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James V. Capua
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October 10, 2016
What Would Serious Anti-Trump Republicans Do?A real political party would be trying to make an internal deal to save the presidential election.
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May 10, 2016
Is Trumpismo proving Bismarck right again?Are anger and contempt all there is to make of this primary cycle? Or is something else happening here?
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September 15, 2015
2016: When the Fun StopsThe Republican primary train has to stop eventually, and it's going to stop hard.
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July 22, 2015
What Trump can doTrump’s pronouncements threaten to divert the campaign discourse towards what actually matters to Republican voters.
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August 18, 2013
What Has Mark Levin Wrought?Mark Levin's proposals offer a vast improvement on the current state of conservative debate.
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July 25, 2013
The Windsors and the WeinersEarly prime-time viewers still suffering from Downton Withdrawal Syndrome were this week treated to two unfolding dynastic reality specials.
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April 11, 2013
'If We Can Save Just One Child...'There's much more to that Adam Lanza story than the media (or the politicians) have let on.
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August 9, 2012
The Ignorant, the Pets, and the Dead: That's the PlanObama is, at least, not treating all voters as fools; he is treating only some voters as fools.
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July 19, 2012
The Misgovernment CampaignHowever ignorant, destructive or mendacious Obama's campaign speeches are, at least they are only words. Much worse are the cynical policies he is deploying to aid his re-election.
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July 5, 2012
Conservatives: Beware Krohn's SyndromeI feel compelled to say a word in defense of the now seventeen year-old Jonathan Krohn, erstwhile conservative wunderkind
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May 30, 2012
That Professor Obama Dog Won't Hunt Anymore"Professor" Obama, like so many of the other Obamas, is a fraud.
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April 3, 2012
The Obama Administration's Dispensable PeopleLast week, Donald Verilli and George Zimmerman learned officially that they have become dispensable people.
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March 29, 2012
How Mitt Can WinRomney might win or might lose adhering to his current approach, but one thing is sure: he would a win bigger, for him and the nation, with a different one.
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February 10, 2012
It's the Leadership, StupidThe recent anniversary of Ronald Reagan's birth brought home why so many have been discouraged by the Republican primaries.
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November 10, 2011
Cui Bono? Cain's BonoThough it seems counterintuitive, thus far, Mr. Cain has gained more than he has lost from the fallout of these accusations.
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October 6, 2011
When will the GOP contenders wake up?The "Occupy Your Parents' Basement" protestors are phonies. Why won't the GOP candidates call them out?
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October 1, 2011
The Fat Guy and the Skinny Guy: More Alike Than They AppearFor all their contrasting looks, Chris Christie and Barack Obama are alike in one critical respect.
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August 22, 2011
Bonny Prince Barry?Is our current "Young Pretender" preparing to fly the coop even before his Culloden in 2012?
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August 15, 2011
A New Role for Baby BoomersThe entitlement crisis: an opportunity for proto-Geezers of the Baby Boom finally to stop whining and make themselves useful
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August 10, 2011
Senator Manchin Gets the Bum's RushSo how about it Joe? What lesson do you draw from the bum's rush from Harry Reid?
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August 8, 2011
Democrats Are Right to Scream About the S&P DowngradeDemocrats should be upset at S&P, because the rating agency has just established a criterion for success that only a Republican president and Congress can attain.
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July 31, 2011
A Fine Weekend in WashingtonFinally, Washington's Mandarins are suffering some consequences.
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July 30, 2011
The Federalist from TexasHere is the bridge that can carry both the ideological and the non-ideological self-described "independents" over to the Republican's side.
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June 27, 2011
What a Real Victory in 2012 Would Look LikeA new president, to have any chance at all, will need more than a narrow personal victory. Obama's failures place reigning orthodoxies and their champions in unprecedented peril.
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June 3, 2011
The GOP and the Working ClassObama's "Change" agenda threatens our social fabric. Republicans need to demonstrate they've noticed.
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May 17, 2011
Obama on the Arab SpringObama's State Department speech on Thursday may be our contemporary equivalent of the 1949 State Department "White Paper" on China.
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May 6, 2011
Our Master of DeconstructionThe bin Laden raid is but the latest example of Obama's governance by deconstruction.
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April 28, 2011
Obama's Real StrategyWatching the machinations of Barack Obama, it seems as though he is creating what the Marxists call "internal contradictions."
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March 19, 2011
Obama and the Libya decisionThis action promises finally to use American military power in the kind of international relief and social service agency capacity Obama loves.
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March 9, 2011
Central Virginia Honors the Memory of a Young AirmanKilled in Frankfurt, buried at home in Virginia today.
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February 24, 2011
The Price of WeaknessWith Libya, a terror state in the balance, the Obama administration is playing the role of a pitiful, helpless giant.
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February 20, 2011
The Obama Gang Has MiscalculatedAs they did in the great legislative offensive of 2009, the Obama gang seeks to exploit an opening that is actually much smaller than it appears
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February 2, 2011
Egyptians Calculate the CostsUnlike liberals, peasants and shopkeepers are pretty good at calculating costs
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January 10, 2011
Don't Blame Claude de Contrecoeur or Rush Limbaugh for Jared LoughnerConscious dreaming is not the point, and not the culprit. Nor is talk radio.
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November 16, 2010
Dem 'compromises' on tax cuts should be ignoredBoth are equally wrong, and both should be ignored by newly-energized Republicans who claim they understand the message of the Midterms.
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October 31, 2010
Democratic civil war may be birthed in New YorkWith the Democratic party still a powerhouse in New York, the insurgency could easily be based in the Empire state.
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October 28, 2010
Too Expert to FailThere ought to be some consequence for the kind of catastrophic journalistic/punditry failure we have experienced since the Legacy Media got behind Obama
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September 19, 2010
Incitatus, Larry Craig, John McCain and the Soon-to-Be Esteemed ColleaguesAll that really matters is how they vote.
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September 17, 2010
It's Tough Out ThereMichelle Obama is not the only member of the ruling class who finds it "hell" lately.
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September 1, 2010
Whip Uncertainty Now: An Exit Strategy from Obama's EconomyNever have the blind led the blind so inextricably into a dialogue with the deaf.
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August 26, 2010
Generals Axelrod and Pflouffe Take Their Stand at the Ground Zero MosqueA realistic battle plan that recognizes the resources Obama has left
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August 22, 2010
For Obama in New Orleans: Remember "God don't like ugly."Will the president refrain from Bush bashing during his visit next week?
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August 17, 2010
A rebuilt WTC might have softened the controversyBecause of incompetence and inaction, all we have 9 years after 9/11 is an ugly hole in the ground.