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Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Four More Years
President Trump made a surprising announcement yesterday — he is running for re-election and has already chosen his campaign manager. Trump’s re-election announcement is the earliest ever by a sitting president.
Delta’s Political Baggage Hurts Business
Could the alliance between Big Business and the GOP be coming to an end? We can only hope so!
How the Democrats Will Lose in 2020
President Trump is not a particularly popular president.
Stances on Guns, Immigration Reflect the Sea Change in Cultural Politics
Set aside what you think of guns or immigration as a matter of public policy or even morality. Instead, think of them as dye markers of how our cultural politics and the nature of the two parties have changed over time.
Frederick Douglass and Gun Control
President Trump has signed into law bipartisan legislation establishing the Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission to celebrate Douglass’ life and work.
Trump and Obama: Who’s Really Tougher on Russia?
Recently, President Trump tweeted, “I have been much tougher on Russia than Obama, just look at the facts. Total Fake News!”
Pioneer Nation vs. Welfare State
When the British Parliament was debating in 1765 whether to impose a direct tax on the American colonies through the Stamp Act, Charles Townshend rose in the House of Commons to defend that taxation — and insult the colonists.
Another Liberal-Created Failure
A liberal-created failure that goes entirely ignored is the Left’s harmful agenda for society’s most vulnerable people — the mentally ill.
Attacking the NRA Is Really Attacking Everyday Americans
They could have used a Stephen Willeford in Parkland. The NRA-trained resident deserves a medal, not a boycott.
Exploiting Teenager Rage
The school shooting in Parkland, Florida, shows how quickly our media elites move horrors from tragedy to political opportunity.
Release the Florida School Shooting Surveillance Video
Open government isn’t just good government. It’s the public’s right.
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Dueling Dossier Memos
The common thread between the two is that political spin is getting in the way of problem-solving.
The Broward County Sheriff Is Everything That’s Wrong With American Authority
The sheriff is an outsized figure in the American imagination. He is Wyatt Earp, shooting it out with outlaws at the O.K. Corral. He is John Wayne, a lonely instrument of frontier justice. He is Rick Grimes, the resourceful survivor of a zombie apocalypse in “The Walking Dead.”
Schiff Memo Released
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and other Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee released their memo over the weekend. The Schiff memo was supposed to counter the Nunes memo, which outlined how elements of the “Deep State” tried to sabotage the Trump administration.
For Dems, a Conflict of Centrist
If you thought the Democrats’ party bosses were already too liberal, buckle up. After a 2016 platform that would have pushed Barack Obama to the left, headquarters is gearing up for an election cycle of all-out radicalism.
We Have to Stop Deficit Spending and Lower the National Debt
The national debt virtually doubled in the eight years of President Barack Obama. From the $10.6 trillion debt when he took office in 2009 that was created by all the presidents before him until the end of his terms in 2017, the debt grew to nearly $20 trillion. That was, of course, the largest increase under any president in history.
Why the Left Opposes Arming Teachers
The Left almost always opposes fighting evil and almost always works to disarm the good who want to fight.
Don’t Tread on This Voter’s T-Shirt
Andrew Cilek might be — this is just a hunch — unaware that 2018 is Brooks Brothers’ bicentennial. Judging by what he wore when he went out to vote in Minneapolis on Nov. 2, 2010, his preferences in shirts run less to button-down Oxford cloth than to chatty T-shirts.
How Environmentalists Keep Heating Bills High
This has been a colder-than-usual winter in the Midwest and Northeast, so many Americans are facing high home heating and electric bills. In some areas, these bills can reach $1,000 a month.