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- Opinion · Feb 27, 2019The Left Hates Children
enough. But Senate progressives managed to outdo AOC with a vote Monday night essentially allowing fourth trimester abortions. I know there are only three trimesters in pregnancy. But the left … answer the question then. Sadly, 44 senators couldn’t answer it Monday night. This is where the slippery slope of abortion has taken us: We are now debating whether
- Opinion · Jan 21, 2019The Politics of Abortion
received a BA degree in political science from Johns Hopkins and served as the president of Princeton before entering politics as a Progressive. In replying to Mr. Miano, I wrote … political cartoonist Herblock had of turning him with his constant five o’clock shadow into a sewer rat. He hated the fact that the studio lights during his debate with
- Opinion · Jan 7, 2019Court Pulls Rank on Military Trans Ban
military’s effectiveness. Honestly, this isn’t a question of fairness — it’s a question of fitness. The president isn’t banning people who identify as transgender because he hates … President Trump to continue moving the military away from Obama era political correctness which left our nation’s defenses at its lowest levels of readiness since before WWII. We trust
- Alexander's Column · Jan 2, 2019National Security on the Border v. Shuttering Some Government Bureaucracies
year. On 22 December President Donald Trump implemented a limited government shutdown of “non-essential government bureaucracies” after Democrats failed to provide sufficient federal funding to secure our border with … repeatedly advocated for border security and strong immigration laws — until it was no longer politically expedient to do so. Democrats oppose securing our southern border for two reasons: first, because
- Alexander's Column · Dec 5, 2018Tailwinds and Following Seas, President Bush
crucial.” Unfortunately, in the years since, the Left’s “bickering” has devolved into politically deranged divisions with its resulting uncivil discourse . Bush’s decisive leadership as commander-in-chief during … nationally televised Presidential debate, he epitomized what has been wrong with Republicans for years. A member of the audience had just asked a stupid question. Ronald Reagan would have been
- Opinion · Nov 9, 2018Jeff Sessions Put the Justice Department Back on Course
third parties that were not involved in the prosecution. Those third parties were often political allies of the Obama administration. The Justice Department was in essence abusing its law enforcement … court against private parties. On Sessions’ watch, the Justice Department dropped several other questionable practices. For example, after years of opposing a commonsense voter ID law enacted by the Texas
- Article · Oct 31, 2018Who Decides What the 14th Amendment Means?
aliens.” That still doesn’t settle the question of illegal aliens. Essentially, what this debate is about is what all contemporary constitutional debates are about — whether the Constitution … intended it to be understood ( Rule of Law ), or, as Democrats insist, however the political majority du jour wants to interpret it to comport with its contemporary political agenda ( rule
- Opinion · Oct 23, 2018Old News: Gender Isn’t Neutral
been understood both before and since 1964. Not a single president questioned it until Obama, who decided that he didn’t care what the Civil Rights Act said … should not have them.” This “new” definition of sex, the Times insists, “would essentially eradicate federal recognition of the estimated 1.4 million Americans who have opted to recognize themselves — surgically
- Opinion · Oct 1, 2018Kavanaugh Hearings: The Farce Continues
were a disqualifying event. Later in the hearing, the GOP essentially fired the woman attorney and took over the questioning, led by the incredible “someone had to tell the truth … doubts to vote aye. But his condition was quickly adopted by other senators in politically tough situations. Even President Donald Trump had to recognize that without the FBI chiming
- Opinion · Sep 14, 2018The Remains of the FDA
neither responsible nor do they meet even modest ethical standards, and there are serious questions about the legality of methods used to procure the aborted baby organs and tissue... Advanced … look through K-12 textbooks and make recommendations. It’s usually a touchy debate, and this year was no different! The volunteers who tackled social studies came back
- Opinion · Aug 25, 2018Cohen and Mueller
trains run on time and deal with the GOP machinery. Trump was essentially his own political consultant. When Manafort didn’t measure up after a couple months, he was gone … bogus. Given that the feds were not lacking for fraud charges, it begs the question as to why they would turn to some highly dubious campaign-finance charge. Furthermore
- Opinion · Aug 8, 2018Freedom Of Speech
These are all important questions that we must grapple with as a society committed to free speech and open debate. But it is a hard debate to have when … failing the Republic. And given the increasing intolerance of the left, it is essential that we do everything we can to educate our fellow citizens and defend our cherished rights
- Opinion · Jul 27, 2018Seeing Trump’s Forest
their costs.” This isn’t just a matter of debasing the public debate, he notes, but it protects our consciences “exactly when our consciences shouldn’t be protected.” Apparently, like … chief executive of vast business enterprises, Trump is necessarily control-oriented, which is an essential quality, by the way, for any U.S. president. But unlike liberal presidents, such as Barack
- Article · May 9, 2018NYT: It’s Wasteful to Prosecute Criminals for Gun Crimes
violence as a major political issue rather than recognize the wisdom in enforcing existing laws, The New York Times ran an article questioning the effectiveness of increased prosecutions … prosecution of firearms-related crimes is essentially a misplaced focus. The article states, “Mr. Sessions’ approach has touched off a debate about whether he is making the country safer from
- Opinion · May 8, 2018Shields, Not Swords
government in these arenas. Untangling this knot is a first step toward fruitful debate of these sensitive matters. There are certain rights that all people possess irrespective of their identity … healthy organs. We shouldn’t use anti-discrimination policies to enforce political orthodoxy on reasonably disputed questions of medical care. That would make them swords, not shields
- Alexander's Column · May 2, 2018The Deconstruction and Repeal of the Second Amendment
would request that your analysis of this sentence not take into consideration issues of political impact or public policy, but be restricted entirely to a linguistic analysis of its meaning … essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.” Likewise during the ratification debates, Patrick Henry declared
- Opinion · Apr 3, 2018Conservatives, Too, Undergo Secular Indoctrination
mentioned how essential God is to morality — that without God, morality is subjective, a matter of personal or communal opinion. Having debated atheist scholars, all of whom agreed with this … Address, in which he said, “Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports”? I think the answer is they do what
- Opinion · Mar 28, 2018The March
rhetorical shouting match that polarizes opinion and makes commonsense debate on the issues impossible. The Left will keep pushing, but politically, the endgame is a jump ball. The Left … being part of a political exercise to regain control of the House. Results on school safety or gun violence are taking a back seat to politics, and that
- Article · Mar 27, 2018Dems Spuriously Claim Census Citizenship Question Is ‘Illegal’
whether the voting strength of minority voters was being diluted in redistricting, it was essential to know the size of the citizen voting age population.” He added: “Without knowing citizenship … takeaway? “Of course” the citizenship question is necessary. The only reason it’s up for debate today is because the Left has engineered a political crusade, doing everything
- Opinion · Feb 24, 2018Media Update: Left, Trump and Florida
dropped out of Trump’s group. It wasn’t enough for him to essentially call Trump a racist; he also tossed in his disagreement with Trump on climate change … safety without her security staff. CNN was suspected of planting anti-gun questions, but regardless, there wasn’t a shred of commonsense discussion of options, nor was any point