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To a sea of MAGA hats, Polis promises ‘a Colorado for...

On paper, Jared Polis and the thousands of Republicans in Denver this week for the Western Conservative Summit have no shortage of differences. The summit...

Wiretap: Ben Carson on race and how Obama was ‘raised white’

Black enough Barack Obama is not black enough for Ben Carson, who says Obama was "raised white." Via Politico. Big win Donald Trump's ceiling just got a...

Wiretap: Obama walks a tightrope picking Scalia’s successor

Tough pick Obama has a long list of options in choosing whom to nominate for Scalia's Supreme Court seat. Whichever way he goes - Loretta...

Littwin: Rising racism in the 2016 presidential race is no joke

Once, not so long ago, it was great fun to mock the Donald. And it was so easy. He was the short-fingered vulgarian, as...

Wiretap: ISIS must be stopped. But how?

Stopping ISIS Everyone agrees that something must be done about ISIS. But the question of what exactly to do is not at all clear. The New York...

Littwin: What’s next in a post-Paris world?

We now live in a post-Paris world. And the question, after the unspeakable horror of the attacks, is just what that means. It must be...

Wiretap: GOP debates what conservative means

Defining conservative The real debate among those competing in the GOP presidential sweepstakes: What it means to be a conservative. If you watched the Milwaukee...

Littwin: Republican candidates on immigration show party rifts

When the GOP debate was finally over and the Fox Business Network softballs were all put away, the last thing I expected to be...

Wiretap: University of Missouri black football players strike

Field goal Dozens of black University of Missouri football players make a bold statement in standing with their less visible fellow African-American students. Via The New York Times. Death...

Wiretap: Did Exxon know about climate change in the 70s?

Buried facts New York is investigating whether Exxon, now Exxon Mobil, hid what it knew about climate change, dating back to the 1970s. It's the...