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Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Remember When Starbucks Just Served Overpriced, Bitter Coffee?
If you are in the mood for a five-dollar cup of coffee that tastes burnt, you’ll have to go somewhere else this afternoon. Starbucks will be closed.
Distorting Trump’s MS-13 Comments and Israel’s Defensive Border Action
Recognizing that secure borders are essential to a free and safe country, President Donald Trump is insistent on securing our borders, particularly the southern one, and would gladly build a wall to accomplish that necessary goal.
The NFL Isn’t Through
It took two years, boycotts by fans, declining TV ratings, growing alarm among advertisers, a drop in the sale of gear and especially a public shaming by President Trump, but the owners of NFL teams have finally decided their players will not be allowed to kneel or make other protests during the playing of the national anthem.
Monday, May 28, 2018
Amnesty for ‘Dreamers’ Is in the GOP’s Finest Tradition
A political pressure group recently announced that it plans to spend upwards of a million dollars on a campaign to get Congress to pass legislation protecting immigrants who were brought illegally to the United States as children — the so-called “Dreamers” — from deportation.
Calling for a Recount
When it comes to the investigation of collusion between Trump and the Russians, there are more ironies than you can shake a stick at.
Sunday, May 27, 2018
Trump Stokes the Republican Populism That Taft Resisted
No elaborate catechism is required to determine if someone is a conservative. A single question, as simple as it is infallible, suffices: For whom would you have voted in the presidential election of 1912?
Saturday, May 26, 2018
Let’s Make Good Homes!
Sometimes a name reveals more than you realize at first glance. “My father, Bill Foster, was a real foster child,” Serrin Foster explains. “He experienced both the best and the worst of foster care. Horrifically and brutally treated by some, he was later placed with a loving couple and stayed with them for the rest of his life. ... The good couple who took him in for the rest of his life would find food under his pillow after he had fallen asleep because he was so terrified about where he would find his next meal.”
Make More Babies, America
The U.S. birthrate, which has been on the skids for a decade, hit another record low.
Activist Judges Scrub Bathroom Complaint
If you think it’s tough speaking up as an adult in today’s culture, try being a kid. Christian teenagers are swimming against a strong tide these days, but that hasn’t stopped Alexis Lightcap. The Boyertown student wants every classmate to feel safe — even if it means fighting school leaders to guarantee it.
Elegy
This is a year of anniversaries, among them the 70th anniversary of Israel’s birth and the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s death. It also happens to be the 50th anniversary of my father’s death. As such, it seems an appropriate time to share a piece I wrote at the time.
Patriot Graves
Monday marks Memorial Day, a national observance first known as Decoration Day. The first Memorial Day was observed on May 30, 1868, on the orders of Gen. John Logan, commander of the Grand Army of the Republic. Flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery.
On Torture
Is torture always morally wrong? Is it sometimes justified? These are questions swirling around the nomination of Gina Haspel to head the CIA.
Jesus Ban! Valedictorian Releases Graduation Speech Banned by School
Sam Blackledge was told just 10 minutes before graduation that he would not be permitted to deliver his valedictory address because it was too religious.
Friday, May 25, 2018
Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature Implications
Sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic are a study in extremes. We have a patch of very warm water from off the East Coast to near 30°W, but most of the Atlantic is now below average, with cooler temperatures being just as impressive as the warmth. This is the coldest look to the Atlantic Basin in many years and has implications.
Memorial Day Reflections, 2018
As we pause to remember and honor the hundreds of thousands of our compatriots who have laid down their lives while serving in our armed forces, I invite you to ponder two points.
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
The Nobel committee will presumably be disappointed, but President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korea dictator Kim Jong Un should stay canceled.
The Democrats’ Unimpeachable Stupidity
Don’t sweat North Korea. Don’t sweat the postponement of the Singapore summit. My bet is that it’s just one of many bumps, blips and stumbles that will happen before the Trump administration and that evil dictatorship agree to a historic deal.
Trump Cancels Summit
Frustrated by the antics of North Korea’s rogue regime, President Donald Trump today cancelled the planned June summit with dictator Kim Jong Un. The Hermit Kingdom has been sending mixed messages for days about what it is really prepared to do.
NFL Gets Off the Sidelines in Anthem Fight
The NFL season hasn’t started, but the league is doing its best to make sure it still has fans when it does! After a yearlong controversy that cost him fans, advertisers, and ratings, Commissioner Roger Goodell finally decided to step in and stop the bleeding. A new anthem policy will take effect when the NFL kicks off in September — and not a moment too soon.
Trump Should Make Clear to North Korea That the Libya Model Is Indeed on the Table
North Korea was hoping to follow the “Iran model” and is starting to realize that is not going to happen.