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Ralph Z. Hallow

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

Ted Cruz, Rand Paul 2016 campaign launches illustrate vastly different media strategies

The varying extents to which technology and social media are changing some election strategies are reflected by the vast difference between Ted Cruz's and Rand Paul's official presidential nomination kickoffs.

March 24, 2015

Ted Cruz’s narrative on Cuba omits father’s role fighting for Fidel Castro

Shortly after launching his 2016 presidential bid, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz went on Sean Hannity's show on Fox News for a full hour Monday night where he told the story of how his Cuban-born father, Rafael Cruz, fought against the dictator in charge of Cuba at time, Fulgencio Bautista, more than a half century ago.

March 24, 2015

Ted Cruz declares his 2016 White House bid; Rand Paul plans to make it official in April

Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas declared on Twitter early Monday morning his candidacy for the White House, as fellow Sen. Rand Paul plans an ambitious five-state, five-day rollout of his own starting April 7 in his home state of Kentucky

March 22, 2015

Rand Paul to kick off 2016 bid April 7 with ambitious five-state tour

Rand Paul will formally declare his candidacy for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination with a five-state, five-day announcement tour next month, Republicans knowledgeable about the Kentucky senator’s plans told The Washington Times.

March 22, 2015

Rand Paul pushes repeal of Obama tax law despised by Americans living abroad

Rand Paul, the Kentucky senator and 2016 Republican presidential hopeful, is leading an effort to repeal a tax law prized by President Obama but despised by millions of Americas who live and work outside the United States.

March 10, 2015

Republican 2016 hopefuls skip Selma ‘Bloody Sunday’ march 50th anniversary events

ANALYSIS: The 50th anniversary of the landmark "Bloody Sunday" march in Selma, Alabama, came and went Saturday without the presence of Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky or any other high-profile potential Republican presidential contender.

March 8, 2015

M. Stanton Evans, conservative icon, dead at 80

M. Stanton Evans, arguably the funniest serious man in America for much of his 80 years on the planet, died Tuesday after a long bout with pancreatic cancer.

March 3, 2015

CPAC speakers embrace Israel symbolically as 51st state

The Republican Party and the conservative movement now fully embrace Israel as, at least symbolically, something like a 51st state.

March 1, 2015

Rand Paul top adviser Doug Stafford solicits money for personal adoption

As Sen. Rand Paul ramps up his 2016 presidential bid, his chief political adviser has been soliciting money from some conservatives and political insiders to help his own family adopt another child.

February 24, 2015

Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly assails GOP establishment for trying to coronate Jeb Bush

Phyllis Schlafly has long argued that the American conservative movement’s purpose is to influence, not echo, the Republican Party.

February 22, 2015

Carly Fiorina aims to smash politics’ glass ceiling, liberal elitism, crony capitalism

Carly Fiorina, who rose to power in corporate America to become Hewlett-Packard's first female chairman and CEO, is aiming to smash two more glass ceilings, but this time in politics.

February 16, 2015

Rand Paul’s libertarian foreign policy has GOP rivals comparing him to Obama

When Republicans still gleeful over their November election wins accused President Obama of waging an unauthorized war against the Islamic State, Sen. Rand Paul marched to a different beat and introduced legislation to give congressional consent to the latest front in the war on terrorism.

January 28, 2015

Scott Walker, Carly Fiorina make most inroads with GOP faithful in Iowa

For the last several months, the likes of Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney, Ted Cruz and Rand Paul have dominated the media coverage of the still-nascent contest for the White House. But when the 2016 Republican presidential race roared to life this weekend with twin events in Iowa and Louisiana, two lesser-known contestants left indelible impressions on the GOP faithful.

January 25, 2015

Mitt Romney liberal lexicon on poverty, foreign policy has GOP abuzz

Mitt Romney's opening pitch for a third shot at the White House left many Republicans scratching their heads, in part because his plans to fight poverty and tyranny seemed to borrow the lexicon of liberals like FDR, LBJ and Woodrow Wilson.

January 20, 2015

Mitt Romney suddenly being wooed at RNC meeting

It's been a good week so far – and promises to get even better -- for Mitt Romney, according to some Republican National Committee members gathered at their annual winter meeting in San Diego.

January 14, 2015

RNC panel censures Michigan member Dave Agema over racism charges

The Republican National Committee's executive committee has voted in closed session to censure Michigan RNC member Dave Agema, who has been widely denounced as having espoused racist views, The Washington Times has learned.

January 14, 2015

Republican National Committee flexes foreign policy muscle in China showdown

An increasingly activist Republican National Committee is expected to dive into foreign policy once again with the passage of a resolution Friday to support Hong Kong's recent student-led demonstrations for democracy.

January 14, 2015

Republican National Committee moves to bind next president on Taiwan, China policy

An increasingly activist Republican National Committee is expected to dive into foreign policy once again with the passage of a resolution Friday to support Hong Kong’s recent student-led demonstrations for democracy, The Washington Times has learned.

January 14, 2015

Reince Priebus expected to win historic third term as chairman of Republican National Committee

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus is poised to make history. If balloting goes as veteran vote counters expect at the RNC's annual winter meeting in San Diego on Friday, he will win reelection. That will make him the first ever to lead his party's national governing body for three consecutive terms while Democrats held the White House.

January 13, 2015

Mike Huckabee embraces evangelical popularity ahead of possible 2016 bid

Mike Huckabee will make sure that he can raise at least $25 million — or even up to $50 million by the first week of February — before declaring for the Republican presidential nomination, the former Arkansas governor told The Washington Times on Sunday.

January 4, 2015

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Ralph Z. Hallow

Articles by Ralph Z. Hallow

Ted Cruz, Rand Paul 2016 campaign launches illustrate vastly different media strategies

Ted Cruz’s narrative on Cuba omits father’s role fighting for Fidel Castro

Ted Cruz declares his 2016 White House bid; Rand Paul plans to make it official in April

Rand Paul to kick off 2016 bid April 7 with ambitious five-state tour

Rand Paul pushes repeal of Obama tax law despised by Americans living abroad

Republican 2016 hopefuls skip Selma ‘Bloody Sunday’ march 50th anniversary events

M. Stanton Evans, conservative icon, dead at 80

CPAC speakers embrace Israel symbolically as 51st state

Rand Paul top adviser Doug Stafford solicits money for personal adoption

Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly assails GOP establishment for trying to coronate Jeb Bush

Carly Fiorina aims to smash politics’ glass ceiling, liberal elitism, crony capitalism

Rand Paul’s libertarian foreign policy has GOP rivals comparing him to Obama

Scott Walker, Carly Fiorina make most inroads with GOP faithful in Iowa

Mitt Romney liberal lexicon on poverty, foreign policy has GOP abuzz

Mitt Romney suddenly being wooed at RNC meeting

RNC panel censures Michigan member Dave Agema over racism charges

Republican National Committee flexes foreign policy muscle in China showdown

Republican National Committee moves to bind next president on Taiwan, China policy

Reince Priebus expected to win historic third term as chairman of Republican National Committee

Mike Huckabee embraces evangelical popularity ahead of possible 2016 bid