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Friday, June 22, 2018
Enforcement, Not Separation, Is the Issue
President Donald Trump climbed down on separating families at the border, but the underlying argument is not going away.
Congress Is Broken .. and Spineless
It’s no surprise that Democrats and everyone in the liberal media are blaming President Trump personally for the crying immigrant children at the border.
Trump’s Order
President Trump signed an executive order revising the government’s detention policy for illegal immigrants. His order continues the zero-tolerance policy at the border.
GOP Pushes for a Restraining Border
There will be no easing into the July 4th holiday for this Congress. The House and Senate are a hive of activity, thanks to the media’s delayed reaction to a four-year-old immigration policy. Suddenly, a problem that’s been bubbling over since the Obama administration has exploded into a messy political fight that’s finally forcing both sides to the table on an issue that’s been crying out for Washington’s attention for almost two decades. Now, it’s up to Democrats to decide which is more important: scoring points in the midterm elections, or fixing our broken immigration system.
This Is Seth Meyers on Drugs
CNN host Van Jones, a former Obama White House aide, interviewed NBC late-night host Seth Meyers with the usual reverence that liberals offer to comedians of the Resistance. “You’re an icon. You’re a legend,” Jones gushed. “You’re doing a phenomenal service to the country.”
Democrats Have Zero Tolerance for Solutions to Illegal Immigration
Democrats have shown zero interest in dealing with the undermining problems that propel illegal immigration.
Charles Krauthammer, a Diagnostician of Our Public Discontents
When he was asked how to become a columnist, Charles Krauthammer would say, with characteristic drollery, “First, you go to medical school.”
Let’s Find a Balanced Solution to Immigration and Stop the Preening
Virtue signaling soared to new heights with the family separation issue on the southern border. Too many people, including many well-meaning ones, are leaving their minds at the door with knee-jerk responses to media hype.
The Supreme Court’s ‘Bartleby’ Decision
“I would prefer not to.” That was the invariable reply of the title character of Herman Melville’s 1853 story Bartleby, the Scrivener, when asked by his employer to perform a task.
Being Decent
Not too long ago, I returned to my parked car and found a sheet of paper on the windshield bearing an expletive-laden message.
The Left’s Most Dangerous Game
Debra Strop owns Uncle Loui’s Cafe in Duluth, Minnesota. Last week, a television news crew reached out to see if they could do their news program from the cafe. The program would be covering President Trump’s speech in Duluth. Ms. Strop agreed. That is when the progressive thugs attacked. The news program was Fox & Friends, and the progressive mob had to punish Strop.
Thursday, June 21, 2018
Korean War Games in the Balance
I arrived in Seoul on the same day as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo after the Singapore summit. In the wake of the meeting between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Mr. Pompeo and I had essentially the same task: reassuring our allies.
Expanded OPEC Threatens U.S. Pursuit of Energy Dominance
This week’s OPEC meeting reveals once again that the market for oil is controlled by nations that collude to manipulate oil prices.
The State of Our Union
It’s been a little over a year since a crazed leftist gunman attempted to murder multiple Republican congressmen on a Virginia baseball field. Had he succeeded, it would have been the worst political assassination in history. (By the way, the FBI couldn’t find evidence of bias in that case either.)
UN Human Rights Council: Win, Lose, or Withdraw
Sometimes, the best way to get someone’s attention is to stop giving them yours. That was certainly the case in Switzerland Tuesdsay. When President Trump’s team announced that it was quitting the UN Human Rights Council, the world noticed all right. But what most people want to know is: Will the UN do anything about it?
Can Bill Weld Restore Conservatism?
“This,” exclaimed Margaret Thatcher, thumping Friedrich Hayek’s 500-page tome The Constitution of Liberty on a table in front of some Conservative Party colleagues, “is what we believe.” It also is what Bill Weld believes, which is why he aspires to be the Libertarian Party’s 2020 presidential candidate.
IG Report — Imagine This Level of Bias During the O.J. Simpson Case
Imagine what defense attorney Johnnie Cochran, during the O.J. Simpson murder trial, would have done with notes to and from LAPD lead detectives Tom Lange and Philip Vannatter in which they demeaned Simpson’s fans.
Scandals Sanitized With Linguistic Trickery
Throughout Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s massive report on the Hillary Clinton email investigation are lots of strange things. One of the weirdest is the extent to which the FBI went to make up words and phrases to disguise reality.
The Politics Behind Separation Anxiety
Need proof that the current controversy over children of undocumented immigrants is more political than humanitarian? Hillary Clinton said she was “adamantly against illegal immigrants” and supported a border wall until she ran for president in 2016.
70 Years Ago, America Won Its First Fight Against Communism Without Firing a Shot
Two weeks ago, on June 6, we commemorated D-Day — the start of the land battle to free Europe from Nazi tyranny. Today, we celebrate another significant anniversary. It was 70 years ago, on June 20, 1948, that the U.S. and its allies started their first major fight of the Cold War, aiming to stop mass murderer and tyrant Josef Stalin from enslaving more people in Europe: the Berlin Airlift.