By: Domenico Montanaro – npr.org – November 19, 2019 The country is witnessing one of only a handful of times in its history that Congress has gone through with public hearings on whether to impeach a president. And yet, the overwhelming majority of Americans across parties say nothing they hear in the inquiry will change their minds on impeachment, according to...

By: Diego Mendoza-Moyers – expressnews.com – Nov. 8, 2019 Texas had the fastest-growing economy among U.S. states in the second quarter of this year, according to data released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The state’s gross domestic product — the value of all goods and services produced over a period of time — grew by 4.7 percent in the quarter. That’s well above...

By: Jonah Goldberg – nationalreview.com – November 15, 2019 When you throw everything against the wall to see what will stick, don’t expect the result to be a coherent picture. Maybe you’re a fan of Jackson Pollock’s paint-splatter stuff. That’s cool. My only point is that when you flick paint at a canvas, nobody expects the result to look like a...

By: Victor Davis Hansen – nationalreview.com – November 12, 2019 We are witnessing constitutional government dissipating before our very eyes. Mark S. Zaid ✔ @MarkSZaidEsq #coup has started. First of many steps. #rebellion. #impeachment will follow ultimately. #lawyers https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/826255624610729985 … Jake Tapper ✔ @jaketapper .@POTUS fires acting AG Sally Yates for “refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens” of US...

By: Matt Vespa – townhall.com – November 13, 2019 Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) is the starting quarterback for the Democrats’ impeachment effort. The Left has taken the Trump-Ukraine story hook, line, and sinker. It’s even shoddier than the Russian collusion myth. A whistleblower alleged that Trump had shaken down the Ukrainian political leadership to investigate Hunter Biden’s board position on a Ukrainian...

By: John Fund – nationalreview.com – Nopvember 10, 2019 Socialism is not cuddly or compassionate, and it has been tried many times, to ruinous effect. Will today’s young people have to learn this all over again? The Berlin Wall stood for 28 years until in 1989 a wave of citizen protest forced the East German Communist government to open its gates....

By: William Cummings – USAToday.com – November 11, 2019 Republican lawmakers stepped up pressure Sunday on House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff to allow them to call Vice President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, to testify in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. The GOP lawmakers said if the Intelligence Committee’s Democrats block the committee’s minority choices of witnesses, it would cast further doubt...

By: Felicia Sonmez – washingtonpost.com – November 10, 2019 Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said Sunday that women in politics are held to a higher standard than men, arguing that a female candidate with South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s experience probably would not make it to the presidential debate stage. Klobuchar’s comments mark the latest instance of a 2020 presidential contender taking aim...

By: William A. Galston – wsj.com – November 5, 2019 Is the country ready for the “big structural change” that Sen. Elizabeth Warren is promising? Would the Democratic Party be wise to bet that it is? The answers to these questions will shape the outcome of the nomination contest and the general election. Now that Ms. Warren has released her long-awaited Medicare...

By Rebecca Klar – thehill.com – November 10, 2019 Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley claims two of President Trump’s former senior advisers tried to get her to undermine him to “save the country,” The Washington Post reported Sunday, citing Haley’s upcoming memoir and an interview with her.  According to the newspaper, Haley said former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and...