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Trash-mouth press trashes Trump

Donald Trump's willingness to go after his adversaries with "ugly rhetoric" has some pundits worried about the state of modern political discourse.  Read more

Thanks Autocorrect: Data shows millennials can’t spell

A texting app turned off its spellchecker, and people became very lax with their spelling accuracy.  Read more

An Awful Candidate

And she's been getting worse.  Read more

Millennials’ #1 voting influence is social media: Which candidates are winning?

For the presidential candidates who want to capture the youth vote, they’d better start tweeting.  Read more

Clinton blasts Sanders' 'artful smear' on Wall Street ties

After weeks of insisting that they were not attacking one another, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders took the gloves off for their first one-on-one debate as they sparred on who would be the more progressive president.  Read more

Cruz's new weapon against Trump: Jimmy Carter

Former President Jimmy Carter, a liberal president who not only said he'd prefer Trump over Cruz, but said he doesn't believe Trump holds any real conservative positions.  Read more

The Vocational alternative: Grads see high salaries, low debt

College graduates tend to be confident that college was a good decision, but student debt has made alternatives like vocational schools attractive.  Read more

Clinton defends speaking fees, says she can't be bought

When asked why she accepted $675,000 in fees from a Wall Street bank, she explained, "that's what they offered me," and said that money won't affect policy.  Read more

Thank you, Rand Paul: His “Liberty torch” began to transform the GOP

Although not as successful, Rand Paul continued a legacy begun by his father, Ron Paul, by becoming a voice for the GOP’s libertarian-leaning voters — many of whom are young voters.  Read more

The Donald Unleashes His Inner Trump

The WEEKLY STANDARD Podcast with senior writer Stephen F. Hayes on Donald Trump's interesting Iowa theory  Read more

Donald Trump: Ted Cruz 'stole' Iowa, calls for new election

Donald Trump charged in a Wednesday morning tweet that Sen. Ted Cruz "stole" the Iowa caucuses, and said either a new election should take place or the results should be nullified.  Read more

Cruz camp hits back at Trump accusations: 'Reality just hit the reality star'

Sen. Ted Cruz's campaign has hit back at Donald Trump, who accused him Wednesday morning of stealing the Iowa cuacuses.  Read more

Oklahoma okays teachers carrying weapons in Okay schools

An Oklahoma public school district has given its teachers and staff the okay to carry guns on school grounds.  Read more

Iowa: Youth vote fueled upsets for Sanders, Cruz, and Rubio — Here’s why

There were quite a few surprises in Iowa last night.  Read more

Donald Trump Finally Lost a Poll

Cruz and Rubio outperformed their final Iowa poll numbers.  Read more

Trump Iowa loss could mean trouble ahead

Donald Trump's supporters showed up at the Sheraton Monday night fully expecting their man to win the Iowa caucuses.  Read more

Two signs from Iowa that should worry Clinton

It's bad enough for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to end up in a virtual tie with socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders given that she edged him out by a whopping 61 points in a poll taken at this time a year ago.  Read more

Monty Python actor to millennials: Stop being politically correct

Monty Python star John Cleese has a message to millennials: political correctness is going to kill comedy and lead to a society like George Orwell’s 1984.  Read more