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Friday, June 7, 2019
Abortion Is Sacred in Hollywood
In recent years, generous tax credits have brought a wave of Hollywood productions to Georgia. Then the state legislature passed, and the governor signed a very protective pro-life bill. The reaction was furious. How can the will of the people stand?
President Trump Can’t Catch a Break — Even in Church
Some deem President Donald Trump so contemptible that it’s morally acceptable, even required, to suspend ordinary rules of civility toward him.
Senate Republicans Won’t Save Mexico From Trump’s Tariffs
Senate Republicans are pushing back on President Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on Mexico. But if Mexican officials think these Republicans are going to save them from Trump’s tariffs, it’s time for them to think again.
Does Reality Change Ideas, or Vice Versa?
The intellectual right is in the middle of a huge brouhaha, as some prominent right-wing commentators celebrate what they believe is the end of the “conservative consensus” around classical liberalism — free markets, limited government, the sovereignty of the individual and even in some cases free expression.
Barr Asking Questions the Media Don’t Want Asked
Spying is appropriate if it’s “adequately predicated” — and it’s unclear whether the spying on the Trump campaign was.
Lessons of Chernobyl
The “Chernobyl” series is a timely reminder and a metaphor: Lying, when it becomes a way of life, is radioactive.
In Defense of Lobbying
The media adores stories that bolster prevailing narratives about the virtuousness of “bipartisanship” and the nefariousness of money in politics.
Tiananmen Square Massacre 30 Years Later
Even if you know nothing about the Tiananmen Square massacre, you’ve almost surely seen the famous photo of a man facing down a line of tanks, defiantly blocking their path.
Great American Stories Never Told
We’ve done a lousy job of teaching our kids the extraordinary things we did to defeat the twin evils of fascism and communism.
Trump Cancels Checks for Baby Body Parts
Planned Parenthood has spent years fighting late-term abortion bans — and in 2015, we found out why.
Remembering D-Day
Trump connected with the deep roots of America and Western Civilization in much the same way he did during his excellent address in Warsaw, Poland.
Thursday, June 6, 2019
AOC Returns to the Scene of the Minimum Wage Crime
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., an advocate for a $15 minimum wage, returned to work as a bartender for one day. Ocasio-Cortez said: “All labor has dignity, and the way that we give labor dignity is by paying people the respect and the value that they are worth at minimum. We have to make one fair wage, and we have to raise the national minimum wage to $15 an hour, nothing less.”
Greece Finds New Footing as a Player on the World Stage
After Greece temporarily hosted a pair of U.S. military drones, Greek Defense Minister Panagiotis Kammenos said last fall that, “It’s very important for Greece that the United States deploy military assets in Greece on a more permanent base.”
D-Day’s ‘Forgotten’ Woman
One person — a woman — has not received the credit she deserves for her efforts with the French Resistance.
Who You Callin’ Fascist?
For over two years now, a peculiar combination of the media and the Democrats has been goading Donald Trump, always to painful effect — painful for both sides in this vituperative battle but particularly painful to the media and the Democrats. Not much good has come of it.
Numbers Betray Export-Import Bank Advocates
It’s amazing what can be done to a cause in a mere four years. Back in 2015, there was widespread agreement in Congress that the Export-Import Bank — the U.S. government’s export credit agency — was nothing but a crony bank, mostly serving the greedy interests of Boeing and other large companies.
The Whole Folk Tale and Nothing but the Folk Tale
New York City public school teachers recently revealed that they have been instructed to reject “objectivity,” “written documentation” and “perfectionism” by Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza, as part of his effort to “dismantle racism.”
Star Struck by Abortion Laws
E! may have canceled her show, but actress Busy Philipps isn’t complaining. Maybe now she’ll have more time for her real passion: lobbying Congress for infanticide.
The President’s Prayer
Yesterday, President Trump joined other European leaders in Portsmouth, England, the British city from which the D-Day invasion was launched. Each world leader had a small role to play in the ceremony honoring the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion.