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Wednesday, June 27, 2018
‘Abolish ICE’ Zealots Occupy Fantasy Island
“No ban. No wall. No borders at all.” That is the radical rallying cry of the Democratic Socialists of America.
What Trump Gets
In the 1950s, the great neoconservative intellectual Irving Kristol acknowledged Joe McCarthy’s stark failings, but famously refused to take the side of his critics. “For there is one thing,” he wrote, “that the American people know about Senator McCarthy: He, like them, is unequivocally anti-Communist. About the spokesman for American liberalism, they feel they know no such thing.”
Great News
In the midst of America’s raging culture war, I am pleased to report some great news from the Supreme Court. Conservatives won two huge cases yesterday on national security and our First Amendment rights.
Speech Righters: SCOTUS Sides With Pregnancy Centers
If you’re wondering how effective pregnancy care centers are, just look at how hard abortion activists are working to shut them down! They’ve tried discrediting them, silencing them, and — most recently – using the government to force PCCs into *advertising* for them. But, thanks to five justices on the U.S. Supreme Court, states like California won’t be able to use the government to push around pregnancy care centers anymore.
America Divided Against Itself, Again
On May 22, 1856, Rep. Preston Brooks entered the floor of the United States Senate, approached abolitionist Sen. Charles Sumner, and beat the senator with a cane, almost taking his life.
Will Trump Waste Another Chance to Build the Wall?
Building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border was Donald Trump’s premier campaign promise, and he is running out of chances to keep it.
Partisans on Both Sides Are Hell-Bent on Total Victory
After the deadly shooting in Tucson that wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in 2011, many people erroneously and instantaneously blamed Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann and others on the Right for their violent or “eliminationist” rhetoric.
Diversity and Inclusion Harm II
My column a fortnight ago, titled “Diversity and Inclusion Harm,” focused on the dumbing down of science, technology, engineering and mathematics curricula to achieve a more pleasing mixture of participants in terms of race and sex.
Afghanistan: Less Important Than Porn Stars
The “news” you see at night on broadcast television is defined by what “outrage” has been perpetrated by President Donald Trump.
Did MS-13 Bury Murdered Boy in Shadow of U.S. Capitol?
It happened in an otherwise peaceful park, along a beautiful stream, flowing down to a famous river — the Potomac.
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Travel Ban
If you thought elections didn’t matter, I give you the Supreme Court ruling today on the so-called Trump travel ban. I found it very scary — not because I disagree with the outcome (I’m thrilled with the outcome) but because the ruling wasn’t 9-0.
Restaurant Denies Entrée to Conservatives
At a restaurant in rural Virginia, liberals are ordering something to go: conservatives! For members of the Trump leadership team, there’s no such thing as eating out in peace — or, in the case of Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, eating at all.
There Are at Least 12.5 Million Illegal Aliens in the Country!
Here is some important information about illegal aliens in the country.
A Spreading Sickness
Sickness is spreading on the Left. Countless progressives are coming down with severe cases of Trump Derangement Syndrome. It is becoming virtually impossible to catalogue it all. In spite of my effort at humor, this is an extremely serious development and its implications should not be underestimated.
Bigotry Returns to Virginia
As a longtime resident of Virginia, I am well aware of its sordid history when it comes to slavery, racism and discrimination. I can still remember “colored only” restrooms, water fountains, poll taxes and African-Americans forced to ride in the back of the bus. Virginia public schools in the 1950s were mostly segregated, as they had been since first established in 1870.
Donny Deutsch, Michael Hayden and the Moral Collapse of American Jewish Institutions
Last week, on the MSNBC TV show “Morning Joe,” MSNBC contributor Donny Deutsch said that every American who votes for President Donald Trump is a Nazi.
The Businessman in the Cassock
If you were looking for someone to successfully manage a promising company, it would be hard to find a candidate with a better array of credentials and know-how than Andrew Bushell.
The State of the American Worker — Never Better
Last week, I testified before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on the state of the American labor market.
Monday, June 25, 2018
Sudden Crash of Atlantic Ocean Temps and Possible Implications
The amazing large-scale change in the Atlantic sea surface temperature (SST) anomaly over the last six months is resulting in much cooler water.
State of Political Discourse
Charles Krauthammer passed away last week, and with him perhaps the last hope for rational political discourse.