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Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Trump’s Reelection Announcement
President Trump announced his reelection campaign in Orlando, Florida.
Three Reasons Trump-Russia Hasn’t Turned Into Watergate
Why haven’t efforts to impeach President Trump gained Watergate-style momentum? The lack of energy has created a sense of bafflement and disappointment among some of the president’s most determined adversaries.
De-Link Driver’s Licenses From the Immigration Wars
New York’s long, polarizing war over issuing driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants was finally resolved on Monday.
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Vote Buying Is Alive and Well in Democrat Campaign Positions
If a campaign worker slips you a 10 or a 50 as you head into a polling place or promises you a week at the beach, that is a crime — election fraud. Another way, a legal way, of encouraging folks to vote the right way is through campaign promises to deliver free stuff to people through government programs if that candidate wins the election.
When Rights Conflict
I have never been particularly vocal about the abortion issue. Maybe that’s because it seems like it’s the only public issue that Christians get involved with. They have that pretty well covered, so I can think about a host of others.
California Lawmakers Declare War on Chick-fil-A
A war on the U.S. Constitution and chicken is being waged in San Mateo County, California, where an elected leader is trying to stop Chick-fil-A from opening a restaurant.
Congress Has No Right to Trump Tax Returns — Justice Department Makes Right Decision
President Trump won a victory Friday when the Justice Department said Congress does not have the right to see his tax returns. More importantly, all American taxpayers won a victory, because the Justice Department memo regarding Trump’s returns has the effect of upholding the privacy and confidentially of all our tax returns as well.
Trump Throws Dirt in His Own Eye
What the heck was President Trump doing? What was he thinking when he told ABC’s star fake journalist George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday that if a foreign adversary offered him dirt on a political opponent he’d take a look at it before calling the FBI.
For Bakers, a Measured Response at SCOTUS
Aaron and Melissa Klein have spent the last six years praying for a positive ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court.
Hypocrisy Has Lost All Meaning
There was a time when calling someone a hypocrite could stain their reputation. No more. Like the overused and often misapplied word “racism,” hypocrisy has lost the power to cause harm.
Without Mining There Is No ‘Green Revolution’
The recent threats by Beijing to cut off American access to critical mineral imports have many Americans wondering why our politicians have allowed the United States to become so overly dependent on China for these valued resources in the first place.
The Climate Trap for Democrats
The more the climate debate changes, the more it stays the same.
A Win for Now
Yesterday the Supreme Court overturned a ruling against Christian bakers in Oregon based on last year’s narrow decision in favor of Colorado baker Jack Phillips. It is a win for now.
Did Your Child Return From College a Better Person?
What type of person does the university produce? It is hard to imagine any parent — left, right, liberal, conservative or apolitical — who would disagree with asking this question.
Monday, June 17, 2019
Leftist Agenda and Climate Change Linked by Indoctrination Tactics
Why is the same age group that helped to tear down the Iron Curtain now advocating for policies that would reduce freedoms?
The False God of Drag Queen Story Time
The leaders of what is nominally called an American Jewish institution, The Jewish Community Center of Austin, Texas, recently invited a group, Drag Queen Story Time, to come into the center and read to children.
Hong Kong Is Being Strangled, and the Free World Just Watches
More than a million marchers flooded Hong Kong’s streets at the start of the week, far and away the biggest protests the territory has ever seen.
Withholding Taxes From Paychecks
Do you have a Social Security Number? Social Security numbers came into use in November of 1935, as part of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal program during the Great Depression.
Stunning! This Public School Teaches Kids to Love America
Andrew Burns worked in the WTC. Some of his friends died on 9/11. The attack made a profound impact on the school teacher.
Double Standards?
It has been said and not only by me that if it weren’t for double standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. But that’s not entirely true.