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Cry for Chicago
Bet you didn’t know Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, confidante to President Obama, was a closet Republican, did you? To my knowledge, he’s not — not really. But he sure acts like a Democratic caricature...
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Liberal confusion
Richard Cohen, a liberal Washington Post columnist, is in trouble with his base over comments he made about New York City Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio and his family. I’m not a fan of Cohen’s and even...
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Bush III?
As a political junkie, I began looking toward the 2016 presidential campaign not long after the 2012 presidential campaign concluded. I figured that as a conservative but not far-right Republican,...
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Loud Lowell
For some time, former Gov. Lowell P. Weicker has been weighing in on the recent struggles of Connecticut Republicans. According to Mr. Weicker, a moderate Republican congressman and U.S. senator for...
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Fallen stars
Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J., and former Gov. Bob McDonnell, R-Va., had long been touted as potential 2016 presidential candidates and since both were generally seen as mainstream Republicans, many...
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Loud Lowell Part 2
In my Jan. 23 post, I made note of former Gov. Lowell P. Weicker’s continuing bloviations about the troubles of the Connecticut Republican Party. According to Mr. Weicker, a moderate Republican during...
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We’re No. 3!
Republicans and conservatives, as a rule, are greedy, selfish types who grab as much for themselves as they can, and to hell with everyone else. Right? A syndicated columnist named Don Kaul once...
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A thorn in Foley’s side
In an Aug. 27 editorial, we asserted that Joe Visconti, a conservative former member of the West Hartford Town Council who petitioned his way on to the November gubernatorial ballot, presents a threat...
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Be careful, conservatives
Gubernatorial candidate Joe Visconti West Hartford Republican Joe Visconti has petitioned his way onto Connecticut’s gubernatorial ballot. Mr. Visconti has insisted he is running because – from his...
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He’ll be missed
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., is leaving public office after this year. He’ll be missed. He’s long been a leading voice against government waste. But he doesn’t just talk about waste. He actually tries to...
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Rewriting history
Browsing the website of the Baraboo (Wis.) News Republic today (Oct. 30), I came across an interesting letter to the editor from one David W. Cole of Baraboo. Mr. Cole objected to an Oct. 22 piece in...
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Noonan says ‘no’
I focused several of my posts this week on the presidential ambitions of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Mr. Romney unsuccessfully ran for the presidency in 2008 and 2012, but those defeats...
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Bush-league argument
Browsing the website of U.S. News & World Report today (Feb. 6), I came across commentary from Simon Rosenberg, president of the progressive think tank NDN. Mr. Rosenberg made clear he is not...
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His father’s son? Part 2
Arguably, no potential 2016 presidential candidate has a stronger political bloodline than Republican Jeb Bush. Mr. Bush was governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007 and, of course, his father and...
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Cracks in the ideology
Bill O’Reilly was all over this latest Gallup Poll Wednesday night; now, Patrick Brennan of National Review Online weighs in. It seems Gallup has found Americans are drifting to the left on all sorts...
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All the news that’s fit to print?
President Obama and his inner circle have made clear they aren’t fans of Fox News Channel, something we have noted several times on the editorial page. The president fired his latest salvo at Fox when...
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Stopped clock
Gov. Lowell P. Weicker’s official state portrait. Quite often, I find former Connecticut Gov. Lowell P. Weicker‘s commentary on the Republican Party to be more than a little off base. However, during a...
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How long will that last?
The editorial we published yesterday (Sept. 3) focused on the 2016 Republican presidential bid of New York businessman Donald Trump. We noted that Mr. Trump had not ruled out running as an independent...
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There he goes again
My Sept. 4 post focused on 2016 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Mr. Trump, a billionaire New York businessman, had just signed a “loyalty pledge” to the Republican National Committee....
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Quest for diversity
I knew it was, bad, but … A Georgetown University professor, John Hasnas, regales Wall Street Journal readers today (Friday) with a disturbing account of the hiring practices in institutions of higher...
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