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Friday, July 21, 2017
Health Care for Men or Boys?
The great Dr. Thomas Sowell summarized it best. He said the biggest difference between the average man of the Left and those with American values is that the latter directs his life with mature questions. The former avoids them like a child. The mature man asks three things: 1.) At what cost? 2.) Compared to what? And 3.) What hard evidence do you have? The man, or rather boy, of the Left asks, “What makes me feel warm, good and squishy inside?”
Trump Assembles Federal Commission to Investigate Voter Fraud
I want to thank President Donald Trump for the honor of having appointed me to the Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. I come at this issue of election integrity from very personal history. My German mother grew up in Nazi Germany as a child. My Russian father fought and escaped communism twice. They met in a displaced persons camp in Europe, after the end of World War II, before immigrating to the United States.
Fake Republicans
OK, Republicans of the Senate, we get it. You’ve proved again how collectively spineless you are on your efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare.
The Looming Republican Disgrace
The ascension of Donald Trump was supposed to change everything in the GOP. As it happens, perhaps one very important thing hasn’t: The Republicans may well still be The Stupid Party.
Faith Under Fire
We have learned in the last six months (after the Left appeased Russia for the last eight years) that the Left thinks it is forbidden to meet with Russians. Now we are being told that it is also forbidden for key government leaders to meet with Christians.
A Primary-Go-Round for Senate GOP
The temperature is sizzling in DC — but it’s nothing compared to the heat on Congress. As if there weren’t enough incentive to repeal Obamacare, the conservative movement just gave the Republicans more: next year’s election. Voters have been a patient bunch as Republicans fumble their way through the health care debate, but their tolerance is wearing thin. And Wednesday’s movement conference call proved it.
Government Broadcasters vs. the FCC?
The Hollywood Reporter unveiled that PBS and its public broadcasting brethren have written the Federal Communications Commission with a list of complaints. The headline reads, “PBS Wants the Government to Reexamine Hard Stance on Indecency.”
Be Very Worried About the Future of Free Expression
“Ads That Perpetuate Gender Stereotypes Will Be Banned in U.K., but Not in the Good Ol’ USA!” reads a recent headline on the website Jezebel. Yay to the good ol’ USA for continuing to value the fundamental right of free expression, you might say. Or maybe not.
Why Would You Want Putin as a Friend?
Leaving aside the question as to whether there was actual collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government during the 2016 election, it is undisputed that candidate Donald Trump was eager for a friendship between our two nations.
The Detroit Riot, 50 Years Later
Fifty years ago this weekend, a deadly urban riot began in Detroit. It started around 3:30 a.m., when police arrested 85 patrons of a blind pig — an illegal after-hours bar — in the midst of an all-black neighborhood that had been all-white 15 or 20 years before.
Christianity, Inc.
Eugene Peterson is not a name familiar to most Americans, but within evangelical circles, Peterson is well-known. He wrote a translation of the Bible called “The Message,” which is a preferred text for churches trying to lure in new members who might be put off by the “thou shalls” and “thou shall nots” of the King James Version and the more accurate scriptural translations like the English Standard Version.
OK, GOP: No More Excuses!
Until now, I haven’t been too concerned about the Republican Party’s difficulties in passing a health care reform bill because delays have resulted in improvements to the proposed legislation. But enough is enough. No more games.
What to Do for Little Charlie Gard
One cannot imagine a more wrenching moral dilemma than the case of little Charlie Gard. He is a beautiful 11-month-old boy with an incurable genetic disease. It depletes his cells’ energy-producing structures (the mitochondria), thereby progressively ravaging his organs.
Health Care Fight Shows Washington at Its Worst
The story of health care policy this week, this month and for the last decade (at least) has been a tale of partisan folly. But fear not, this isn’t another earnest pundit’s lament for the vital center to emerge, phoenix-like, to form a governing coalition of moderates in both parties. That’s not my bag.
Thursday, July 20, 2017
My Human Identity Transcends Gender
Adolescence was tough on me. I was a total geek, in an era before that was cool. I was a social misfit, totally uncomfortable in my high school setting. I worked out a deal with my parents and the school authorities that allowed me to graduate a year early, simply because I hated school life as I knew it. I was immature, and I did not fit in.
Why Are Older Scientists More Likely to Doubt Climate Alarmism?
Back in 1984, Richard Lamm, then-Democratic Governor of Colorado, gained infamy for having said the terminally ill elderly have “a duty to die and get out of the way.” Such disrespect for age persists among progressives. Bill Nye “The Science Guy,” a major proponent of global warming alarmism, blames climate skepticism on age.
General Pauses for a Moment of Science
Liberals may not care how their agenda cripples the military, but some leaders in the Pentagon sure do. Behind closed doors, the idea of enlisting people who are confused about their own gender is hugely unpopular with most top defense officials, the media are reporting.
Collusion? What About Chinagate and Ted Kennedy’s Outreach to the USSR?
During President Bill Clinton’s 1996 campaign for re-election, several individuals allegedly worked on behalf of the Chinese government to influence the presidential election in favor of Clinton.
Repeal & Replace Obamacare Republicans
Senate Republicans joined President Trump for a working lunch yesterday at the White House. The topic was Obamacare. The president once again told senators to cancel their August recess.
How Delta Airlines Wrecked American Health Care
I think I’ve found the core problem with health care in America. And guess what? It involves Delta Airlines!