Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has a “deep sense of satisfaction” that Democrats running for president have adopted some of the radical ideas he campaigned on in 2016. Moderate Democrats can be forgiven for not sharing his enthusiasm, as they watch their candidates embrace policies that only a socialist – and not most Americans […]
Democrats do not seem to care about poor people. At some point poor people will figure that out. Take the tax on sweetened beverages, a favorite of Democratic politicians in cities like Philadelphia. Who pays that tax? Not the wealthy, who hop in their cars and buy whatever they want outside city limits. No, the […]
Democrats and their liberal media pals are in full panic mode as it dawns on them: Donald Trump could actually win reelection. Despite fielding an unprecedented number of would-be candidates, Democrats have so far failed to find a standard-bearer likely to unify their party. As the recent debates showed, the party has […]
The second night of the Democratic debate in Miami was all about former Vice President Joe Biden. Would the front-runner mangle his words, lose his train of thought, crumple under the inevitable attacks on his past policies? Will he look like the candidate that can beat Donald Trump? On the whole, Biden […]
The greatest problem facing the U.S., according to the Democratic presidential candidates who appeared at their first debate Wednesday night, is the power of large corporations. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and her colleagues assured us that it is big business that is to blame for gun violence, drug addiction, mass incarceration, […]
Good news! According to Democrats, you are not responsible for anything. You’re no longer responsible for your student debts, for taking care of your children, for putting aside money for retirement, buying health insurance, saving to put your kids through college. Nothing. Someone else, someone who is working hard to fulfill their […]
Cory Booker is no Spartacus. He doesn’t even have the guts, nor does any other Democratcompeting for black voters in South Carolina, to push the one thing that could narrow the gap between blacks and whites: shaking up our public schools. They all know our broken urban schools are holding back black […]
If President Trump wants another four years in the Oval Office, he needs to strike a deal with China. Soon. For Chinese President Xi Jinping, the stakes are just as high. What began as a trickle of firms moving production out of China could become a torrent; the threat to his authority from faltering growth and the […]
Former Vice President Joe Biden currently leads the Democratic herd running for president, because voters see him as the candidate most likely to beat Donald Trump. Are they kidding? After watching the energy, the excitement and the sheer numbers of people who turned out to cheer President Trump’s kick-off rally in Orlando, […]
Elizabeth Warren wants to forgive student debt. Nothing could better win millennials over to her campaign. That, of course, is the point. Last fall, as her quest for the presidency began in earnest, the Massachusetts senator found herself lagging way behind Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden with voters between the ages of […]