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On Rubio the Candidate and Rubio the Wonk
Two headlines for potential 2016er Marco Rubio today, one good and one not so much. “Insider Buzz Grows for Marco Rubio” by NR’s own Eliana Johnson offers this killer quote from ...
Rand Paul’s Mixed-Up Math on the Fed
No one can accuse Senator Rand Paul of offering the same-old Republican boilerplate. From the Wall Street Journal:
Speaking to an enthusiastic crowd of Iowa activists, Sen. Rand Paul on Friday evening delivered ...
The Downside of Fantasy Tax Plans
Ramesh Ponnuru and the tag team of Amity Shlaes and Matthew Denhart have been engaged in a spirited debate (here, here, and here) over the merits of the Mike Lee-Marco Rubio ...
Scott Walker’s Big Speech in Iowa Had One Really Big Mistake
Toward the conclusion of Scott Walker’s well received speech at the Iowa Freedom Summit, the Wisconsin governor went for a feel-good, aspirational flourish about the American dream and American exceptionalism:
I want ...
Does Marco Rubio Have a Place in the 2016 Field?
Jim Geraghty points out this ABC News story that strongly suggests Marco Rubio is set to join the 2016 GOP presidential race. Over at Hot Air, Jazz Shaw finds this ...
The U.S. Recovery Is Finally Strengthening. Who Deserves the Credit?
The improving U.S. economy will make absolutely no one forget the Long Boom of the Reagan-Clinton-Gingrich years. Wage growth is stagnant, and too few Americans are working. As Paul Ryan, ...
Should Republicans Ignore Income Inequality?
In an earlier post, Ramesh gently critiques the mission statement of Jeb Bush’s new Rise to Rise Super PAC for suggesting there is some mix of policies that could “solve” the ...
Just What Are the Politics of Christopher Nolan’s New Film, Interstellar?
Director Christopher Nolan’s 2008 Batman film The Dark Knight frequently lands on lists of “most conservative” movies. The War on Terror played out on the streets of Gotham with the Caped Crusader ...
The Russell Brand–Hillary Clinton–Elizabeth Warren Axis of Economic Foolishness
Plenty of scorn is being heaped upon British actor and comedian Russell Brand and his new book, Revolution, a silly, anti-capitalism diatribe. Capitalism, he writes, “generates wealth for the wealthy ...