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Thursday, July 20, 2017
When Institutions Go Left
I have recently been reminded of one of my earliest conclusions about the American Left. I arrived at that conclusion when it was relatively civilized. In those days, we called it American liberalism, but even then it was fla fla.
Air Force Has Dug Into the Equivalent of Trench Warfare
It is said that America’s armed forces have been stressed by 16 years of constant warfare, the longest such in the nation’s history. For the Air Force, however, the high tempo of combat operations began 26 years ago, with enforcement of the no-fly zone in Iraq after Desert Storm.
Putin’s Playthings
About a year ago, Donald Trump Jr. met with a mysterious Russian lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya. Trump Jr. was purportedly eager to receive information that could damage Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign.
Rep. Meadows: If We Don’t Repeal ObamaCare, Voters Should Clean House
For seven years the Republican Party has promised to repeal Obamacare. For seven years it campaigned for our votes and our support with that promise. And yet, even though it controls Congress and the White House, Obamacare is still the law of the land.
The Collapse of the Taxi-Medallion Shakedown
It made headlines in 2011 when two New York City taxi medallions changed hands for $1 million apiece. At the time, it was the highest price ever recorded for one of the numbered metal tags that are required to lawfully operate a cab on the city’s streets.
Porking Out With Your Money
Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW), a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working to eliminate governmental waste and fraud, just released its “2017 Congressional Pig Book,” an annual publication highlighting wasteful government spending that should embarrass each and every member of Congress.
When Business Emulates Politics
For many years now, a multitude of politicians have made lofty promises, fudged the truth and denied a variety of allegations. Sadly, this seems to have become the norm.
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Teen Vogue Defends Teaching Kids How to Engage in Sodomy
Teen Vogue is defending its decision to publish a graphic tutorial to anal sex for children and teenagers, calling critics homophobic.
What’s Up and What’s Down in American Culture
One of the upsides to the internet? All that information. One of the downsides? All that information. Tons of it, spread all over the place.
Repeat Defenders: GOP Looks to 2015 Repeal
It wasn’t the announcement Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) had hoped to make. After weeks of grueling back and forth, the Senate’s top Republican admitted Monday that the wheels had finally come off the gurney of the GOP’s latest health care plan.
The AP Stylebook Is Getting Crazy
Back in those ancient days when teletypes gave us the sound effects for news, the Associated Press was esteemed as the gold standard of objective news coverage. Inside a liberal media bubble, that pretense continues. But for decades now, AP has tacked hard to port along with the rest of the media establishment. They’ll deny it, of course, because that’s what they do.
Building Resilient Young People
Many years ago, I overheard a coworker reflecting on parenting. She had 13 children — an astonishing 10 of them adopted. She said that the parent-child relationship was “everything.” She said that if all else failed, parents should focus on maintaining a relationship with their children. As a young mother, I recall thinking that this sounded way too abstract, not like the concrete parenting tips I craved at the time. But years later, as a person who cares deeply about human development, her words feel deeply wise and, frankly, downright prophetic.
Liberal Values Are Bankrupting Us
Recently, Gallup published the results of its annual Values and Beliefs poll. The headline of the report speaks for itself: “Americans Hold Record Liberal Views on Most Moral Issues.”
Yes, Politics Is Dirty. No, It Isn’t as Dirty as You Think It Is
Expectations define behavior. The success of a marriage nearly always depends on the expectations of the parties going in.
Manufacturing Hate for ‘Made in America’
It’s “Made in America” week in Washington, DC. You’d think this would be cause for bipartisan celebration. Who could be against highlighting the ingenuity, self-reliance and success of our nation’s homegrown entrepreneurs and manufacturers? Enter Bill Kristol.
What Campaign Wouldn’t Seek Motherlode of Clinton Emails?
The public learned on March 10, 2015, that Hillary Clinton had more than 60,000 emails on her private email system, and that she had turned over “about half” of them to the State Department and destroyed the rest, which she said were “personal” and “not in any way related” to her work as secretary of state.
Slavery
Too many people believe that slavery is a “peculiar institution.” That’s what Kenneth Stampp called slavery in his book, “Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South.” But slavery is by no means peculiar, odd or unusual. It was common among ancient peoples such as the Egyptians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Hittites, Greeks, Persians, Armenians and many others.
CUFI Highlights
Words cannot express the tremendous excitement on display Monday at the Christians United For Israel Washington Summit!
Appropriations Bill Eliminates Program That Funds Planned Parenthood
“None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to carry out Title X of the PHS Act.” That simple sentence constitutes the entirety of Section 226 in a bill a House subcommittee passed last week. In its report on this bill, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies explained why it included this sentence.