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New York City lawsuit only proves immigration has real costs

There was some consensus on immigration a generation ago. We are a nation of immigrants but immigration also has costs often borne by the least fortunate among us. Low-skill immigration in particular is known to lower wages, which is why union leaders once fought for stricter immigration enforcement. But over the last 20 years, agreement […]

5 memorable moments from the DeSantis-Haley debate

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley traded attacks in a heated debate Wednesday night ahead of the Iowa caucuses next week. DeSantis and Haley were the only candidates on the CNN debate stage in Des Moines, Iowa. Former President Trump, who was the only other candidate to qualify for the debate,...

Winners and losers of the final GOP debate before Iowa

DES MOINES, Iowa — Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis met one-on-one on the debate stage for the first time here on Wednesday night, just five days before the Iowa caucuses. It was a critical encounter for the former United Nations ambassador and the Florida governor, as polls indicate they are locked in a tight battle...

Haley plugs DeSantis ‘lies’ website 16 times during debate 

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley plugged her website on rival Ron DeSantis’s “lies” 16 times during CNN’s GOP presidential debate on Wednesday.   The effort by Haley was intended to call attention to mistruths by the Florida governor, but it was a tactic that also garnered criticism from pundits and online as the mentions of...

DeSantis on Haley’s debate performance: ‘She lost her cool’

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said during a post-debate interview that former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley “lost her cool” while on stage Wednesday night. “I think part of the fallout from the debate tonight is ... I think she lost her cool,” DeSantis told CNN’s Anderson Cooper after the fifth GOP debate, referring to Haley. “She’s...

Five takeaways from the DeSantis-Haley debate in Iowa

DES MOINES, Iowa—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley took to the debate stage here less than a week before Iowa caucus-goers will select their chosen candidate in the GOP primary.   The debate's tone was immediately negative, with Haley and DeSantis lobbing attacks at each other from the start. DeSantis sought to paint...

DeSantis criticizes Haley for ‘virtue signaling’ over George Floyd death

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Wednesday ripped former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) for “virtue signaling” liberals over her comments on the murder of George Floyd, a Black man killed by a white police officer in May 2020.  After Floyd’s murder, Haley had posted on X, then known as Twitter, that the murder...

Trump wasn’t there to defend himself, but comes away relatively unscathed in DeSantis-Haley Iowa debate

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley blast each other at a Republican presidential debate in Iowa which former President Donald Trump skipped.

Hunter Biden’s crashing of Congress, cracked reality is making his family look like a circus

After his plea deal with prosecutors collapsed in July, Hunter Biden is now facing felony charges on tax fraud and gun violations.

Pollsters’ dishonest Israel Qs, Justin’s in trouble and other commentary

Most “poll questions about a ceasefire in Gaza focus on vaguely desirable goals, ignoring the tradeoffs and conflicting values,” argues Mark Mellman at The...

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