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Friday, May 4, 2018
Democrats’ Dangerous Case of Trump Derangement Syndrome
Isaac Newton’s third law of motion states that for every action in nature, there is an equal and opposite reaction. It can operate in politics, too. For example, Harvard law professor Jack Goldsmith recently wrote, “It is part of Trump’s evil genius that he elevates himself by inducing his critics to behave like him.”
Nobel Talk
If President Donald Trump’s incendiary threats have actually frightened the “dear respected comrade” Kim Jong Un into laying down his nuclear arsenal, he will deserve the Nobel Peace Prize his fans are demanding. But the suits in Oslo might want to hold off before awarding another premature Peace Prize to an American leader.
On North Korea, Trump Should Refuse to Take the Bait
The prospect of winning the Nobel Peace Prize is understandably tantalizing for President Trump.
Thursday, May 3, 2018
Wisconsin and Welfare: Work Works
“It’s so evident that work is the only way to get people out of poverty.” Chris Kapenga, a Wisconsin state senator, said the sentence above in regard to welfare reform legislation recently passed in the Badger State. “We’re going to help people get 30 hours of work and move them closer to being self-sustained.”
DACA Should Be Overturned. A New Lawsuit Might Succeed in Doing That.
A lawsuit filed Tuesday by Texas and six other states may finally result in the long-overdue termination of DACA.
Reducing Crime
No one can legitimately deny that improving public safety has been a central focus of Donald Trump’s presidency since Day One.
Trump vs. Mueller
The fallout continues today over the release of dozens of questions that Special Counsel Robert Mueller reportedly wants to ask President Trump. Mueller and his team of Clinton lawyers are trying to bait the president so they can trap him, just like they trapped Michael Flynn.
Bases Loaded Against Army Chaplain
Telling a chaplain he can’t practice faith is like telling a medic he can’t practice medicine! But unfortunately, that’s exactly what the Army is doing in the case of Fort Bragg Chaplain Scott Squires. And now a 25-year career that took Squires on multiple tours of Afghanistan, Africa, and the Middle East may be in jeopardy for it.
The Health Care Mountain
Milton Friedman was not only a brilliant economist — a Nobel laureate, in fact — he was also a gifted writer. In his 1962 book Capitalism and Freedom, he presciently explained how health care costs were going to leap out of control over the next decades. Sure enough, they did. They multiplied from roughly $1 of every $20 being spent on health care in the 1950s to roughly $1 of every $5 being spent on health care today.
The President Who Knew Too Little About the Electoral College
Among the recent garbled effusions from today’s temporary president — cheer up; they are all temporary — was one that concerned something about which he might not have thought as deeply as the subject merits.
Trump’s Two Big Advantages: Time and Low Expectations
Despite the daily pounding he receives from the media, President Donald Trump enjoys two advantages — low expectations and lots of time.
Is Ethanol Cronyism on the Ropes?
While then-candidate Donald Trump did participate in the usual campaign ritual of bending knee to Iowa farmers with a promise to protect the renewable fuel standard, there was reason to hope his pledge to drain the swamp would extend to ending or reforming the beleaguered mandate that requires most gasoline to be blended with ethanol.
Is Trump Now Bad Cop or Good Cop?
During his first 15 months as president, Donald Trump has postured as the bad cop.
The Vulgar Goes Mainstream
To be vulgar once earned societal disapproval, ostracism from polite company and — in my grandmother’s era — put a young person in danger of having his mouth washed out with soap.
GOP Midterm Slogan: ‘We Need Guest Workers to Do Your Jobs!’
At a rally in Michigan last weekend, President Trump promised to bring in lots of guest workers to — I quote — “do your jobs.”
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
North Korea and the Media
It’s the right church, wrong pew when it comes to predictions of the media’s reporting on North Korea. Of course, Donald Trump is getting zero credit, but Mother Nature is nowhere to be found. Apparently the media didn’t get the memo that the mountain fell down and China is not happy about it.
10 Questions About School Safety
On April 20, 1999, two students attacked Columbine High School, killing 13 and wounding 21 more. Two weeks ago, a former student did the same thing at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, killing 17 and wounding 16 more. Nearly two decades separate these tragedies. Yet, our grieving nation is still searching for a solution.
Migrants Face Charges
As we reported yesterday, the migrant caravan from Central America has reached our border. As frustrating as this caravan may be, it is important to remember that Barack Obama is no longer president.
May Day for Planned Parenthood
When Planned Parenthood’s Cecile Richards walked out of her office for the last time Monday, fans gushed that her legacy wouldn’t be forgotten. They’re right — because Richards’s legacy is the brutal slaughter of 3.5 million unborn lives. In her 12 years at the top, Planned Parenthood destroyed a population bigger than Chicago’s — and somehow managed to convince Congress to help.
Criticism of Michelle Wolf, Kanye West Shows Our Coalition Instinct
Last year, John Tooby, a founder of evolutionary psychology, was asked by the website Edge.org what scientific concept should be more widely known. He argued for something called the “coalition instinct.”