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- Alexander's Column · Mar 1, 2022It’s Official: To End the Pandemic, Get COVID!
obey his vaxxing and masking mandates. But reality is colliding with Biden’s statist power agenda. As I wrote last month, Biden checked his (still) guttural approval ratings and decided
- Video · Feb 28, 2022The Reality Checks of the Ukraine Invasion
Lessons for America from Russia’s invasion are the importance of independence
- Article · Feb 24, 2022Joe Biden’s Gas Pains Exacerbated
reality, the pain is felt by those of us who have gas tanks to fill so we can get to work. Why does Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine matter … shake their heads. “That border way over there doesn’t matter,” some say. Well, check again. It matters. Energy prices aren’t going up solely because of Russia’s invasion
- Article · Feb 23, 2022Putin Strategizes, Biden Dithers
stop a war.” Trump’s poor comments notwithstanding, we award CNN a fact-check of “missing context” at the very least. Trump also rightly described the situation as a “disaster … what he’s doing.” Putin is all too aware of that. The unfortunate reality is that Biden’s dithering and failure — particularly in Afghanistan — invited a genuine crisis simply because
- Alexander's Column · Feb 22, 2022Putin Launches Biden’s ‘Minor Incursion’ Into Ukraine
Because some of our fellow conservatives are Tucker Carlson fans, let me offer a reality check: Caveat Emptor. Carlson, whose guest interviews I sometimes find compelling but more often annoying
- Opinion · Feb 22, 2022Mike Rowe Scholarship Highlights the Lost Virtues of Hard Work and Sweat
bring an income in. “I remember I had about 10 dollars in my checking account that day,” she said. Several months into her education, Wilson found out about the Work … automobiles run on time and keeps your toilet flushing, too. Rowe made a reality show out of unglamorous yet essential jobs that make everyone’s lives safer and more comfortable
- Article · Feb 7, 2022Monday Executive News Summary
expressed their growing frustration at the Biden administration’s de facto open border, a reality that was evidenced in a recent viral video depicting several agents engaging in a shouting … mask up ( Daily Wire ) COVID Clown World Australian police barge into Catholic mass to check for mask compliance ( National Review ) Canadian judge blocks unvaccinated dad’s shared custody of kids
- Alexander's Column · Feb 4, 2022Joe Biden, Superhero Crime Fighter?
further disables cops from doing their jobs, noting: “Police officers will face a grim reality if this EO is enacted. ... Violent crime will continue to skyrocket when police officers … about a single real solution to the city’s rising violence and crime. Background checks, assault weapon bans, [and] red-flag laws have nothing to do with what’s plaguing
- Opinion · Feb 4, 2022The Limits of Appeals to ‘Cancel Culture’
American populace. Nonetheless, capitulating to a frothing mob of ginned up, faux blue-check outrage and the pampered babies who apparently comprise Georgetown Law’s student body, the law school … paragons of liberalism, such as Dispatch Senior Editor David French, lamented the suspension. The reality is that the paradigm of cancel culture — much like any paradigm of liberalism, such
- Opinion · Jan 29, 2022Remember His Name
bridge, a highway, a school, something in honor of Officer Rivera. The sorry reality is that within a few weeks or months virtually no one will remember his name, other … heroes, while we name bridges, buildings and schools after woke leftists. I haven’t checked the program at the cathedral, but I know that Joe Biden won’t be there
- Opinion · Jan 27, 2022Time to Slay the ‘Privilege’ Dragon
sociologist Jean Halley admitted, “Race is not a biological reality; it’s a social reality.” Halley went further, saying, “Whiteness is something that’s a negative. It means not being … grew up. These checklists or “bingo cards” contain items that students are to check off or put tokens on, when any item in the list or one of the boxes
- Opinion · Jan 21, 2022Foggy and Meandering
outperformed” expectations. Clearly, he’s a legend in his own mind! Here’s a reality check: After one year of Joe Biden’s occupation of the Oval Office
- Alexander's Column · Jan 19, 2022Biden’s Big COVID Pivot Coming
call into question the future of Joe Biden’s political mandates regarding COVID. Biden checked his (still) guttural approval ratings and decided “the science” needed to change. He hopes this … Walensky dodged the question, but promised, “Those data will be forthcoming.” Right. Welcome to reality, Rochelle. Apparently now, “the science” is shifting ahead of the midterm elections. There
- Opinion · Jan 15, 2022Hollow the Leader: Biden’s Empty Year Takes Its Toll
Washington would be even more out of control than it is.” It’s a check and balance that requires consensus and equilibrium. And we tinker with it at great risk … Kilgannon, a DOE official in the Trump administration warned, “The reality of sex is under attack by the fiction of gender. At the same time, respect for religious convictions
- Opinion · Jan 13, 2022The View From the Cheat Seats
gratuitous references to January 6th (check), the abandonment of another decades-long political view (check), and a general shaming of any American who thinks consensus and honesty ought … ultimately prevail. And as discouraging as things may seem right now, that’s the reality we need to hold onto. The Left and their media will eventually reap what they
- Alexander's Column · Jan 13, 2022McConnell Decimates Biden’s Unhinged ‘Voting Rights’ Deception
president went a little too far in his rhetoric.” As for the chronically reality-challenged, the delusional Nancy Pelosi applauded Biden: “I thought the speech was wonderful and I stand … gets whatever he wants is proving exactly why the Framers built the Senate to check his power. This whole display is the best possible argument for preserving the Senate rules
- Article · Jan 13, 2022Thursday Short Cuts
gets whatever he wants is proving exactly why the framers built the Senate to check his power.” —Mitch McConnell Friendly fire: “Perhaps the president went a little … than be undone by it, he is going to have to acknowledge the new reality, which is that our public policy is way too weighted toward a bunch of people
- Alexander's Column · Jan 6, 2022The J6 Capitol Protest: An ‘Insurrection™’ Retrospective
Biden, who commemorated the occasion as the “darkest day in our democracy [sic].” Reality check: Based on the events this past year, it was much less dark than his inauguration … their office doors. That fear was visceral. But time for an “insurrection” reality fact check. The “riot” was primarily limited to maybe 50 violent thugs amid thousands of protestors outside
- Opinion · Jan 6, 2022Time for a Mass Exodus From Facebook and Twitter
Donald Trump and presumably members of his former administration. “Martyr Soleimani is an eternal reality that will live on forever. His assassins - including Trump & the likes - will disappear … giving a pass to the left. If you recall, Twitter and Facebook relentlessly “fact-checked” Donald Trump’s social media posts while he was president before banning the leader
- Opinion · Jan 5, 2022AP Coverage: Only Spin Deep?
topples two centuries of fair and honest elections in this country, look there. In reality, the Left has been quietly chipping away at voting integrity for years — systematically rewriting election … were exploited, thanks to COVID. And anyone who doubts that these issues exist can check out Heritage’s new election integrity scorecard and read the detailed ratings of every state