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Thursday, May 23, 2019
Comrade Sanders Targets Charter Schools
Few things offend Bernie Sanders as much as people escaping from command-and-control government systems, even minority students whose parents are desperate to get their kids a decent education.
Nancy Pelosi, Profile in Courage? Hardly
I wonder sometimes whether officials at the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, which presents the annual Profile in Courage Award, have ever read Profiles in Courage.
The Left’s Battle Against ‘Inequality’
In his book “Discrimination and Disparities,” economist Thomas Sowell notes that a disproportionate percentage of first-born siblings become National Merit scholars compared to siblings born later, presumably because the first-born starts life with no sibling competition for parental attention.
NEWSFLASH: Eight Out of 10 Millennials Support Free Markets!
What will be the end result of the massive failure of public education, the breakup of our families and societal institutions, and the continuous brainwashing of our young people by the mass media?
Dems Try to Script Hollywood’s Next Move
Turns out, California does believe in tax breaks — as long as they punish pro-lifers.
Impeachment vs. Infrastructure
President Trump and Democrat leaders were scheduled to discuss a big infrastructure plan at the White House yesterday. That meeting never happened.
Federal Rats Are Fleeing the Sinking Collusion Ship
The entire Trump-Russia collusion narrative was always implausible.
President’s Immigration Plan Could Use Some Work
Last week, the Trump administration released the outline of an immigration plan meant to reshape how and which people are allowed into the United States.
A Problem for Every Solution
Among the many things that frustrate Americans about Washington, D.C., is the unwillingness — not inability, but unwillingness — to solve problems.
Mark Levin Takes on the Press
Best-selling author and talk radio star Mark Levin has another terrific new book that debuted at No. 1 on the charts. The media habitually ignore Levin’s books — no New York Times reviews, no TV interviews, nothing — and it must drive them insane that he still sells millions of copies.
U.S. Isn’t Becoming Europe. We’re Becoming Rome
Can we have a quick reality check and acknowledge that what is happening to America is a million times worse than what’s happening in Europe and is of much greater consequence?
At the Bullfights Ole
I am supposedly on holiday in Madrid. I take a break from politics, from public policy, from culture, and take in life in the country. In Spain that means the bullfight.
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Taking Aim at the Arms Trade Treaty
Some of the most notable policy victories take time — and they seldom generate banner headlines.
The ‘Right’ to an Abortion
I would like to suggest another approach to the abortion debate.
No, Abortion Isn’t a Constitutional Right
In the past several weeks, a bevy of states have passed extensive new restrictions on abortion.
Abortion Debate Is Leaving No Room Between Extremes
“Democrats are aggressively pushing late-term abortion, allowing children to be ripped from their mother’s womb right up until the moment of birth,” President Trump said at a Florida rally earlier this month. “The baby is born and you wrap the baby beautifully and you talk to the mother about the possible execution of the baby.”
Alabama and Georgia Abortion Laws on Right Track
When we talk about “pro-life” in our national discussion about abortion, “life” is understood to be about the unborn child in the mother’s womb.
In Money We Trust?
Look at the dollar bills in your wallet. They say they are “legal tender for all debts.”
Trump’s Iran Sanctions Are Working. But It’ll Take More to Topple the Regime.
President Trump’s Iran policy appears to be careening between diplomacy and belligerence.
Mueller Changed Everything
From now on, the Trump-Russia affair — the investigation that dominated the first years of Donald Trump’s presidency — will be divided into two parts: before and after the release of Robert Mueller’s report.