Boris Johnson win boosts Donald Trump and, yes, Mike Bloomberg
The election results in Britain are great news for Michael Bloomberg and, for different reasons, Donald Trump and champions of nationalism everywhere. Published December 12, 2019
Ralph Z. Hallow
Articles by Ralph Z. Hallow
Dems as complacent about Trump in 2016 as Republicans are about socialism in 2020
Nobody as far left as socialist Sen. Bernard Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth "I'm not a socialist" Warren can possibly win a U.S. general election, right? Published November 29, 2019
Russia collusion, obstruction, Ukraine-Biden flop, so Dems will claim Trump extorted, bribed
A cleverly sardonic, slickly misleading impeachment line makes fun of how former Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley exploded the Democrats' impeachment rationale. Published November 12, 2019
Impeachment has one wobbly leg to stand on -- Nikki Haley just broke it
According to Nikki Haley, the leg on which impeachment stands is so wobbly that Democrats might as well fold up their oust-Trump tent and withdraw to the political desert where they belong. Published November 11, 2019
Meet the lynch mob of Dems, liberals and socialists of African, European and Asian descent
How long are we going to let ourselves be pushed around by racist liberals who dare to call the rest of us racists? Published October 24, 2019
How do you say President Buttigieg?
Are Americans ready for a male president who is married to another male and whose surname gives you lockjaw? Published October 22, 2019
Trump delivered clenched-fist firmness Americans longed to hear from a president
There can be no better rallying cry for President Trump's model of national governance than the words he delivered to world leaders on Tuesday. Published September 25, 2019
Elizabeth Warren is the one to watch, as the sun slowly sets on Joe Biden
In the long march to the Democratic presidential nomination exactly 300 days from now, Slow Joe Biden is decelerating the pulses of voters while high-energy Elizabeth Warren is speeding them up. Published September 18, 2019
The conservative movement hits the shores of Hong Kong
Risking arrest and imprisonment by Hong Kong authorities who are way too friendly with Beijing, Matt Schlapp made an impromptu, 1,800-mile Labor Day flight from Tokyo, leaving a Japanese Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) for the besieged streets of the former British colony. Published September 4, 2019
Why we need tactical nukes: 'I'm from the government, and I'm here to help you cope with robocalls'
None of the programs I downloaded on my iPhone blocks the solicitation calls that outrageously invade my privacy and impel me to want the strictest possible governmental ban on all telephone sales intrusions. Published August 23, 2019
In de Blasio's New York, resisting arrest has unfortunate consequences -- for the arresting officer
You had to pity New York Police Commissioner James P. O'Neill as he defended his firing of white Officer Daniel Pantaleo for the chokehold death five years ago of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who had resisted arrest. Published August 20, 2019
Everything's rotten in this Denmark at 150 Park Row, Manhattan
It's not that something is rotten in this Jeffrey Epstein suicide-in-a-federal-jail-cell story that is oh, so slowly unfolding on Park Row in Manhattan. It's that everything about it is rotten. Published August 15, 2019
It's still Elizabeth, Bernie, a deflated Joe and Kamala (hanging by a thread)
Joe Biden, the former vice president, having practiced politics since 1972, had what should have been a simple task: to show he has the right stuff to be president and is prepared to lead the nation somewhere specific, where Democratic voters actually want to go. He did neither. Not even close. Published August 1, 2019
The big four of the Democratic debaters
Bernie "I do know it, I wrote the damn bill" Sanders, coming off as more vigorous and passionate in Tuesday's CNN debate than in NBC's June debate, didn't look or act as relatively ancient as he in fact is at 77. Published July 31, 2019
Yes, a close moral call -- but Trump's right to restore death penalty
Attorney Gen. William Barr's announcement that the federal government will resume capital punishment is good news for a rule of law under assault in America, rightly ending former President Barack Obama's unwisely compassionate suspension of federal capital punishment. Published July 25, 2019
The latest tall tale from Moscow -- and a Riyadh reminiscence
This is for you tired, poor, huddled masses ready to throw yourselves out a window if you hear one more mention of Jerry Nadler, Bob Mueller, obstruction of justice and -- oh God, no! -- Vladimir Putin stealing our elections. Published July 8, 2019
Can Supreme Court's conservative majority ever be wrong?
Bopping themselves on their collective head, the Supreme Court's conservative majority ruled Thursday that gerrymandering somehow is not the province of the courts. Why not? Published June 27, 2019
Hawks rip Trump for keeping America at work, not war
First, take a deep breath. Now take a look at the Wall Street Journal. The otherwise fine newspaper editorially on Saturday blasted President Trump. For what? For not killing Iranians and blowing up Iranian targets to show how super our American power is. Published June 24, 2019
Trump, true to his himself, shoots down his Iran warhawks
President Trump's shocking statement that Iran probably didn't mean to shoot down our $110 million spy drone sent House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her Democrats into a state of consternation -- which now becomes the 12th battleground state. Published June 21, 2019
Trump kickoff kicks Democrats' dangerous obsession with sanctuary cities
Favoring sanctuary cities should be a disqualification for a potential president, President Trump said Tuesday. Published June 19, 2019
