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Friday, February 16, 2018
Another School Shooting
As you know by now, there was another horrific school shooting Wednesday, this time in Parkland, Florida. Seventeen people were killed. Our hearts and prayers go out to all those affected by the evil acts of this maniac.
‘The View’ Points to Need for Tolerance
ABC got at least one thing right about “The View” — its name. As far as the hosts are concerned, there is only one view: theirs. Sure, they’ll invite a token “conservative” on to add fireworks, but even that doesn’t get in the way of the hosts’ daily routine of smug Middle America-bashing. If the idea is to offend viewers, it’s working.
If Sarah Sanders Were to Smack the Press
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is constantly hammered by “Gotcha!” questions from reporters in the briefing room.
If Nationalism Is on the Rise, Where’s the Outrage Over Russia?
I’m confused. These days, “nationalism” is all the rage on the right. I put it in quotes because there are a lot of different ideas of what nationalism means.
What’s Oozing Out of Campuses Is Polluting Society
In a 1989 article in New Republic, Andrew Sullivan made what he called “a (conservative) case for gay marriage.” Today same-sex marriage is legal everywhere in America, supported by majorities of voters and accepted as a part of American life.
I Wish I Were as Bad a Christian as Mike Pence
I’ve repeatedly said that though President Trump gives his leftist enemies plenty of fodder in his tweets to attack him, they would malign any Republican president unless he totally capitulated to their demands — and switched parties. Indeed, they always have.
No Names
Mass killings, like viruses, seem to be contagious. Would denying the shooters the attention they seek diminish the attraction?
Presidential Character and Competence: A Presidents’ Day Reflection
Donald Trump’s presidency has raised anew the question: How much does the character of the president matter?
A Boxed-Food Program Is a Dumb Idea
White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney deserves enormous credit for doing something that has long been needed. He wants to reform the food stamp program in America.
Despite the Olympic Glow, Half of Korea Remains in Darkness
Watching the media fawning over the North Korean delegation at the Pyeongchang Olympics, I recalled a picture that my old boss, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, kept under the glass of a table in his office — a satellite photo of the Korean Peninsula at night.
Thursday, February 15, 2018
Pence Calls Out ABC News, Joy Behar for ‘Religious Intolerance’
Vice President Mike Pence delivering a jaw-dropping rebuke of ABC television after “The View” host Joy Behar compared Christianity to mental illness.
How the Criminal Referral on Christopher Steele Corroborates the Nunes FISA Memo
A criminal referral on Christopher Steele by Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), sent on Jan. 4 to the Justice Department and the FBI, is now declassified — and it helps corroborate the claims in the Nunes FISA memo.
Zoning Out on Free Speech
The eradication of free-speech zones is a demise that anyone who believes in the First Amendment can cheer.
Immigration Update
Last month, Senate Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer shut down the government demanding amnesty for young illegal immigrants. The shutdown ended after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell agreed to hold a rare open debate on immigration reform legislation.
Trump to Courts: Make America Immigrate Again
There isn’t a person from either side who wouldn’t agree that our immigration system is broken. So when Barack Obama was president, the problem wasn’t that he wanted to fix it. The problem was how he went about it. Unilaterally.
What Left-Wing Educators Don’t Teach During ‘Black History Month’
When will Black History Month be ... history?
Anatomy of a Coup
Every place you look in Robert Mueller’s investigation, the same names keep popping up: FBI agent Peter Strzok and sleazy, foreign private eye — or “British intelligence agent” — Christopher Steele.
Following the Clintons’ Final Con
For years, I have been saying that the Clintons lie when they do not have to, and that they tell a gigantic whopper when a little white lie would be perfectly adequate. This time-honored observation explains many of their past run-ins with the law.
Who’s Really Winning the North Korea Standoff?
There have been wild reports that the United States is considering a “bloody nose” preemptive attack of some sort on North Korea’s nuclear arsenal. Such rumors are unlikely to prove true.
The War That Never Ends
There is a war that has lasted longer than the one in Afghanistan. It is the so-called “war on poverty,” launched by President Lyndon Johnson during his State of the Union address on Jan. 8, 1964.