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Thursday, January 3, 2019
Government Shutdown: Money, Money Everywhere, but Not a Drop for a Wall
This is not our first partial government shutdown. Somehow, someway, from 1976 through 2017, the nation has survived 18 shutdowns, the longest lasting 21 days. In this case, President Donald Trump insists that the next budget deal contain $5 billion to construct a wall on part of our southern border with Mexico.
Your Guess Is as Good as Theirs
Wondering what sort of winter Americans are in for, The Wall Street Journal last week checked the 2019 edition of the venerable Old Farmer’s Almanac, which is published each year in Dublin, N.H. It predicts a mild winter with “above-normal temperatures almost everywhere” this season.
Too Little, Too Late: A Lesson in Border Security
Khalid al-Mihdhar landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City on July 4, 2001.
Dogs Have Their Day in Our Politicized Society
I wanted to write this column about dogs. If you follow me on Twitter or have read my work elsewhere, you probably know that about me: I like my dogs. Though truth be told, I probably like your dogs, too. Because I just like dogs.
Please, No More ‘Border Security’
The media are trying to convince Trump that if he abandons the wall, he’ll be a statesman, so that as soon as he folds, they can start making fun of him as an untrustworthy liar.
Actually, 2018 Was a Pretty Good Year
In truth, aside from the Washington hysterias, 2018 was a most successful year for Americans.
Decision Time on Brexit
To Brexit, or not to Brexit, that is the question (apologies to Shakespeare). The answer to whether the UK will pull out of the European Union as a majority of voters favored in a 2016 referendum will be decided this month. Maybe.
Here’s to Making 2019 a Year for DC to Remember
Christmas is over, and the new year begins. Now Congress needs to go back to work and clean up the mess it left behind last year.
The 10 Worst Things Trump Did in 2018
In his second year in office, President Trump did many positive things, and on Monday, I offered my list of the 10 best things Trump did in 2018. But he also did a lot of bad things that ranged from cringeworthy to catastrophic.
Who Will Take on President Trump?
Did you follow the press in 2018? Apparently, most members of the press do not like our president, Donald J. Trump. Many of them think he is a tyrant in the making.
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Churchill’s Adversaries Weren’t His Enemies
The great man had his flaws, but he understood that people are not only political beings.
How My Bible Reading Went From Sporadic to My Most Important Daily Activity
First, let me say that I’m a big sinner. I struggle with sin. My daily battles are not engaging with some jihadi terrorists halfway around the world. But the battles I face are as real, and in some regards even more consequential.
Trump Should Chill About the Stock Market
Donald Trump may watch the stock market more closely than any day trader.
The Worst Enemy of Black People
Malcolm X was a Muslim minister and human rights activist. Born in 1925, he met his death at the hands of an assassin in 1965. Malcolm X was a courageous advocate for black civil rights, but unlike Martin Luther King, he was not that forgiving of whites for their crimes against black Americans.
A Victory for Free Speech
Conservatives at the University of California at Berkeley got an early Christmas gift this year: a victory for free speech.
Blame Congress, Not the Border Patrol
The liberal media are up to their usual dirty immigration tricks. This time, they’re exploiting the death of a second Guatemalan child who died while in the custody of the Border Patrol at the southwestern border.
2019: The Year of the Wokescolds
2018 was a chaotic year. It was a chaotic year for the markets, for domestic and international politics, and for social mores. 2019 promises more of the same, if the end of the prior year was any indicator. And it promises something else: the continued rise of the Wokescolds.
Trump Using American Capitalism to Help the Poor
During Christmas week, Fox News invited me to discuss how President Donald Trump’s achievements for black Americans are registering in awareness in these communities. Unfortunately, we didn’t succeed in scheduling the interview.
Cultural Winners and Losers of 2018
It’s a little hard to judge popular culture in the Trump era, wherein content creators are judged solely on political impact — are they offering enough “Resistance”? — instead of the quality of their product. The Democratic gains in the midterms should make the left happy about its political fortunes, excepting that every day President Trump remains in office is intolerable.
When Democrats Embraced the ‘Southern Border Fencing Strategy’
In 2006, Congress passed the Secure Fence Act, which mandated the construction of multilayer pedestrian fencing along about 600 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border.