Tim Scott elevated the presidential campaign
(November 13) Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) almost always elevated both the tone and the substance of the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. He left the campaign in an […]
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On Israel and foreign policy, Pence outclasses awful Trump
Pence pushes a very Reaganesque peace through strength (Oct. 10): It has long been clear that the education establishment’s obsession with identity politics pushes noxious notions into impressionable young minds. […]
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GOP economic proposals would fix Biden’s errors
(July 15) Some of us lived through President Jimmy Carter’s rocky economy of the late 1970s. In the Senate, Joe Biden must have slept through it. Biden apparently also slept […]
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Random: Facebook, lawsuits, and the need for political seriousness
Foreign threats should make U.S. leaders search for unity (Jan. 3): The Jan. 2 Washington Examiner headline “China unveils plan to ‘take over’ Latin America” should focus attention. That bracing […]
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Bob Dole’s final message stressed principled compromise
(Dec. 9) n U.S. Sen. Bob Dole’s final public message before he died on Dec. 5, he provided a lesson in civics that too few in today’s politics are willing […]
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Bob Dole was the U.S. Senate’s greatest American
(Dec. 6) Bob Dole was quite simply the greatest U.S. senator and the greatest American who served in the Senate of our lifetime. He was great not because he survived […]
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Conservatives didn’t always appreciate George Shultz
(Feb. 8) George Shultz’s signature service as President Ronald Reagan’s secretary of state gave ample evidence that the conservative movement can be very wrong. Shultz, who died Saturday at age […]
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Conservatives faced with conflicting desires as Biden takes office
(Jan. 20) I need to ponder a while. Maybe we all do. Sorry to make this so personal, but 45 years ago, when I wasn’t even quite 12 years old, […]
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Biden, doubly bad, redux
Two columns by Quin (with links to the full pieces embedded in the headlines). Why Biden’s choice of Kamala Harris will be a flop (Aug. 11). With the choice of […]
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Trump’s SOTU address was politically potent
(Feb. 4) Setting aside the angry, in-your-face delivery, President Trump’s State of the Union speech was tremendously well-crafted. Trump made the best possible case for his administration, highlighting the salutary […]
