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Wednesday, October 17, 2018
For House GOP, Midterm Pickup Chances Are Rare but Crucial
It’s been noted a million times that Democrats need to pick up 23 seats to take control of the House of Representatives in next month’s midterm elections. Nearly all analysis has focused on how many seats Republicans might lose.
Declare San Francisco Critical Habitat for Grizzly Bears?
Drive through San Francisco on any given day and you are likely to see more than a few grizzly bears.
The Electoral College Debate
Democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, seeking to represent New York’s 14th Congressional District, has called for the abolition of the Electoral College.
Democrats’ Smear of Kavanaugh Sunk Their Own Senate Chances
Just a few weeks ago, analysts thought that control of the U.S. Senate was in play this November and that momentum was shifting to the Democrats. Thanks to their brutal campaign of character assassination against now-Justice Brett Kavanaugh, those chances appear to be slipping away.
Complaints That the Senate Is Undemocratic Ring Hollow
In the wake of the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, a lot of people are suddenly very mad that the Senate is “undemocratic.” I’m unmoved.
Elizabeth Warren’s No ‘Woman of Color’
So, Sen. Elizabeth Warren has announced she commissioned a DNA test to address her long-standing claims of having Cherokee ancestry.
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Hurricanes and the IPCC Report Crank Up Climate Catastrophe Talk
The devastation resulting from this year’s hurricane season has once again spurred the climate change faction into action.
The Fauxcahontas Award of the Week
One of John Dillinger’s most famous quips was that Bonnie and Clyde were giving bank robbing a bad name. In this century, that honor goes to Elizabeth Warren, who has succeeded in smearing ancestry archeology with a bad name, and maybe bank robbing too — I don’t know her that well.
Hillary’s #MeToo Nightmare
Hillary Clinton won the political battle over Bill Clinton’s sexual misadventures in the 1990s, at the cost of having to litigate them forevermore.
Pastor Brunson: Home, Free
There are so many words I could use to describe the last 72 hours, but there’s one that I keep returning to — grateful.
When I First Realized America Is Exceptional
I moved to California from New York City in 1976. The founder of what was then America’s largest Jewish retreat center, the Brandeis Institute (not affiliated with the university), Dr. Shlomo Bardin, asked me to work as his assistant.
Trump’s North American Trade Triumph
For those on the left and right who were certain that President Donald Trump’s presidency meant the end of global free trade ... think again.
Why Vote for Democrats?
Given what the Trump administration is saying are record achievements for a president at this stage in office, why would anyone consider voting for Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections?
Monday, October 15, 2018
Post-Michael Observations
The explanations in the wake of hurricanes have gotten so strange. There is now disagreement not only on why they happen but what actually happened. So I have a few post-Hurricane Michael comments to make.
What the Kavanaugh Protests and Kermit Gosnell Have in Common
The darkness of evil infiltrated the nation’s capital during the Senate confirmation process of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh.
Whether a Con or a Hit Job, Kavanaugh Saga Is Telling
Was Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony against Judge Brett Kavanaugh a total con job? It had all the earmarks of an 11th-hour ambush, facilitated by the irrelevance of the lack of corroborating evidence, a predictable presumption of guilt ginned up by a media that feeds sensationalism and mob rule, and the calculated protection of the impenetrable shield of the #MeToo movement. It almost worked.
Prominent Tennessee Republican Harassed by Left-Wing Motorist
A prominent Republican leader in Tennessee was accosted at a traffic light after another motorist became offended by her Trump bumper sticker.
The Important, Powerful Message of the Little-Known National Monument to the Forefathers
Dedicated in 1889, the National Monument to the Forefathers in Plymouth, Massachusetts (hereinafter referred to as “the monument”), is truly one of America’s most beautiful and meaningful monuments.
Liberal Activists Just Made a Website Using Kavanaugh’s Name. That Could Be Illegal.
After enduring weeks of character attacks and a disgraceful media lynching, Brett Kavanaugh now sits on the Supreme Court. But some activists still aren’t letting it go.