President Trump's Surprisingly Great Poll Numbers

Jim Geraghty

Making the click-through worthwhile: some really surprisingly good poll numbers for President Trump and the Republicans, some tough questions about one of the president’s worst hires, Democrats recoil from a familiar figure as a surrogate on the campaign trail in 2018, and an unusual collection of guests at a 2013 dinner party that deserves more scrutiny.

A ‘Wow’-Inducing New Poll on Trump’s Approval and the 2018 Generic Ballot

Wow. White House staffers must be doing cartwheels this morning:

As a scandal regarding abuse allegations against a top White House aide emerged, voters were evenly split on whether they approved of President Donald Trump’s job performance, marking the first time in nine months that his net approval wasn’t in negative territory.

According to a new Morning Consult/Politico poll, voters are split, 47 percent to 47 percent, when asked if they approve or disapprove of the job Trump is doing as president. Six percent said they did not know or had no opinion.

If you think that’s shocking, take a look at the generic ballot ...

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The Curious Michael Flynn Guilty Plea

Andrew C. McCarthy

Back in early December, Trump fans started throwing stuff at me for suggesting that we await more information about FBI agent Peter Strzok before demanding that he be drawn and...

Liberals and Conservatives Are Unhappy for Different Reasons

Dennis Prager

Liberals and Conservatives Are Unhappy for Different Reasons

Sorry, NYT: For Child Poverty, Family Structure Still Matters

W. Bradford Wilcox, Isabel Sawhill

‘Single Mothers Are Not the Problem” read the headline of a New York Times op-ed by sociologists David Brady, Ryan Finnegan, and Sabine Hübgen over the weekend. The problem here being poverty in...

When Does the Right to Die Become the Duty to Die?

Grazie Pozo Christie

Compassionately caring for the severely mentally ill is a challenge for every society. Many countries, including ours, are failing that challenge. Patients suffering from schizophrenia and other...

Will Pelosi Sink Democrats’ Midterm Hopes?

Jonathan S. Tobin

This should be a big year for Democrats. With Republicans sagging under the weight of an unpopular incumbent president, an often-dysfunctional administration, and the burden of controlling both...

College Leaders Think Free Speech Is at Risk Everywhere — Except on Their Own Campuses

Frederick M. Hess, Grant Addison

America’s colleges and universities are experiencing an intellectual crisis. While this is usually cast in terms of “free speech,” that is only a symptom of a deeper sickness. The root issue is...

The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West

Peter Cozzens

"The most lucid and reliable history of the Indian Wars in recent memory."