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Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Propaganda Networks
Why does American journalist Abby Martin report for media run by socialist murderers?
Democrats and the Trump Impeachment Trap
George W. Bush was in terrible political shape in the spring of 2006. The Iraq war was going disastrously, and voters were tired of the president, whose job approval rating in the RealClearPolitics average of polls was around 35 percent.
Liberate America From Public Schools
Eighth-grade students all across America took the National Assessment of Educational Progress tests in reading and mathematics in 2017 and the results demonstrate two facts.
The ‘Uncle Tom’ Card Is Dead
Here is a short list of prominent conservatives and independent thinkers who’ve been accused by their critics of being an “Uncle Tom” or some other vitriolic variation on the overplayed left-wing theme of being a traitor to their race or gender...
Michelle Wolf vs. Mike Pence
Humor is a good and important thing. The ability to laugh at life, to laugh at oneself, shows faith, optimism and humility. Laughter in the face of adversity is a sign of a healthy spirit. In this sense, the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner was once a positive event.
Colleges: Anti-Diversity and Pro-Exclusion
Just within the past week or so, some shocking professorial behavior has come to light. In the wake of Barbara Bush’s death, California State University, Fresno professor Randa Jarrar took to Twitter to call the former first lady an “amazing racist.”
Harassment at the Center for American Progress
The Center for American Progress, founded in 2003 by former Bill Clinton chief of staff John Podesta, promotes itself as pushing “bold, progressive ideas, as well as strong leadership and concerted action.” On April 23, the left-leaning website BuzzFeed reported there’s a sexual harassment problem at this “politics and policy hub of the Democratic establishment.”
When the State Condemns a Disabled Child to Death
Imagine your own beloved child was lying in a hospital with a mysterious brain disease. Should you, as the parent, be allowed to decide whether to continue treatment for your son or daughter? Or should the state have the power to overrule you and cut off life support over your objections?
Oh, Say Kanye Sees
It’s easy to dismiss Kanye West. It’s easy to dismiss him because he’s nutty. This is a fellow who tweets about antique fish tanks and fur pillows.
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Some Good News on Climate Change and the U.S. Energy Picture
Was it a breakdown of distribution components? Did information editors snooze through this big news? What was it that caused the recent important news about climate change to not be widely distributed?
Restrictions on Travel From Terrorist Safe Havens Are Not a ‘Muslim Ban’
The weak arguments made on Wednesday in the Supreme Court against President Donald Trump’s restrictions on travel from dangerous countries demonstrate that the government should win the case. The justices should rule in favor of upholding the president’s authority to protect national security and the safety of the American public.
Hold the Nobel Peace Prize
Who would have guessed that a Trump crowd 15 months into his presidency would be chanting, “Nobel! Nobel! Nobel!”
‘Iran Lied’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered an extraordinary address yesterday to his nation regarding the status of Iran’s nuclear program. Not only was Netanyahu speaking about the existential threat confronting Israel, his remarks come at a time when war (whether from Syria or Gaza) could break out at any minute.
Correspondents’ Dinner Dishes Up Controversy
Michelle Wolf may have been listed as a comedian at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, but no one is quite sure why. Her monologue, an abusive personal attack on the women of this administration, was spectacularly unfunny. And by the program’s end, the only joke, liberals agreed, was that Wolf was ever invited in the first place.
Learning From North Korea’s History
Before meeting with North Korea’s “very honorable” (Trump’s words) dictator, Kim Jong-Un, the president should bone up on the history of that country’s duplicity and deception, including ways it has used the wishful thinking of some past U.S. presidents to achieve its objectives.
Fear of the Left: The Most Powerful Force in America Today
The dominant force in America and many other Western countries today is fear of the Left. This is a result of the fact that the most dynamic religion of the past 100 years has been neither Christianity nor Islam. It has been leftism. Whoever does not recognize this does not understand the contemporary world.
Goodbye, OPEC
I have argued many times on these pages and elsewhere that the shale oil and gas revolution is the story of the decade. Since 2007 U.S. oil and gas output has risen by about 75 percent, and the renaissance is still in its infancy stages.
Monday, April 30, 2018
Not Funny
The White House Correspondents’ Association may have committed suicide Saturday night. The backlash against the disgusting performance of comedienne Michelle Wolf is growing. So much so that even The Washington Post writes that this year’s dinner “should be the last.”
High-Priced College Textbooks: Uncle Sam to the Rescue
If you are a college student, professor, or bookstore employee, you know how jarringly expensive college textbooks are. It isn’t unusual for college students to have to spend over $1,000 per year on books. In an attempt to reduce those costs, on March 23 President Trump signed a $1.3 trillion appropriations bill that included $5 million for a pilot program to help to fund “open textbooks” — i.e, free books that authors post online.
A North Korean Miracle?
What is coming out of North Korea has been nothing short of extraordinary — handshake photo ops; intent to formally end the Korean War; statements of goals to denuclearize the Peninsula; and even Kim Jong-un stepping across the border. No one could have predicted this when only a couple months ago Kim was firing off missiles, threatening Guam, and bragging about having his finger on a button that could annihilate the U.S. What happened?