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Wednesday, January 3, 2018
Election Odds
President Trump is up 3 percent! I refer to the betting odds. Gamblers (mostly in Europe because political bets are legal there) now give the president a 53 percent chance of finishing his first term.
America’s Left in the Grip of Insanity
President Trump is unpopular. He’s unpopular because he’s boorish, crude and silly; he’s unpopular because he has a unique capacity to turn winning news cycles into referenda on his use of Twitter.
Beyond the Orb: Institutional Failure Is the Source of Current American Weirdness
Ever since Donald Trump touched the Orb, praise be upon it, I’ve been making “This is what you get when you touch the Orb” jokes.
An Unfond Farewell to Un-statesman Orrin Hatch
The longest-serving Republican senator in U.S. history announced this week that he will finally, finally, finally, finally, finally, finally, finally retire.
Dangers of Government Control
We are a nation of 325 million people. We have a bit of control over the behavior of our 535 elected representatives in Congress, the president and the vice president. But there are seven unelected people who have life-and-death control over our economy and hence our lives — the seven governors of the Federal Reserve Board.
Optimism About Trump in 2018
President Trump took office at the beginning of 2017 swimming in a sea of negativity.
Far From Disappearing, Dossier Investigation Intensifies
House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes has issued a subpoena to David Kramer, a former State Department official who, in late November 2016, traveled to London to receive a briefing and a copy of the Trump dossier from its author, former British spy Christopher Steele.
Joe Scarborough Goes Off the Deep End
In July, MSNBC host and former Rep. Joe Scarborough showily announced on Stephen Colbert’s CBS show that he was leaving the Republican Party. No one on the Republican National Committee flew a flag at half-mast.
GOP President and Congress Still Funding Planned Parenthood
Two months before his upset victory over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump made an unambiguous commitment that helped rally pro-life Americans to his cause.
One Year in Office: Trump Keeps Defying His Critics
Since the day Donald Trump was elected president in November 2016, the Dow Jones industrial average has risen by some 35 percent, making the last 14 months one of the greatest bull market runs in history.
Tuesday, January 2, 2018
Oregon Court Rules Christian Bakery Must Pay $135K to Lesbian Couple
Christians are no longer welcome to do business in the state of Oregon.
Make 2018 the Year of Religious Freedom
“Religious persecution.” It’s a phrase that conjures up awful scenes of brutality and human rights violations in distant lands.
Trump’s Climate Tweet Was Right on Target
In Florida over the holidays, President Trump tweeted, “In the East, it could be the COLDEST New Year’s Eve on record. Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming that our Country, but not other countries, was going to pay TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS to protect against. Bundle up!”
Darn Bureaucrats Saving the World
It’s that time of year for best-of and top-10 lists. Atop many of these lists, by supporters of President Trump, sits the claim that for every new regulation, 22 bureaucratic rules have been undone. The president’s opponents decry this as selling out to selfish business interests. The president’s supporters blame the bureaucracy for resisting the will of the people. His detractors praise parts of the bureaucracy, such as the Environmental Protection Agency, for saving the world.
Democrats Distort Tax Bill for Political Purposes
The struggle among congressional Republicans to design a tax reform bill was an arduous process, with constant opposition and obstruction from Democrats, and more than a little internal discord, as Republicans objected to some features that were contained in the bill and displeased that other features were missing. Now that it has been completed and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has been signed into law, whether what Congress produced is good or bad depends upon whom you ask, as is always the case in political matters.
Try a Little Tenderness in 2018
“Try a Little Tenderness” is a song written by Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly and Harry M. Woods. According to Wikipedia, it was first recorded on Dec. 8, 1932, by the Ray Noble Orchestra (with vocals by Val Rosing). Probably these names are as unfamiliar to us today as the demonstration of tenderness is in our modern political culture.
Monday, January 1, 2018
The Man Who Saved Civilization
Last year’s best movie about a spirited band of resisters fighting an empire of evil isn’t the latest entry in the “Star Wars” franchise, but “Darkest Hour,” an extraordinarily deft and moving depiction of the outset of Winston Churchill’s prime ministership during World War II.
Voter Suppression? Alabama Election Exposed a Myth
African-Americans constitute 26 percent of Alabama’s people, but they accounted for 29 percent of the voters in last month’s special election for the U.S. Senate.
The Puppet Cuts His Strings
If anyone needs further proof that Democrats are stupid, you need look no further than their attempt to tie Donald Trump’s presidential victory to the Russians.
Sunday, December 31, 2017
When Judicial Deference Becomes Dereliction of Duty
Wisconsin’s Supreme Court can soon right a flagrant wrong stemming from events set in motion in 2014 at Milwaukee’s Marquette University by Cheryl Abbate. Although just a graduate student, she already had a precocious aptitude for academic nastiness.