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Monday, June 25, 2018
A Workforce Worthy of America
When you think of federal government workers, what image comes to mind? That was a question I pondered when President George W. Bush asked me to lead the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
Pentagon Tells Church to Remove Military Seals After Atheists Complain
The Pentagon has directed one of the nation’s largest churches to remove insignia representing the branches of the military from an upcoming freedom celebration after an atheist group complained.
Anti-Trump FBI Agent Peter Strzok Deserves to Be Fired
It should have happened months ago
Trump’s Oddly Successful 500 Days
Considering the flood of bile that has been directed at President Trump by the media and the lack of support he has received from major Republican figures in Congress, his track record over the last 17 months has been nearly as miraculous as his victory over Hillary Clinton.
Sunday, June 24, 2018
This November, Cast Your Vote Against the GOP
Amid the carnage of Republican misrule in Washington, there is this glimmer of good news: The family-shredding policy along the southern border, which was merely the most telegenic recent example of misrule, clarified something.
Federal Judge Says Public Prayer by Police Officers Violates Law
The city council of Ocala, Florida, has decided to fight back after a federal judge ruled that the city and its police chief violated the Constitution by promoting and holding a prayer vigil.
FBI and DOJ Are Too Politicized. They Must Be Stopped
In his first public comments after making his report public, Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz sustained that in his review of the federal investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server, there was no “documentary evidence” that political bias affected the investigation.
Saturday, June 23, 2018
Media Separated From Reality at Border
It’s one thing to tell a story that tugs on people’s heartstrings. It’s quite another to manipulate that story to color people’s view. Of course, the liberal media knows a thing or two about twisting the truth to suit their narrative.
How to Disagree and Still See Each Other’s Humanity
“The problem is not that we disagree, but that our disagreements have become so callous, emotional and inconsiderate,” wrote Michael Wear in his book Reclaiming Hope. Wear used to work for President Obama on faith-based and neighborhood partnerships.
Border Bills
President Trump’s executive order ending family separations at the border will not solve all the problems caused by massive illegal immigration. So the president has been pushing Congress to act.
New Yorker Writer Lashes Out at Scott Pruitt’s Evangelical Supporters
“How is it that the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, a public servant who walks around clouded in ethics scandals like Pig-Pen in his swirl of dust, still holds his job?” That snide lede by Margaret Talbot to her *New Yorker* article June 8 titled “Are Evangelical Leaders Saving Scott Pruitt’s Job?” should tip off even the uninitiated that what follows will be, shall we say, something less than journalistic fairness.
Discrimination Law Isn’t Supposed to ‘Punish the Wicked’
A 7-2 win at the Supreme Court is a big deal. But some advocates of religious freedom minimized the importance of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, saying it was a narrow ruling that applies only to the manifest hostility to religion the commission showed in adjudicating Jack Phillips’s case. Religious-liberty opponents have claimed the decision is an open door to invidious discrimination, including racism. Both views are wrong.
A Viable Democratic Alternative to the Regime in Iran
One could easily argue that Iran’s ruling theocracy is facing the greatest internal threat to its rule since the 1980s.
Robert DeNiro Speaks His Mind
To say that an actor spoke his mind at an awards ceremony is not to be confused with a compliment. Speaking one’s mind is only a good thing if one’s mind is in good working order. Clearly, standing up before an audience of one’s mindless peers at the Tony’s Award Show and receiving a standing ovation for saying “F—k Trump!” on live TV is an act of intellectual desperation.
The Supremes Put Off Deciding Whether Politics Violates the Constitution
Election lawyers, state legislators and political junkies were surely all disappointed on June 18 when the Supreme Court, in a unanimous opinion authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, avoided deciding whether partisan gerrymandering violates the Constitution. Instead, it sent the *Gill v. Whitford* case arising out of Wisconsin back to the lower court, holding that the plaintiffs had failed to demonstrate Article III standing because they had not shown any specific, individual injury to their right to vote.
Hollywood Silent After Peter Fonda’s Violent Threat Against Barron Trump
The Secret Service has been notified of threats made by Hollywood actor Peter Fonda against President Trump’s 12-year-old son.
Friday, June 22, 2018
The Southern Poverty Law Center Has Lost All Credibility
After years of smearing good people with false charges of bigotry, the SPLC has finally been held to account.
Charles Krauthammer, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Columnist and Intellectual Provocateur, Dies at 68
By any measure, Krauthammer cut a singular profile in Washington’s journalistic and policymaking circles.
Who’s Responsible for Separating Alien Kids From Their Parents?
Many people, but not Trump.