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Wednesday, June 28, 2017
But Reality Isn’t Fair
In 2014, I debated Seattle City Council member and avowed socialist Kshama Sawant. Sawant was one of the chief proponents of a city ordinance that would create a $15 minimum wage. Eventually, the city adopted a three-phase transition plan that would push minimum wage to $11 per hour, then $13 per hour, then $15 per hour.
Were Confederate Generals Traitors?
My “Rewriting American History” column of a fortnight ago, about the dismantling of Confederate monuments, generated considerable mail. Some argued there should not be statues honoring traitors such as Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Jefferson Davis, who fought against the Union.
The Cost of Medicaid
The number of Americans enrolled in Medicaid has increased from 29 million in 1990 to 73 million today — an increase of 252 percent over a period when the nation’s population increased 30 percent.
The Brutal Battle Against Medical Kidnappers
On the day Boston Children’s Hospital celebrated being named “the number one pediatric hospital in the nation” by U.S. News & World Report, I was interviewing Dana Gottesfeld in nearby Somerville, Massachusetts. Dana is the young wife of Martin “Marty G” Gottesfeld, an imprisoned technology engineer/activist who used his skills to fight against medical child abuse committed at Boston’s Children’s Hospital.
Supremes Attach Strings
Yesterday we told you about President Trump’s big win at the Supreme Court regarding his executive order limiting immigration from jihadi-infested nations. The unanimous decision to allow most of his executive order to take effect was notable given that supposedly learned judges in multiple courtrooms across the country said time and time again that Trump’s order was unconstitutional.
‘Scandal-Free’ Obama to Scandal-Plagued Trump
When President Donald Trump makes an accusation of “fake news,” we could add a number of definitions of the term. Liberal journalists hear “You write stories you know are fake.”
SCOTUS to Decide if Gay Rights Trump Everyone Else’s Rights
The Supreme Court announced Monday it will tackle a culture war powder keg — should a Christian baker who opposes gay marriage on religious grounds be forced to participate in a gay wedding? In other words, do gay rights trump everyone else’s rights?
Georgia Vote Says More About Trump Now Than House in ’18
The Georgia 6th District results don’t tell us what will happen in 2018. But they do tell us what is happening right now.
Would Sotomayor Let Christian Play Public Schools in Basketball?
Would Justice Sonia Sotomayor let Christian schools play public schools in basketball? Or would she declare that such a game — or at least some iterations of such a game — would violate the First Amendment prohibition against the government establishing a religion?
Rhetoric Boils Over in Health Care Debate
Even by Washington standards, this is a particularly dumb political moment.
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
It’s Okay to Decorate a Police Car with Rainbow Flags, but Not Bible Verses
It’s permissible in the United States to decorate police cars with rainbow flags to celebrate gay pride, but it’s not permissible to decorate police cars with Bible verses honoring law enforcement officers.
Supreme Court to Review Case of a Baker Told He Must Bake Gay Wedding Cake
Yesterday was a good day for religious freedom at the Supreme Court.
A Good Day
Yesterday was a good day — and a big day — at the Supreme Court. Religious liberty and the Trump Administration were big winners. Here is a brief rundown of the action Monday morning.
Unhealthy Acts
Is there anyone who can point to the “Affordable Care Act” (a.k.a. Obamacare) and credibly claim it is accomplishing the goals set for it seven years ago?
The Banana Republic of Illinois
The media has hyperobsessed over the Kansas tax hike this year and sold it as a repudiation of supply-side economics. But the real story in the states has been the catastrophic effects of tax-and-spend fiscal policy in Illinois.
SCOTUS to Hear Masterpiece Cakes Case
If anyone’s under the influence of the media and questioning President Trump’s results after six months, look no further than the U.S. Supreme Court and Justice Neil Gorsuch.
Monday, June 26, 2017
Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
If you’re anything like me, you long ago concluded that politicians were a bunch of second-raters who’d do just about anything for a buck or a vote. But, you would tell yourself, you could have total faith in the folks in the intelligence community who had nothing on their minds but the safeguarding of America against her enemies, foreign and domestic.
Venezuelan Bonds Are a Fabulous Investment, if You Don’t Mind the Starvation
You wouldn’t deliberately snatch food and medicine away from malnourished people. Nor, I’m sure, would you hire somebody else with explicit instructions to deprive suffering families of their basic needs.
Killing Trump: Hollywood’s Violent Assault on an American President
Hollywood wants President Trump to sleep with the fishes. It wants him dead. Decapitated. His bloody entrails splayed across the Rose Garden for all of the world to see.
Sunday, June 25, 2017
Baseball’s Pace of Play Needs Some Juice
From Little League on up, players emulate major leaguers, so Major League Baseball’s pace-of-play problem is trickling down. Four innings into a recent College World Series game here, just seven hits and three runs had consumed 96 minutes. During a coach’s visit to the pitcher’s mound, the other team’s three base runners visited their dugout to confer with their coach. The Congress of Vienna moved more briskly.