Even if we believed that “feel-good” police reform measures from the Left had the best of intentions (I do not), the fact would remain that most of its proposals are wrongheaded and dangerous. The Washington, D.C., City Council adopted measures apparently aimed at making its leftist base feel good; now, let’s see how it reacts when the...
The sharp economic halt brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic has left millions of Americans unemployed and looking for help to make ends meet. Businesses and individuals are responding by donating school supplies, masks, and meals. These responses of compassion aren’t just from the wealthiest among us but from average Americans who care about their neighbors. Though giving to charitable...
NBC News has created a useful early voting resource that tracks in-person and by-mail balloting at the state level nationwide. What it tells us doesn’t match what we’re hearing from the pollsters—who continue to insist that Texas is turning blue, or at least a little purplish. As of Oct. 29, NBC News has analyzed Texas’ early and by...
Who is at the other end of the stethoscope? Sure, it may be your doctor who is listening intently. But who is making the decisions about your care? Is it you and your doctor, or do insurance functionaries have the real say? Anything that comes between the doctor and the patient is bad for health...
On Oct. 13, Texas polls opened for the first day of early voting and predictably, there were enthusiastic reports of record early totals. Information is good, but information without context might yield some incorrect assumptions. Only a few counties throughout the state have fully reported this year’s election in-person and mail-in voting totals, and comparisons...
In the aftermath of a major conflict, an ambassador representing a world power bribes U.S. senators to reject the peace treaty formally ending the war. After the treaty is narrowly approved anyway, the ambassador mobilizes the press to sway the election for president in favor of a candidate more to his nation’s liking. The foreign...
Joe Biden has promised that if he’s elected president, he will set in motion on Day One the largest dismantling of U.S. immigration law enforcement in the history of the republic. On the very day he’s sworn in as president, the oath for which includes a constitutional obligation to “take care that the Laws be faithfully executed,”...
We know that groups are planning for violence on election night and the days and weeks after. Their goal? To pressure, threaten, and force politicians, election officials, and judges into turning President Donald Trump out of office, regardless of the election results. Nov. 3 will be unlike any Election Day in living memory. Millions of...
The Democratic Party that is defending the Affordable Care Act before the U.S. Supreme Court next month is the very same Democratic Party that is proposing even bigger changes to our health care system. Though former Vice President Joe Biden prevailed in his party’s presidential primary, he was the last remaining proponent of former President Barack Obama’s...
The political pundit class is abuzz with claims that President Donald Trump’s reelection effort is getting crushed by a massive early voting turnout by supporters of Vice President Biden. But is that really the case? In Florida, one of 19 states featuring both voter registration by party affiliation and reporting of early voting numbers, Democrats jumped out to a 490,000-voter lead...
It comes as no surprise former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris are campaigning on promises “to end our gun-violence epidemic.” The leftward drift of the Democratic Party on most policy questions, including lawful firearm ownership, has been made explicit in its 2020 party platform. The presidential nominee’s campaign “issues page” takes it several...
The expanded Early Voting period has begun here in Texas and questions persist—is this the safest way to vote? That depends on your criteria for safe voting. Is it the ability to vote without the threat of COVID-19? Or is it ensuring that your vote counts in what has already been a contentious election season?...