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Monday, June 19, 2017
Ball Park Shooter Was Radicalized by the Left
What I’m about to say is politically incorrect, but it needs to be said: Our great nation is teetering on the brink of political and cultural anarchy.
When Good Things Come From Bad People
When the renowned American industrialist Henry Clay Frick died in 1919, the obituaries didn’t exactly overflow with tenderness.
The Age of Lies & Propaganda
It is easy for people, including President Trump and me, to bash the mainstream media. For one thing, it’s fun; for another, they have it coming. But I withhold the greatest portion of my contempt for those who swallow the lies, knowing it’s swill, but insisting that it tastes like chocolate milk.
Sunday, June 18, 2017
Why Are We So Divided?
What do these events have in common? A deranged Bernie Sanders supporter opens fire on a group of Republican congressmen at baseball practice and would have killed them all but for the unusual presence of two Capitol Hill police officers.
The Demolition of a 1931 Law Would Make Building Much Cheaper
“Contrary” does not quite capture Steve King’s astringency. The Iowa native and conservative congressman was born, appropriately, in Storm Lake, and carries turbulence with him. He also carries experience of actual life before politics, when he founded a construction company, which is one reason he has long advocated an excellent idea — repeal of the Davis-Bacon law.
‘Julius Trump’ Play Is a Steaming Pile of Thespian Garbage
A rendition of Julius Caesar that features the assassination of a President Trump-like character opened to a standing ovation and cheers in New York City.
Saturday, June 17, 2017
The Game
The annual Congressional Baseball Game, a tradition dating back to 1909, went on as planned last night. A record crowd turned out and raised more than $1 million for charity. According to CNN, Ivanka Trump presented a $50,000 check from “Friends in the Trump Administration.”
Supreme Court Shouldn’t Delay Action on Travel Ban Case
It looks like the next stop for President Donald Trump’s so-called travel ban is the U.S. Supreme Court.
Nervous Rex Over Abortion Abroad
Cutting 28 percent of the State Department’s budget is no easy task. But Secretary Rex Tillerson got a great head start, thanks to the White House’s decision to ax billions of dollars in overseas abortion funding.
What Comey Told Us About Trump
The president has no understanding of the norms, rules and traditions of his job.
School: Students May Not Pray or Mention Jesus
Moriah Bridges wanted to thank God for His immeasurable blessings on Beaver High School’s graduating class. But she could not, because she was told it was against the law.
A Nation of Busybodies
Between the left-wing politicians and zombie judges, California has gone from being the golden state to being the world’s biggest loony bin. Say what you will about places like Illinois, New York and Massachusetts, no other state has ever made someone as freaky as Jerry Brown both the youngest governor in state history as well as the oldest.
Friday, June 16, 2017
The Sessions Inquisition Comes Up Empty
Trump Unscathed After Attorney General’s Testimony
Put the Blame on the Trump Haters
It’s impossible to argue with Rush Limbaugh. When Rush said the nut job who shot House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and four others at a DC baseball field on Wednesday was radicalized by the left-wing establishment media, he’s absolutely correct.
He’s a Republican Now
Donald Trump, the erstwhile Democrat, independent and member of the Reform Party, finally has a fixed partisan identity.
The Army’s New Shower Policy: Bare With Us
There may be privates in the Army, but there’s no *privacy*. That may be the biggest takeaway from the mandatory “transgender soldiers training,” which took place on bases across the country Tuesday.
Decades of Blaming Violence on the Right
The radical leftist fanaticism over Rep. Steve Scalise’s alleged shooter has been an integral part of the news coverage, as it should be. James Hodgkinson’s ties to the Bernie Sanders campaign have been reported (if sometimes buried) by most news outlets, and the pundits are virtually universal in their belief that the socialist senator should not be held responsible.
Honor Thy Father
We make a big fuss about mothers in our culture. Think of how often politicians offer sympathy to “heroic” single moms who are doing such an amazing job. Many do, and of course, their lives are extremely hard and they deserve sympathy. As a mother of three sons, I cannot imagine how I would have managed alone. That much having been said, this Father’s Day is a good time to remember that fathers are crucial to their children’s happiness and success.
If the Alexandria Shooter Alone Is Responsible for His Actions, That Standard Should Always Apply
After House majority whip Steve Scalise and four others (and I wish I knew their names, so I could post them here) were shot in Alexandria, Virginia, reactions from most of the press and political world were cautious, decent and professional. This is heartening, and hopefully it signals a new and better standard for covering these types of tragic situations.
Thinking About Incitement
“He was hunting us.” Those were the words of Republican Congressman Mike Bishop describing the depraved gun assault on members of Congress while they were innocently fielding ground balls and practicing base hits on a suburban Virginia field. The politics of personal destruction became literal.