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Saturday, December 9, 2017
Outdoor Christmas Decorations Banned at Senior Living Complex
Christmas has always been a festive time of year for the residents of Lake Ridge Commons, a senior living community in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Friday, December 8, 2017
Pearl Harbor and the Legacy of Carl Vinson
Seventy-six years ago on Dec. 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese fleet surprise-attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, the home port of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.
Crashing the DC Men’s Club
I finally get why President Trump tweets. Even though I often disagree with what he tweets and how he tweets it, the president has no choice. Tweeting is how he controls, or steers, the media coverage of him and his administration — by setting news agendas for them, whether they like it or not.
Remembering Pearl Harbor
It is sad and dangerous that many young Americans are more interested in condemning their country, protesting the flag and second-guessing previous generations than they are in understanding what happened 76 years ago and how each generation must defend liberty.
The SCOTUS Sweet Stakes: Baker’s Freedom in the Balance
You can read the entire Constitution, top to bottom, and never find the words “same-sex marriage.” The freedom of religion, on the other hand, is right there in black and white. But guess which one Americans are fighting for their country to recognize?
How Democrats Corrupt English to Create Hysteria
Whenever passable Republican legislation materializes — a rarity these days — Democrats quickly warn that thousands, or perhaps even millions, of lives are at stake.
Is Flirting Sexual Harassment?
In 2003 a genetics paper revealed that one in 200 men alive in that year was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan (1162-1227).
Real Target of Republican Tax Bills: Feds, Eds and Meds Bloat
Are the current Republican tax bills, passed by the House and Senate and being reconciled in conference committee, an attack on “feds, eds and meds”?
Don’t Cry for Al Franken
In the wake of a growing pile of sexual misconduct accusations, Sen. Al Franken, Comedian of Minnesota, was pressed by a majority of Senate Democrats to resign.
The Education of James Goldston
James Goldston is not, nor should he be, a household name. He is the president of ABC News and he is in the midst of a great education on why Americans distrust the American media so much. In the words of Oliver Darcy and Brian Stelter at CNN, Goldston “excoriated staff Monday over Brian Ross’s major error on a report about former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.”
Even the NAACP Demands Election Cleanup in Alabama
Amazing, but true. The NAACP is concerned about vote fraud. As a result, the venerable civil rights organization is demanding an election investigation. Voting rolls need to be purged. Really.
Trump Puts Fact Ahead of Fiction in Israel
What makes the decision controversial is that everyone had agreed to pretend it wasn’t the capital in order to protect “the peace process.”
The Garbage Case for Roy Moore
In his Alabama appearance for Roy Moore, Steve Bannon turned in an intellectually and morally putrid performance even by his standards.
Republican Trump Critics Missing the Boat
I am probably too exercised over the never-Trump faction, because in the end, it’s doubtful it is strong enough numerically to make a significant impact on our electoral politics, but it still bothers me to witness intramural conservative battles.
Thursday, December 7, 2017
The President’s Christmas Gift to America
Everyone looks at a tax bill through his own individual prism. But to judge it more accurately, we need to consider how it will affect others, too.
This Year in Jerusalem
It is hard to adequately express my happiness. Overcoming foreign threats and dissent within the U.S. government, President Trump yesterday formally recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and began the process of moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Trump Makes His Move on Jerusalem
If there’s one thing President Trump understands, it’s real estate. And there aren’t many pieces of property whose value exceeds that of Jerusalem.
The Republicans’ Tax Wager Is Worth the Gamble
The Republicans’ tax legislation is built on economic projections that are as confidently as they are cheerfully made concerning the legislation’s shaping effect on the economy over the next 10 years.
The Blessings of Climate Change
Point Hope, Alaska, is tiny and ill-provisioned, an Arctic backwater so inaccessible that basic groceries have to be flown in and gasoline can only be brought in by barge during the summer.
Leadership Malpractice: John Conyers’ Resignation Is 50 Years Too Late
Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), hospitalized for an undefined stress-related illness, announced his retirement after serving more than 50 years in the House.