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Thursday, February 23, 2017
Trump Eviscerates the Liberal Media — What Took So Long?
It was riveting. In his first solo press conference, President Donald Trump spent much of the hour berating the media for what Trump called anti-Republican bias and its relentlessly negative “tone.” It’s about time. The liberal media has long been sticking it to Republicans.
Trump Enforces the Law
Tuesday, Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly issued two orders effectively removing Obama-era restrictions on our immigration enforcement and Border Patrol officers.
What’s Up With Rape in Sweden?
President Donald Trump was more right than wrong about Sweden. Fox News was slightly misleading.
From the White House to the Outhouse
It’s been a rough month for Barack Obama. At his old office, President Trump is keeping the shredders busy with his predecessor’s radical policies and orders. Brick by brick, the White House is deconstructing the legacy of the Obama years — scrubbing everything from overseas abortion funding to dangerous immigration postures. Today, the Trump team may be adding a new guidance to the trash heap: Obama’s hugely controversial shower and bathroom order.
Yes, Travel From Countries Harboring Terrorists Should Be Restricted
The Left is now ascendant in the Democrat Party and it has the most megaphones in the so-called mainstream media. The Left not only dominates popular culture but it’s also making new inroads into business and sports.
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
H.R. McMaster: The Best Choice for National Security Advisor
President Donald Trump has selected the best possible person to serve as his national security advisor. Army Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster epitomizes the warrior-scholar in the tradition of Carl von Clausewitz.
There’s Nothing Free
It was Nobel laureate economist Milton Friedman who made famous the adage, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” Professor Friedman could have added that there is a difference between something’s being free and something’s having a zero price.
Fake News
“Fake News!” shouts our president, calling out CNN, The New York Times and others. I love it. Although it’s not really true — not the way President Donald Trump means it. The media rarely “fake” anything. Over time, they generally get the facts correct. But the president makes a good point: The smug lamestream media spin left but won’t admit it.
Jane Roe, in Memoriam
I first met Norma McCorvey some 20 years ago, soon after her Christian conversion. That conversion set her against the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion, and in which she was the plaintiff.
What if There’s No Plan?
“Nobody panics when things go according to plan, even if the plan is horrifying!” the Joker says in “The Dark Knight.” “Introduce a little anarchy. Upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos.” Welcome to the Trump administration.
Trump’s Hero Security Advisor
When retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn was dismissed as President Trump’s national security adviser, the media mocked the White House for its chaos and the reluctance of others to accept a job in the Trump administration. Seven days later, the president has a new national security adviser, Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, and the media’s mockery has been silenced.
Fighting for the Falsely Accused
Former Fort Worth, Texas, police officer Brian Franklin is finally free. But he is still fighting to clear his name.
NBA’s Basket Brawl Leads to Ticket Dive
Looks like the NBA’s razzle dazzle over transgender locker rooms and bathrooms hasn’t excited basketball fans. In a knee-jerk reaction last summer, the NBA yanked its 2017 All-Star game out of North Carolina because state leaders put the safety of women and children above the political pandering of the Charlotte mayor and city council. But if the move was meant to punish North Carolina, it backfired. Big time.
Planned Parenthood’s Pandering Press
Every time you hear the network anchors and reporters act outraged about President Trump calling on “friendly” reporters and the fact that there’s something desperately wrong about trying to avoid negative publicity and hostile questions, think of Planned Parenthood.
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
California Drought-Busting Rains Sum It Up
I will be short here because, frankly, there is not much more to say. We are dealing with a relentless opponent on the AGW side who understands that: 1) Most people don’t know what the weather has done before and is capable of doing again simply by its nature; and 2) A compliant press and accepting public has been taught that we are destroying the planet (I call it the “Fern Gully” generation, a movie that was banned in our house for my kids, but I am sure many kids around my kids’ age have seen it).
Rating the Presidents — and Obama
I’ve been getting emails from bewildered colleagues asking about a survey of presidential scholars that determined that Barack Obama is the 12th best president in the history of the United States, putting him near the top quartile of our presidents. How can this be? I, too, was mystified, especially given that I participated in the survey.
Donald Trump and the Waterloo of the Protected Class
While critics call America “divided” and paint a hysteria-driven picture of a fraying democracy, the divide occurs less along political grounds than it does on “protected” and “unprotected” grounds.
Why Professors Object to Being Recorded
After the election of Donald Trump as president, a professor at Orange Coast College in California, Olga Perez Stable Cox, went into an extended hate rant against the president-elect. Among other things, she described Trump’s election as an “act of terrorism,” labeled him a white supremacist and called Vice President-elect Mike Pence “one of the most anti-gay humans in this country.”
Trump and the Media: Demolition Derby
The traditional media have decided not to take President Trump’s insults lying down. After what may be the strongest — and to his supporters — most thrilling takedown of journalists by any president, Editor and Publisher magazine featured this headline: “Newspapers Aim to Ride ‘Trump Bump’ to Reach Readers, Advertisers.”