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Wednesday, November 14, 2018
The Counting Continues
Now a week past Election Day, Democrats continue to run up the score.
Courage on Campus: Now U.C. It
Standing up for Christian values is tough at any college, but on one of the most radically liberal campuses on the planet? That takes nerve.
6 Reasons the CNN-Acosta Lawsuit Is Lame
CNN’s war on the Trump White House is now entering the legal system. CNN filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit insisting that denying its chief White House shouter Jim Acosta a permanent press pass has caused “irreparable harm,” and that Acosta has a constitutional right to shout at the president under the First and Fifth Amendment rights. How lame is this? Let us count the ways:
Republican Opportunity With Young Blacks
Buried in the mounds of data fleshing out what happened in the midterm elections is an interesting take on blacks.
Single-Payer Health Care
America needs single-payer health care, say progressives. That’s a system where government pays doctors and hospitals, and no sick person has to worry about having enough money to pay for care. After all, they say, “Health care is a “right!”
Nationalism and Patriotism Don’t Have to Be Opposites
It is simply a fact that human beings resonate to nationalism. The question is whether that nationalism can be grafted to a worthwhile philosophy.
As Dems Weigh Impeachment, GOP Leaders Regret Pursuing Clinton
If Democrats are trying to reassure anyone that they won’t impeach President Trump, they’re aren’t doing a very good job of it.
37.8 Percent in Generation That Starts Turning 21 Next Year Was Born to Unwed Moms
In the 20-year cohort of American young people who were born in the years from 1998 through 2017 — and will start turning 21 next year — 37.8 percent were born to unmarried mothers, according to data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
We Have an Identity Problem
According to a recent report in The New York Times, Health and Human Services Department officials have been circulating a proposal to define sex.
The French President Is Wrong; There’s Nothing Wrong With Populist Nationalism, American-Style
When French President Emmanuel Macron denounced populist nationalism this week and called on world leaders to support institutions such as the United Nations that defend “the common good of the world,” liberal elites cheered.
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
The Legacy of Jeff Sessions
Here’s a proposition it’s hard to argue against: Edwin Meese is the person best positioned to assess Jeff Sessions’ tenure as attorney general of the United States because he is one of the best lawyers to ever to serve in that office.
There’s No ‘Neo-Jim Crow’ in Georgia
In the overtime of the 2018 elections, the left can’t decide whether it opposes casting doubt on election results or insists on it.
Journalism Badly Needs Self-Correction
As we consider the state of things in America today, we see important areas of American life that have weakened as the years have passed. Among them are the nuclear family, public education, higher education, and the general sense of what America is all about.
Heroism in the Blink of an Eye
“I wouldn’t change anything,” Marine Corporal Kyle Carpenter insists when he’s asked. Eight years later, he doesn’t remember much about that November 21, 2010 day in southwestern Afghanistan.
What’s Wrong With Florida Elections?
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) had the best line when it comes to the latest Florida election in which contests for governor and the U.S. Senate are still undecided.
If Sex Isn’t Fixed, Why Is Age?
Emile Ratelband, a 69-year-old motivational speaker in the Netherlands, has petitioned a Dutch court for permission to change his legal age by altering his birth certificate to show he was born 20 years later than he really was — to legally make him 49 rather 69 years old.
Fannie Mae and ‘Freddie Maxine’
Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California appears a lock to become the next chairman of the House’s powerful Financial Services Committee.
Monday, November 12, 2018
Honoring Our Heroes
Sunday was Veterans Day. Over the weekend, communities across the country honored our military veterans for their service and sacrifice.
A Christian’s Motto: ‘No Fear of Man’
For over a decade, my life revolved around politics. I ate, drank, and slept all things political. Throughout those years, I often saw the worst of men and women, which led me to suspect our government’s involvement in a host of conspiracies.