed with economic growth — “prosperity” in everyday lingo. The idea that we have some sort of special aptitude for invention, wealth creation and economic self-improvement is part of our imagined national character. It’s who we are. Not only that, but prosperity plays a crucial political role. It […]
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Trump's targets don't seem to mind getting fleeced
Donald Trump once famously said that he could “stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody” and not “lose any voters.” He hasn’t shot anyone, though he’s seriously wounded a number of economic interests. The most serious casualties, however, are far from Fifth Avenue. America’s urban gentry, who overwhelmingly did not vote for […]
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Don't dismiss NATO's faraway members
Donald Trump thrives on an image of strength, so it’s never a good look when he inadvertently invokes the spirit of Neville Chamberlain, the British prime minister whose name has become a watchword for appeasement. In September 1938, Chamberlain referred to the process of the Nazis dismembering Czechoslovakia as “a quarrel in a faraway country […]
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'Americanism' the single greatest tie that binds the people as a nation
Long known as the “melting pot,” the United States of America embodies a culture unique in the world. Where other cultures have failed around the globe, those tired, poor and huddled have sought America’s shores. It is not for “multiculturalism” — the U.S. has always been an “American” culture — but for “Americanism” — the […]
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Intelligence organizations have past history of abuse
Did President Trump bungle the moment in Helsinki by casting doubt on American intelligence findings that Russian agents “meddled” in the 2016 election? His critics, including some Republicans, say so — and on Tuesday, Trump said he had misspoken when he expressed doubt about Russian culpability — but several things need to be kept in […]