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Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Want to Make Money? Work for the Government
Which class of full-time, year-round American workers has the highest median earnings?
Smearing Barr
The House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote this morning on a contempt citation against Attorney General William Barr.
Keeping Fake Illegal Alien Families Together
Who remembers the hysterical sound and fury of open borders leftists last summer over President Donald Trump’s detention and enforcement policies at our besieged southern border?
Discrimination and Disparities II
Last week’s column discussed Dr. Thomas Sowell’s newest book “Discrimination and Disparities,” which is an enlarged and revised edition of an earlier version. In this review, I am going to focus on one of his richest chapters titled “Social Visions and Human Consequences.”
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
‘Unplanned’ Tells an Essential Truth About Abortion: It Is Violent
In a January profile of Leana Wen, Planned Parenthood’s new president, BuzzFeed News reported that she intended to start shifting the organization’s focus away from abortions.
Activities in ‘The Swamp’ Reach Disgusting and Treasonous Levels
“The Swamp.” That is how Donald Trump identifies the Washington bureaucratic morass. The Swamp, or however one identifies it, is the stuff of legend.
Reynolds Wraps Up Session With Conservative Wins
Not every court gets away with rewriting the law! In Iowa, legislators had one final message for the state’s Supreme Court before they closed out the 2019 session: leave the lawmaking to us.
Teaching Hate
It is a well-established fact that Palestinian children are taught to hate Israeli Jews from a very young age. Some Palestinian textbooks teach addition and multiplication by counting the number of “martyrs” killed by Israel.
Remembering the Pioneers
In a country preoccupied with presidential candidates preaching extreme liberalism and even unabashed socialism comes America’s greatest living historian, David McCullough, with a new and needed book.
Let the Sunshine in at the Federal Reserve
I’m disappointed I had to withdraw from the nomination to be a member of the Federal Reserve Board because I do believe the Fed needs to change the way it operates.
Monday, May 6, 2019
Judges Can’t Ignore Immigration Laws They Don’t Like
Remember when judges used to uphold the law? Unfortunately, that’s not always the case today. Consider the Massachusetts trial judge who is accused of helping a twice-deported illegal immigrant slip out the back door rather than hand him over to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent waiting to arrest him.
NM County Pleads With Trump to Save Them From Illegal-Alien Invasion
The good people of Otero County, New Mexico, have been overrun by an invading horde of illegal aliens.
Assertive Trends in U.S.’s Iran Policy Must Continue
America’s policy on Iran has been trending in the right direction since the day President Trump took office.
A Letter to Bibi
I write a lot more letters than I receive. That’s probably due to the fact that I often write to strangers. As a rule, they don’t write back.
Roman Empire’s Persecution of Christians
Eleven of the twelve apostles were martyred, with the 12th, John, being reportedly thrown into a boiling pot of oil, but miraculously survived.
Saturday, May 4, 2019
Jobs Boom
The Trump economy is chugging along -- 263,000 new jobs were created last month, well above economists’ expectations of 190,000 new jobs.
The Power of Seeking God’s Face
A lot has changed since I attended my first National Day of Prayer ceremony here in Washington back in 1992.
American Workers Wouldn’t Stand a Chance With Bygone Joe Biden
When President Trump promised to bring back American manufacturing, he wasn’t just talking about union workers.
More Love, Not Less
“Some kids are unwanted, so you either kill them now or kill them later.”
Lies, Damn Lies & Obaminations
Kent Boom sent me a list of lies that can be traced back over the past 55 years, starting with LBJ’s announcing that we were attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin.