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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

Russia collusion, obstruction, Ukraine-Biden flop, so Dems will claim Trump extorted, bribed

A cleverly sardonic, slickly misleading impeachment line makes fun of how former Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley exploded the Democrats' impeachment rationale.

November 12, 2019

Impeachment has one wobbly leg to stand on — Nikki Haley just broke it

According to Nikki Haley, the leg on which impeachment stands is so wobbly that Democrats might as well fold up their oust-Trump tent and withdraw to the political desert where they belong.

November 11, 2019

Meet the lynch mob of Democrats, liberals and socialists of African, European and Asian descent

How long are we going to let ourselves be pushed around by racist liberals who dare to call the rest of us racists?

October 24, 2019

How do you say President Buttigieg?

Are Americans ready for a male president who is married to another male and whose surname gives you lockjaw?

October 22, 2019

Donald Trump delivered clenched-fist firmness Americans longed to hear from a president

There can be no better rallying cry for President Trump's model of national governance than the words he delivered to world leaders on Tuesday.

September 25, 2019

Elizabeth Warren is the one to watch, as the sun slowly sets on Joe Biden

In the long march to the Democratic presidential nomination exactly 300 days from now, Slow Joe Biden is decelerating the pulses of voters while high-energy Elizabeth Warren is speeding them up.

September 18, 2019

Matt Schlapp, American Conservative Union rally with Hong Kong protesters

Risking arrest and imprisonment by Hong Kong authorities who are way too friendly with Beijing, Matt Schlapp made an impromptu, 1,800-mile Labor Day flight from Tokyo, leaving a Japanese Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) for the besieged streets of the former British colony.

September 4, 2019

Why we need tactical nukes: ‘I’m from the government, and I’m here to help you cope with robocalls’

None of the programs I downloaded on my iPhone blocks the solicitation calls that outrageously invade my privacy and impel me to want the strictest possible governmental ban on all telephone sales intrusions.

August 23, 2019

In de Blasio’s New York, resisting arrest has unfortunate consequences — for the arresting officer

You had to pity New York Police Commissioner James P. O'Neill as he defended his firing of white Officer Daniel Pantaleo for the chokehold death five years ago of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who had resisted arrest.

August 20, 2019

Jeffrey Epstein suicide story unbelievable, truth being held back

It's not that something is rotten in this Jeffrey Epstein suicide-in-a-federal-jail-cell story that is oh, so slowly unfolding on Park Row in Manhattan. It's that everything about it is rotten.

August 15, 2019

It’s still Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, a deflated Joe Biden and Kamala Harris (by a thread)

Joe Biden, the former vice president, having practiced politics since 1972, had what should have been a simple task: to show he has the right stuff to be president and is prepared to lead the nation somewhere specific, where Democratic voters actually want to go. He did neither. Not even close.

August 1, 2019

Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders: The big four of the Democratic debate

Bernie "I do know it, I wrote the damn bill" Sanders, coming off as more vigorous and passionate in Tuesday's CNN debate than in NBC's June debate, didn't look or act as relatively ancient as he in fact is at 77.

July 31, 2019

Donald Trump right to restore death penalty

Attorney Gen. William Barr's announcement that the federal government will resume capital punishment is good news for a rule of law under assault in America, rightly ending former President Barack Obama's unwisely compassionate suspension of federal capital punishment.

July 25, 2019

The latest tall tale from Moscow — and a Riyadh reminiscence

This is for you tired, poor, huddled masses ready to throw yourselves out a window if you hear one more mention of Jerry Nadler, Bob Mueller, obstruction of justice and -- oh God, no! -- Vladimir Putin stealing our elections.

July 8, 2019

John Roberts gerrymandering decision would have struck civil-rights laws

Bopping themselves on their collective head, the Supreme Court's conservative majority ruled Thursday that gerrymandering somehow is not the province of the courts. Why not?

June 27, 2019

Hawks rip Donald Trump for keeping America at work, not war

First, take a deep breath. Now take a look at the Wall Street Journal. The otherwise fine newspaper editorially on Saturday blasted President Trump. For what? For not killing Iranians and blowing up Iranian targets to show how super our American power is.

June 24, 2019

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