Until a few days ago, Democrats were content to pretend the disorder in American cities didn’t exist. Now, worried that Joe Biden is on his back foot on the issue, they readily acknowledge the rioting — and blame it on President Donald Trump.
Publication: National Review
The American Economy Is Already Too Far Left for Comfort — Or Prosperity
Americans already are living in a socialist society.
The Fools of Kenosha
So why the rioting? We are told frequently these days that rioting represents the only course that many Americans have available to them. We reject this view entirely. ..The best course of action is to resist weaving every ugly incident into an all-encompassing worldview that, in the name of highlighting what is bad about America, serves to blot out all that is good.
RNC Begins with a Strong Opening Night
Overall, a surprisingly strong start — and now Republicans eagerly await the ratings. If people at home were watching . . . maybe Trump will get a nice polling bump out of this week and the dynamic of this race will change.
Dems Strain to Depict Biden as a Moderate
There is obviously no percentage in him running as the most progressive presidential nominee in a couple of generations. It’s much better for him to portray himself simply as a good guy whose tent is so broad it stretches from AOC to the former secretary of state for a Republican president many progressives think was guilty of war crimes.
College Freshmen Should Attend Fall Classes and Scrap Gap-Year Plans
College freshman who attend fall classes, either in person or remotely, will benefit from smaller class sizes and fewer competitors when they enter the job market.
No, the Postal Service Isn’t Stealing the Election
The latest five-alarm fire in Washington is over a supposed plot to disfranchise voters centered on the United States Postal Service.
Kamala Is Far Worse Than Hillary
Making someone as extreme as Kamala Harris a president-in-waiting is a bone-chilling prospect. No conservative or moderate should support it.
CNN Reporter’s “Analysis” of Kamala Is One Long Press Release
Maeve Reston, national political “reporter” for CNN, has published a string of glowing stories in the wake of Biden’s selection of Kamala Harris as his running mate, marking a stark departure from her treatment of Sarah Palin’s 2008 run. Reston, who frequently publishes “analysis” pieces for CNN that are not cast as opinion, has been unrelenting in her praise for the Harris pick.
Kamala Lies Repeatedly in First Speech as Biden’s Running Mate
No, the U.S. has not been hit “worse than any other advanced nation” by the coronavirus.
Kamala Is No Moderate
Joe Biden’s vice-presidential pick is a self-serving and dishonest politico…She was moderately corrupt as an attorney general, moderately abusive as a senator, and now moderately dangerous to the rule of law. Americans should be moderately terrified.
Susan Rice as VP Could Be Recipe for Disaster
Rice’s career shows over 20 years of bad judgment and ill-informed policy positions that have damaged U.S. national security and contributed to humanitarian disasters and genocide. Rice as vice president under a doddering President Biden could be a recipe for national-security chaos and disaster.
Here’s What You Probably Don’t Know About Susan Rice
Being soft on African dictators, pondering the electoral implications of calling genocide genocide, and giving Richard Holbrooke the finger, among other things. She also contended that former Taliban captive Bowe Bergdahl served the United States with “honor and distinction.” (He was court-martialed for deserting his post.)
Fox News Vs. Trump
The real harm Fox News is doing to Trump’s reelection campaign is that it’s reinforcing his worst tendencies.
AG William Barr Wins the Day
Barr is an excellent witness. He’s sober, usually doesn’t let his irritation show (although he will spin his pen faster), never says more than he has to, and knows more than anyone else in the room.
Fauci’s 3 Recent Mistakes
Lately, Fauci’s made a couple of unforced errors that put those who are inclined to defend him in awkward and uncomfortable positions.
There May Be a Connection Between Coronavirus and Air Conditioning
The evidence is mixed, but suggests the answer could be yes.
Today’s Revolutionaries Aren’t Like Their ’60s Predecessors
America is far less resilient, and a far more divided, indebted, and vulnerable target than it was in 1965. Today, radicals are not protesting against 1950s conservatism but rather against the radicals of the 1960s, who, as old liberals, now hold power.
Trump’s Covid Performance Is Sinking His Presidency
The president should have realized by now that he can’t look past or talk by the virus, and as long as it is spreading in a significant way his (hugely important) priorities of jump-starting the economy and seeing schools reopen around the country are going to falter.
The Disgrace of Portland
For months, Democratic authorities have tacitly endorsed violent riots.
We Need More Police in Urban Neighborhoods, Arresting More People
Shootings and other crimes spike in the poorest neighborhoods when cops pull back.
Politics Puts the NFL on the Brink
If the multibillion-dollar NFL decides that multimillionaire players have no obligation to stand to honor a collective national anthem, and that there will be separate anthems and politicized uniforms, then millions of Americans will quietly shrug and change the channel. And that silent protest will make the 2016–17 anthem protest look like child’s play.
Bari Weiss and Malignancy at the NY Times
Intellectual curiosity — let alone risk-taking — is now a liability at The Times. Why edit something challenging to our readers, or write something bold only to go through the numbing process of making it ideologically kosher, when we can assure ourselves of job security (and clicks) by publishing our 4000th op-ed arguing that Donald Trump is a unique danger to the country and the world?
Trump Spares Roger Stone Imprisonment, as Amnesiac Democrats Howl in Outrage
One-time defenders of unsavory Clinton and Obama pardons are outraged by the president’s commutation of his old associate’s 40-month sentence.