Jeffrey Schmidt

Jeffrey Schmidt


  • January 22, 2012

    For Romney, Gray Skies in the Sunshine State?

    Florida sets up nicely for Gingrich.

  • March 20, 2011

    DC Metro Subway: Spring Breakers Beware

    What they don't tell you in the tourist brochures.

  • April 17, 2010

    Trailing Rubio badly, Crist mulls independent bid

    Crist isn't just burning bridges, he's nuking them.

  • March 3, 2010

    China: Dominance or be Damned?

    A tug of war between Chinese elites between those who want peaceful competition with the US and those who want a more aggressive posture.

  • June 2, 2008

    For Liberals, Soldiers are Victims

    Not surprisingly, something went unnoticed in the establishment media's coverage of Barack Obama's latest gaffe.

  • April 15, 2008

    The Postmodern Campaign

    Welcome to the first full post-modern presidential election, where, to quote Marshall McLuhan, "the medium is the message." Well, it's more than that: it's performance

  • April 8, 2008

    Modern China Strikes Ancient Tibet

    It appears that China, despite all its ballyhooed modernization, isn't so modern when it comes to Tibet.

  • March 30, 2008

    Another Unconservative Moment from John McCain

    John McCain's unconservativism was on display this past Wednesday in Los Angeles. Perhaps not in all ways, but in one telling way.

  • March 19, 2008

    The Real Agenda of Black Liberation Theology

    Now, suddenly, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright is misunderstood. Suddenly, so-called black liberation theology is misunderstood.

  • March 12, 2008

    Is Hillary McCain's Fifth Column?

    If she loses her fight with Barak Obama, it is hard to see Senator Clinton satisfied with a consolation prize. 2012 is the next window and the best option for her -- provided John McCain can defeat Barak Obama.

  • December 24, 2007

    Europe's Empty Cathedrals

    Does freedom require religion as religion requires freedom, and what do Europe's empty cathedrals have to do with the question?

  • November 27, 2007

    When Politicians Decide Healthcare

    If you need a good idea of what government-run healthcare would mean to you and your family, look no further than Medicare, or the wrangling taking place in Washington surrounding Medicare funding.

  • October 22, 2007

    The Failed Party

    The Democratic Party hasn't just taken over the title of The Stupid Party, as Professor James W. Ceaser characterizes it. In the world of facts on the ground, the Democratic Party is also The Failed Party.

  • September 10, 2007

    Senator Tom Harkin, School Nutritionist

    The latest newsworthy assault by the Nanny State on freedom and federalism is Senate Bill 771, or The Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act of 2007

  • September 9, 2007

    Richardson's Ploy to Lead the Surrender Party

    In a gambit to end-run Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards, Governor Bill Richardson (D-NM) is calling for a complete withdrawal of American troops from Iraq

  • August 13, 2007

    Democrats Abandoning the Middle?

    Will the Democrats abandon the middle in next year's election? But how can the Democrats abandon what they haven't occupied since, oh, the Kennedy Administration?

  • November 26, 2006

    The Party of McClellan or McGovern?

    It's easy to say what the Democrats won't be in 2008. They won't be the Party of Franklin Roosevelt or Harry Truman or John Kennedy. They won't even turn to Woodrow Wilson for inspiration. None of these presidents truly capture who the Democrats are today, at least when it comes to the War on Terror. So, who are today's Democrats, or, better, who will they be in 2008?

  • October 12, 2006

    Mexico Needs Reform, Not Mass Emigration