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Thursday, January 18, 2018
Under the New Trump Standard, Why Wasn’t Obama Impeached?
In the era of President Donald Trump, Democrats think presidents should be impeached over policy differences.
The Left’s Dirty Little Secret — Cleaned by Rosa
One thing no liberal will ever turn down is the opportunity to get a standing ovation for accusing someone else of racism.
What Is the Real Message of #MeToo?
The feminist website Babe published an account of a date gone bad. The pushback has been swift and sharp. I share some of the concerns of the critics, but I also think young women are sending a message that is being missed.
That GOP ‘Tax Scam’ Is Putting Money in Millions of Workers’ Pockets
It has been nearly a month since Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, the most sweeping overhaul of the tax code since the 1980s. Of the 185-page bill’s many provisions, perhaps the most consequential is a reduction in the federal corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent.
A New Paean to Progressivism Overlooks Why Americans Lost Trust in Government
Is there anything more depressing than a cheerful liberal? The question is prompted by one such, historian David Goldfield, who has written a large-hearted book explaining that America’s problems would yield to government’s deft ameliorating touch if Americans would just rekindle their enthusiasm for it.
Al Capone Lives!
“You can get a lot farther with a smile and a gun than you can with just a smile.”
Real Federalists Need to Step Up
You would think that the Justice Department has better things to do than to restart a federal war on marijuana or that it would want to stay away from interfering with the will of the people in the 29 states, plus the District of Columbia, that allow at least the medical use of marijuana.
The Trillion-Dollar Chameleon
Twenty years ago, no one had heard of either Facebook or Google, neither of which existed yet. For that matter, no one knew much about social media or search engines in general.
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
North Korea: Avoid a Needless War
The recent bogus Hawaiian nuclear alert puts the smoldering crisis with North Korea in perspective. Although most experts believe it will be a year before North Korea’s ICBM capability fully matures, the threat has reached a point of criticality. Instead of dithering over the extension of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy, Congress needs to pass a budget that increases defense allocations to include more than doubling the 44 missile interceptors currently stationed in Alaska and southern California.
How President Trump Can Be Even More Effective
It says a lot about the raunchy state of American culture and about our president when it’s easy to believe that President Trump described entire nations as “sh—holes or “sh—houses.”
Someone Needs to Save Trump’s Critics From Destroying Themselves
One of the favored attacks on President Donald Trump by his detractors is that he is mentally unstable and emotionally unfit for the office. This perspective has attracted quite a following and has grown to include fears of doom and catastrophe. And in order to protect the nation from the eventual horrible fate he will bring about, a few congressional Democrats have taken the unusual step of suggesting the invoking of the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to remove Trump from office.
Theme of the Week
A few weeks ago, the Left’s theme was that Trump would be driven from office due to collusion with Russia. Then it was Michael Wolff’s latest book and accusations abounded that Trump was insane. But where is Wolff now? After considerable hype, it was quickly discovered that his book was full of factual errors and false statements. Wolff later admitted that he did not interview members of the president’s cabinet for this alleged “inside” look at the Trump White House.
Founders’ Keepers: U.S. Celebrates 232 Years of Freedom
If you’ve ever toured Monticello, then you know that Thomas Jefferson had very strong opinions of what his legacy should be. He wanted to be remembered as the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence and as the “father” of the University of Virginia. Both are inscribed on his tombstone, along with his second proudest achievement — authoring the Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom.
Stop Feministsplaining Sex to Men
A system prizing love and commitment doesn’t require the amount of explanation as a system that dispenses with both.
Constitutional Ignorance — Perhaps Contempt
Is it ignorance of or contempt for our Constitution that fuels the movement to abolish the Electoral College?
The Media’s Year of Trump Hating
As we approach the first anniversary of Donald Trump’s inauguration, it is painfully obvious that our “news” providers are a highly agitated brigade of the “Resistance.”
Republicans Must Lead Abortion Debate
This year, as every year, I will be joining the hundreds of thousands who will be arriving in Washington, D.C., for the March for Life.
Is Diversity a Strength, and Should Strength Be a Core Value?
What if diversity isn’t our strength?
Paul Manafort Has a Point
It’s not a popular thing to defend Paul Manafort, the international influence peddler who ran Donald Trump’s presidential campaign for a short time in 2016.
Big Brother on America’s Fishing Boats
Generations of schoolchildren have been brainwashed into believing that our seas have been depleted by greedy commercial fishermen. In the 1960s and 1970s, it is true, foreign factory trawlers from Russia and Japan pillaged coastal groundfish stocks. But after the domestic fishing industry regained control of our waters, stocks rebounded.