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Friday, September 8, 2017
Poking the Beehive
Professor Amy Wax of the University of Pennsylvania School of Law has poked a stick into a beehive. Tenure is liberating that way.
Can Trump and Democrats Make a Deal on Immigration?
Can President Donald Trump and the Republican-majority Congress make a deal? That’s a question raised by the announcement that the Trump administration will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in six months.
Cheers for Your First Abortion?
The first requirement for a feminist is to be shameless about abortion. In the wake of the 2015 videos exposing the horrific Planned Parenthood racket around dead baby parts, a gaggle of feminists created a social media campaign called #ShoutYourAbortion with the aim of dispelling all “sadness, shame, or regret” about abortions.
Democrats Are Increasingly Comfortable With Religious Tests
“Do you consider yourself an orthodox Catholic?” Sen. Dick Durbin asked Notre Dame Law School professor Amy Coney Barrett, a nominee for a federal appeals court, yesterday.
The Devil’s Playground
I have a child in sixth grade. The more I talk to parents, the more I am mindful of how clueless many of us are about raising our kids in the internet age — an age that only recently came into being.
Senators Feinstein and Durbin Are Fooling No One
It’s rich that rule of law-scoffing Democratic Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Dick Durbin grilled one of President Trump’s judicial nominees, law professor Amy Coney Barrett, for placing her religious beliefs above the law.
Desperate for a Win, Trump Shafts His Party
The news that President Trump abandoned Republicans to strike a deal with Congressional Democrats on a three-month extension of the debt limit yielded a predictable response from his predictable cheerleaders: It was brilliant and typically shrewd for the author of “The Art of the Deal” to take the very first offer the Democrats made and ask for nothing in return.
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Senate Democrats Attack Judicial Nominee’s Catholic Faith
Senate Democrats came dangerously close to crossing a constitutional line regarding religious faith during an inquisition of one of President Trump’s nominees for the federal court.
Andrea Mitchell Is Wrong About the Term ‘Illegal Aliens’
In her “reporting” on the ending of the DACA program, Andrea Mitchell of MSNBC asserted that Attorney General Jeff Sessions was wrong to use the term “illegal alien,” which she deemed both “offensive” and “not correct.” But “illegal alien” is in fact the correct legal term.
Planned Parenthood: On a Cash Course With Congress
If seven months wasn’t enough time for Congress to repeal Obamacare, then getting it done in 24 days would take a minor miracle.
DACA and the Left
Tuesday, as you know, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Trump administration was restoring the rule of law and winding down Barack Obama’s unconstitutional DACA amnesty.
We Made Donald Trump President — What Else Can We Do?
Congress has tried to sneak through amnesties three times in a little more than a decade. Every time, the American people somehow found out — despite the best efforts of the press — rose up in a rage and killed the proposed bills.
With Roosevelt on Labor Day
Labor Day weekend passed with soggy weather in Washington. It was not as soggy as in other parts of the United States, but it kept me indoors most of the time, so I decided to give some thought to the one American president who I associate with Labor Day, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Harvey Shows America’s Colorblind Spirit — Bad News for Race Hustlers
Hurricane Harvey reveals an America that many in the media seem not to know exists: a multi-ethnic, multiracial country where people, for the most part, get along.
Trump is Threatening War With North Korea. But What Kind?
The U.S. Air Force “sniffer plane” was collecting air samples off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Sept. 3, 1949, when it gathered evidence of radioactivity, confirming that the war-shattered Soviet Union had tested a nuclear device. The Soviets’ Aug. 29, 1949, test had come faster than expected.
Government Barriers to Private Solutions
Americans are witnessing the power of private individuals and businesses to solve pressing problems stemming from Hurricane Harvey.
Beware of Narratives and Misinformation
U.S. intelligence agencies said Russia was responsible for hacking Democratic National Committee email accounts, leading to the publication of about 20,000 stolen emails on WikiLeaks.
On Taxes and Immigration: Look to Hungary
Congress has returned to Washington after another unearned vacation and faces at least two immediate challenges, in addition to the familiar ritual of raising the debt ceiling.
Wednesday, September 6, 2017
The Leaking of Classified Information to the National News Media
The criminal leaking of classified information to the news media is continuing unabated.
The UN Offers Advice
Look around the world and you would expect the United Nations to be busy. There are wars, insurgencies and uprisings everywhere. Millions of refugees are desperately fleeing conflict. Radical Islamist jihadists commit murder and mayhem around the globe. Rogue regimes like Iran and North Korea threaten peace and stability. Tyranny reasserts itself in Russia and China. However, the global organization doesn’t spend all its time on such mundane matters.