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Saturday, December 8, 2018
Reflections on Impeachment, 20 Years Later
It was a tragedy for Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky and America. He could have averted it by apologizing.
The Decline & Fall of America
It has become increasingly difficult to believe that the nation the Founders envisioned will even be remotely recognizable in a couple of decades down the road.
Friday, December 7, 2018
More Evidence Water Vapor Is Dominant Influence on Temperatures
This may seem revolutionary given all the emphasis put on CO2 as the so-called “climate control knob.”
Yes, Voter Fraud Is Real
Democrats, who the day before yesterday were insisting that voter fraud didn’t exist, now believe that it was used to steal a North Carolina congressional seat from them.
Worthy Asylum Seekers — Or Not
Most of the migrants from Honduras or Guatemala rushing our southern border are never going to meet the qualifications for asylum.
Apocalypse Noun: Teacher Suspended Over Gender Spat
Can three letters cost you your job? They can if they’re “s-h-e.” That’s the unbelievable dilemma playing out in a Richmond-area school.
Release Comey’s Emails
Investigative journalist John Solomon has dropped another bombshell about the Obama FBI and Justice Department.
China Tried to Strike at Trump — and Missed the Mark Entirely
“When you strike at a king you must kill him,” Ralph Waldo Emerson once said. Well, this year China tried to strike at President Trump for daring to launch a trade war with Beijing — and missed the mark entirely.
The Most Successful One-Term President
George H.W. Bush “gave the nation its most successful one-term presidency.” He “was the best one-term president the country has ever had, and one of the most underrated presidents of all time.”
Ocasio-Cortez Is Borrowing From the Trump Playbook
One of the most comforting talking points in politics is to claim that your political opponents are irrationally obsessed. I’m sure this is as old as time, but I first noticed it in the late 1990s.
Break the Iowa/New Hampshire Duopoly
The 2018 midterm elections are barely a month past. The current presidential term isn’t even half over. But the Iowa/New Hampshire drumroll has already begun.
Climate Change Alarmism Is the World’s Leading Cause of Hot Gas
Even as anti-gas tax riots raged in France this week, naturalist David Attenborough warned a crowd at a United Nations climate change summit in Poland that “the collapse of our civilizations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon.”
Katy Tur, France’s Riots and Panic Mode
NBC’s Katy Tur, responding to an article in the New Yorker about climate, looked into the camera and asked, “How pointless is my life? And how pointless are the decisions that I make on a day-to-day basis when we are not focused on climate change every day, when it’s not leading every one of our newscasts?”
Environmentalism, Pantheism, Statism and Pessimism
Meaning no disrespect to climate alarmists of the past half-century, who have been quite formidable in their doomsday warnings, the modern era has ushered in a new wave of scaremongers who threaten to eclipse their predecessors.
Family Time at Christmas
In our hyper-partisan age, it seems every newspaper and magazine writes columns on dealing with crazy uncles at holiday parties and their crazy conspiracies. But it is true.
The Charming Cultural Decency of Bush 41
Everyone seems to have his own George H.W. Bush story. I’ll give one that gives an insight into this man’s character.
Thursday, December 6, 2018
Our Federal Prisons House Thousands of Low-Level Offenders and America Must Do Better. Here’s How.
What parent hopes their child will grow up to be a career criminal? What child dreams of one day living behind the bars of one of America’s 102 federal prisons?
Warming Up to the Cold Facts About Climate
It’s time for the global-warming crowd to realize, once and for all, that civilization isn’t ending
House-work Piles Up for Pro-lifers
Congressman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) has saved a lot of lives — including, on June 14th of last year, Majority Whip Steve Scalise’s (R-La.).
Mueller the Merciful
Special Counsel Robert Mueller, according to court filings made public late Tuesday, is recommending that retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn serve no jail time due to the “substantial assistance” he has provided to the special counsel’s investigation. That’s good news for Gen. Flynn, and I am pleased for him and his family.