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Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Justice Thomas Provides Clarity on the Memorial Cross
Ninety-nine years ago, Democrat Sen. John Walter Smith of Maryland provided $50 of his own — not government — money to help erect a cross in his home state.
Freedom From Consequences Isn’t Freedom
The human heart will always embrace the notion that our shortcomings spring not from choice but from circumstance.
Planned Parenthood Funding: The Buckeyes Stop Here
When a pro-life state takes away money from Planned Parenthood, where does it go? Ohio has a good answer: pregnancy care centers.
Ilhan Omar’s Ideological Attacks on Two Christian Pastors
Congressional hearings are a fixture in Washington and are supposedly a tool for investigation by the nation’s lawmaking body.
Trump’s Iran Policy Is Nothing Like Obama’s Failure in Syria
After President Trump called off a military strike on Iran for its downing of a U.S. military drone, some compared his decision to President Barack Obama’s shameful failure not to enforce his “red line” in Syria. Sorry, the two situations are completely different. Trump was right to show restraint, and his Iran policy is working.
Why Won’t U.S. Politicians Talk About Chinese Authoritarianism?
Given the recent fight over whether U.S. refugee detention centers are in fact “concentration camps,” the Trump administration might want to borrow a page from the Chinese and simply call them “vocational skills education training centers.” That way, no one would really care at all.
Candidates’ Bad Ideas
So many people want to be president. Unfortunately, many have terrible ideas.
Reparations for Slavery
Several Democratic presidential hopefuls are calling for Americans to make reparations for slavery.
Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Public Library Provides Condoms, Lube, and Chest Binders at Teen Pride Event
A public library in Renton, Washington, gave children free condoms, lubricant, and held a raffle for “chest binders” during a “teen pride” celebration.
‘Oh, How Do I Hate Thee, Donald Trump? Let Me Count the Ways...’
Donald Trump is a different thing to different people. And exactly what he is depends entirely upon one’s general liking or disliking of him.
Sulzberger Is Right (and Wrong)
I never thought I would write this, but the publisher of The New York Times, A.G. Sulzberger, is right.
Blurring the Expense of Medical Care
Several years ago, I had a shoulder injury, and the doctor told me I might need surgery to fix the small tear in my rotator cuff. So, I asked, “Doctor, if I have this surgery, about how much will it cost?”
Clarity About Nationalism
There is good nationalism and bad nationalism. Therefore, morally speaking, nationalism is no different from anything else in life.
What a Border Crisis Looks Like
News flash: There’s a crisis at the border. This was discovered again over the past few days when immigration attorneys talked to reporters about appalling conditions at a Border Patrol facility detaining migrant minors in Clint, Texas.
St. Louis’s Arch Enemy on Life
Unfortunately for women across the country, there’s a great big abortion lobby out there that doesn’t care about safety.
Tackling Tehran
The same critics who for the past two years have been insisting that warmongering Trump would get us into a war are continuing to attack him as “erratic” for not getting us into a war last week with Iran. None of these critics have any credibility.
Monday, June 24, 2019
America’s Experiment in Self-Government
Theodore Roosevelt stated October 24, 1903: “In no other place and at no other time has the experiment of government of the people, by the people, for the people, been tried on so vast a scale as here in our own country.”
National Guard Banned Christian Scouts Over LGBT Policy
A National Guard facility in Pennsylvania refused to allow a Trail Life USA scouting troop to tour its facility, and the reason why is going to blow your mind.
Would-Be Presidents Can’t Wait to Rule by Fiat
“After four years of Donald Trump,” declared Senator Amy Klobuchar in a statement on Tuesday, “a new president can’t wait for a bunch of congressional hearings to act.” To that end, the Minnesota Democrat, who hopes to become the new president in January 2021, issued a 16-page list of all the “concrete steps she will take in her first 100 days” if she is elected to the White House.
The Two Faces of Extremism
It was perfectly clear when Barry Goldwater said that extremism in the defense of liberty was no vice and that moderation in the pursuit of justice was no virtue that he was spelling out the basic creed of conservatism.