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Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Jeff Sessions Just Reversed Obama’s Pot Policy. Why That’s Good News for America.
Reversing Obama-era policy, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has given federal prosecutors the discretion to prosecute marijuana traffickers.
Yes, Take Oprah Seriously
If Hillary Clinton could deliver a political speech half as effectively as Oprah Winfrey, she might be president today.
Monday, January 8, 2018
The Attribution of Cold to Climate Change Is on Thin Ice
The recent claim that the current extreme period is a sign of man-made global warming was met with widespread doubt across the board.
Oprah 2020?
Many observers on the Left and the Right say that Oprah Winfrey’s remarks at last night’s Golden Globe Awards will be seen in retrospect as the kickoff of her 2020 presidential campaign. Close friends say she is “actively thinking” about it. And for a time, NBC seemed to be cheering her on.
CNN, MSNBC & ‘The View’ May Have Overdosed on Crazy Pills
The following question was asked by a professionally trained journalist — a member of the White House Press Corps: “Should Americans be concerned about the president’s mental fitness?”
Three Seas, One Aim: Preserving Liberty
Nearly 30 years ago, the people of Eastern Europe were freed from the yoke of communism. Their liberation is a reminder that the Cold War didn’t just end — it was won.
Taiwan Isn’t China, and Taiwanese Aren’t Chinese
There is a moment in “1776,” the acclaimed musical about the American founding, in which Benjamin Franklin explains to the Second Continental Congress why he can no longer think of himself as an Englishman.
Straight Talk About Taxes
The Democrats kept insisting that all the savings in Trump’s tax bill would go directly into the pockets of the corporate moguls. That’s not too surprising. After all, they had to say something stupid that the lapdog media could glom onto in order to put the pending legislation in a bad light.
Sunday, January 7, 2018
Dent’s Departure Makes Allentown Vulnerable to Democrats
It is almost a law of our political physics: Those who choose to leave Congress thereby demonstrate qualities that make one wish they would linger here longer.
Swarthmore College Accused of Prostituting Bible With Class on ‘Queering God’
One of the nation’s most prestigious liberal arts colleges is advancing a “queer theology” agenda with hopes of destabilizing traditional beliefs about what the Bible says about gender and sexuality.
Saturday, January 6, 2018
A Different Way of Living and Dying
A family member — I think one of James Joseph Hanson’s sisters — held up six-month old baby Lucas for all the packed church to see. They were standing right in front of the baby Jesus in the creche scene on the altar, still out during Christmas season. The church, St. Anthony of Padua, a bulwark of this small community about 100 miles from New York City, was filled with poinsettias. Baby Lucas was a physical testimony to faith, endurance and love.
Scandal Update
Year after year, we see scandals erupt on the Left, yet the central figures often seem to evade justice.
On Being Presidential
I find myself wondering why the bozos who condemn Donald Trump for being, in their ill-chosen words, unpresidential because he tweets, never utter a discouraging word about Barack Obama’s tossing a time-honored tradition out the window by constantly criticizing the current president, even going so far as to lead a resistance movement.
Friday, January 5, 2018
Calling Out Congress
Didn’t we turn over a new leaf in 2018? Didn’t everyone in Washington resolve to work together on America’s important problems and get things done? Oh, sorry. That must have been that pipe dream I had last weekend when I dozed off in my La-Z-Boy watching the Times Square ball fall on TV.
Trump vs. Bannon
There are a lot of other issues I’d prefer to cover today, but one story is dominating the headlines, so here we go. Late Wednesday, reports erupted in the press about infighting within the Trump White House.
‘Economists Say’ a Lot of Things. Many of Them Are Wrong
“A wave of optimism has swept over American business leaders, and it is beginning to translate into the sort of investment in new plants, equipment and factory upgrades that bolsters economic growth, spurs job creation — and may finally raise wages significantly,” opens a recent New York Times article surveying the state of the American economy.
Don’t Dance on Bannon’s Grave Yet
President Donald Trump’s official statement about Steve Bannon — the lack of exclamation points made it seem as if it might not be 100 percent his own words - is welcome.
‘Fire and Fury’ Is Much Ado About Nothing New
There are plenty of shocking bombshells in Michael Wolff’s new book, “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” but is there anything actually new?
The Rule of Law Goes to Pot
We are supposedly a nation of laws, not men, but our lawmakers have ensured over the years that we are increasingly at the whim of men, elected or appointed, instead of the law.