Author: Larry Horist

Democrats are talking a lot about the gains they expect from Millennial voters – the 18 to 35 age group. Much of the energy necessary to produce the blue wave depends on those younger Americans. Democrat optimism is predicated on a hope-based theory that, itself, is based on two assumptions – that young voters will come out in greater numbers than ever before and that they will be voting overwhelmingly for Democrats. This theory poses a problem for pollsters in creating their all-important demographic samples. What happens if they build…

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has issued her long-sought DNA report along with a campaign-style video romanticizing her claimed Indian heritage. Before we get to addressing the new information that she has provided, we should look back on the life of First Lady Edith Wilson, wife of President Woodrow of the same last name. Mrs. Wilson? What on earth could that Victorian-born lady have to do with Elizabeth Warren and Indian ancestry? Well, allow me to explain. First Lady Edith made quite a stir in the upper circles of society when…

President Trump has been calling for the return of the police procedure commonly known as “stop and frisk.” Basically, it means that if a police officer has reason to believe that a person is carrying a gun, possesses illegal drugs or has pocketed stolen loot, he can detain the person and search him or her. The practice was green-lighted by then-New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani to combat a rising crime wave in the Big Apple. It is credited with reducing crime and getting a lot of guns off the street.…

One has to look at history to find a time when a Black American made more news by being a guest at the White House than did rapper Kanye West. Yes, the election of Barack Obama was historic, but not as a guest in the White House, but as the first person with significant and notable Black heritage to reside at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. West is more in the tradition of Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington. Douglass was a friend and informal advisor to President Abraham Lincoln. Many believe…

It appears that the Democrats — like the dinosaurs of the Jurassic Period – have wandered into the political version of the La Brea Tar Pits. Having stepped into the black muck on several issues, they are stuck. They cannot escape, and their very attempts to do so only draws them down deeper. The three pits that the Democratic Party has stumbled into are impeachment, automatic believability for women and every-thing-for-everybody socialism. Most American are not keen on the impeachment of a President – any President. When Democrat leaders like…

In commenting after the final vote putting Judge Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that they – presumably the Republicans – do not respond to “mob rule.” Of course, he was referring to all those folks screaming and yelling in front of the Supreme Court Building, in the halls of Congress and those in the gallery attempting to disrupt the vote. Hawaii’s Democratic Senator Mazie Hirono defended the crowds as examples of legitimate “activism” that is an important part of our constitutional democracy. When…

The Bible advises that only a person without sin should be casting any stones. It is worth considering that advice when judging the work of the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee who were passing judgment on Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Among the most self-righteous and pompous of the inquisitors was New Jersey Senator Cory Booker. He was willing to risk expulsion from the Senate by releasing classified documents that would further point the finger of guilt at Kavanaugh. It was, by his own hyperbolic description, his personal “Spartacus moment.” Truth…

Defeating the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh is the latest battle being carried out by those collectively known as the #NeverTrump Resistance Movement.  Twice they have stopped team Kavanaugh within inches of the goal line. The first time was with a carefully choreographed series of accusations of sexual misconduct – each more sensational and less credible that the previous. The second time was on the eve of the Judiciary Committee vote to send the Kavanaugh nomination on to the Senate.  With the help of retiring Republican and occasional renegade Senator…

Inscribed in marble in front of our National Archives Building in Washington are the words “What is past is prologue.”  In terms of the confirmation hearings for Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the opposite may be true.  What is past is meaningless.  His confirmation will depend almost totally on what happens at the hearing – and both the Republicans and Democrats on the Judiciary Committee understand that. Republicans have been smart and successful in moving the hearing along even though the Democrats have been smart and successful in interjecting delaying tactics. Republicans…