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Ralph Z. Hallow

Ralph Z. Hallow

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Ralph Z. Hallow was the chief political correspondent of commentary, served on the Chicago Tribune, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Washington Times editorial boards, was Ford Foundation Fellow in Urban Journalism at Northwestern University, resident at Columbia University Editorial-Page Editors Seminar and has filed from Berlin, Bonn, London, Paris, Geneva, Vienna, Amman, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Belgrade, Bucharest, Panama and Guatemala.

Articles by Ralph Z. Hallow

Carly Fiorina continues painting Hillary Clinton as an incompetent

Carly Fiorina, in delivering a major foreign policy address at the Reagan Library in California on Monday, sounded as if she is already running against Hillary Rodham Clinton instead of being one of 17 Republicans competing for the party's presidential nomination.

July 27, 2015
Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican (Associated Press)

Rand Paul sues Obama over foreign banking law

Sen. Rand Paul on Tuesday officially sued the Obama administration, seeking to stop it from enforcing a federal banking law that has forced large numbers of Americans overseas to renounce their citizenship.

July 14, 2015
Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican (Associated Press)

Rand Paul to sue IRS, U.S. Treasury

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul will sue the U.S. Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service for denying his constitutional right to vote on treaties that the Obama administration unilaterally negotiated with dozens of foreign governments.

June 24, 2015
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said his group's initiative aims to "equip the next generation." (associated press)

GOP creates training program to improve its 2016 ground game

The Republican National Committee, stung by two consecutive losses in presidential elections, is launching a program to train campaign operatives, political activists and election volunteers on how to wage a better ground game in 2016 and keep GOP voters engaged and motivated to go to the polls.

June 23, 2015
Several former top Iowa GOP officials said privately that if Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker walks on the state's Aug. 8 straw poll, it's "dead." (Associated Press)

Scott Walker no-show could kill Iowa straw poll

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has the power to end the famed Iowa presidential straw poll before it begins on Aug. 8 -- and is thinking of doing just that, The Washington Times has learned.

May 28, 2015
A Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday showed Sen. Rand Paul performing better against Hillary Rodham Clinton in Iowa and Colorado, both swing states, than did Mike Huckabee, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. (Associated Press)

Rand Paul tries to balance Iowa’s libertarian, evangelical ideals

In the coalition-building exercise that occurs every four years during a Republican presidential race, libertarians and evangelicals have always been wary of each other. Nowhere has that been more obvious than the first-in-the-nation contest state of Iowa, which has given surprising lifts to evangelical favorites such as Pat Robertson and Mike Huckabee over the years.

April 9, 2015
New Hampshire voters will get their first view of the latest officially announced Republican 2016 candidate Wednesday, when Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky arrives, and they are already sizing him up as a potential threat to Jeb Bush. (Associated Press)

Rand Paul challenge to Jeb Bush looms in wide open New Hampshire

New Hampshire Republicans are virtually of one mind about their first-in-the-nation presidential preference primary Feb. 9, but only when pushed, and in most cases only when the questioner is sworn to secrecy. For the record, nearly everyone in this state says the Republican primary election is wide open.

April 7, 2015