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Friday, May 11, 2018
Death by Conformity
The Boy Scouts of America has always been a pretty explicitly faith-based organization. Though nondenominational, references to God and Creator were woven within the Boy Scouts’ documents and behaviors.
Concentrated Power Inevitably Leads to Political Backlash
During almost every Supreme Court nomination battle, I try to make the same point: These fights wouldn’t be nearly so ugly if we didn’t invest so much power in the Supreme Court it shouldn’t have in the first place.
Thursday, May 10, 2018
Speech, Art, and the Masterpiece Cakeshop
The culture wars will flare up again when the Supreme Court soon decides whether Colorado baker Jack Phillips may refuse to bake cakes for same-sex weddings.
Free Speech for Some, but Not for All
“I may not agree with what you say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.” Few quotations are more quintessentially American than this (attributed in various forms to Voltaire, Oscar Wilde and others). You may not persuade anyone, but at least you can count on being heard.
Is Mueller Going to Investigate Washington, Jefferson, and Jackson, Too?
Those who claim that President Donald Trump is guilty of obstructing justice because he fired James Comey or because he asked Comey if he could go easy on Michael Flynn are way off base. And so is Robert Mueller if he is actually conducting such an investigation.
USA: Leader of the Freed World
He’s only been on the job 14 days, but there aren’t a lot of people making more history than Mike Pompeo. In just two weeks, the new secretary of state has made some blockbuster headlines — and even more admirers. Yesterday, he was on an Air Force jet with three of them: American hostages released from North Korea.
Iran’s Leftist Allies
The Left’s knee-jerk reaction to President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iranian nuclear deal has been striking. The shadow Obama government and its supporters on Capitol Hill not only attacked Donald Trump but they also defended the honor of Iran.
What’s So Great About John McCain?
‘The only fate we cannot escape is our mortality,” wrote John McCain in 2005, in the introduction to one of his books. Death, of course, is inevitable. But everything that matters most in life — especially decency — is a choice.
The Delusions and Collusions of the Hon. John Kerry
There is a whiff of the absurd about former Secretary of State Jean-Francois Kerry’s recent “aggressive yet stealthy mission” to New York City.
Taming the Tyranny of the Agency
The tyranny of the administrative state is real and hard to tame. Americans would be horrified if they knew how much power thousands of unelected bureaucrats employed by federal agencies wield.
Old Muhammad Had a Farm, Jihad, Jihad ... Oh!
Contrary to the lyin’ media’s lie that Trump is the liar, he isn’t. At least not all the time. But this week, he got off a true whopper.
Democrats’ War on Capitalism
Hillary Clinton recently offered yet another reason why she lost her second consecutive race for the presidency: capitalism.
Truman May Have Been the Proto-Trump
When President Harry S. Truman left office in January 1953, most Americans were glad to see him go. Since the introduction of presidential approval ratings, Truman’s 32 percent rating was the lowest for any departing president except for that of Richard Nixon, who 21 years later resigned amid the Watergate scandal.
One at a Time
Following the 2016 election, President Obama rightly warned the Trump transition team “we only have one president at a time.” It was a reminder that there can be just one person articulating American foreign policy so world leaders will have no doubt as to the United States’ intentions.
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Less Worry for Dorothy and Toto
Tornadoes have become the darling of those arguing the climate is going to you-know-where in the Wicked Witch of the West bicycle basket. But after all the hysteria that occurred following the 2005 hurricane season, it took 11 years for another major hurricane to hit the U.S. Now, on my power and impact scale, which differs slightly from the official Saffir-Simpson scale, there were three major hurricane strikes during that span. Regardless, the period was still well below the average.
Tell the Truth About Stormy Daniels
Rudy Giuliani’s account of Donald Trump’s role in the payment to Stormy Daniels has collapsed into near-incoherence.
Trump Dumps Bad Deal
President Donald Trump yesterday canceled U.S. participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or Obama’s 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. In doing so, Trump kept yet another of his major campaign promises. In March 2016, Trump declared:
Trump to Iran: No Deal
“The Iran Deal was one of the worst and most one-sided transactions the United States has ever entered into.” That was President Trump’s frank assessment of what may have been Barack Obama’s biggest foreign policy mistake. Yesterday, the White House did something about it — finally pulling the United States out of the deal that’s been a disaster for U.S. and global security.
Draining the Food Stamp Swamp
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is high on the Republican list of programs targeted for reform — and justifiably so.