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Category: Politics 2017

GOP Business Tax Cuts Force Other Countries to Compete

NRO: GOP Business Tax Cuts Force Other Countries to Compete

Posted on December 27, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Business, Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

NRO Editors Podcast 11/30/17

NRO Editors Podcast: Episode 66: The Pretender to the CFPB

Posted on November 30, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Podcasts and Media, Politics 2017

James O’Keefe Shoots at the Washington Post and Misses

NRO: James O’Keefe Shoots at the Washington Post and Misses

Posted on November 28, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

Save the Crusader

NRO: Save the Crusader
My half-doomed effort to save the Holy Cross College mascot.

Posted on November 27, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Blog 2006-Present, History, Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

Roy Moore Is Not the Cure for Judicial Supremacy

NRO: Roy Moore Is Not the Cure for Judicial Supremacy

Posted on November 18, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Law 2009-18, Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

Tim Kaine Is Wrong about America and Slavery

NRO: Tim Kaine Is Wrong about America and Slavery

Posted on November 7, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories History, Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

Yes, radical Islamic terrorism is different

LA Times: Yes, radical Islamic terrorism is different

Posted on November 2, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories In Print, Politics 2017, War 2007-18, Writings Elsewhere

Trump Adviser Pleads Guilty to Lying about Seeking Hillary Emails from Russia

NRO: Trump Adviser Pleads Guilty to Lying about Seeking Hillary Emails from Russia

Posted on October 30, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Law 2009-18, Politics 2017, War 2007-18, Writings Elsewhere

What The Paul Manafort Indictment Means

NRO: What The Paul Manafort Indictment Means

Posted on October 30, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Law 2009-18, Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

New Russian Nuclear Scandal Raises New Questions About Clinton Foundation

NRO: New Russian Nuclear Scandal Raises New Questions About Clinton Foundation

Posted on October 17, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Law 2009-18, Politics 2017, War 2007-18, Writings Elsewhere

How Not to Marginalize the Alt-Right

NRO: How Not to Marginalize the Alt-Right

Posted on October 16, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

NRO Editors Podcast 10/11/17

NRO Editors Podcast: Episode 60: A Corker of a Week

Posted on October 11, 2017May 10, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Podcasts and Media, Politics 2017

Flag Protests and the Power of Symbols

NRO: Flag Protests and the Power of Symbols

Posted on October 11, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Football, History, Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

Harvey Weinstein and The Wages of The “Nuts and Sluts” Defense

NRO: Harvey Weinstein and The Wages of The “Nuts and Sluts” Defense

Posted on October 8, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

The Bump Stock Debate Illustrates Two Competing Models of Political Strategy

NRO: The Bump Stock Debate Illustrates Two Competing Models of Political Strategy

Posted on October 6, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

Bobby Jindal for HHS

NRO: Bobby Jindal for HHS

Posted on October 3, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

Trump Charges Into The Democrats’ Trap on Puerto Rico

NRO: Trump Charges Into The Democrats’ Trap on Puerto Rico

Posted on September 30, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Hurricane Katrina, Politics 2017

A Bogus Health-Care Number from the Center for American Progress

NRO: A Bogus Health-Care Number from the Center for American Progress

Posted on September 21, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

Eric Schneiderman Needs to Recuse Himself from Trump Investigations

NRO: Eric Schneiderman Needs to Recuse Himself from Trump Investigations

Posted on September 18, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Law 2009-18, Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

SCIENCE/Hurricane Irma Should Teach Us Caution About Predictions

NRO: Hurricane Irma Should Teach Us Caution About Predictions

Posted on September 14, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2017, Science, Writings Elsewhere

Republicans Should Kill This Bad Tax Reform Idea

NRO: Republicans Should Kill This Bad Tax Reform Idea

Posted on September 4, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

Do Liberal Writers Really Believe In An Obligation To Oppose Everything Trump Does?

NRO: Do Liberal Writers Really Believe In An Obligation To Oppose Everything Trump Does?

Posted on September 1, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

Editors Podcast on Hurricane Harvey

NRO: The Editors Podcast, on Hurricane Harvey and other topics.

Posted on August 31, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

WaPo and The Hill Publish ‘Troll Poll’ about Postponing the 2020 Election

NRO: WaPo and The Hill Publish ‘Troll Poll’ about Postponing the 2020 Election

Posted on August 10, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2017, Poll and Election Analysis, Writings Elsewhere

The Pocketbook Party

NR: The Pocketbook Party: Republicans should focus on the cost of living

Posted on July 31, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories In Print, Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

How Republicans Went Wrong on Health Care

NRO: How Republicans Went Wrong on Health Care

Posted on July 28, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

Military Fitness Is A Military Decision

NRO: Military Fitness Is A Military Decision

Posted on July 26, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2017, War 2007-18, Writings Elsewhere

It’s Not Treason, But It’s Not Defensible, Either

NRO: It’s Not Treason, But It’s Not Defensible, Either

Posted on July 12, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2017, War 2007-18, Writings Elsewhere

Religious Liberty, Trump Win Important Victories at the Supreme Court

NRO: Religious Liberty, Trump Win Important Victories at the Supreme Court

Posted on June 26, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Law 2009-18, Politics 2017, Religion, Writings Elsewhere

In a Bad District for Trump, Karen Handel Persisted

NRO: In a Bad District for Trump, Karen Handel Persisted

Posted on June 20, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

We Should Have Heeded This Warning From Ronald Reagan

NRO: We Should Have Heeded This Warning From Ronald Reagan

Posted on June 20, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories History, Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

Who’s to Blame for Political Violence?

LA Times: Who’s to blame for political violence?
My take on the Steve Scalise shooting.

Posted on June 15, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories In Print, Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

Yes, The Attorney General Can Have Privileged Conversations With The President

NRO: Yes, The Attorney General Can Have Privileged Conversations With The President

Posted on June 14, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories History, Law 2009-18, Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

Trump & Comey Pod

Over at NRO, I’m on a podcast with David French (recorded Friday) talking Trump and Comey.

Posted on June 12, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Law 2009-18, Politics 2017

Comey Wasn’t Investigating Trump – But Look Who Said He Was

NRO: Comey Wasn’t Investigating Trump – But Look Who Said He Was

Posted on June 8, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Law 2009-18, Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

Jim Comey Backs Up Trump’s Story, But It’s Not All Good News for Trump

NRO: Jim Comey Backs Up Trump’s Story, But It’s Not All Good News for Trump

Posted on June 7, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Law 2009-18, Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

A Myopic View Of Robert E. Lee

NRO: A Myopic View Of Robert E. Lee

Posted on June 4, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories History, Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

Trump’s Problem Isn’t How He Talks but What He Says

NRO: Trump’s Problem Isn’t How He Talks but What He Says

Posted on May 31, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

“Never Trump,” Winning, and the Duty to Argue in Good Faith

NRO: “Never Trump,” Winning, and the Duty to Argue in Good Faith

Posted on May 30, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

Supreme Court Strikes Down Majority-Minority Districts for Being Majority-Minority

NRO: Supreme Court Strikes Down Majority-Minority Districts for Being Majority-Minority

Posted on May 22, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Law 2009-18, Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

Here’s How Congress Can Fix the Way We Investigate Presidents

NRO: Here’s How Congress Can Fix the Way We Investigate Presidents
Also published at CNBC.

Posted on May 22, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories History, Law 2009-18, Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

In Hate-Crime Prosecutions, Thoughts Shouldn’t Matter

LA Times: In hate-crime prosecutions, thoughts shouldn’t matter

Posted on May 16, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories In Print, Law 2009-18, Politics 2017, War 2007-18, Writings Elsewhere

Anti-Anti-Anti-Anti-Trump

NRO: Anti-Anti-Anti-Anti-Trump

Posted on May 15, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

Acting FBI Director Shoots Down Media, Trump Narratives

NRO: Acting FBI Director Shoots Down Media, Trump Narratives

Posted on May 11, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

Republicans Should Want The Russia 2016 Story Out In The Open

NRO: Republicans Should Want The Russia 2016 Story Out In The Open

Posted on May 10, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Law 2009-18, Politics 2017, War 2007-18, Writings Elsewhere

Will Slow Staffing Cause Trump and Sessions to Side with Obama against the Little Sisters of the Poor?

NRO: Will Slow Staffing Cause Trump and Sessions to Side with Obama against the Little Sisters of the Poor?

Posted on April 27, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Law 2009-18, Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

ESPN Layoffs Should Be a Wake-Up Call about Politicizing Sports

NRO: ESPN Layoffs Should Be a Wake-Up Call about Politicizing Sports

Posted on April 26, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Other Sports, Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

Democrats to Pro-Lifers: You Are Unwanted and May Be Discarded

NRO: Democrats to Pro-Lifers: You Are Unwanted and May Be Discarded

Posted on April 24, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

Repeal and Piecemeal: A Better Obamacare Strategy

NRO: Repeal and Piecemeal: A Better Obamacare Strategy

Posted on April 21, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories Politics 2017, Writings Elsewhere

Sean Spicer Steps in a Hitler Mess

NRO: Sean Spicer Steps in a Hitler Mess

Posted on April 11, 2017March 15, 2022Author Baseball CrankCategories History, Politics 2017, War 2007-18, Writings Elsewhere

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