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Friday, February 9, 2018
Eight Billion Reasons to Like Trump’s Agenda
Anyone wondering what Donald Trump would do to fill the pro-life promises of his campaign didn’t have to wait long to find out! In his first weekday on the job, the new White House started turning the page on eight deadly years of the Obama administration. After two terms of shipping American dollars to overseas groups like International Planned Parenthood, this president wasted no time pulling the plug, flipping the script on the pro-life Mexico City policy that Obama suspended.
The Anti-Porter Conspiracy
I’m having trouble understanding why Rob Porter had to resign his job as White House staff secretary (the person who manages the paper flow in the West Wing).
The Book Against Transgender Extremism
When secular leftists express frustration at how practicing Catholics (their humble servants) and evangelicals could have ever voted for Donald Trump, the first thing they refuse to concede is the horror of the alternative.
If You’re Reading This, You’re Dead
There is nothing President Trump and the GOP can do that Democrats will not declare as the worst thing ever.
There’s So Much Smoke. Why Worry About a Fire?
What are we to make of the GOP and Democrats’ dueling scandal wars? So much information, so little time.
Our Infrastructure Is Not ‘Crumbling’
One of the great myths of American politics, no matter who is president and no matter who runs Congress, is that our infrastructure is “crumbling.”
Reminders That in China, Life Is a Job
Vita est lavorum.. That’s Latin for “Life is a job.” I didn’t learn that in school or even from a book. I learned that from Father Guido Sarducci.
Gentry Liberals Own the Democratic Party
Amid the brouhahas about the Nunes memo and immigration, an item from Greg Hinz of Crain’s Chicago Business caught my eye.
Thursday, February 8, 2018
Making the Federal Government Lean Again
We are not in a full-scale war. We are not in a recession or fighting a high unemployment rate. But the federal government is spending as if we were a teenager with a parent’s credit card. Trillion-dollar deficits are coming back soon, so this is the perfect moment to start talking about government austerity.
School Cancels Father-Daughter Dance Over Gender Issues
A grade school in Staten Island, New York, was forced to cancel its annual father-daughter dance because it violated a new school district policy regarding transgender and gender nonconforming student.
Memo/Email Gates
Now that we’ve solved Memogate — okay, maybe just provided a road map — we can turn to other things like Emailgate. Not unlike the stock market these days, don’t blink or you’ll miss something huge. The hits keep coming from DC. Today’s entrant is the latest batch of text messages between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page of the FBI. There’s lots here but two texts stand out.
What Did Obama Know?
The central question that took down Richard Nixon in Watergate was asked by the late Sen. Howard Baker: “What did the president know and when did he know it?”
Torte Reform? CA Baker Wins First-Ever Case
Here are three words you don’t usually see in the same sentence: “religious liberty” and “California.” But thanks to Superior Court Judge David Lampe, that’s exactly what one Christian is celebrating in a battle over religious freedom and wedding cakes.
Snakes on a Plane for Emotional Support?
When next you shoehorn yourself into one of America’s ever-shrinking airline seats, you might encounter a new wrinkle in the romance of air travel. You might be amused, or not, to discover a midsize — say, 7-feet long — boa constrictor named Oscar coiled contentedly, or so you hope, in the seat next to you.
Carter Page: Agent 000
If you’ve been watching MSNBC and, consequently, have no idea what was in the CONTROVERSIAL! DISPUTED! AMATEURISH! memo released by the House Intelligence Committee...
Poland and Israel Need Friendship, Not a Bitter Fight Over History
Poland and Israel are embroiled in a diplomatic crisis, the worst between the two countries since the Cold War ended 30 years ago.
Why FISA-gate Is Scarier Than Watergate
Our defense against government wrongdoing — the press — is defending such actions, not uncovering them.
Take the ‘Racist Xenophobe’ Quiz
Which alleged “racist xenophobe” made these statements about illegal immigration?
Pope Francis Falls Behind the Episcopalians
I have never met the pope, but I have followed his activities sedulously, as might be expected of a Roman Catholic. Pope Francis is an agent for change in his 2,000-year-old church, change in what Catholics believe and change in how they worship. Notwithstanding my never having met him, my guess is that he was a bit embarrassed by a decision announced recently by the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, DC. The Episcopalians got the jump on him in the realm of change.
The Syringe Bowl: Philly vs. San Francisco
Philadelphia has just had a great week with the Eagles winning the Super Bowl. But now some city leaders are focused on a radically different competition.