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Richard Winchester
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March 28, 2017
The Media’s Trump Derangement SyndromeThe mainstream media have lost connection with sizable portions of the American public and have declared war on the new Trump administration.
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March 21, 2017
America’s New Political WorldWhen it comes to politics, the U.S. is clearly in a new world.
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March 10, 2017
A Pervasive Failure of Nerve in Higher EducationUniversities give political correctness an entirely new, and dangerous, meaning. Many administrators, faculty, and students can abide no criticism.
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March 3, 2017
When Did Barack Obama Become an Overt Black Racist?Even after he became Chief Executive, Obama tried to maintain a façade of racial even-handedness, but then came a turning point.
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February 23, 2017
The Presidential Rating GameWe ought to judge the results of the presidential rating game with a very large grain of salt.
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February 11, 2017
It’s Time to Define FascismAmong the many epithets the Über-Left hurls against its opponents, a persistent tendency has been to scream. “Fascist, Nazi, etc.” Let's look at the origins and veracity of this.
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January 20, 2017
What Has Obama Done to Us, and How Was He Able to Do It?Obama is the most left-wing president in American history.
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January 9, 2017
The Democrats are the Party of Big MoneyAt bottom, big government is about rewards and punishments. Those who control the leviathan on the Potomac can reward their supporters and punish their opponents.
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December 10, 2016
Fear of the MajorityReaction to the outcome of the 2016 election illustrates, once again, that the American Ruling Class and its mainstream media sycophants do not trust the Country Class’s political judgment.
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November 30, 2016
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Emerging Democrat MajorityIt turns out that the Deep Thinkers who wrote the Democrats’ favorite book about how demography ensured their triumph forgot about a few things.
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November 27, 2016
Progressivism’s Bigoted Past (and Present)Progressivism embraced racism early in its history, a line of thought that continues to this day, only with different targets of scorn.
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November 17, 2016
The Indoctrination GapThere's a new voting gap in the American electorate between college-educated and non-college-educated whites.
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August 31, 2016
White Males and the Democratic PartyA brief review of American practices governing representation ought to reassure us that an idea like cleansing white males from the Democratic Party’s leadership is not beyond the pale.
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August 24, 2016
Why Low-Information Voters Are WorrisomeIf low-information voters constitute a large portion of today’s electorate, wouldn’t America’s Founders be right to fear for the republic’s future?
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June 2, 2016
Is Reaganism Dead?Today, some believe the three pillars of Reaganism are either outdated or untenable.
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May 19, 2016
What Does Fair Share (in Taxes) Mean?Demanding that the rich pay their fair share in taxes is part of the age-old Democratic Party playbook that uses class warfare to acquire and hold power.
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April 15, 2016
What to make of Obama’s recent rise in approval in the polls?America may be in more trouble than we thought.
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April 5, 2016
The Threat to Free Speech in AmericaHow free is speech when one has constantly to be worrying about how someone else might interpret what he/she says?
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March 28, 2016
The Impending GOP Calamity: Why Has It Come to This?Republican disaster in this year’s elections is not foreordained. Nevertheless, unless something changes, the GOP’s fate does not look good.
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March 16, 2016
Liberal Fascism in Chicago Last FridayOn Friday, March 11, an event occurred in Chicago that reminded me of violent clashes between Nazis and Communists during the waning years of the Weimar Republic in Germany.
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March 13, 2016
Can Only Republicans Can Be Authoritarians?Left-wing extremists are just as closed-minded and intolerant as right-wing authoritarians.
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March 3, 2016
The GOP Forgot Working Class Whites’ Votes (But Trump Didn’t)The Democrats are forfeiting millions of working-class whites’ votes. Republicans need to appeal to them, reap the votes, and laugh all the way to the inauguration.
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February 4, 2016
Is Socialism in America’s Future?Given the evident antipathy of large slices of the populace for “the rich” and the declining popularity of capitalism, it is perhaps not surprising that socialism is on the march.
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January 8, 2016
Don't Expect a Clinton to Get What He/She DeservesWhat factors have enabled the Clintons as adults to flout the rules of American politics and society?
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December 27, 2015
Who is Killing off Political Science?Undergraduates are less and less likely to major in political science. A debate is raging over why.
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November 20, 2015
The Obama Polling DisconnectThere continues to be a gap between opinions about Obama’s job performance and feelings about the country’s direction.
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October 27, 2015
Could the Perfect Conservative Candidate Cost the 2016 Election?Don’t lose sight of what should be the main goal: keeping left-wing Democrats out of the White House.
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October 21, 2015
Why Aren't More Americans Angry about U.S. Defeat in the Middle East?Figuratively, my country’s nose is being rubbed in the muck, and most of the ruling class, public, and mainstream media (MSM) seem to be either oblivious to or unconcerned about it.
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October 3, 2015
Unassimilated Immigration: Dystopia Now!A dystopian novel from more than four deades ago has suddenly become very real.
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September 6, 2015
McCarthyism ReduxToday’s left-wing McCarthyites are part of the ruling class. Aided by a slavishly sycophantic MSM, they are far more powerful than McCarthy and his supporters could even dream of being.
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August 29, 2015
Why I'm Glad I'm Gone from AcademeI can’t fathom how today’s college/university personnel who aren’t leftists cope with the academic world.
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August 20, 2015
The 'Differences' between Democrats and SocialistsIt is not surprising, therefore, that Wasserman Schultz can’t or won’t distinguish between contemporary Democrats and socialists.
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August 6, 2015
What Mike Royko Knew that Jon Stewart and the Mainstream Media Don'tToo bad that more journalists don’t practice what Mike Royko preached. Who knows? Maybe the media would have a slightly better public reputation for integrity.
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July 22, 2015
What Hath Obama Wrought?He promised "fundamental transformation," and provided it, but Obama’s impact on America’s politics constitutes a double whammy.
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July 18, 2015
Why So Many People Regard Obama PositivelyDespite abysmal polling data on the country’s direction, perceptions of economic conditions, and views of U.S. influence abroad, polls also show approval of President Obama and his job performance. Here's why.
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July 6, 2015
The Rocky Road to Ending Judicial TyrannyHow to take a crack at beating the judicial tyranny under which Americans are currently suffering.
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June 26, 2015
Race and the Destruction of the American RepublicAfter a rash of race riots coupled with leftists’ growing demands that local police powers be assumed by the federal government, I am increasingly pessimistic about America’s future.
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June 23, 2015
Liberal Democrats Don't Like the Military or Support American National SecurityThis strongly supported fact should make us think very carefully about entrusting Democrats with control of our armed forces.
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June 17, 2015
Americans 'Moving Left' on Social Issues. Really?Lack of attention to public affairs usually means an individual knows little about politics, and that goes a very long way towards explaining why “opinions” expressed to pollsters generally lack muscle tone.
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June 8, 2015
Curtailing Voting Rights vs. Curtailing Vote FraudIf America is to continue relying heavily on elections, the country owes it to the citizenry to make them cleaner.
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May 6, 2014
Can We Please Hold Blacks to the Same Standard as Donald Sterling?If an overwhelming majority of Americans condemn whites who make racist statements, when are we going to hold blacks to the same standard?
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April 29, 2014
A President of 'All the People'?Obama’s record casts doubts on claims that he represents all Americans equally, and strongly hints that his notion of “a level playing field” has a decided tilt when it comes to race relations.
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April 24, 2014
The Radical Left Rewrites the History of Civil RightsWhy are Republicans so disinclined to respond forcefully to charges of racism.
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April 16, 2014
Vote Fraud is a Venerable TraditionConcern about the integrity of U.S. elections has a long and honorable history. As do successful efforts to eliminate fraud -- until the last 3 decades.
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April 13, 2014
Is It Time to Get Money Out of Politics?There's more going on than meets the eye when the left gets apopleptic about SCOTUS decisions like Citizens United and McCutcheon.
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April 10, 2014
Obama and American Weakness AbroadWhy don’t perceptions that the country has become less powerful abroad seem to redound to Obama’s detriment?
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March 26, 2014
A Rudderless SuperpowerThe U.S. appears to be going through one of its periodic bouts of international irresponsibility. The results will be exactly the same as the always are.
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March 2, 2014
What Gutting the U.S. Military MeansThe Obama defense cutbacks show once again that America’s national security cannot be entrusted to left-wing Democrats.
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February 28, 2014
Another Step toward Totalitarianism?Read carefully the announcement by FCC spokesperson Shannon Gilson and Chairman Tom Wheeler, who acknowledged only that the media study is “on hold.”
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February 19, 2014
Eric Holder on Felons' Voting RightsThe AG asks for felons to be allowed to vote. Makes you think, doesn't it?
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February 17, 2014
Left-wing Totalitarianism in AmericaThe Left's tireless quest for utopia that spurs its denizens to totalitarianism.
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February 7, 2014
The Term Limits QuestionProponents of term limits need to recall that the most tears are shed due to answered prayers.
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February 1, 2014
Obama and Executive OrdersObama is distorting constitutional intent as regards executive orders. Is anyone surprised?
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January 23, 2014
'BridgeGate' in Perspective"Don't get mad, get even" has an illustrious history in the Democratic Party.
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January 17, 2014
Have Americans Become More Liberal or More Conservative?How ideological are Americans? And how large a role does ideology play in national politics?
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January 14, 2014
Handicapping the 2014 ElectionNo matter what occurs in 2014, Republicans will need to shore up their public backing over the long run.
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January 4, 2014
Looking Forward to NovemberThe historical record suggests 2014 should be a good year for Republicans, but not on the same scale as 2010 and 1994.
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January 2, 2014
Federal Government Less Popular than EverWhy big government and public cynicism go together
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December 30, 2013
The Evolution of Class Warfare in AmericaClass conflict has long been a feature of American politics. And politicians have long made good use of it.
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December 12, 2013
The Decline and Fall of American DeterrenceAll too soon, the United States will have the fewest naval vessels at sea since before World War I, the smallest Air Force ever, and an Army and Marine Corps with severely diminished capacity, while strategic flash points proliferate.
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December 9, 2013
Obama Is Tearing America ApartThe data show the American public has been badly polarized while Obama has been president.
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December 3, 2013
Is Opposition to Obama Racist?How much influence does racism have on opposition to Obama?
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November 25, 2013
America Is One Step Closer to a One-Party TyrannyToo many Americans blithely assume that something favored by a majority must ipso facto be good. But what if the majority is wrong?
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November 15, 2013
America after ObamaWhat will the United States of America be like after Barack Obama leaves the presidency on January 20, 2017 (assuming he does leave)?
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October 13, 2013
Americans' Beliefs about the United StatesRecent polling shows troublesome shifts in attitudes toward American citizenship.
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October 6, 2013
Obama and the CounterrevolutionWe may be seeing signs of a nascent counterrevolution against Obama and the Obamians.
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October 5, 2013
Country Club Republicans Must GoIt won't be easy, and the hour is late, but conservatives can capture the GOP.
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October 3, 2013
Why This Shutdown Is Different2013 is not 1995, and the current government shutdown does not have to end the way the last one did.
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September 23, 2013
The Bigotry of the Chattering ClassesMembers of the chattering classes deny they harbor dark thoughts about anybody, save, of course, southern whites, conservatives, "bitter clingers," etc.
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August 30, 2013
What 'It's the Law-of-the-Land' MeansSo ObamaCare is the law of the land? So was Plessy v. Ferguson.
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August 26, 2013
Obama's Increasingly Tyrannical ProclivitiesIn Federalist #47, James Madison defined tyranny for us. Guess who fits the bill?
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August 19, 2013
Time for a New American Revolution?Many of the preconditions for revolution now exist in the United States.
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August 13, 2013
Electoral DiscrepanciesThe United States is a conservative country -- but Americans often don't vote that way. Why not?
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August 5, 2013
What Closing American Diplomatic Facilities MeansFour lessons from our president's latest show of weakness.
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July 25, 2013
The Campaign to 'Get' Mitch DanielsToo many conservatives assume that the rules are the same for them as for anyone else. Mitch Daniels is only the latest.
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July 19, 2013
Can America's 'Race Problem' Be Solved?How do Paula Deen's problems shed light on those of George Zimmerman -- and ours?
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July 15, 2013
Will Janet Napolitano Be a Good University President?Janet Napolitano contnues failing her way upward.
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July 10, 2013
The Criminal Profiling of Conservative White MalesWhat does it say that Leftists seem to react to virtually every highly visible criminal act with the hope that the "perp" is a white guy or, even better, a conservative white guy?
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July 6, 2013
When 'Racism' Loses Its MeaningAll the Left has to do to send foes running for the tall clover is yell "Racism!"
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July 1, 2013
Rein in the Imperial JudiciaryContrary to popular belief, there is a way for Congress to exert control over the Supreme Court.
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June 28, 2013
It Isn't Over YetRemember the unofficial motto of the Texas Rangers: the little guy will always whup the big guy so long as he just keeps a'comin'.
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June 21, 2013
Obama's Standing with the PublicAre the scandals damaging Obama? Not as much as many would like to see.
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June 13, 2013
What 'In Your Face' Appointments MeanRepublican elites do not realize that the political world isn't like it was in the 1950s.
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June 4, 2013
Fascism In AmericaIf fascism ever comes to the United States, it won't happen the way it did in Europe.
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May 5, 2013
No More 'Mr. Nice Guy'The words of Sun Tsu, the ancient master of war, still hold up today. Republicans had better listen.
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April 27, 2013
Why Don't They Do Something?What explanation is there for widespread American political apathy?
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April 15, 2013
Do Left-Wing Professors Really 'Proselytize' on Campus?The real story, from someone who's been there a few decades.
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April 5, 2013
Alinsky and McCarthy: Brothers under the SkinThere are plenty of ways in which the left embodies hypocrisy. But you'd have to look pretty hard to find something to beat this.
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March 22, 2013
Repeal the Current Tax Payment Act of 1943A sure method of concentrating taxpayers' minds on precisely how much of their income is seized, spent, and wasted by government at all levels.
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March 14, 2013
Ignorant, but not StupidCommon sense is no substitute for knowledge.It can, however, be sufficient to muddle through to a good decision.
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March 10, 2013
The American IgnoramusWhen it comes to politics, Americans are about as dumb as they look.
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February 26, 2013
Barack Obama: The Paper TigerWhy should the president instill fear in Republicans?