Ralph Z. Hallow
Articles by Ralph Z. Hallow
Fox may have in Steve Hilton and populism the cure for its ratings woes
Hallelujah. An exceptionally entertaining and intelligent Sunday evening program -- "The Next Revolution" -- has debuted on the Fox News network. A blued-eyed bald man in T-shirt and sport coat is the host. His name is Steve Hilton Published June 5, 2017
Trump has changed climate for vulnerable Republicans, too
Elected swing-district Republicans are generally considered vulnerable to even the merest whiff of unorthodoxy on climate change. But they and the assembled conservative and GOP and activists, pollsters, consultants and donors were almost overly upbeat about the Trump Paris pullout. Published June 2, 2017
Media love to tear people down
Maybe it's that Tiger Woods played golf with President Trump and didn't bash him afterward. Published June 1, 2017
The left has better propagandists than the right (thank God)
Published May 30, 2017
Trump Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery a triumph of quiet dignity
Once again, President Trump, after his successful nine-day trip overseas, did America proud, this time on the sacred U.S. soil of Arlington National Cemetery. Published May 29, 2017
Donald Trump hits all right notes in address to Arab leaders
The president of the United States did America proud in addressing Islamic leaders from 50 countries Sunday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Published May 21, 2017
Trump deserves loyalty even when he makes allies cringe
The media and the Democrats fall off their flat earth in judging Donald Trump's actions as criminal and impeachable. Published May 18, 2017
New York Times hypes Trump intelligence ‘breach’ as harming U.S-Israel relationship
Call it the height of naivete or another in an endless series of attempts by The New York Times to cripple Donald Trump's presidency. Published May 16, 2017
Supporters hail Trump’s canning of FBI boss: ‘Comey had it coming’
President Trump erred in tweeting that agitation over James Comey's firing will soon turn to gratitude. It already had, before Mr. Trump tweeted this: Published May 10, 2017
Marine Le Pen’s loss may be preferred outcome for Trump
Whoever Marine Le Pen really is, she suffered a crushing 30 percentage-point defeat in France's presidential election on Sunday at the hands of a man named Emanuel Macron. Published May 7, 2017
Ed Gillespie, GOP on track to retake Virginia governorship
Whoa. Virginia Republican Ed Gillespie's timing looks right this time. Published April 26, 2017
Marine Le Pen, Trump’s France runoff favorite
Americans who want President Trump to succeed should cheer for Marine Le Pen, his favorite in the French presidential runoff elections on May 7. Published April 23, 2017
Answer to Kim Jong-un: U.S. and Chinese financial muscle
The question is how to deal with Kim Jong-un and not have a lot of dead and maimed South Koreans as collateral damage. Published April 18, 2017
United Airlines behavior caused by airline deregulation
Blame Islamist terrorists and, yes, government airline deregulation for United Airlines' thuggish and bloody assault on a passenger on April 10. (Let the record show that for a decade I editorialized for deregulation and still think, within rational limits - I want a Food and Drug Administration -- the freer the markets the better for consumers and society in general.) Published April 13, 2017
Donald Trump’s Tomahawks thwart China, North Korea
President Trump's April 6 Tomahawk attack on Syria had more impact on China than on Russia. Published April 12, 2017
Trump’s unilateralism is the new nationalism
Focus for a moment not on Syria's President Bashir al-Assad but on communist China's President Xi Jin-ping. Published April 7, 2017
Donald Trump surprises the world with missile attack on Syrian airfield
President Trump accomplished some surprising things while entertaining communist China's president at Mar-a-Lago Thursday evening. Published April 7, 2017
Jim Jordan of Freedom Caucus: Keep promise to voters and repeal Obamacare
It's Sunday, April 2, and Rep. Jim Jordan is performing a remarkably balanced, nuanced political high-wire act. The Ohio Republican is going to bat for his House Freedom Caucus buddies on Jake Tapper's Sunday bash-Republicans show on CNN. Published April 4, 2017
Trump, Ryan need to go all in with an all-out persuasion effort
The GOP healthcare bill needed an all-out persuasion campaign on the part of the White House and the Republican leaders in Congress. Published March 30, 2017
Vance Day, evangelical judge, targeted by left in Oregon
Vance Day has come to think he stands for all the things America's intolerant elites can't stand. He may be right. Published March 26, 2017