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Monday, May 14, 2018
What Does This Moment Demand of Us?
In the second year of the Trump era, above all you are required to keep your composure.
The Homeless and the Hopeless
I believe it is high time that we all quit speaking of the homeless in the hushed and reverent tones usually reserved for the passing of saints and beloved family members.
The Palestinians’ Real ‘Nakba’
Seventy years ago this month, on May 14, 1948, the state of Israel proclaimed its independence. The next day, a story in The New York Times — “Jews In Grave Danger In All Moslem Lands” — reported that Jewish communities throughout the Arab world were under siege.
Saturday, May 12, 2018
Mother’s Day and Boy Scouts
The Boy Scouts of America’s recent decision to drive the final nail in its own coffin caused many moms a lot of heartache just in time for Mother’s Day.
Senate Considers August Staycation
If Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) needs backup in his effort to clear the backlog of presidential nominations, he just got it. Sixteen Republican senators are now urging their party to squeeze every last second out of this legislative session, even if it means doing the unthinkable: canceling summer recess.
That’s the Gala of Love
Commentary pages recently have been debating an exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York that opened with a star-studded gala that included Rihanna dressed as a pope, bearing a miter that may or may not have been loaned to her by Cardinal Dolan.
Don’t Mention Jesus or Bible, University Tells Graduation Speaker
A nursing graduate at Colorado Mesa University was told she could not mention Jesus or read a Bible verse during remarks she was supposed to deliver at a pinning ceremony.
Vintage Trump
Watching the president’s rally in Indiana Thursday night reminded me of just how countercultural Donald Trump is. The drift of the popular culture is rooted in the lie that America is nothing special.
Victims, Not Heroes
I’m not sure when the confusion began, but it may have been on 9/11/01. There were plenty of heroes around that day, including the first responders — the New York cops and firemen – who raced into burning and collapsing buildings, and the passengers on United flight 93 who rushed the terrorists.
The Secrets of a Great First Spouse
Barbara Bush reminded us how normal American political figures used to act before this garish age.
Trump and North Korean Negotiations
Let’s get the caveats out of the way first. No one on the outside knows everything that has been going on behind the scenes, so all pundit opinions are speculative. And while we continue to see promising signs of progress, with the hostage release being the latest entrant, anything can happen, and a deal could go off the rails between cup and lip.
Friday, May 11, 2018
Donald Trump, Man of His Word
The instant analysis on cable TV of President Donald Trump’s decision to dump the Iran deal had a weary resignation to it: He said he would do this.
The Deal With Singapore
So Donald Trump has a date with Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12. Good deal — so far.
Home of the Free
Trump/Pence are winning so much they don’t have enough hours in the day. Now they are winning at 3:00 AM!
Title X’s and No’s
Why bother with elections at all? If Democrats get their way, America will be run entirely by the courts.
California Demands That Christians ‘Evolve’
California has a hallowed but questionable reputation as being the birthplace of the radical Free Speech Movement on the University of California, Berkeley campus.
Making Sense of Eric Schneiderman
The feminists helped to weaken some of the mores and institutions that tended to control male lust and abuse.
Denying Trump’s Accomplishments Is Increasingly Irrational
Could we at least acknowledge that a third Obama term via Clinton would have been “A Nightmare on Elm Street”?
Collusion Is Usually a Dirty Word. So Where’s the Outrage Over Kerry’s Secret Meetings?
Democrats routinely express outrage over claims of collusion with a foreign power to undermine our democracy. So where is the outrage over revelations that former secretary of state John Kerry held not one but two secret meetings with Iran’s foreign minister to strategize over how to undermine President Trump’s plans to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal?
The Obama Legacy Deserves to Be Destroyed
It’s strange that a president who had such a transformative effect on our national discourse will leave such a negligible policy legacy.