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Friday, July 7, 2017
Trump Is Winning the Immigration Debate
With his penchant for tweeted insults and GIFs, Donald Trump will never be mistaken for a master of the sweet art of persuasion. Yet he is clearly winning the public argument on the issue of immigration.
GOP Focuses on Preexisting Convictions
Something has to give in the health care debate — but that something had better not be the pro-life provisions.
What CNN’s Threat to Dox a Redditor Tells Us About the State of Journalism
If you’re going to create nasty memes to get attention, demand people give you credit for those memes and celebrate when the president of the United States shares one with his roughly 33 million followers, I have no sympathy for you.
Will Trump Republicans Avoid the Off-Year Curse?
Curious fact, and one disquieting for Republicans looking ahead to 2018: In the past 65 years, starting with 1952, the president’s party has managed to win a majority of seats in an off-year election only four times. In the other 12 off-year elections, the opposition party won a majority.
Democracy Dies Due to Journalists’ Lies
“Democracy Dies in the Darkness,” reads The Washington Post’s motto. It brought it back out after Donald Trump was elected President. It featured prominently on its website yesterday above a video showing President Trump shaking hands with the First Lady of Poland. The headline, should you choose not to watch the video, noted that the First Lady of Poland snubbed President Trump by refusing to shake his hand. Who are you going to believe, the headline writer or video of the actual event?
FX Show Spreads Debunked CIA Drug Smear
As much as liberals say they despise “fake news,” some of the most powerful and notorious sources of fake news in America are the leftists in Hollywood. Their “based on a real story” manglings and stranglings of history are legendary, from Oliver Stone on down.
The Dangers of Arrogant Ignorance
During President Trump’s speech in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday, he memorialized Pope John Paul II’s momentous 1979 visit to the city.
Trump Defends the West
President Trump delivered an incredibly powerful speech Thursday morning in Warsaw’s Krasinski Square. It was a speech that Ronald Reagan would have loved!
The Ongoing Frustration of Trump’s Conservative Critics
The frustration of many Trump critics on the Right, or MTCRs, is palpable and growing. Some are becoming more elitist by the day and utterly out of touch with rank-and-file conservatives, which is a particularly bitter pill to swallow because they believe they are the main arbiters of what conservatism means.
Thursday, July 6, 2017
Marking Natural Law With Mark Levin
Take in something lasting and satisfying this summer. Take a look at Mark Levin’s new book, “Rediscovering Americanism and the Tyranny of Progressivism.” The latter half of the title will draw eyes right away. Glancing the table of contents, I almost jumped straight ahead to the chapters on the “Progressive Masterminds” and the “Philosopher-Kings,” where you’ll find the dismal likes of Herbert Croly, Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, the awful John Dewey, Walter Weyl (the “Progressive Masterminds”), followed by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, and the colossally destructive Karl Marx (“Philosopher-Kings”).
Students Say ‘Millionaire’ Mascot Is Divisive
Many years ago, Americans of wealth and privilege leisured in a place called Lenox, Massachusetts. Over the years, many of them gave back by lavishing the community with philanthropy. They built a school and purchased uniforms for local children. The Berkshire Eagle reported that the millionaires were central to the survival of the town after many citizens left to fight in the wars.
Zip It!
“A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver” (Proverbs 25:11). This timeless verse states the universal truth that we all need to be reminded of: When we choose our words and our tone wisely, our communication is of great value.
The Unity of America
Despite our many differences, Americans have always come together every Independence Day to celebrate our national birthday. Which is truly fitting. From the nation’s beginnings, our leaders have warned that strength can be found only in unity.
Trans Formers: Mattis Delays Radical Troop Makeover
Only 23 percent of America thought the military should start enlisting transgenders on July 1 — and fortunately, Defense Secretary James Mattis wasn’t one of them.
Another Mark Levin Best-Seller Spiked
Polls out for Independence Day hit a sobering note: Our patriotic feelings are on a steady decline. Gallup found the number of people describing themselves as “extremely proud” Americans has dropped from 70 percent in 2003 to just 52 percent in 2016. Just 34 percent of Americans ages 18 to 29 picked “extremely proud.”
Immigrant of the Week: Henry Bello (Obotetukudo)
Last Friday, Nigerian immigrant Henry Williams Obotetukudo, aka Henry Bello, opened fire with an AM-15 rifle at the Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, killing one doctor and injuring a half-dozen others. I would prefer to leap right in and offer my ideas for stopping these immigrant shooting rampages, but first I’ll have to tell you the facts the media won’t.
CNN Hurt Its Credibility
CNN is not wrong that the president of the United States ought to stop behaving like a clown. But it overshot this week.
Trump’s ‘Divisive’ Tweets — More Left-Wing Hypocrisy
Critics hammered President Donald Trump for his “sexist” tweet in which he made fun of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” co-host Mika Brzezinski. Trump tweeted: “I heard poorly rated MorningJoe speaks badly of me (don’t watch anymore). Then how come low I.Q. Crazy Mika, along with Psycho Joe, came to Mar-a-Lago 3 nights in a row around New Year’s Eve, and insisted on joining me. She was bleeding badly from a face-lift. I said no!”
The Sequence to Success
The Bronx, the only one of New York City’s five boroughs that is on the American mainland, once had a sociological as well as geographical distinction. In the 1930s it was called, as Daniel Patrick Moynihan noted, “the city without a slum.”
A Place Where Civility Once Ruled
When was the last time you heard a member of one political party praise a member of the other party?