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Saturday, July 25, 2015
Time to Fix Our Federal Criminal Justice System
House Speaker John Boehner's statement last Thursday calling for criminal justice reform was a welcome cap to a week of bipartisan and inter-branch voices calling for reform of our federal prison system.
Tapping the Taxpayer Till
There's always that one moment in a horror film when everyone thinks the villain has been killed, then bam — up he jumps, to the surprise of everyone.
Undercover Videos Show Why We Must Defund Planned Parenthood
A video released last week by the Center for Medical Progress shocked the nation by showing an executive of Planned Parenthood sipping wine and casually talking about the going rate for the organs of aborted infants.
Friday, July 24, 2015
Turn Off the Faucet
In today's world of reality TV and virtual video games there is very little that seems to shock the senses of Americans, so when something does, you know it has to be significant.
Americans Understand Iran a Lot Better Than John Kerry
Perhaps the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran does not feel compelled to indulge in American fairy tale endings
Is Social Liberalism Winning?
The end of the Supreme Court term was depressing for conservatives.
The Price of Fetal Parts
Planned Parenthood's reaction to the release of a clandestinely recorded conversation about the sale of fetal body parts was highly revealing.
Look Who's Coddling Denver's Social Justice Jerks
On a tranquil Sunday afternoon in Denver, hate-mongering zealots hijacked a rally held by citizens and families of fallen police officers, who had gathered to pay tribute to Colorado's honorable men and women in blue.
Obama Has Failed to Bridge the Partisan Divide
Surely this wasn't what Barack Obama had in mind.
Could the Sleeping Giant Be Awakening?
The professional hand-wringers are freaking out over Donald Trump's straight talk while displaying abysmal indifference to the deserved targets of Trump's charges.
Increasingly Divided Democrats Causing Problems for Their Party
America's two major political parties have a difficult task: amassing a 51 percent coalition in a nation that has always been -- not just now, but from the beginning -- regionally, religiously, racially and ethnically diverse.
Thursday, July 23, 2015
History Shows That Iran Nuclear Deal Is a Bad Deal
Edmund Burke famously said, "Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it." This could not be more relevant to the debate raging over the Iran nuclear deal.
Trump Opponents Take Nuanced View of Child Rape
There are few sexual perversions not celebrated by our media today, but I gather, from decades of flood-the-zone coverage of even the most preposterous allegations of rape, that liberals are still on record as being against rape.
The International Corporate Tax Grab
If Greece's ongoing fiscal quagmire demonstrates anything, it's that Europe's largest welfare states live in denial.
Barack The Garrulous
At the outset of his presidency, I looked back on Obama's barren years of preparation for the most demanding job in the world, and I called him "Barack the Unready" after the English King "Ethelred the Unready," whose futile life extended from 968 A.D. until 1016 A.D. Now, after observing the spread of heretofore unimaginable pathologies throughout the republic, I shall steal another page from history.
The Way of All Appeasement
The now-concluded Iran nuclear negotiations predictably reflect ancient truths of appeasement.
Companies Love Misery
It's not just your tax dollars that are supporting Planned Parenthood -- proceeds from your coffee and shampoo may be too!
Why Selling Baby Parts Should Shock No One
What is most shocking about an undercover video of a conversation between Deborah Nucatola, a Planned Parenthood executive, and two antiabortion activists from the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) posing as employees from a biotech firm is why anyone is shocked.
Under Obama, Blacks Are Worse Off — Far Worse
Ninety-five percent of black voters in 2008 voted for then-Sen. Barack Obama. Surely a "progressive" black president would care about, empathize with and understand black America in a way no other president ever has or could, right?