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Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Face It: The Trump Boom Is Here
Has anyone noticed — through the fog of Russia, James Comey, Charlottesville and now two monster hurricanes — that the U.S. economy is booming faster than it has since the late Clinton years?
The Mafia and the Migrants
I spotted them on my way to dinner with a friend near Castel Gandolfo. They are migrants from Africa, sitting by the side of the road outside a “temporary” residence that, for many, appears to have become permanent. They all have cellphones. They all seem oblivious to us as we pass by.
Monday, September 11, 2017
North Korea: Apocalypse When?
Are Western intelligence services — primarily America’s — stupid or is North Korea a convenient toreador’s cape for problems so enormous the Trump administration and the Congress cannot begin to handle them?
DACA Is Unconstitutional, as Obama Admitted
President Donald Trump has caught a lot of heat for rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program with a six-month wind-down.
A Chance for Congress to Get Its Mojo Back
When President Trump last week started a six-month countdown clock to end his predecessor’s executive order protecting immigrants who were brought illegally to America when they were children, the denunciations came fast, furious, and fevered.
A Time to Scatter Stones and a Time to Gather Stones Together
“Religion” tends to get a bad rap these days — and from two directions.
Pols and the Fools Who Elect Them
How is it that when Democrats get elected, whether it’s in New York, Florida, Illinois or California, the voters always know what they’re getting? But when it’s a Republican, it’s as likely to be a Susan Collins or a Lisa Murkowski as it is a Mike Lee or a Trey Gowdy, people so different from one another, they might as well be members of different species.
Immigrants, Liberty and Duty
I’m just off a trans-Atlantic crossing. You don’t realize how moving the experience of walking to the top of a ship for a pre-dawn arrival in New York City will be until you have the opportunity to do it.
Sunday, September 10, 2017
Will Congress Be Stirred From Its Slumber?
Today, worse is better. The president’s manifest and manifold inadequacies might awaken a slumbering Congress to the existence of its Article I powers and responsibilities.
Saturday, September 9, 2017
Betsy DeVos Stands Up for Due Process Rights in Campus Sexual Assault Cases
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced in a speech Thursday that she will roll back an Obama-era “guidance” document that drove colleges to implement Star Chamber-like tribunals to mishandle sexual assault cases.
Voter Fraud
As you may recall, President Trump has promised to aggressively investigate voter fraud.
DOJ Fights Whisk Management in Baker’s Case
It may be one of the most important religious liberty cases in a century — and President Trump isn’t about to be on the wrong side of it.
The American Spirit Is Alive in Texas
‘Hold the line,’ Jim Mattis exhorted soldiers. In the face of a disaster, civilians are doing just that.
Frederick Douglass, American
Frederick Douglass, a former slave and a leading abolitionist writer and orator, was the most photographed American of the 19th century.
Mobs: A Growth Industry
There is no longer a good reason why all those 20-somethings should be lying around in their parents’ basements just because they majored in Black, Hispanic or Transgender Studies, and graduated with a degree in vandalism.
Forgotten Conservative: Remembering George Schuyler
It was 40 years ago, August 31, 1977, that George Schuyler died. He has been largely forgotten, and that’s a shame.
Friday, September 8, 2017
Texas’ Voter ID Law Is Back in Force. Here’s Why That’s Such a Big Deal.
When deciding whether to grant a stay of a lower court order, appeals courts consider a number of factors. One of those is whether the party appealing “is likely to succeed on the merits.”
Turn Off the TV, Mr. President
Donald Trump is the first president in U.S. history to have been baited into undermining his own negotiating position by negative TV coverage.
What’s Going On?
If you believe the headlines, President Trump betrayed Republican leaders Wednesday when he sided with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer.
Senate Dems Refuse to Grin on Barrett
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) isn’t on the Judiciary Committee — but he was certainly channeling his religious intolerance to the Democrats who are.