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Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Learning From ‘Life Liberty & Levin’
Liberal journalists have spilled a whole lot of ink in the Trump era, boasting how they’ve suffered watching a week or so of Fox News programming to explore the strange informational terrain of the Trump voter.
The Student Data-Mining Scandal Under Our Noses
The Silicon Valley-Beltway theft ring is purloining the personal information and browsing habits of millions of American schoolchildren.
Lots of Mueller Action, but What About Collusion?
Remember collusion? The allegation that Donald Trump and his aides coordinated or conspired with Russia to fix the 2016 presidential election is the heart of the Trump-Russia investigation.
Trump Should Focus on Debt Crisis Rather Than Trade
Donald Trump achieved the presidency telling the American people he would “Make America Great Again.”
Black Political Power Means Zilch
It’s often thought to be beyond question that black political power is necessary for economic power and enhanced socio-economic welfare. That’s an idea that lends itself to testing and analysis.
Republicans and Democrats Just Did Something Big Together
Washington seems to be in the grip of hyperpartisan gridlock these days. Important bills are passed on party-line votes (when they are passed at all) and the investigative committees of Congress appear to be sideshows, unable to agree on basic facts.
Democrats Need More Than an Anti-Trump Platform
One of the Right’s most common, and best, arguments for the Trump presidency is that it shattered the Republican Party’s calcified agenda. Invested in a coalition of various interests and beholden to a pervasive and outdated Reagan nostalgia, the GOP desperately needed new rhetoric and a new approach. For good or ill, President Trump provided both.
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
10 Questions Mark Zuckerberg Should Answer When He Testifies Before Congress
When Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress Tuesday and Wednesday he will have plenty of explaining to do to answer a torrent of criticism that has been leveled at his company in recent weeks.
In Neil Gorsuch, Trump Kept His Promise to the American People
On April 10, Justice Neil Gorsuch will celebrate his first anniversary on the United States Supreme Court. President Donald Trump and his supporters should celebrate as well, because in Gorsuch, Trump kept one of his core campaign promises to the American people.
Fixing the Rot
Have you ever gone to buy a house and saw clues that the previous owners did not take good care of it? Maybe there was rotting wood around the front door. Maybe there were missing shingles. Perhaps there were signs of water damage in the basement. You likely thought to yourself, “If I am seeing this, what else is there I can’t see?” Well, that is essentially the position President Trump finds himself in today.
To Whom It May Confirm: Groups Appeal to Senate on Pompeo
It would be difficult not to be impressed with a man who graduated at the top of his class at West Point, earned a degree from Harvard Law, built a successful business career, and served his country — and Congress. Even the most relentless of Democrats would have a tough time poking holes in a résumé like that. But on Thursday, when Mike Pompeo sits before the Senate and defends his qualifications to be the next secretary of state, liberals will still try.
Sinclair Broadcast Group Controversy
“On local news stations across the United States last month, dozens of anchors gave the same speech to their combined millions of viewers. It included a warning about fake news, a promise to report fairly and accurately and a request that viewers go to the station’s website and comment ‘if you believe our coverage is unfair,’” The New York Times reported last week.
The President’s Trump Card for Spending Restraint
The White House is seriously considering a strategy to cancel tens of billions of dollars of wasteful spending in the $1.3 trillion budget signed by President Donald Trump last month.
Syria, Trump and Isolationism
The isolationist spirit — a reluctance to become involved in foreign entanglements — goes back in U.S. history to Thomas Paine and his 1776 pamphlet Common Sense and to George Washington’s 1796 Farewell Address.
How Should America Respond to Syria’s Use of Chemical Weapons?
On April 22, 1915, chlorine gas, wafted by favorable breezes, drifted from German lines toward enemy positions held by French troops near Ypres, Belgium.
Whatever the Left Touches It Ruins
Fighting the Left — something all liberals and conservatives need to do — is the greatest good you can engage in at this time.
Monday, April 9, 2018
Does the Endgame of the Warm AMO Mean a Colder Mid-Winter Into Spring?
The January-April period this year will make nine of the last 12 periods colder than normal for the U.S. We have had three outstanding warm ones (2012, 2016 and 2017).
Last Snowfall of the Season Miscellaneous
Last Tuesday, The New York Times featured a photo from the White House Easter Egg Roll.
Navy Investigates Bible on ‘Missing Man Table’ Tribute
The U.S. Navy is investigating complaints lodged by sailors and Marines about a Bible and a “One Nation under God” placard placed on a POW/MIA table at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Okinawa, Japan.
The Concocted Uproar Over ‘Privatizing’ the VA
There is no plot to deny veterans access to government-funded health care as part of a grateful nation’s compensation for their service.