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Friday, November 2, 2018
Maybe America Just Wants to Have a Parliamentary System?
Americans, God bless ’em, revere the Constitution even if they disagree on what it says.
Thursday, November 1, 2018
Meeting the Caravan With Common Sense
It’s sad to see the debate over the migrant caravan break down into the usual polarized camps. You’re either pro-immigrant and therefore willing to let anyone in, or you’re anti-immigrant and you want to slam the door in the face of anyone, right?
Voter Fraud Exists — Even Though Many in the Media Claim It Doesn’t
President Trump warned on Twitter last week that law enforcement would be looking for “voter fraud” in the midterm elections. Many journalists quickly responded — as they always do — by dismissing the very existence of voter fraud.
Consoler-in-Chief
President Trump and his family went to Pittsburgh Tuesday. They visited the synagogue where anti-Semite Robert Bowers murdered 11 innocent Jewish worshippers and they visited the hospital where Jewish doctors and nurses treated the injured, including Bowers.
Hating the Jews
“Some of my best friends are Jews.” That familiar, yet offensive, phrase has been used by some people as a defense against an accusation of anti-Semitism.
Arabian Sights: A Future for Tolerance
Most Americans don’t know a whole lot about the United Arab Emirates (UAE), except maybe for the Burj Khalifa — the tallest man-made structure in the world. What they don’t realize is that the UAE is also head and shoulders above a lot of their Middle Eastern neighbors in another aspect: religious tolerance. Compared to a lot of Islamic countries, the view from there is even more impressive.
Why the Church Cannot Stay Silent
It is the greatest human rights abuse of our time. Its implications affect families, public health, and government. It calls into question our very humanity.
Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre: Obama Slams ‘Hateful Rhetoric’ — Did He Mean Trump’s, or His Own?
Former President Barack Obama received praise for his response to the recent murder of 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue. Obama tweeted: “We grieve for the Americans murdered in Pittsburgh.
Missouri’s Hawley Is an Actual, Not a Pretend, Conservative
Here in the state’s southeast, which calls itself the Bootheel and nurses a genial distrust of Missouri’s metropolitan fleshpots (St. Louis, Kansas City), the loudspeaker is blasting out John Mellencamp’s “Small Town” as Josh Hawley’s cowboy boots alight from his campaign bus at this stop on the “Stop Schumer Fire Claire Tour.”
The True History of Millstone Babies
Having mastered fake news, now the media are trying out a little fake history.
When Laws Are Not Enforced, Anarchy Follows
What makes citizens obey the law is not always their sterling character. Instead, fear of punishment — the shame of arrest, fines or imprisonment — more often makes us comply with laws.
Free Market Principles Missing in Ethanol Rule Changes
The list of losers from President Donald Trump’s trade war is long and likely only to grow.
Media-Trump Truce Abandoned
Last week, upon the arrest of this wretched man, Cesar Sayoc, I heard some good news. Within hours of his arrest, commentators on all sides admitted that, “Enough is enough.”
No, the President Cannot End Birthright Citizenship
In an interview for “Axios on HBO,” President Trump announced he will sign an executive order ending birthright citizenship.
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
What Will It Take to Make America’s Military Great Again?
“America will never be destroyed from the outside,” Abraham Lincoln once said. “If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”
Pelosi’s Top Legislative Priority Would Punish Dissenters on LGBT Issues
Nancy Pelosi made headlines stating that if Democrats reclaim the House, a top agenda item will be to pass laws banning disagreement on LGBT issues.
Birthright Citizenship: A Fundamental Misunderstanding of the 14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment doesn’t say that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens.
America Has a Loser Problem
It’s not any less awful for being so familiar. The last three high-profile attacks that have convulsed the nation, two in just the past week or so, have been carried out by fringe loners who fit the stereotype of the perpetrators of such crimes precisely - they didn’t fit in, they were “off,” they kept to themselves.
How Border Security Can Help End the Opioid Crisis
Recent bipartisan legislation is a good start — but there’s more to do.
Trump Is Serious
Monday offered more evidence that President Trump is as frustrated as the Americans who elected him about the wall the Left has built around the White House to prevent him from securing our borders.