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Saturday, May 13, 2017
Geologist Ready to Rock Park Service
If you’ve been to the Grand Canyon, you know there isn’t exactly a shortage of stones. The 227-mile natural wonder is a geologist’s paradise — unless, apparently, you’re a Christian.
Media Malfeasance
The media frenzy over FBI Director James Comey’s firing continues. Left-wing reporters have devoted incredible amounts of time and energy to figuring out exactly when President Trump decided to fire Comey and whether his surrogates described every detail with precise accuracy.
My Kind of Guy
I believe that a lot of people who voted for Donald Trump simply couldn’t bear the thought of Hillary Clinton in the Oval Office and having to listen to that witch’s voice of hers for the next four to eight years.
Friday, May 12, 2017
Global Warming Claims and the So-Called Consensus Are Betrayals of the Scientific Method
Crowds marched again for Earth Day. Many were really marching in anger because their candidate lost. Some probably feared what would happen to their benefits when the bloated government bureaucracy is forced to shrink. Others showed the typical march disdain for democracy, which gives them the right to march and protest. Others were deluded into thinking a critical mission they supported to save the planet was threatened.
Illegal Deported 15 Times Gravely Injures Six-Year-Old American
Lennox Lake was having the time of his life on Saturday. The six-year-old had tagged along with his mom and dad on a road trip to central California. Lennox had been such a good boy, his parents decided to treat him to a surprise stop at Disneyland — the happiest place on Earth. On the way back home to San Ysidro, the Lakes treated their good little boy with one final treat — a frosty milkshake from In-N-Out. They were just a block from their home. But they never made it.
Changing the Channel on Congress
I give up. Ten minutes after I started watching the Senate intelligence committee hearings Thursday morning, I got so frustrated I started looking for a good cartoon show.
A Scandal About Smoke
The cliche about the Russia investigation is that there’s a lot of smoke, and with the firing of FBI Director James Comey, President Donald Trump rolled a military-grade smoke grenade into the room.
USDA Gives EO a Farm Foundation
It’s been less than a week since President Trump signed an executive order saying his administration would protect and promote religious freedom. And now, USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue — who was at the Rose Garden signing of the order last Thursday — is doing his part to make that promise possible. In a policy statement sent to all Department of Agriculture employees, Perdue promised a new day for religious freedom.
A Political Ax Murder
It is implausible that FBI Director James Comey was fired in May 2017 for actions committed in July 2016 — the rationale contained in the memo by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
To Say ‘Stop Raping Me!’ in English, Press ‘1’ Now
The same media that slavishly ignored the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl by two illegal immigrants in Rockville, Maryland, spent last week crowing about the prosecutor’s refusal to bring charges.
You Want Checks and Balances? Stop Ignoring the Constitution When You’re in Power
“Trump has an authoritarian impulse,” political scientist and Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer tweeted after the president fired FBI Director James Comey. “But incompetence is a better explanation of his administration’s challenges to date.”
James Comey Is the Latest Victim of the Clintons
Why did President Donald Trump fire FBI Director James Comey now? The answer, as my Washington Examiner colleague Byron York has argued, is that he waited until after his impeccably apolitical deputy attorney general, Rod Rosenstein, was in place as Comey’s direct superior.
Trump’s Escape From Comey Mess
President Donald Trump has obeyed the law since taking the oath of office. That is a better record than some feared. It is a better record than he himself promised many times during the campaign.
Deranged Democrats
It’s day four of the latest DC drama — the firing of FBI Director James Comey — and the Left has become totally deranged by its hatred of President Trump. I can only hope that most Americans aren’t falling for the hysterical theatrics going on in Washington.
The Fake News of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
Dystopian entertainment is all the rage now that Donald Trump is president, and the more unglued it sounds about an approaching American totalitarian state, the better, hence the liberal cheerleading for “The Handmaid’s Tale,” a TV series made for the streaming service Hulu.
Why the Trump White House Is So Leaky
Historians will tell you that Adolf Hitler was not plagued by leakers and anonymous sources within his government. Joseph Goebbels did not routinely race to the Frankfurter Zeitung to plant embarrassing or inconvenient information about the boss.
The Real Constitutional Crisis
When the federal judiciary will not give the president of the United States due deference merely because they do not like that particular president, we do have a constitutional crisis. Unfortunately for the republic, this is a constitutional crisis the Democrats and media support and are enabling.
Thursday, May 11, 2017
When Prosecutors Cheat Justice to Protect Aliens
There’s an outrageous new phenomenon in the criminal justice system: local prosecutors giving special treatment to illegal (and legal) aliens.
James Comey Was More Barney Fife Than Columbo
Well done, Mr. President. In all honesty, I only have one beef with President Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey: He should’ve been given the heave-ho on Day One. But there’s no need to quibble. The deed has been done.
Persecuted, but Not Forgotten
“We have come to drink your blood.” The angry arc of graffiti leapt off the wall, screaming its hatred at the Christians who walked through the ruins of the church where they used to worship. “You love life,” ISIS scrawled in the Mosul sanctuary, “We love death.” And over and over again, the enemies of the West have proven it — with charred pews and bloody beaches stained in the killing of God’s children. Rev. Franklin Graham, who tells the story of touring that Iraqi church in USA Today, could only stare at the message that was meant for all believers: we are coming for you.