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Thursday, May 16, 2019
Equality Act Is an Attack on Every Christian in America
Democrats on Capitol Hill are moving forward with legislation that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to federal civil-rights law.
Trump’s ‘Infrastructure’ Plan Versus Obama’s ‘Stimulus’: Part II
My previous column objected to President Donald Trump and Sen. Chuck Schumer’s, D-N.Y., proposed $2 trillion “infrastructure” spending.
Abortion Lobby Killing Free Speech, Too
There was a time when there were real liberals on the Left. That is, people who believed in liberty. Their disagreements with conservatives were profound, but they shared a commitment to free speech, religious liberty, and more.
Our Modern ‘Satyricon’
Sometime around A.D. 60, in the age of Emperor Nero, a Roman court insider named Gaius Petronius wrote a satirical Latin novel, “The Satyricon,” about moral corruption in Imperial Rome.
My Sentimental Journey With Doris Day
It was Oscar Levant who uttered the famous line: “I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin.”
It’s Time for a Course Correction in the Trade War
President Donald Trump and his supporters often tell us that he is fundamentally a free trader.
Sweet Womb Alabama
It’s the state of Selma, of Martin Luther King Jr. It was where Rosa Parks took a stand by taking a seat. Now, that same Alabama isn’t just home to the civil rights movement, but a *human* rights movement. And liberals couldn’t be more irate. That’s because this bill isn’t about ending abortion in Dixie. It’s about ending abortion, period.
Honoring Fallen Heroes
Yesterday the country observed National Peace Officers Memorial Day to honor the law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty over the past year. If you noticed flags in your community flying at half-staff, that’s why.
These Are Real ‘High Crimes’
Contrary to the image of potheads as peaceful stoners, “cannabis-dependent psychotic patients were four times as likely to be violent,” according to a study cited by Alex Berenson in his magnificent new book, “Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness and Violence.”
Assassination Attempt on a Philosopher
The Virtue Patrol is prowling around on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. It hunts down racists, xenophobes, anti-feminists, homophobes and almost every kind of bigot except for bigots within its own ranks.
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
The Manufactured Constitutional Crisis
Over the past several weeks, Democrats have spent their time defending the absurd notion that America is in the midst of a constitutional crisis.
Holding Barr in Contempt Is a Case of Dirty Politics
Ever since Donald Trump came down that Trump Tower escalator to announce his candidacy for president, we’ve heard a great deal about the abuse of norms — constitutional norms, democratic norms, norms of decency, all kinds of norms.
Trump Didn’t Start This Trade War, China Did
Before President Trump announced that he was imposing 25% tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of Chinese goods, he got encouragement from an unlikely source: Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.
Nipsey Hussle and the Opportunity Zone Dream
A basic law in physics says that energy cannot be created or destroyed. It can only be changed from one form to another.
Workers Making Apple iPhones Start at $3.15 Per Hour — in China
The workers who assemble Apple iPhones make a starting wage of $3.15 per hour in the People’s Republic of China, according to The New York Times.
House Dems: Ask No Questions, Hear No Allies
It’s not an alliance the media is rushing to cover — and who can blame them? After weeks of talking up this phony consensus on the Equality Act, imagine if the story got out that it’s not just conservatives who are opposed — but grassroots liberals too!
Joe Biden and Restoring the Old (Pre-Trump) Order
There was a school of thought that said former Vice President Joe Biden would begin to sink in the polls the moment he announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.
The Washington Post Wants Team Trump Removed or Jailed
The Washington Post is on a power trip again, high on the possibilities of ruining some more Republicans, like Woodward and Bernstein hoping to repeal the Nixon landslide over McGovern in those golden days of Watergate.
Harvard’s Insatiable Identity-Politics Cannibals
I have no love for left-wing, Hillary-promoting Hollywood producer and accused #MeToo villain Harvey Weinstein. Nor am I a fan of those who perpetrated the cop-bashing “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” fiction involving social justice martyr Michael Brown.
Durham vs. the Deep State
Drug stores in deep state neighborhoods around Washington, D.C., reported a run on Maalox after news broke that Attorney General William Barr had appointed Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham to investigate the origins of the Trump/Russia collusion hoax.