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Thursday, January 31, 2019
Media Call Kamala Harris, Barack Obama, Tiger Woods ‘Black’ — But Not Naomi Osaka?
When Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., announced her candidacy for the 2020 presidential race, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews asked a black guest whether Harris is “seen as African-American.” The guest promptly assured a relieved Matthew: “Yes, I think she’s seen as African-American.”
In the Balkans, Diplomacy Wins a Round
Late last week, by a razor-thin margin, Greek lawmakers voted to approve a deal normalizing relations with Macedonia, their country’s northern neighbor. Chalk up a rare victory for common sense in the Balkans.
Much Has Changed for the Better Since 2016 — Not That Trump Will Get Credit
The news obsesses over the recent government shutdown, the latest Robert Mueller arrest and, of course, fake news — from the BuzzFeed Michael Cohen non-story to the smears of the Covington Catholic High School students.
What Became of Country Before Party?
One of the few advantages of changing addresses is that you sometimes discover long-forgotten items.
Killing 2 Birds With 1 Millstone Hung Around America’s Neck
Wisconsin Republican congressman Sean Duffy recently introduced a bill to give President Trump new powers to raise tariffs in response to actions taken by other individual countries on American goods.
Nancy and Anger Management
The Great Debate between President Donald J. Trump and the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives came to a rather shabby end just before the book-reviewing sections of our great newspapers reviewed an anthropological marvel, “The Goodness Paradox.”
Who Benefits From Immigration? Not You!
Assiduous readers of my column know that I have frequently made the point that America’s immigration policies benefit only three groups of people: 1) rich Americans with a lot of employees, 2) the immigrants themselves, and 3) their grandmothers back in Chiapas.
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
How Bible Literacy Classes Could Help Heal Our Bitter Divisions
Any good teacher of history knows that you don’t just stick with the textbook.
Asia Bibi: One Step Closer to Freedom
Yesterday, the Pakistan Supreme Court thankfully rejected a petition seeking to revisit the acquittal of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who had been convicted of blasphemy and spent eight years on death row before being exonerated by that country’s high court in October of last year.
The Democrats’ Radicalism Problem
President Trump is deeply unpopular. According to RealClearPolitics, his favorability ratings now stand at just 41 percent — near-historic lows.
The Seen vs. the Unseen
Football is popular enough to thrive without politicians subsidizing it.
Ready for 2020?
We’re just a few months past the 2018 elections, but the 2020 campaign is already in high gear. Every day it seems like someone else jumps into the presidential contest.
In Border Talks, a New Fight for Barrier Deniers
The construction of barriers dramatically reduces illegal border crossing attempts. Pelosi calls that “immorality.”
Trump Is Leading, Not Caving
The media is having another field day at the alleged expense of President Donald Trump.
Kamala Harris, ‘Populist’?
In a widely praised National Review article excoriating the media, Charles C. W. Cooke writes, “Sometimes consciously, but most often unwittingly, journalists treat Democrats as normal and Republicans as abnormal and proceed accordingly in their coverage.”
Pelosi, Trump Have Few Incentives to Compromise, So Madness Will Continue
There are those who believe that the president came out the winner in the standoff over the government shutdown. They are what political scientists call very wrong.
Trump Can Call Democrats’ Bluff on Border Security — and Regain His Leverage
Having lost the government shutdown standoff, President Trump has also lost his leverage. But there is one way he can get it back.
The Manure-Spreaders of Media Sensationalism
Here we go again. If you think the manure-spreaders of sensationalism who masquerade as ethical practitioners of journalism learned anything from last week’s MAGA-bashing Covington Catholic High School hoax, I have three words for you:
Bigger Threat: Russian Social Media or Mexican Drug Cartels?
Which is a greater threat to the United States? A shipment of heroin smuggled across the Mexican border that ends up in your hometown? Or a series of Facebook posts made by a Russian operative in St. Petersburg that show up on your Facebook feed?
Demonizing White Men
Rush Limbaugh’s December 2018 Limbaugh Letter has an article titled “Demonizing White Men.” It highlights — with actual quotations from people in the media, academia and the political and entertainment arenas — the attack on white men as a class.