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Wednesday, June 21, 2017
On ‘Muh Principles’
It’s a phrase we hear over and over on Twitter whenever someone criticizes morally troubling anti-leftist tactics used by members of the right. They say: “What are you, some sort of coward? What, are you worried about muh principles?”
How We Can Start Taking Back Our Country
Americans are justifiably frustrated regarding what is going on in Washington, DC.
The Double Murder of Otto Warmbier
We may never know what brutal torture and malign neglect American student Otto Warmbier suffered at the hands of North Korea’s dictatorship before losing his life this week at the age of 22.
Will Syria Be the Next Libya — or Worse?
The day before he ordered the U.S. military to intervene in Libya’s civil war — without securing a constitutionally mandated authorization from Congress — President Barack Obama, with presumably unintended irony, attempted to sound poetic about the need to defend “democratic values” in the nation then ruled by Moammar Gadhafi.
Free Speech Isn’t Always a Tool of Virtue
There’s a tension so deep in how we think about free expression, it should rightly be called a paradox.
The Real Danger
Rush Limbaugh noted Monday that when the news broke about an attack near a London mosque, the British political establishment, as well as the American left, could not hide its excitement. They finally had a terrorist incident that they could rail against without any hesitation and use to further deflect the public’s attention from the war we are in. As usual, Rush was absolutely right.
Five More Minutes on Trump’s Current Predicament
Not long ago I wrote that the danger President Trump faces from the various investigations into the Trump-Russia matter had changed dramatically in recent weeks. Now, in just the last few days, the situation has changed even more.
A New Twist on Teaching Economics
Greg Caskey is a 27-year-old Abington, Pennsylvania, native who is a social sciences teacher at Delaware Military Academy. The academy is a thriving charter high school in Wilmington, Delaware, that was founded in 2003 by two retired military officers, Charles Baldwin and Jack Wintermantel.
Army’s Transgender Training Addresses MALE Pregnancies
The Army has begun mandatory transgender sensitivity training for soldiers. The training covers everything from “transfemale” soldiers to transgender shower etiquette to dealing with a male soldier who becomes pregnant.
Joy Reid’s Immoral Moment
America was stunned when Jared Lee Loughner pulled out a gun in a Tucson, Arizona, supermarket parking lot in 2011 and shot then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in the head at point-blank range and killed six others. No one recalls a TV pundit wondering whether the people should root for Giffords to survive — or anyone with the gall to imply her head wound was “self-inflicted.”
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Starbucks Barista Bullies Trump Supporter
Kayla Hart dropped by the Starbucks in Charlotte, North Carolina, the other day for a cup of coffee. She left with a bitter taste — and it had nothing to do with the overpriced java.
New Paper Says Puberty Blockers Aren’t the Answer to Gender Confusion
Increasingly, gender therapists and physicians argue that children as young as nine should be given puberty-blocking drugs if they experience gender dysphoria.
Yes, Hate Speech Is Free Speech
With the left feverishly attempting to squash unwelcome speech on college campuses, with the president of the United States musing about tightening libel laws, with prominent liberals asserting that so-called hate speech is not protected by the First Amendment, free speech in America at least has one reliable friend — the Supreme Court of the United States.
Daleiden Charges: And the Arrest Is History
If abortion groups are trying to keep a low profile, they’re not doing a very good job of it. While Congress debates whether taxpayers should fund the likes of Planned Parenthood, the industry has spent the last six months trying to avoid headlines. That will be impossible now, thanks to a federal judge who’s threatening to send the man responsible for exposing the grisly business to jail.
If a Trump Supporter Had Shot a Democratic Congressman
What would have happened if a Trump supporter had shot a Democratic congressman and other Democratic Washington officials?
Why So Much Rage?
“Why do the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thing?” (Psalm 2:1 KJV)
Hodgkinson’s Hit List
Over the weekend, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise was upgraded from critical condition to serious. That is good news. He has undergone several surgeries already, and doctors said Friday that Rep. Scalise “will require additional operations to manage abdominal injuries and other broken bones.”
Fast Growth, and Lots of It, Is Right Around the Corner
Every day, legions of economists dismiss Donald Trump’s economic agenda and forecast of 3 percent growth as a wild-eyed fantasy. The consensus is that the economy “can’t possibly grow at 3 percent,” according to The Wall Street Journal. “Slow growth is the new norm, so get used to it,” wrote Rucir Sharma, chief global strategist at Morgan Stanley, in Foreign Affairs magazine this month.
Monday, June 19, 2017
Shifting Gears on My Climate Debate Contributions
Not because my ideas have changed, but because you can only say the same thing and show the same charts so many times.
A Different Kind of Graduation Ceremony
In a sea of graduates this month, Maddi Runkles stands out. Runkles is a young mom who got a commencement from high school like few others.