Rich Lowry
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Democrats cynically claim 'freedom' despite their policies
If Democrats get away with their faux libertarianism, it will be a notable triumph of the freedom to mislead.
Chuck Schumer potentially eliminating the filibuster is the key to a radical agenda
In a session with reporters at the Democratic National Convention, Schumer suggested that — should Democrats win the White House, Senate and House in November — he would seek to...
Harris' $1.7T spending plan exposes her pixie-dust fiscal policy
Someone must have mentioned “return on investment” to her in a policy briefing — and now Harris apparently thinks she’s the Warren Buffett of deficit spending.
Trump can't let Harris grab his 'candidate of change' crown
Against Biden, Trump represented the past, but also change. Against Harris, he’s potentially just the past.
How Kamala Harris found a new shortcut to 'greatness'
As the 20th century writer and strategist James Burnham put it, “Where there is no alternative, there is no problem.”
Kamala campaign mimics Joe's, hiding behind a Teleprompter
Harris' teleprompter campaign in 2024 is meant to limit her exposure to keep her from inadvertently bursting the media bubble that’s been created around her.
Kamala's claim of border success is a sociopathic lie
A politician with an ounce of respect for the public might at least acknowledge, before saying anything else, that “mistakes were made.”
Biden's illegitimate 'reforms' are a nakedly political bid to tilt the Supreme Court on his way out
Court-packing by stealth proves Joe Biden's sad slide to the left — while cementing Kamala Harris as a radical.
Secret Service's Cheatle is the very model of gov't hubris
Cheatle should have been gone the night of the attempted Trump assassination, and now is a symbol of the incompetence and lack of responsibility that has undermined trust in our...
Complicit in the Biden cover-up, the lying Democrats have lost all credibility
His enablers were truly cynical and dishonest, hoping that their fake narrative about Biden’s continued vitality could see them through until November.
Slamming JD Vance for his 'homeland' rhetoric shows how far we've gone off course
That J.D. Vance saying the same thing is now controversial says much about how our national self-conception has gone off the rails.
Biden copied Obama's overheated playbook, now he's stuck
The White House is now faced with a conundrum — how to make the case against Donald Trump as a quasi-Nazi while lowering the proverbial temperature after his near-assassination?
The left's painting Biden as a monster for not dropping out — but Joe's just being Joe
President Biden is being transformed before our eyes, at least in how he’s portrayed in progressive circles and the media.
Dems' de facto coup: even if Biden wins, Kamala will be prez
In effect, Americans will be voting in November to make Kamala Harris president of the United States sometime in the next term.
Supreme Court puts Trump's insurrection case on life support
Now that Joe Biden stumbled so badly in the first presidential debate, lawfare is more important than ever to Democrats, but Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 case against Donald Trump is...
After debate, Dems have no great Biden replacement theory
The bodyguard of lies that protected Joe Biden from questions about his fitness for office has finally fallen away, but there’s no mechanism to force him out of the race...
Trump could be his own worst debate enemy vs. flailing Biden
What should worry supporters of Biden and Trump as their first 2024 debate approaches is what they each can do to themselves.
With pro-Hamas protests, each day's another Charlottesville
Outside the White House last weekend, anti-Israel protesters wore terrorist headbands; chanted for Hamas and Hezbollah to “kill another solider now” and “kill another Zionist now.”
Israel deserves praise, not blame, for its righteous rescue of Hamas hostages
Israel pulled off a hostage rescue that deserves to go down in the annals of successful military operations.
Desperate Democrats push conspiracy theory of GOP war on contraceptives
The Democratic charge that Republicans are somehow working to cut off access to contraception is so ludicrously unfounded that it amounts to an outlandish conspiracy theory.