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Wednesday, July 3, 2019
Anti-Trump Fever Takes Threatening Turn
The toxicity of the resistance to President Trump has risen in recent days, with the nation’s most respected newspapers publishing rationalizations for denying Trump supporters public accommodation and for doxxing career federal employees, while a journalist found himself under physical attack from the so-called anti-fascist group Antifa, which has stepped up its violent activities since Trump’s election.
CNN Wildly Exaggerates the ‘Explosion’ of Hate
CNN marked the beginning of the Fourth of July holiday week with a one-hour special called “State of Hate: The Explosion of White Supremacy.”
America Takes an Antifa Beating
I will not be in much of a celebratory mood this coming Independence Day.
A Founding Father Who Was Wrong — Then Right
All American politicians of the founding era share one thing in common with those of the current: Like all human beings, they are imperfect.
Assault on Western Civilization
The left in our country often suggests that people who stand up for Western civilization are supporting a racial hierarchy. The fact is that the history of the world is one of arbitrary tyrannical abuse and control.
Democrats’ Leftward Turn Was a Reaction to Hillary Clinton
The consensus view on the right is that Hillary Clinton was a primary reason for Donald Trump’s success in 2016. But not all conservatives agree about why that was.
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
Restaurant Owner Says It’s Okay to Ban Conservatives
The owner of the infamous Red Hen in Lexington, Virginia, stirred up a hornet’s nest the other day by suggesting there should be “new rules” when it comes to serving supporters of President Trump.
Maximizing and Leveraging the Military Veteran Vote in 2020 and Beyond
In the broadest sense, the 2020 national political races are shaping up to be a choice about the form of government the United States will have.
A Walk Into History
Last week, while the 20 presidential wannabes engaged in two debates and often looked like squabbling children, President Trump was commanding the world stage during a trip to Asia.
Questions I Would Have Asked the Democrats
The likelihood I would ever be invited to serve on a network panel questioning the Democratic presidential candidates is equivalent to an invitation to take the next trip to the moon. Still, as I tortured myself watching the two “debates,” which were not really debates, but mostly a show of memorized sound bites, I thought of unasked questions that ought to have been put to them all.
D Is for Damaged, Dangerous and Delusional
If you watched either or both of the two Democratic Party presidential candidate debates, and if you are a liberal, a conservative or a centrist, you had to have been depressed.
Census Should Ask About Citizenship — But Supreme Court Fails to Resolve Issue
The Supreme Court’s fractured and fragmented decision on whether the Commerce Department can reinstate a citizenship question as part of the 2020 census was a partial victory and a partial loss for the Trump administration.
To Democrat Candidates, America Really Is the Land of the Free!
Most Americans understand that America’s reputation for freedom comes from its providing opportunities for all to do mostly as they please, with certain sensible restrictions, to pursue happiness and success at their own pace.
‘It’s the Spending, Stupid!’
The Congressional Budget Office has just released its mid-year update on the federal fiscal situation, and it portends a debt avalanche. But don’t bother to tell Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren that. They’re busy advocating tens of trillions of dollars in new federal spending.
Democrats Are Having a Socialist Moment, but It Won’t Last
In the summer of 2009, a few months into Barack Obama’s first term, posters bearing the caption “Socialism” appeared, on which the president was depicted as the Joker from the Batman movie The Dark Knight.
American Beauty
We live in an era of public ugliness, of architects who deliberately make their forms unsightly and inhuman, and of public art installations that are invariably ridiculous.
Monday, July 1, 2019
Leftists Mock Journalist Hospitalized With Brain Bleed After Antifa Attack
The mainstream media and leftist groups mocked independent journalist Andy Ngo after he was savagely beaten by antifa thugs during an attack in Portland, Oregon.
Criminals Take Advantage of Sanctuary Policies for Illegal Immigrants
When signing Washington state’s sanctuary law, Gov. Jay Inslee — now a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination — self-righteously proclaimed that his state would “not be complicit in the Trump administration’s depraved efforts to break up hard-working immigrant and refugee families.”
How Do Politicians Become Corrupt? ‘The Love of Power and the Love of Money’
The Constitutional Convention was in a deadlock over how large and small states could be represented equally.
Segregationist Ghosts
You would have thought that Southern segregationists were long gone, but thanks to Joe Biden, James Eastland and Herman Talmadge are very much in the news once again.