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Handicapping the South Carolina primary
How do you predict an upcoming vote?
The conventional approach is by polling a representative sample of the electorate. However, the art and science of polling seems to be getting increasingly unreliable.
There’s another approach: talk to a bookmaker. See who people are actually betting on with real money…
Read MoreUnderstanding different forms of economic thinking
Donald Trump owes George W. Bush an apology
“He lied. He got us into the war with lies.”
Thus proclaimed Donald Trump in last night’s Republican debate in South Carolina, as he joined with Democrats who claimed that, “Bush lied and people died.”
Read MoreAntonin Scalia dies in his sleep
The intellectual giant of the Supreme Court is dead.
Antonin Scalia, an unabashed Catholic conservative, has vexed liberal elite with his eloquent defense of the Constitution as envisioned by our Founding Fathers. His vacancy on the court will allow President Obama an opportunity to replace him with a liberal, tipping the balance of the court for years to come…
Read MoreElectric cars are bad for the environment and taxpayers
Should the federal government take your tax money and give it to someone else if they buy an electric car?
It’s a stupid idea if your goal is to help the environment, as Bjorn Lomborg proves above.
Read MoreThe “vast leftwing conspiracy” targeting Hillary Rodham Clinton
Have you noticed how Clintonian Democrats like to couch contrarian conservative thinking as something that is illegal?
They make Fidel Castro proud.
Al Gore famously characterized George W. Bush’s tax plan as a “scheme.” The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a scheme as “a clever and often dishonest plan to do or get something,” in the context in which Gore used the word.
Only a liberal like Al Gore would consider the tax cuts promoted by Bush as being “dishonest,” especially since the “scheme” called for letting people keep more of their own money…
Read MoreHow a conservative woman describes feminism
The Chris Christie effect
When Hillary Clinton is sworn in as the next president of the United States, the Chris Christie effect will long be talked about.
I refer to last Saturday’s debate.
Governor Christie cut Marco Rubio off at the knees in one of the most consequential debate moments in a long time…
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