Will His Lawsuit against an Iron Chef Give Trump Indigestion? August 17, 2016Rosslyn Smith
While the Trump University lawsuit has been getting the lion's share of the media, there is other litigation involving Trump that is currently in deposition stage. It involves Trump's luxury hotel project in Washington, D.C.
So much for experts August 10, 2016Patricia McCarthy
So fifty Republican “national security experts" have disavowed Trump as a candidate for the presidency.
Trump Is Dangerous? August 9, 2016G. Murphy Donovan
All we know about Donald Trump's policy is what he says, not what he has done or will do. Trump has no policy track record. He has never held office. Intimations of what he might do are often vague, too.
Once again, Trump on defense August 8, 2016Jared Peterson
As last week should establish beyond doubt, the only free media Trump will get from here on is the kind that makes him look like Beelzebub.
All in the (Trump) Family? August 5, 2016Rosslyn Smith
Trump's family members may not have committed the amount of time to the campaign that is needed. They are young parents and have interests outside politics.
For Trump! Against the Disloyalists! July 26, 2016Jared Peterson
Much social and intellectual snobbery, selfish wound-licking, and sinecure-protecting are all unsuccessfully seeking cover behind alleged issue or character criticisms.
Job title: Official Scapegoat? July 21, 2016Rosslyn Smith
Interesting job Ms. McIver has with the Trump Organization, as it seems she has taken the fall for textual errors before.
Andrew Jackson: Trump’s Template for Success? July 14, 2016Fred Lucas
The political class spoke of Jackson as many speak of Trump today. Only Jackson provides a template for Trump as to whether a candidate can ride frustration to the White House.
Trump’s logical VP choice is Jeff Sessions July 10, 2016Mike Stopa
The simple fact is that Trump trusts Sessions. It is that trust, and the feedback that allows from the V.P. to the president, that will build Trump into a steadier and more disciplined candidate.
Why Trump frightens the GOP Illuminati June 28, 2016Lee Cary
Because Trump threatens to destabilize the GOP’s status quo position as the junior political party, he presents an existential threat to the livelihoods of party apparatchiks.
The Trump campaign and the Trump Organization June 22, 2016Rosslyn Smith
Not only did the Trump campaign have less cash on hand at the beginning of June than the suspended campaigns of Ted Cruz and Ben Carson, but it appears that a lot of its spending went into the bank accounts of Trump-related entities.
Is Trump ‘conservative’? June 22, 2016Bill Weckesser
I’ll certainly admit to being flummoxed by Donald Trump’s brand of conservatism, but in reading one of the heroes of the faith, I find myself re-evaluating The Donald.
Can the Trump campaign reboot and win? June 21, 2016Sierra Rayne
Now that we're focused on the personnel issues in Trump's 2016 run rather than the policy issues, there may be some major problems in the closet.
Bumpy GOP Convention Ride Ahead? June 21, 2016Rosslyn Smith
Is the Republican Party anticipating a floor fight in Cleveland? That's how I read the Trump campaign's out of the blue firing of campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.
A physician's case for Trump June 14, 2016Anish Koka
Here I am, an Indian immigrant, a physician, and a lifelong Democrat to boot, who sees no other choice than Trump this election cycle.
How Trump plans an event June 11, 2016Rosslyn Smith
"The extraordinary role Trump has taken in his campaign, often acting as his own political strategist, communications adviser, and even scheduler."
What If A President Were One Of Us? June 10, 2016Geoffrey P. Hunt
Regular Joes and Marys lack the conceit to assert they are faithful practitioners of civic virtue, although they possess far more honesty, and far less corruptibility than the current dominant political class.
Trump and the down-ballot June 9, 2016Rosslyn Smith
The idea that Trump will be poison down the ballot is now being used to fire up Democrats who might not be all that keen on their own candidate.
Bill Clinton Profits from World’s Largest For-Profit University June 2, 2016Michael Bargo, Jr.
With Trump University grabbing headlnes, few people know about Bill Clinton's lucrative role promoting a much larger for-profit education scheme that has been accused of the same sort of high pressure sales practices.
NeverTrump Reconsidered: Never say never June 1, 2016A. Castellitto
Now that some time has elapsed, and with our military men and a few other considerations at stake, I'm ultimately compelled to vote Trump rather than waste a principled vote.
It is Time for Trump to Unify the Party May 31, 2016C. Edmund Wright
While many in the Republican Party rally to his side -– albeit with varying degrees of enthusiasm -- Trump continues to make it almost impossible for large swaths of the party’s voters to join the Trump train.
For Trump (and with enthusiasm) May 19, 2016Jared Peterson
History is littered with the carnage caused by giving the very bad political power while rejecting the much better and waiting for the ideal.
The Human Case for Economic Nationalism May 14, 2016Robert Weissberg
Somehow, helping overseas workers with "fair trade" imports displays social responsibility, but shunning $15.00 shirts made in rural Alabama in favor of the $5.00 version from China is celebrated by economists as marketplace “sophistication.”
Fear the Walking Trump May 13, 2016Stuart Schwartz
Our leadership rejects the motivating factor for Trump's tens of millions of supporters: The United States is in decline, brought about by the combined arrogance and incompetence of our professional ruling class.
Conservatism is not dead May 7, 2016James Arlandson
It‘s the talk among some pundits that conservatism is dead, after political hodgepodge Donald Trump presumptively won the nomination of the Republican Party. Not so fast.
A Critical Job for the #NEVERTRUMPers May 6, 2016Howard Hyde
Feeling a little discouraged? Demoralized? Nauseous? Trust me, I sympathize. Permit me to attempt to raise your spirits, or at least stiffen your resolve; you still have very important and not at all futile work to do.
The War on Trump Supporters Must Stop May 5, 2016John Kudla
Trump voters have been called foolish, disgusting, frustrated, misguided, crazy, stupid, idiotic, dummies, willfully ignorant, defying common sense, driven by emotion, alienated, irrational and unthinking, an incompetent mob, thugs, hideous, hateful, xenophobic, violent, fanatics, Nazis, and worse.
Get Over What about Trump, Exactly? May 5, 2016C. Edmund Wright
Now we're told at this early date to "get over it." We being those conservatives who aggressively opposed Donald Trump, of course. So what exactly should we get over?
Bon appetit, Dana Milbank May 5, 2016Thomas Lifson
The victory of Donald Trump is exposing the pomposity of a number of know-it-all pundits who made rash vows dismissing the possibility of him ever attaining the GOP nomination.
If I Were Running For Congress May 1, 2016Richard F. Miniter
Watching a campaign ad on TV for a Republican candidate for Congress in a district close to mine I think: “what sort of idiots does he take us for?”
You Play the Game to Win April 29, 2016Steve McCann
It is time for a proverbial “Dutch Uncle” talk without the usual rancor, meaningless accusations, vile epithets and unthinking loyalty to any one candidate.
Trump Stumps Deniers April 25, 2016G. Murphy Donovan
Donald Trump is still somewhat of a pariah, a personification of political shock therapy. While the left has misgivings about Trump, the American right is contemplating seppuku.
Trump and the Contest to Control Conservatism April 25, 2016Michael Finch
The current conservative movement is in a crisis and those who have been running the movement for the past 30 years seem to feel threatened that their reign in running it might be over.
Donald Trump and The Art of the Reboot April 23, 2016Mario Moussa and Derek Newberry
The Trump campaign is like a team of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who raised money, launched a venture, recognized quickly that their business model was failing, and -- to use a popular high-tech term -- pivoted
Trump l’oeil: How Trump fools the eyes of the people April 21, 2016Marilla Duffles
Seasoned critics -- the media and press alike -- brush Trump off as a simple-minded and vulgar gasbag. But Trump is much more enigmatic than the vacuous headline-grabbing banter that ensues
Trump’s The One April 16, 2016Bill Schanefelt
Hang on to your hats, folks, accept reality, and know that the next seven months will take us on a mind-bogglingly-wild ride
Trump’s wives and the women voters March 26, 2016Rosslyn Smith
Do Trump apologists have a clue as to the visceral dislike many women, especially married women, have for any man who ditches his wife for a younger model?
Why I like Don March 24, 2016James Lewis
The reason I give the Donald the benefit of the doubt is that he has just vaulted through the vicious media mine field, planted by the killer Left ever since they marched through the institutions in 1970s
Trump and Clinton: Mutual Assured Destruction? March 21, 2016Rosslyn Smith
The 50 megaton dance step in this lame political pas de deux between narcissistic aging Baby Boomers whose ambitions exceed their talents is that of equally sleazy personal lives.
Trump and the GOP establishment (1) March 20, 2016Thomas Lifson
Donald Trump is to attend a meeting Monday with an unidentified group of about two-dozen Republican insiders, including office holders in the House and Senate, as well as consultants and power brokers
Rush, Andrew, Donald, and the Republican Reconquista March 15, 2016Jack Cashill
The cultural imams who rule American political discourse have enforced dhimmitude on the conservative establishment, limiting the range of acceptable discussion, but a reconquista is in the air this year.
The White Working Class is the Designated Scapegoat of the Ruling Elites March 15, 2016Christopher Chantrill
There is one thing you are not allowed to do in America today, and that is cater to the tribalism of the white working class. You must cater to black racism; you must cater to feminist cant. You must cater to gentry liberal tribal totems. But never the white working class. Until Trump.
Trump Nation’s Capitulation March 7, 2016Geoffrey P. Hunt
Trump Nation’s rejection of the political market -- and its psychological surrender -- looks and feels just like a financial market capitulation. Embracing Donald Trump is the equivalent of flight from capital into cash. The word in financial jargon is capitulation.
Donald Trump and Narcissistic Personality Disorder: An Interview with Sam Vaknin March 6, 2016Arlen Williams
Some see Donald Trump's behavior in the media and become concerned. I recently had the opportunity to discuss him with Sam Vaknin, author of written the widely read and very favorably reviewed book, Malignant Self Love: Narcissism Revisited and Narcissistic and Psychopathic Leaders.
Trump Already Is a Third Party Candidate March 3, 2016G. Murphy Donovan
He has hijacked a major political party and is now reshaping it to his purposes. Trump believes that he has the answer to national malaise and he is willing to pay his own way to the levers of power.
Trump's path forward is clearing March 2, 2016Sierra Rayne
The Super Tuesday results confirmed what was evident in the polls by late Sunday, and what was crystal-clear by Monday evening: the Trump train is unstoppable.
Jobs Americans Won’t Trump February 29, 2016C. Edmund Wright
What the hell does Trump know about jobs Americans won't do? All he's done is actually have to get low skilled but necessary grunt work done in the United States of coddled welfare, unemployed hipsters at Starbucks, EBT card holders and Ritalin takers. He sounds like, well, almost every contractor you can find who is involved with the unskilled and semi-skilled labor markets.
Trump’s yuuuge negatives and the Ron Paul delusion February 29, 2016Jay Michaels
It’s hard to imagine two politicians more unlike than Ron Paul and Donald Trump. But Donald’s fans idolize their guy with the same fervor as the Paulists did theirs. And they also share the delusion that there are masses of voters out there who feel the same way.
Turning Against Trump February 21, 2016Bookworm
Now is a good time for Trump supporters to use recently revealed information to revisit their original conclusion about him and to realize, with no shame attached, that he’s not the candidate they thought he was.
Trump’s Highlighter February 16, 2016Cindy Simpson
President Obama has a pen, but Donald Trump has a highlighter, and it’s been drawing attention to things the establishment, Democrat-media complex, and even some conservatives would have preferred to remain out of the spotlight.
The Tweet Heard ‘Round the World February 5, 2016C. Edmund Wright
The contrived furor over the Cruz Campaign tweet relaying a CNN Breaking News alert about Ben Carson is perhaps the intellectually unserious low point in all of Republican primary history.
Donald and Bernie: The Outer Borough Brothers February 2, 2016G. Murphy Donovan
Polar opposites or brothers from other mothers? Both attract large enthusiastic crowds. Neither has much of a following among the media, party hacks, feminists, special pleaders, Islamists, cold warriors, moneyed interests, the legal profession, or race hustlers.
Donald Trump and Evangelicals January 31, 2016Fay Voshell
Analysts and journalists are having a hard time understanding Donald Trump’s appeal to America’s evangelicals. This is not surprising, considering the media’s widespread ignorance about and (often) repugnance toward evangelicals and religion in general.
Strategy Trumps Confusion January 31, 2016Mark D. Stahlman and Jeffery A. Martineau
Donald Trump is winning the GOP Presidential primary race for one simple reason: he can think strategically and his opponents cannot.
Trump on Ending the Crony Capitalism of War January 27, 2016John Smith
A huge contractor warfighting capability has enabled US executive action to fight our wars divorced from both a sound national strategy and a connection to the American people. So far, Trump may be the only candidate to address this problem.
The conservative elite chooses irrelevance January 25, 2016Mike Stopa
The National Review hit piece is a shameful scandal. It reeks of condescension and resonates with impotent rage. It looks on at the Trump phenomenon that unfolds in its own backyard with a mixture of the fascination and jealousy of a sick child.
What Democrats know (and National Review forgot) January 25, 2016Jared Peterson
Attempting to destroy a candidate who, by far and for long, has been leading the race for the Republican presidential nomination is without precedent in the history of conservative journalism.
The Case for Ted Cruz January 24, 2016Peter Ferrara
I served President Reagan in the White House Office of Policy Development, and I have studied his speeches and writings for years. Cruz embraces the same three dimensional political and policy framework as Reagan
Republican voters should not dismiss Donald Trump January 23, 2016Steve Bartin
Trump is at the top of the Republican field because he is, by far, the best at running a campaign. He knows how to win. He knows that the candidate who controls the news cycle will win.
Bob Dole warns against Cruz, says Trump would do better January 21, 2016Thomas Lifson
With his trademark blend of honesty and clumsiness, Dole is telling the GOP base that if they want someone who will cut deals with the political establishment in Washington, avoid Cruz and back Trump. Yeah, that’ll work.
‘Two-Corinthians’ Trump January 21, 2016Jim Moseley
When the media, who know next to nothing about the Bible, deride others for their understanding of it, they model, as Jesus said, the blind leading the blind.
Who is Donald Trump? January 13, 2016Steve McCann
I applauded when Donald Trump jumped into the Republican presidential nominating fray. But nagging questions have me worried.
Muslim immigration hypocrisy January 13, 2016Surak
The policy of barring Muslim immigration is good enough for Israel, so why should it not be good enough for major American Jewish organizations?
Trump and the Hazards of Muslim Immigration December 18, 2015Jared Peterson
Considering what we know about Islam as a source of terror and about the attitudes towards that terror among all Muslim communities, Trump’s proposal deserves a thorough and intellectually honest public debate.
Trump is following 0bama's Script December 11, 2015Lauri B. Regan
The country’s newest cult of personality is driven by deep dissatisfaction, frustration, and anger at the sitting commander in chief, with the promise of an omnicompetent hero to fix. Haven't we seen this story before?
