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Defending Democrats is not something I feel the need to do very often, but recent developments compel me to defend those condemned for something without due process.
Most would agree that since the election of Donald Trump, things have been crazier than ever, or at least crazier than they have been in recent memory. The Left regards Trump as whacko, even as its own policies push the boundaries of radicalism.
On Jan. 18, a group of Catholic students from Kentucky were in Washington, DC, to attend the March for Life. The group was near the Lincoln Memorial, and nearby were two other groups, the Black Israelites and members of the Indigenous Peoples March (IPM), both of whom also had events that same day.
Freedom of the press is a hallmark of the American experiment. Looking back to the days when the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights were created, we can see what the Founders had in mind.
Few people alive today experienced the Great Depression, that period brought on by the stock market crash of 1929 and made worse by the Dust Bowl of the '30s. It was a time of great misery for America and much worse than what today is referred to as the Great Recession that followed the market's steep downturn beginning in December 2007.
She's baaa-aaak! Imagining herself suddenly somehow equal to the president of the United States, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) basked in the glory of getting the gavel returned after Democrats won back control of the House in the midterm election.
That a sovereign nation should be able to control people coming into it is a no-brainer. So is the idea that in setting criteria for entry by immigrants a nation should consider what sorts of people will be good for the nation and its citizens.
Christmas, as most of us know, is an observance celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. It was a joyous and very special event from which Christian religions grew. Wise men came from afar to give the baby gifts, and over time that spirit of giving gradually evolved from a religious observance to include the giving of gifts between family and friends that occurs in many countries across the globe.
There are many legitimate reasons to question the warnings of climate doom, including the millennia-long history of alternating periods of warming temperatures and ice ages, which demonstrates that warming and cooling periods occur naturally.
Politics is many things: maddening, confusing, dirty, crazy. A recent example is Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake, a #NeverTrumper who did not seek reelection in November and who has decided that he will oppose every effort to confirm President Donald Trump's nominees during the remaining weeks of his term unless there is a bill put forth to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller from being fired.
Have you noticed how many of the things that laid quietly beneath our awareness for so long have now risen to crisis proportions? Have you noticed how sensitive, touchy, and judgmental people are today?
A word that is used rather frequently these days is "nationalist," especially when people refer to President Donald Trump. That term is generally used as a pejorative to accuse Trump of viewing America as the nation superior to all others and the country that should dominate all others in every way imaginable.
According to historical precedent, the political party that does not hold the presidency makes gains in the midterm election. That was confirmed earlier this month as the Democrats will take the majority in the House of Representatives when the new Congress convenes in January.
As we consider the state of things in America today, we see important areas of American life that have weakened as the years have passed. Among them are the nuclear family, public education, higher education, and the general sense of what America is all about.
Citing President Donald Trump's "nativist fear" in the opening paragraph of an article in The New York Times titled "Republicans Have a Humming Economy to Tout, but Trump Rhetoric Muddies the Message," writers Astead W. Herndon and Sydney Ember proceeded to analyze the economy of Trump's second year.
When it comes to which political party has received the most serious maltreatment, last week's mail bomb threat targeting Democrats definitely ranks high.
We've all seen the political ads for the upcoming election, right? We've all likely found many of them to be smear pieces, using exaggeration, taking words out of context, and using unflattering photos or pieces of videos of opposing candidates to make them look bad or stupid or both.
The devastation resulting from this year's hurricane season has once again spurred the climate change faction into action.
The assertion of individual rights to the exclusion of what is good for society is a recipe for societal collapse.
Perhaps the only thing Republicans and Democrats can agree on concerning the ongoing saga of Brett Kavanaugh's Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for the Supreme Court is that it has not closed the divide between the sides, but has driven them further apart.
