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Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Should We Sanitize America’s History, or Not? That Is the Question
America’s path from slavery to freeing the slaves to today’s circumstances has been long and often troubled. But today, we see people like Condi Rice who have risen to the heights of our country.
Mueller vs. Manafort
Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his staff of Hillary Clinton donors have finally nabbed a target.
Judge Okays Lethal Injunction for Troops
Liberals didn’t mind when Barack Obama forced his radical social policies on our military, but they certainly don’t want President Trump rescinding them.
The Democrats’ Preoccupation With Inequality
If you want to understand today’s Democratic Party, a word search of the Democrats’ debate last week provides a pretty clear picture.
Five Biggest Reasons to Hate the IRS Tax Code
President Donald Trump has proposed what he calls “the biggest tax cut since Ronald Reagan.” He also wants vast simplification so that Americans can fill out their taxes on a postcard return.
Shocking but Not Surprising
It should surprise no one that when it comes to sexual harassment, members of Congress and their staffs are treated differently from the rest of us.
Monday, October 30, 2017
Life Is Annoying. Don’t Make It Worse.
I was heading home on the T the other day, gazing out of the window as the Green Line train pulled into Longwood. Across the tracks sat a young woman, presumably waiting for the next inbound train, which was 15 minutes away.
The Tragedy in Yemen: The Rest of the Story
I’m shocked by the UN’s decision to censure Saudi Arabia for its actions in Yemen. It is indeed deplorable to see children die in combat anywhere, but it is particularly hard to witness the daily murder of innocent children who, through no fault of their own, are in the wrong place at the wrong time.
There Ought to Be a Law
How is it that it’s apparently illegal to remove labels from pillows and mattresses, but politicians are free to mislabel themselves? After all, manufacturers are not permitted to mislabel their products.
Sunday, October 29, 2017
You, a Prostitute’s Son, and Overcoming Life’s Shameful Pasts
Jephthah was an ancient warrior whose mother was a prostitute. Even though his mother was a woman of the night, Jephthah still grew up with his father and half brothers. His brothers, like so many kids, would jeer and bully Jephthah over his shameful past, eventually chasing him away from home.
The Radiating Mischief of Protectionism
What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive ourselves into believing that corporate welfare can be seemly. Consider the caper, both amusing and depressing, that began when mighty Boeing sought protection behind the skirts of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Jeff Flake, Politics and More Important Things
“(The) (c)reme de la creme of Washington, D.C. insiderdom.” That’s how a newspaper columnist described Kate O’Beirne, the Washington editor of National Review and a panelist on CNN’s “Capital Gang” about 20 years ago, when I first started working at NR. I thought of that as Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake announced his decision to not run for re-election.
Saturday, October 28, 2017
S’No Flake in 2018
The mainstream media discovered Republican statesmen. Men of principle willing to sacrifice their careers to do what is right. Men of stature willing to take on the president.
Justice From Justice
It is often said that elections have consequences. And every day the Trump administration is proving that axiom to be true.
The Opioid Crisis and the Soul of America
When America’s War on Drugs was reaching its zenith in the 1980s, the solutions seemed so much simpler.
Trump May Be Following Palin’s Trajectory
Support for her cooled due to antic statements, intellectual thinness and general strangeness.
Immigration in the National Interest
Last year, for the first time in our nation’s history, the American people elected as president someone with no high government experience — not a senator, not a congressman, not a governor, not a cabinet secretary, not a general.
Language Skills & Ills
I recently read an article by Selwyn Duke in The New American in which he delineated some of the ways that those on the Left have managed to pervert the language to serve their political ends.
Perils of Fooling the Mother Nature Media
The Washington Post of all folks breaks a story that the infamous “Trump Dossier” — don’t you just love the word “dossier”? Makes the sordid document sound so chic and legit — was funded by Hillary Clinton and the DNC.
Friday, October 27, 2017
Two Cheers for Trump Infrastructure Permitting Order
One of the biggest barriers to investment in infrastructure all across the United States is the long, costly, and unpredictable permitting process. If you have any doubts, just consider the Keystone XL pipeline extension.