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Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Conversation Peace: U.S.-North Korea’s Historic Meeting
The entire world seems to be holding its breath. And while a lot of the chatter about the North Korean-U.S. summit is about denuclearization, millions of Christians are hoping President Trump can convince Kim Jong-un to lay down another weapon: his deadly hatred of religious expression.
Miss America: The Latest Institution Destroyed by the Left
As I have documented repeatedly, the Left ruins just about everything it touches.
Lessons for the Trump-Kim Summit
The unprecedented, historic and weird summit (Dennis Rodman might be there) between President Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un could produce the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, or just more of the same lies and dissembling from North Korea we have seen before.
Putting America First Has Made USA No. 1
The Left is quickly running out of excuses for why Donald Trump’s economic policies have caused a boom rather than the bust that they predicted with such great certainty.
Monday, June 11, 2018
Christian Teacher Forced Out Over School’s Transgender Policy
Resign or be fired. That was the stunning ultimatum delivered to John Kluge, a teacher at Indiana’s Brownsburg High School and a devout follower of Jesus Christ.
Trump Is Not Destroying Himself
Right now, Donald Trump is in the strongest political position since the initial months of his presidency.
Bold Reforms Needed to Fuel the Trump Economy
It’s no secret that President Trump has shaken up the Washington, DC, establishment in his first 500 days in office. His less-than-conventional administration is clearly less worried about political niceties and protocol and is squarely focused on creating millions of new jobs. The Trump economy is squashing unemployment rates down to their lowest levels in 18 years — 3.8 percent. 223,000 private-sector jobs were created in May alone. Since President Trump’s election, businesses have added over three million new, private-sector jobs.
Hypocrisy & Hilarity
Most politicians, even those with whom we might agree when it comes to the major issues, are so personally vile that when they appear in public, they should have to ring a little bell to alert decent people to their presence the way that lepers were forced to do during the Dark Ages.
Sunday, June 10, 2018
CrossFit Fires Christian Employee for Calling Gay Pride a Sin
A controversy over gay pride and religious beliefs has resulted in the closure of an Indianapolis CrossFit gym and the firing of a CrossFit “spokesman” who called gay pride a “sin.”
Does North Korea Wish to Become Upper Volta Without Rockets — or Vodka?
Back when the Soviet Union had a first-rate nuclear arsenal but a ramshackle third-world economy that produced no consumer goods other than vodka and caviar that anyone elsewhere would buy, the nation was disparaged as “Upper Volta with rockets.”
Saturday, June 9, 2018
Pelosi’s Prattling
House Democrat Leader Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press briefing Thursday. After listening to her remarks about the economy, I am ready to launch a GoFundMe page to ensure she has enough staff for a daily press briefing. She is so effective for our side!
Social Media Giants ‘Friend’ Extremist SPLC
They’re four of the biggest names on the Internet — and right now, they have one thing in common: a dangerous partnership with SPLC. Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Twitter are no lightweights when it comes to market influence, so the news they’re all leaning (in some way or another) on the extremists at Southern Poverty Law Center is giving conservatives plenty to think about.
Overcoming Politics and Polarization
I spent the better part of last week at a conference at Georgetown University dedicated to overcoming polarization. We didn’t achieve that goal. But we sure walked out of there knowing some new people and perspectives.
1968: A Year of Lost Innocence
This weekend, I will celebrate the 50th anniversary of my high school graduation with most of the surviving classmates of the Cranbrook School Class of 1968. They became accomplished men (it was an all-boys school then), whose greatest common achievement has been to be solid family men.
Demand the Ball
Anyone who’s ever attended a graduation ceremony knows the commencement speaker faces a very special challenge: Be inspiring. Use soaring rhetoric. And say something that may echo for years after. This commencement season is no exception, but one of the best pieces of advice delivered so far was a bit more blunt: “Demand the ball.”
My Life as a Writer
All I ever really wanted to do was be a writer. I might have settled for being a Major League Baseball player or being a professional pianist, but I wasn’t very good at baseball and I couldn’t play the piano.
Parents Fight Pornographic Sex-Ed Policy for Grade-Schoolers
San Diego parents are disgusted over what they are calling pornographic lessons that are part of the school district’s new state-mandated sex education program.
Friday, June 8, 2018
Farewell
My doctors tell me their best estimate is that I have only a few weeks left to live. This is the final verdict. My fight is over.
A Chance to Save California?
California’s crazy “jungle” primary elections came to a blessed end on Tuesday. I lost count, but I think there were 32 candidates running for U.S. Senate and 27 for governor.
Bad News at the Border
There is bad news at the southern border. Here’s how The Washington Post puts it: “U.S. border agents made more than 50,000 arrests in May for the third month in a row ... an indication that escalating enforcement tactics by the Trump administration ... [have] not had an immediate deterrent effect.”