We’re nearly at the end of an FEC fundraising quarter, so there’s a good chance your e-mailbox is filling up with fundraising requests, with each campaign announcing they’re oh-so-close to their goal and how they need a donation from you right now to put them over the top. Most of these requests all look the same, but Bobby Jindal’s newly-announced...

As mentioned in today’s Morning Jolt, The Campaign Spot will stop being updated and you’ll see my blogging over in NRO’s The Corner. We had debated this move for a few years, and it makes sense, particularly with campaign coverage heating up, to bring 2016-related blog posts to the Corner instead of making readers click through twice on a menu to get...

From the Thursday Morning Jolt: Pensions Costs, Health-Insurance Costs, Illegal Immigration: They All Hit Home. Here in Fairfax County, property taxes are up . . .  The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors voted 7 to 3 to raise taxes on Fairfax County homeowners. This year’s $185 dollar property tax rate increase on the average homeowner...

From the midweek Morning Jolt: The Obama Era of Unresolved Scandals and Outrages We’re in the era of “The Unresolved.” Remember Fast & Furious? The first of many embarrassing scandals, one that put American guns in the hands of drug cartels, used to kill a U.S. Border Patrol agent and numerous innocent people — 211 deaths and injuries in Mexico....

From the Tuesday Morning Jolt: We Need a Real Debate About American Immigration Levels. A thought on Monday’s piece about Scott Walker, Jeff Sessions, and legal immigration . . .  As noted in the article, the United States brings in about one million legal immigrants per year, a figure that is at or near record levels. A lot of Americans, asked...

If you’ve been wondering where President Obama’s presidential center/library will be located . . . you will know tomorrow: Tomorrow, The Barack Obama Foundation will announce the home of the future Barack Obama Presidential Center. The Foundation will release the announcement at 6am ET/5am CT and convene a press conference in Chicago — where the Foundation...