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Friday, April 19, 2019

Trump Is a Threat to the Constitution? Nice Try, Nancy

This week, two high-profile Democrats mouthed their party’s delusional mantra that President Trump is a threat to the Constitution — a rich allegation from those would dismantle major pillars of our republican system of government.

Michael Barone

Stopping the Campusfication of American Life

Many people, years after they graduate from high school and college, have nightmares about taking exams for a course for which they have done none of the reading and are totally unprepared. They wake up full of anxiety and relax only when they realize they left school years ago.

Hans von Spakovsky

The Fight Over Trump’s Tax Returns Will End Up in the Supreme Court — Here’s Why

Should elected officials be allowed to gain access to the federal income tax returns of American taxpayers? When President Nixon tried to do this to get dirt on his political opponents he was deservedly condemned and Congress passed a law in 1976 to bar the practice. But now Democrats want to ignore that law to get their hands on President Trump’s tax returns.

Gary Bauer

The Mueller Report: Trump Cleared

As you know, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report has been released to Congress and posted online. Thursday morning, Attorney General William Barr held a press conference to explain the bottom line conclusions and the redaction process.

Rich Lowry

Weep for Notre Dame

“I believe that this church offers the carefully discerning such cause for admiration,” the 14th-century French philosopher Jean de Jandun wrote of Notre Dame, “that its inspection can scarcely sate the soul.”

Thursday, April 18, 2019

R. Emmett Tyrrell

The Congresswoman From Somalia

If a politician of Japanese extraction were to address a “largely Japanese-American audience” and characterize the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor by saying that “some people did something,” would you think that those words diminish the loss of life and of property suffered by our country?

Edwin J. Feulner

The Tax Cut That Keeps on Giving

Another Tax Day is behind us, but negative media coverage of President Trump’s signature tax-cut legislation continues.

Rich Lowry

Yes, Investigate the Investigators

Attorney General William Barr dared to use the “s-word.”

Tony Perkins

Life in the Gov Compartment

“It has happened here.” Her words hung there, in the air of a crowded North Carolina Assembly. “I’ve been a witness,” state Rep. Pat McElraft (R) told the quiet crush of people lining the upper galley. She described the horrible moment she saw the tiny bodies stored at a doctor’s office.

Cal Thomas

The Exception That Is Costa Rica

In the ongoing U.S. debate about immigration, the Central American countries of Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala are mainly in the news because many of those crossing our border from Mexico are from these nations. Why isn’t Costa Rica experiencing a similar mass exodus?

Jeff Jacoby

Those Imprisoned for Breaking Laws Should Have No Say in Making Laws

In the world according to Bernie Sanders, billionaires, insurance companies, gun owners, and Wall Street have too much political power.

Larry Elder

Tiger Woods Is Back. Told You So

From 1997 to 2008, Tiger Woods dominated the world of golf, winning an extraordinarily high percentage of the tournaments he entered.

Gary Bauer

Omar’s Defenders

As we reported recently, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) created quite a stir when she spoke at a fundraising dinner for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).