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Thursday, June 7, 2018
I Have a Dream ... About Same-Sex Wedding Cakes
The Supreme Court’s recent decision on whether a Christian baker can be forced to make a wedding cake for a gay marriage (no) arriving on the same day that Bill Clinton reared his syphilitic head on NBC’s “Today” reminded me how liberals always use black people as props.
Europe’s Vanishing Calm
The Rhone River Valley in southern France is a storybook marriage of high technology, traditional vineyards and ancestral villages. High-speed trains and well-designed toll roads crisscross majestic cathedrals, castles and chateaus.
Wednesday, June 6, 2018
The Real Significance of the Masterpiece Cakeshop Decision
The real significance of the ruling, and of the fact that only two justices dissented, isn’t the narrowness of its legal grounds. It is the sharpness of its rebuke to the members of the Colorado Civil Rights Commission for their bigoted comments when Jack Phillips was summoned to a hearing before them.
North Korea Negotiations Continue
I have a few thoughts on my favorite topic — negotiations — but first some social commentary.
Why Should States That Protect Illegal Immigrants Be Rewarded?
Alabama has filed an unprecedented but little-noticed lawsuit against the U.S. Census Bureau. If the state wins, it could have major political ramifications and restore fundamental fairness in political representation in Congress.
Recess Canceled
Kudos to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell! He announced yesterday afternoon that he was canceling three weeks of the upcoming August recess due to the “historic obstruction” of Senate Democrats.
The Many Layers of SCOTUS’s Cake Ruling
It’s the reason Jack Phillips got into baking in the first place. “I love doing wedding cakes,” he said. Unfortunately, it was a passion he had to put aside when the battle over religious liberty came knocking. Now, five years and a Supreme Court ruling later, Masterpiece Cakes is back in business. And the Phillipses aren’t the only ones celebrating.
Crony Developments
“Are you on the take?” When I tried to get Edgewater, New Jersey, politicians to answer that question, the mayor wouldn’t discuss it, ultimately telling me, “You may sit down.”
Will More Blacks Vote Republican?
Republican Party outreach to blacks has ratcheted up considerably since the Obama years.
Past Versus Present Americans
Having enjoyed my 82nd birthday, I am part of a group of about 50 million Americans who are 65 years of age or older.
No Pardon for Partisan Hypocrisy
Quick, grab the smelling salts and clear the fainting couches.
Could Trump Pardon Himself? It’s Complicated
In conservative circles, few arguments are more triggering than those that begin: “The Founding Fathers never could have imagined ...”
Heaven’s Newest Angel
There are those who believe he should never have been allowed to be born.
Shame on Google for Treating the U.S. Military as Evil
Google recently announced that it is pulling out of Project Maven, a groundbreaking Pentagon program.
Can State Force Painter to Promote Satan?
When you drove down California Street through San Francisco’s Richmond District in the 1970s, one house made a stronger impression than most others.
Supreme Court: Be Polite When You Violate Others’ Rights
This week, the Supreme Court ruled on the Masterpiece Cakeshop case. That case involved a religious Christian man, Jack Phillips, who decorates cakes for a living.
GOP Midterm Strategist Asks: What Does It Mean to ‘Approve’ of Trump?
Donald Trump is riding a wave of popularity, at least by Trump standards.
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
The Final Goal: Return to Constitutional Government
“The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined ... [and] will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce.” —Federalist Paper No. 45
Making Election Reform an Issue in November
For anyone committed to constitutional government, California looks like a lost cause. The political battle rages between the radical-extreme and moderate-extreme. People and businesses are being driven out of the state.
Colorado’s ‘Half-Baked’ Decision Nixed by SCOTUS
And yet, there is reason to question the full extent of exactly what this opinion means.