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Saturday, June 22, 2019
The Peace Cross Can Stay
The Supreme Court’s 7 to 2 decision Thursday allowing a large cross in Bladensburg, Maryland, to remain on public land is a significant victory.
Planned Parenthood Taketh, Planned Parenthood Giveth Away
If you’re wondering why the candidates won’t shut up about their abortion extremism, there are about 192,000 reasons why.
A People Divided Should Work to Be United
Do you ever take a look around when you’re commuting or running errands? So often, our busy routine can leave us overwhelmed, annoyed, frustrated and rushed.
England Needs a Slap, and So Does China
Getting on with Brexit is the right thing to do. So is pushing back against the crackdown in Hong Kong.
A Nation Divided
I have long despaired over the fact that our geography doesn’t allow us to separate into two nations—one liberal, the other conservative—the way it could have been handled prior to the Civil War, when the Mason-Dixon Line provided a perfect border.
Friday, June 21, 2019
The Moral Cowards of Twitter
Here’s a thought experiment for you: Your government, the one your tax dollars fund, is systematically rounding up African Americans and placing them into forced labor. The government is reenslaving a people against their will and in violation of the 13th Amendment.
Elizabeth Warren’s Terrible Plans
Senator Elizabeth Warren is being lauded as the serious candidate in the race. Her motto, “I have a plan for that,” is accepted as proof that she is thoughtful and conscientious. That’s too generous.
The Problem With Ocasio-Cortez’s Shameful Ignorance of History
“The United States is running concentration camps on our southern border, and that is what they are.” —Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
The Madcap Caution of Donald Trump
The worry last week was that the Trump administration was ginning up fake intelligence about Iran blowing up oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz to justify a war against Iran. Then, this week, President Donald Trump said the Iranian attacks weren’t a big deal.
World War Won: Cross Memorial Stays, Court Rules
They were farmers, surgeons, a professor, even the president of the Marine Corps baseball team. One was a man in his 50s, already wounded, who had “no business being on the front lines.” They were 49 men with one thing in common: they never came home. Today, most Marylanders couldn’t tell you their stories. That’s because 100 years after the war ended, we’re too busy fighting for what those heroes died to give us: freedom.
Drone On
Iran has shot down a U.S. drone over international waters. This is not one of those drones you gave your husband for Christmas. These babies are filled with significant technology. The cost for each one range in the millions of dollars.
Please Don’t Shut Up, AOC
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may seem harmless, but she’s a virtue signaler on steroids and a nonstop headline-manufacturing machine.
Media Have a Double Standard on Culture-War Controversies
When Vice President Mike Pence was the governor of Indiana, he got along well with the mayor of South Bend, Pete Buttigieg, despite the fact that Buttigieg is a gay, liberal Democrat and Pence is a straight, socially conservative Republican.
Yes, AOC, Your Generation Has Seen American Prosperity
“An entire generation, which is now becoming one of the largest electorates in America,” says Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., whose visibility as a spokesperson for this generation has been boosted by political friend and foe, “came of age and never saw American prosperity.”
Oberlin Punished for Fact-Free Food Fight
Oberlin College in Ohio has devolved into one of academe’s most infamous examples of political correctness, one of those unwelcoming places that rails against anyone who brings speakers to campus if those speakers upset Oberlin’s crusades against the racist/sexist/anti-gay menace.
How Prince Andrew’s Entrepreneurship Makes the World a Better Place
His group Pitch@Palace has made a big difference in the lives of quite a few business owners.
Biden’s Problem With Democrats Is That He Doesn’t Hate Republicans
Let’s get this straight: Joe Biden is leading in the polls for the Democratic presidential nomination because he’s the most “electable” candidate in the Democratic field? A guy who doesn’t realize that *I worked with segregationists* isn’t a winning message with Democrats in 2020?
Thursday, June 20, 2019
Paranoia Runs Deep Among Iran Supporters
There are several truisms about the Iranian regime. It is a deeply intolerant, religiously fanatical regime with a death grip on power through suppression and a corrupt system of bribes, payoffs, and family connections.
Pastor Under Fire for Graduation Speech That Mentioned Jesus, ‘God Bless’
Alvin Dupree, Jr. loves God, and it’s not that much of a secret around Appleton, Wisconsin.
Oberlin’s Racial Hucksterism Comes Home to Roost
As a right-wing alumna of far-left Oberlin College, I have four words for the administration in response to last week’s ground-breaking $11 million jury verdict in the defaming of humble Gibson’s Bakery: You had it coming.