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Thursday, December 13, 2018
Ending the Electric-Car Subsidy
If America’s auto manufacturers wrote letters to Santa, it’s not hard to guess what would be high on their lists: retaining the federal tax credit for electric vehicles.
Trump’s Ex-Lawyer Didn’t Violate Campaign Finance Laws, and Neither Did the President
President Donald Trump’s former attorney, Michael Cohen, may have been convinced by the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York to plead guilty to a supposed violation of campaign finance law, but that doesn’t mean that what happened is actually a federal crime.
Tennessee’s Titans of Abortion Leave Nashville
The city of Nashville knows how to live — and thanks to the latest news, it knows how to let live. As most Americans will tell you, there’s plenty to love about Music City. But after last week, the best thing might just be the fact that there isn’t a single abortion clinic around.
Mueller Probe: If Convictions Equals Success, Whitewater Was a Triumph
President Donald Trump-haters salivated over special counsel Robert Mueller’s recent filings on ex-Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and Trump former lawyer/”fixer” Michael Cohen.
Comey Continues to Display His Lack of Credibility
Fired former FBI Director James Comey is at it again.
America Needs More Immigrants and Less Welfare
The Trump administration’s drive to reduce immigration is not letting up. Its latest vehicle: proposed regulations enlarging federal authority to reject applications for citizenship, green cards, or visa renewals by immigrants who cannot support themselves without turning to welfare.
Will Uprisings Thwart Green Central Planners?
You know you’ve got a problem when your tax schemes are even being rejected by the French.
Government Indicts Ham Sandwich: Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty
This week, I will provide readers with a FREE excerpt from “Resistance Is Futile! How the Trump-Hating Left Lost Its Collective Mind” in order to prove that if you’d bought the book two months ago, you’d already understand the rules of the game.
The Fury of the Establishment
Hell may have no fury like a woman scorned, but scorning the Washington Establishment produces even greater anger.
One Final Word for George Herbert Walker Bush
Now that America has had its holiday from politics, we can get back to poking one another in the eye, slipping one another a mickey and otherwise breaking the rules of decorum for the ladies and gentlemen of public life.
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Hollywood Mega-Producer Wants to Punish Lawmakers Who Support Traditional Marriage
The Hollywood producer behind “Glee” and “American Horror Story” has declared war on politicians who support traditional marriage and oppose letting men who identify as women use the ladies’ room.
Border Battles
Yesterday’s Oval Office meeting between President Trump, incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democrat Leader Chuck Schumer was extraordinary! And it could have occurred only in a Trump White House.
Sen. Scott — You’ve Misjudged Tom Farr, and Here’s Why
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) made a mistake recently when he announced that he wouldn’t vote to confirm Tom Farr for a federal district court slot in North Carolina.
At NIH, It’s Good Clean Fund
If we want to stop Planned Parenthood’s baby body parts business, one of the best ways is making sure there’s less of a demand.
An Ethics Lesson for USA Today’s ‘Queer’ Bullies
This week, I did something that USA Today’s executive leadership apparently hadn’t done lately: I read the newspaper’s “principles of ethical conduct for newsrooms.”
Law vs. Morality in the Trump Campaign-Finance Flap
We’ve lost anything remotely like a moral consensus in this country because legalism has crowded out morality.
Family Breakdown Explains Social Unrest
As France is gripped by civil disorder, many commentators identify, quite correctly, as the culprit the outsized burden that France’s bloated welfare state places on its citizens.
The ‘International Community’ Isn’t a Community
Very often these days, we hear about the wonderful richness of the international community. Americans are chastised for failing to go along with the international community on climate change; failing to follow the consensus of the international community on health care; failing to mirror the priorities of the international community in foreign policy.
On Saudi Arabia, Trump Is Channeling His Inner George H.W. Bush
In recent days, many have sought to contrast President Trump with President George H.W. Bush. But there is one area where Trump is channeling his inner George H.W. Bush — and not in a good way.