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Friday, August 31, 2018
Cuomo Wrong Again
The left-wing fringe is taking over the Democrat Party. It has nominated several socialist candidates, including the Democrat nominee for governor of Florida.
DeSantis Guilty Only of Trump Sycophancy, Not Racism
I don’t know Rep. Ron DeSantis, the GOP nominee for Florida governor. I met him once. He seemed nice enough.
Thursday, August 30, 2018
Fathers and Abortion
Their stories are rarely told, their sorrow unknown in a public debate largely controlled by radical feminist ideology. These silent victims of abortion are the broken fathers.
Ohr’s Testimony
House investigators were left with more questions than answers after Justice Department official Bruce Ohr’s eight hours of testimony.
Why Do Ex-Clinton Attack Dogs Davis and Stephanopoulos Get a Pass?
Lanny Davis represents Michael Cohen, the lawyer who secretly taped his then-client, now-President Donald Trump.
Judge Kavanaugh: Is Government Truly of, by and for ‘The People’?
Regarding the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, Senate Democrats have a Leninist aversion to argument.
Life After NAFTA
On Monday, the American people were treated to a televised Oval Office phone call between President Trump and Enrique Pena Nieto, the president of Mexico, during which they congratulated each other on reaching a bilateral trade agreement.
Should the Pope Resign?
Many years ago, in the early 1980s, I was drawn ever so transiently into the bureaucratic intricacies of the Roman Catholic Church in America.
Hall Monitor Nation
Apart from building the wall, President Trump’s most important act as president so far was his attack on internet censorship this week.
The Truth Will Set Us All Free
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation was star-crossed from the start. His friend and successor as FBI director, James Comey, by his own admission prompted the investigation — with the deliberate leaking of classified memos about his conversations with President Donald Trump to the press.
The GOP Is Monkeyed Up
There comes a point when even the most indulgent listener must doubt whether political figures deserve the benefit of the doubt. Ron DeSantis, that means you.
The Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal
Sexual scandals and inappropriate behavior are as old as the bible. I give you 1 Corinthians 5:1 in which Paul writes: “It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A man is sleeping with his father’s wife.”
Why Is a Great Senate Office Building Named for a Modern Racist?
Philip Hart was right. When legislation was introduced in 1972 to name the Old Senate Office Building for the recently-deceased Richard Russell Jr. of Georgia, the only senator to speak against the resolution was Hart, the gentle Michigan Democrat known as “the conscience of the Senate.”
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
A New Farm Bill Crops Up
You’d think putting together a new farm bill would be fairly easy. After all, Congress does this very often. But it almost always turns into a tug of war.
Contrary to Media Coverage, Most Americans Aren’t That Into Politics
For many obsessed with politics, the upcoming midterm elections are perceived as a fight between good and evil that will determine the fate of the nation. In the narrative framed by true believers and much media coverage, it’s a fight between those who are convinced that President Donald Trump can make America great and those who dream of a socialist future.
We Are Winning
The Democrat machinery and the media could barely contain their glee last week, and for a time the CliffsNotes version looked pretty bad for Donald Trump.
Racist Cop? Anti-Gay Preacher? Kids Told to Pick Who Lives, Who Dies
Earth is about to blow up and there’s only room on the spaceship for eight passengers. So who gets left behind? Seventh-graders at Roberts Middle School in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, were assigned the task last week of deciding who got to live and who was doomed to be blown to smithereens.
Defending Faith & Family
I was honored to represent you and our friends and partners all over the country at a White House dinner with President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump.
What Nonreligious People Get Wrong About Religious People
With the media furiously obsessed over the supposed imminent end of the Trump presidency (spoiler alert: nope), the new conversation among the elite concerns the supposed evils of Vice President Mike Pence.
Social Media Censorship II
Are those who question the severity of global warming worse than Nazis? I wouldn’t think so, but YouTube, owned by Google, seems to.