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Friday, April 13, 2018
Tighter Regulation Would Probably Make Facebook More Profitable
Here’s a bet: Congress will end up “cracking down” on Facebook with “tough” regulations that Facebook will probably protest quite vigorously.
Thursday, April 12, 2018
University Students Freak Out Over Campus Chick-fil-A
Feathers have been ruffled at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln over a proposed Chick-fil-A outpost in the student union.
The Census and Immigration: Ask the Question
In a saner age, adding a question about an individual’s citizenship status to the decennial U.S. census would be the most unremarkable thing in the world. The only understandable reaction might be, “What took you so long?”
Federal Judge Refuses to Throw Out Bogus Lawsuit Against Trump
The legal warfare bent on disrupting the Trump presidency continues apace. Just before April Fool’s Day, a federal judge in Maryland refused to throw out the latest politically motivated lawsuit against the president, despite the fact that there is virtually no constitutional basis for it.
Ryan Retires
House Speaker Paul Ryan announced yesterday that he will not seek re-election this November and will retire from Congress at the end his current term.
Well Spoken, Paul Ryan
It took a big story to unseat Mark Zuckerberg’s Hill testimony as the top headline of the day — but the news of House Speaker Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) retirement was exactly that. Just three years after stepping into a role that Ryan never sought, the Wisconsin leader announced that he was leaving for another full-time job: dad.
Why Is Facebook Groveling?
What is it about spectacular American business success stories like Facebook that brings out envy and resentment?
Searching and Seizing
No one ever accused Harvard Professor Alan Dershowitz of being a conservative, but Dershowitz is a rare breed these days; someone who applies the Constitution and the law to everyone, regardless of their political leanings.
The Misleading Case for a Millionaires’ Surtax
Sometime this spring, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will decide whether the so-called Fair Share Amendment can appear on the state ballot in November.
Mueller at the Crossroads
Mueller is reaching the crossroads of his investigation and faces at least four critical decisions.
To Infinity and Beyond: Are Trillion-Dollar Deficits the New Norm?
Trillion-dollar deficits are coming back faster than originally projected. Though it’s fair to complain about the impact of the recently enacted tax cuts on our red ink, the ultimate culprits for our upcoming debt crisis are lawmakers who continually refuse to reform entitlement programs.
Larry Kudlow to the Rescue
The markets are on edge. Then again, inflation is low; employment is high — historically high in the case of blacks and Latinos — and growth is healthy and looking to become very healthy. Dare we say robust?
Dreamers in the News!
With all the tender concern President Trump and Nancy Pelosi have been heaping on “Dreamers” of late, you’d think the media would notice and pepper us with stories about these “incredible kids,” as Trump calls them.
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
There Are Good Reasons for Felons to Lose the Right to Vote
George Will asks, “What compelling government interest is served by felon disenfranchisement?”
‘Witch Hunt’
There is still a lot we don’t know about Monday’s raid on the office and residence of Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s personal lawyer. The president received the shocking news during a meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff to determine our response to Assad’s latest use of poison gas.
Gorsuch: A Justice for All
Looking back, there were probably a lot of things that motivated Americans to elect Donald Trump. But the three biggest had to be Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and the empty seat in the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Death of the DOJ and the FBI
This week, the FBI raided the office, hotel room and home of President Trump’s personal attorney and self-described “fixer,” Michael Cohen.
An Attack Syria Did Not Do
The Airbus A300 was supposed to be on a short flight across the water to an affluent tourism center.
War on Science
We’ve been told conservatives don’t believe in science and that there’s a “Republican war on science.”