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Thursday, June 20, 2019

Victor Davis Hanson

U.S. Holds All the Cards in Showdown With Iran

Iran hopes to provoke and embarrass its nemesis into overreacting — or not reacting at all.

Cal Thomas

Must We Wage War With Iran?

“The Pentagon has released new color photos as proof that Iran was behind last week’s attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman,” ABC News reported.

Veronique de Rugy

Central Planning Is Poisonous to Innovation

“The more things change, the more they stay the same” is the best way to describe the lack of original thinking that is prevalent in politics. Take the recent resurgence of calls from politicians on both sides of the aisle to implement industrial policy.

Larry Elder

AOC Got a Pass on the Cost of ‘Free’

ABC’s Jonathan Karl recently interviewed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. Karl asked no question and did not call for a clarification when Ocasio-Cortez, presumably referring to the Mueller report, spoke about “the abundance of evidence, 10 counts of obstruction of justice, four with rock-solid evidence” against President Donald Trump.

R. Emmett Tyrrell

The Democratic 20 Plus 3

Last week, I suggested that convicted felons would be running for the Democratic presidential nomination this year. Well, now it looks like that will not be the case.

Guest Essay

Fox Poll Reveals Disturbing Truth: Democrats Are Lying About Collusion Because Lies Work

Even after Special Counsel Robert Mueller definitively debunked the conspiracy theory that the Trump Campaign colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 election, the Democrats are still managing to deceive people into believing their lies.

Ann Coulter

Who You Gonna Believe: Netflix or the Evidence?

Last week, we reviewed the evidence of “innocence” of the “Central Park 5” presented in the court of Hollywood. This week, we’ll review the evidence of their guilt — presented in courts of law and ruled on by actual judges and juries.

Tony Perkins

Planned Parenthood’s Planned Cover-up

Even from Planned Parenthood, the tweet is almost too unreal to believe. Here they are, accused of massive health violations in Missouri, and the organization posts a picture of the state, broken in half.

Gary Bauer

A Happening

It is hard to describe Tuesday night’s massive Trump rally and reelection announcement in Orlando, Florida.

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Ben Shapiro

The Dis-Grace of Harvard

This week, Parkland survivor Kyle Kashuv announced that Harvard University has withdrawn his acceptance to the college.

John Stossel

Moral Capitalism

Presidential candidates and the media keep telling people “it’s immoral” that a few rich people have so much more money than everyone else.

Jonah Goldberg

Trump’s Personality Is His Biggest Reelection Obstacle

“What’s your pitch to the swing voter on the fence?” ABC’s George Stephanopoulos asked President Trump in an interview that aired Sunday.

Rich Lowry

Oberlin Is Forced to Check Its Woke Privilege

If there is one thing you learn about at Oberlin College, the notoriously progressive liberal arts college, it is surely privilege: white privilege, hetero privilege, gender privilege, you name it.

Walter E. Williams

Black Education Decline

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio says that the city’s specialized high schools have a diversity problem. He’s joined by New York City Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza, educators, students and community leaders who want to fix the diversity problem.

Ken Blackwell

Why Do Democrats Have a Secret List of Supreme Court Nominees?

If hypocrisy equals people, Democrats in Washington are China. The latest example of such bold duplicity by the Democratic Party is the secret “A-list” of potential Supreme Court (SCOTUS) judges Democrats refuse to reveal while they turn blue on Capitol Hill screaming for more transparency from the Trump administration.

Star Parker