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Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Metastasizing Academic Cancer
The average American has little knowledge of the extent to which our institutions of higher learning have been infected with a spreading cancer.
Hillary Blames Self-Hating Women for Her Loss
Hillary Clinton has granted her first public interview since losing the election. It came on April 6 at the Women in the World Summit, organized by leftist editor Tina Brown. Clinton was introduced by comedian Samantha Bee. On cue, as expected, she gushed: “You deserve to hear it 100 times — it should have been you.”
New Sheriff Fires a Warning Shot in Syria
Last week on Fox News’ “Special Report,” syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer suggested that the message behind President Trump’s military retaliation for Syria’s use of chemical weapons is twofold. It’s not that “there’s a new sheriff in town,” he explained, but that there is a sheriff at all.
Remove and Replace Assad?
When President George W. Bush decided he wanted to remove and replace Saddam Hussein, he made a bad decision to go to war in Iraq but a good one to seek congressional authorization first.
Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Students Fear Chick-fil-A Might Spark Microaggressions
A gay student group at Duquesne University fears that a proposed Chick-fil-A outpost could jeopardize the school’s safe spaces.
With Syria Attack, Trump Uses Element of Surprise — On His Voters
Belligerence is in the air in Washington. President Trump is enjoying (extremely rare) bi-partisan praise for a cruise-missile attack on Syria. There’s tough talk from some Republicans about more. And even tougher talk about Russia. North Korea, too.
No More ‘Catch and Release’ for Illegal Immigrants
One of the smartest steps President Donald Trump has taken to get our illegal immigration problem under control was ending the Obama administration’s policy known as “catch and release.”
The Russian Stooge
The circumstantial evidence is mounting that the Kremlin succeeded in infiltrating the U.S. government at the highest levels.
Gorsuch a Time as This
It was the most significant swearing in since Donald Trump’s. When Neil Gorsuch put his hand on the Bible to become the 113th Supreme Court justice in U.S. history, Antonin Scalia, in that great cloud of witnesses, was no doubt smiling. His 49-year-old replacement is everything the longtime originalist could hope for — a humble, esteemed, and deferential jurist whose legacy will almost certainly outlast the president who appointed him.
Government Makes the Poor Poorer
For all the obsessing in Washington over income inequality, why isn’t there more outrage over government policies that exacerbate the problem? T
The Legacy of Lent: Don’t Give Up Something, Do Something
Lent challenges us to focus on spiritual purification, prayer, and penance.
Palm Sunday Massacre
Egyptian Coptic Christians celebrating Palm Sunday were massacred in their pews Sunday. Bombs ripped through St. George’s Church in Tanta and St. Mark’s Cathedral in Alexandria. Nearly 50 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded in the attacks. Another bomb was thankfully disarmed at a third Christian church.
The Middle East’s Siren Call
In Greek mythology, sirens were beautiful creatures that lured sailors to their doom with their hypnotic voices. In Homer’s epic, “The Odyssey,” ships came to ruin on jagged reefs, following siren song, the pull of the beautiful voices so strong that the hero Odysseus, in order not to succumb, commanded that his crew lash him to the mast of his ship, and not untie him, until they were in safe waters.
Monday, April 10, 2017
University Professor: ‘Trump Must Hang’
A California university history professor posted a series of Twitter messages calling for President Trump to be hanged and for Republicans to be executed.
Stealing the March
The ousting of Steve Bannon from the National Security Council (NSC) staff is part of a reorganization initiated by President Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor, Army Lt. General H.R. McMaster. This move solidifies leadership within the NSC at a critical time in our nation’s history and it clears the deck for action.
Why Justice Gorsuch Will Have an Immediate (and Big) Impact on the Supreme Court
Relentless, harsh and wholly unmerited — such were the attacks against Judge Neil Gorsuch. Yet Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) held firm to his promise to hold a full-Senate vote on the judge’s nomination and today we have, once again, a full complement of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Trump as the Trojan Horse
Something that puzzles me about the way the Democrats are going after President Trump is that they seem to believe that if they somehow drive him out of the White House, someone like Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren would be taking up residence.
Sunday, April 9, 2017
Let’s Not Look Away
Sometimes chemical weapons and missiles have an odd way of uniting people, however briefly.
Experience America at the Time of the Great War
One hundred years ago, two events three days apart set the 20th century’s trajectory.
Saturday, April 8, 2017
Congratulations to Justice Neil Gorsuch
Congratulations to Neil Gorsuch, the newest Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. This morning, the Senate came together to confirm the 113th justice of the Supreme Court with a vote of 54-45.