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- Opinion · Feb 22, 2018Citizenship Question Essential for Accurate U.S. Census
immigration. Having an accurate count of the number of noncitizens is obviously essential to an informed debate. Without that data, it is impossible to discuss numerous issues intelligently — everything from … question. There was no follow-up question about lawful status. When designing a survey that is intended to give as accurate a picture as possible of the American body politic
- Opinion · Feb 17, 2018Russians Indicted
real first responders could get to the scene. When the chaos erupted, they essentially became leaders and defenders of 60 students. Haab and Walls found Kevlar curtains and erected … prepared to fight back with anything they could get their hands on. As the debate continues over what caused Nikolas Cruz to crack and how we should respond, we also
- Opinion · Feb 10, 2018Businesses, Bathrooms and Bermuda
brewing, liberals warned, and it’ll level anyone brave enough to put safety above political correctness. Headlines about financial ruin covered the front pages of states like North Carolina … wars? Number one — a spot above its last two years. So much for privacy debates being bad for business! In fact, of the top 10 states, only ONE (Colorado
- Opinion · Feb 2, 2018Policy Earthquakes Have Ground Shifting Beneath Our Feet
parties with it. Reagan did this on economics. Prior to Reagan, both parties were essentially liberal on the role of government in the economy. Richard Nixon bragged that his administration … populist tumult overtaking our politics — is marked by a slightly different dynamic. Just as the Reagan-era GOP moved the political center to the right, the Obama-era Democrats moved
- Opinion · Jan 23, 2018Shutdown Follies
essential employees rejoice! Because the GOP had always been prepared to discuss immigration as a separate issue and drew a line in the sand that they would not debate DACA … generic shutdown turned into the opposite when the condition was added to the poll question that the shutdown was due to the Democrats favoring illegals over Americans. Enough Democrat senators
- Opinion · Jan 19, 2018The Immigration Blame Game
course, it’s simply a glorified statement of the obvious that it’s all politics all the time. Both sides do it, but the Democrats have turned it into … fighting back and not accepting the conventional wisdom that the GOP always loses these debates. Second, relying on anti-Trump sentiment when the Democrats have nothing positive
- Opinion · Jan 16, 2018Thanks, China (Maybe)
long before what was once considered essential becomes, upon reflection, nonessential. Not so with government. Most politicians see everything government does as essential and since they don’t have … from Illinois and during a debate about whether to raise the debt ceiling, Obama said, “The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit
- Opinion · Jan 10, 2018Harms Wide Open for FCC Chief
snipers, attackers, bombs, gas attacks, vehicular blockades, and other assassination attempts.” Of course, the question on everyone’s minds is: Who cares this much about net neutrality? Most people … issue has never been the stuff of mainstream political passion. It didn’t even get a passing mention in the presidential debates. So what is it about this issue that
- Opinion · Dec 2, 2017Happy Holy Days From the Trumps
over the crowd at Thursday night’s lighting ceremony, almost as large as the debate about the holiday itself. For the Trumps, the event wasn’t so much about flipping … America, though, it was a refreshing break from the Left’s pageants of political correctness. To millions of them, Donald Trump isn’t just tapping into the frustration they feel
- Opinion · Oct 28, 2017Immigration in the National Interest
That’s because immigration is more than just another issue. It touches upon fundamental questions of citizenship, community, and identity. For too long, a bipartisan, cosmopolitan elite has dismissed … same Greek root word: citizenship by definition means that you belong to a particular political community. Yet many of our elites share Mr. Obama’s sensibility. They believe that American
- Opinion · Oct 19, 2017In Blocking Abortion Legislation, Democrats Will Display Their Cultural Extremism
issue has been politically toxic, and points to a path toward a less bitter debate. The House of Representatives has for a third time stepped onto this path. Senate Democrats … custody of the issue in 1973 — damaged political civility. Pro-abortion absolutists — meaning those completely content with the post-1973 regime of essentially unrestricted abortion-on-demand at any point
- Opinion · Sep 30, 2017Russian Collusion?
tried to hack the Republican National Committee, but without success. It remained an open question whether the Russians were trying to help Trump or were simply trying to create chaos … VIPS memo raises questions about why the FBI failed to perform an independent forensic analysis of the Democratic emails or servers in question. In fact, no federal agency performed
- Article · Sep 27, 2017Constitutional Perspective for Taxes
government, rather than to the individual who earned that money. Yet while we debate these political questions, or the relative wisdom of the economic philosophies of Milton Friedman versus Paul … purpose of taxes, and on what may they be legitimately spent? Those two questions are intimately entwined. The purpose of taxes is to fund the legitimate functions of government
- Opinion · Sep 15, 2017Holding Trump Accountable When Necessary
general non-ideological bent, why should his feistiness give us any solace? Good question. Well, Trump campaigned mostly as a conservative, and if the campaign showed him anything … heads. Admittedly, political analysis is difficult in such a chaotic, convoluted, paradigm-shifting environment. The stakes are enormously high. There are many moving parts. Political constituencies are more fluid than
- Opinion · Aug 4, 2017The Continuing Threat to Religious Liberty
Catholic community into politically liberal, doctrinally heterodox “Spirit of Vatican II” Catholics and politically conservative, doctrinally orthodox “John Paul II” Catholics — with ex-Catholics composing one of the largest religious … faith to others — and helping them see the reasonableness of our beliefs — is likewise essential. So is helping both believers and nonbelievers appreciate the importance of religious liberty. James Madison
- Article · Jun 9, 2017Liberty vs. Security — or Liberty AND Security?
have grown exponentially since September 11, 2001. These debates often revisit a quote from Benjamin Franklin: “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve … idea that we must strive for a balance between Liberty and security is questionable. Americans tend to think that the two are interdependent, and that giving to one necessitates taking
- Opinion · Apr 29, 2017Republicans, Learn the Limits of Loyalty
ones. You can hold in your head the knowledge that all prominent conservatives are, essentially, a target in a media matrix dominated by ideological views that are not conservative … open-minded willingness to work with him, to create helpful legislation, to join in debate and support him on areas of mutual conviction. They do not owe him a thing
- Opinion · Apr 28, 2017The Book That Made America
their political culture. Legislative debates, pamphlets, and political sermons of the age are replete with quotations from and allusions to the Bible. Following an extensive survey of American political literature … Bible offered valuable insights into human nature, civic virtue, social order, political authority, and other concepts essential to the establishment of a new political society. The Bible, many believed, provided
- Article · Apr 6, 2017Syria Is Still Toxic. What Will Trump Do About It?
essentially the same view of Assad. While Obama kept up the rhetoric about a political transition of power, little indicates he would have been willing to spend the political … unclear, both from him and in terms of what American policy should be. The question of whether removing Assad is in U.S. national security interests is a murky and complicated
- Alexander's Column · Mar 29, 2017Democrats Beware — ObamaCare Survived
question. Were there not even these inducements to moderation, nothing could be more ill-judged than that intolerant spirit, which has, at all times, characterized political parties.” —Alexander Hamilton … complex than summarily repealing an entitlement — especially one that so many citizens across the political spectrum have been forced to accept. Of course, the media’s coverage of Republican efforts