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Saturday, May 11, 2019
Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Salvation Army Must Stand Up to Leftist Bigots
Here we go again, folks. A bunch of radical LGBT activists at Trinity University (a Christian university, by the way) launched a campaign to banish Chick-fil-A from campus.
House Dems Show Their Contempt for the Constitution and the Rule of Law
Last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., falsely labeled Attorney General William Barr a “liar.”
Republicans in a Nation Needing Repair
Less taxes and spending won’t resolve America’s deep crisis. We need a farsighted conservatism.
How the U.S. Can Solve the Current Trade Tariff Impasse With China
Movement on tariffs in the first round — with many more rounds to go in the long term.
Friday, May 10, 2019
There’s Trouble Brewing in Joe Biden’s Presidential Campaign
Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is in trouble. That may sound crazy. The former vice president just opened up (according to one poll) a 32-point lead over the rest of the Democratic field. But beneath the surface, trouble is brewing.
Seth Meyers, Ilhan Omar’s Publicist
In the Trump era, the media not only made the late John McCain a sainted figure. They made his entire family saints.
Liberals Were Very Wrong About Tax Cuts. Again.
For those of you who survived the Great GOP Tax Cut Massacre, things are finally looking up.
Should Democrats Avoid Female Candidates?
Many Democratic voters are worried that a female candidate cannot win the presidency in 2020. “I don’t think they’re strong enough to carry it for themselves,” an Iowa voter told The Washington Post.
Washington’s Dirty Little Secret: No One Is Running the Show
One of the hardest lessons for young, idealistic and educated people to learn when they come to Washington — and some never learn it — is that nobody is running things.
Twitter: Excelling @Censorship
When the head of Twitter’s public policy department told the Senate he’d do more on conservative censorship, making it worse wasn’t what most leaders had in mind!
A Contrived Crisis
Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee approved a contempt of Congress citation against Attorney General William Barr. The citation was approved along party lines and was based on Barr’s refusal to comply with a subpoena demanding the release of the full, unredacted Mueller report.
This Must Be Dealt With
American Christianity has a number of problems, many of which stem from shallow theology and churches focused on business operations instead of the Great Commission. But the last few weeks have highlighted something more disturbing and sinister.
Et Tu, Sen. Burr?
How nauseating that RINO Sen. Richard Burr, as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is doing the bidding of vindictive Democrats in issuing a subpoena to Donald Trump Jr.
For Joe Biden, on China It’s Still the 1990s
Once upon a time, May 1 — May Day — was a day for working-class parades in factory towns.
There Are No Trump Mysteries
The surprise about the big New York Times story on Donald Trump’s tax returns is that there are no real surprises.
Thursday, May 9, 2019
Presidential Candidates Don’t Understand How Our Economy Works
In the early stages of the 2020 presidential campaign, even as Democrat hopefuls have tried to distinguish themselves from their many rivals, one ideal they all seem to embrace is a disdain for wealthy people — other than themselves, of course.
The Democrats’ Sore Loser Syndrome
Has it ever been noted by the republic’s historians — all of whom are Democrats, save for a lone Republican who remains undercover somewhere in the Middle West — that one characteristic that distinguishes Democrats from Republicans is not very flattering to the Party of the Jackass?
When Reality Bucks Certain Democratic Wishes and Dreams
“We are very probably looking at a global recession, with no end in sight.” That was New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, making a prediction on Election Night in 2016 about what we could expect under President Trump.
A Solution to College Debt
A new study by Georgetown University, Center on Education and the Workforce has found that by next year, “65 percent of all jobs in the economy will require postsecondary education and training beyond high school.” That means 35 percent of available jobs will not require a college degree.