Commentary

Don't Fall for Jimmy Kimmel's Cheap Zero-Sum Emotionalism

By David Harsanyi
Friday, September 22 2017

In recent months, late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel has taken to scaremongering his audience with well-worn Democratic Party talking points regarding health care insurance policy. Between yuks, he occasionally accuses Republicans of being would-be baby killers, which is treated as an important political development because, well, Jimmy Kimmel is famous. This week, the comedian was back to explain why the new Graham-Cassidy Republican "repeal" bill is bad news. There were only two things wrong with his monologue: Almost everything he said was either completely untrue or highly misleading…

	George Orwell once observed, "There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe…
	Read more...

Over DACA, An Acute Case of Trump Panic Syndrome

	The entire politico-media complex had a nervous breakdown last week over President Trump's position on…
	Read more...

Show Biz Meltdown: Bombs Away!

	The numbers don't lie. Across the entertainment industry, viewers and fans are tuning out. It's no coincidence…
	Read more...

Sanders Bill Makes Health Insurance Illegal

	Bernie Sanders' Medicare for All Act, introduced last week, outlaws private health insurance. Curiously…
	Read more...

Crime and Immigration: What's In the Dream Act

	Commentary on the DACA controversy frequently notes that the nation's nearly 700,000 so-called Dreamers…
	Read more...

Justices Should Toss Dems' Phony Election Lawsuit

	If you can't win, change the rules. Democrats and progressive activists are joining forces to urge the…
	Read more...

Never Forget: Muslim Hate Crime Hoaxes

	Another year. Another Sept. 11 anniversary. Another opportunity for grievance-mongering Muslim agitators…
	Read more...

Democrats Are Increasingly Comfortable With Religious Tests

	"Do you consider yourself an orthodox Catholic?" Sen. Dick Durbin asked Notre Dame Law School…
	Read more...

Google's Liberal Chickens Coming Home to Roost

	Suddenly, the scales appear to be falling from liberals' eyes regarding Google. For years, Google…
	Read more...

The Middle Class: Uninsured and Hurting

	Brace yourself for the next health insurance crisis: the uninsured middle class. The Affordable Care…
	Read more...

More Commentary...

« Prev 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 Next »

Notable Quote

"Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney now believes he is more than just the Western foil to Donald Trump and his MAGA movement -- he is the global one. Accordingly, he seems determined to demonstrate to the world how to stand up to Donald Trump, to force Trump to lose the midterms, and to hurt the U.S. economy to such a degree that Trump will never again bully other nations.So, at the eleventh hour…[more]

— Victor Davis Hanson, Distinguished Fellow of the Center for American Greatness and the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution

Liberty Poll