Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Tim Kaine, use the same word to describe Donald Trump‘s praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin: “unpatriotic.” Satisfying as it may be for Democrats to deploy that adjective against the nominee of a party known for its flag-waving jingoism, it is neither accurate nor adequate in describing what’s truly […]
Donald Trump tells reporters, “We’re going to have people sue you like you never got sued before.” Hillary Clinton doesn’t like her opponents funding documentaries that criticize her, so she demands Congress overturn the Supreme Court decision that allows it. The world is full of people who want their enemies to shut up. Some college […]
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump visited Mexico yesterday and met with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. In a press briefing after the meeting, Trump spoke about immigration and trade in a much more civil tone than he typically uses on the campaign trail. Trump’s remarks about trade and NAFTA were especially interesting. NAFTA is a […]
As a longtime advocate for capitalism, I’ve been considering the prospects for free market ideas in a White House presided over by either of the two major party candidates for president. It’s not an easy challenge. Both candidates, in their own way, misunderstand the need for, and the benefits of, a free economy. And it’s […]
When accepting the Republican nomination in Cleveland last week, Donald Trump said: Decades of progress made in bringing down crime are now being reversed by this administration’s rollback of criminal enforcement…. Homicides last year increased by 17% in America’s fifty largest cities. That’s the largest increase in 25 years. In our nation’s capital, killings have […]