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Thursday, July 11, 2019
The Global Trade War Comes Full Circle
It has always puzzled me that anyone would believe that protecting the U.S. market with tariffs is a good idea.
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
The Media’s Overwrought July 4 Debacle
It’s fair to say that a week doesn’t go by where President Trump doesn’t want to be the center of attention. That being the case, he must be well-satisfied with events leading up to the Fourth of July.
The Trump Effect
It’s a bad time for the Democrats as the president wins on prosperity and patriotism
Fighting Anti-Semitism
It was an extraordinary time at the Washington Convention Center Monday evening as thousands of Christians gathered for a Night to Honor Israel celebration.
America Is Greater Than ‘Just OK’
Maybe President Trump was right that we needed a “Salute to America” last week, because apparently some Americans have lost sight of the greatness of our country.
1 Federal Department Now Spending $100 Billion Per Month
For the first time in our nation’s history, there is now a federal department spending an average of more than $100 billion per month.
Dems 2020 Task: Convince Voters to Overlook Economy
On Oct. 28, 1980, in the final debate of his race against Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan asked a question that has come to define presidential politics.
Epstein, Bean & Buck: The Democratic Donors’ Sex-Creep Club
Well, well, well. “Follow the facts,” Democratic strategist Christine Pelosi now advises fellow liberals in the wake of billionaire and high-flying political financier Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex trafficking indictment this week.
Anger for Anger’s Sake
In the last two weeks, America has learned that a bevy of heretofore relatively uncontroversial objects and ideas are, in fact, extraordinarily controversial.
Our Free-Speech Crisis
The true test of one’s commitment to free speech comes when others are permitted to say and publish ideas they deem offensive.
A Hedge of Allegiance
Until recently, most people didn’t know that a town called St. Louis Park, Minnesota even existed. And if you asked most residents, a vote against the Pledge of Allegiance isn’t how they’d choose to be introduced.
Government Bullies
The city of Dunedin, Florida, wants Jim Ficken’s home. Ficken’s mom died, so he went to South Carolina to take care of her estate. He asked a friend to look after his house. But then the friend died, and no one cut Ficken’s grass. When it grew to 10 inches, Dunedin officials started fining him $500 a day. The fine is now about $30,000.
American Flag Stands for Freedom, Not Racism
A new Gallup poll shines a spotlight on the deep political divide in America and surely points to what the upcoming presidential election will be about.
Political Leanings Can’t Be Reduced to Genetic Programming
Increasingly, the intellectual consensus seems to be that our political leanings are hardwired in our genes. There is some excellent research behind this thinking, and I’ve come around to believing that DNA plays a bigger role in our political worldviews than many on the right or left are willing to accept.
Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Microsoft, America, and LGBTQI+ Coercion
I’ve been a user of Microsoft computers and apps for over three decades (although I’m a Mac guy at heart). So I was recently disappointed, but not surprised, when I received one of the emails I regularly get from the tech giant.
Leftist Thugs Attack Ex-College Football Player Wearing MAGA Hat
The only thing that will trigger a liberal faster than a Chick-fil-A sandwich is a gun-toting, Bible-clinging deplorable wearing a Make America Great Again ball cap.
The U.S. Women Are Winners, Not Victims
The women of the U.S. national soccer team are famous for being extraordinary athletes, repeat world champions — and plaintiffs.
Antifa Is Dangerous and It’s Time for the Feds to Step In
Enough is enough. The U.S. Justice Department needs to immediately open a criminal civil rights investigation of Antifa, an affiliation of radical activists and left-wing groups whose name, ironically enough, is short for “anti-fascists.”
The Rights Stuff: Pompeo’s New Commission Tackles Freedom
We know how the founders defined human rights: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Two hundred forty-three years later, those rights haven’t changed — but our understanding of them certainly has.
Standing With Israel
Thousands of pro-Israel activists are here in Washington, DC, for the 14th annual Christians United For Israel Washington Summit.