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- Opinion · May 28, 2014Justice for Taryn and Tanner
message. When necessary, American civilians will do the job their leaders won’t do: pursue jihadist murderers whenever and wherever they can, and keep the legacies of our heroes … tirelessly for the Speers and for other victims of jihad, noted recently that the liberal Canadian press has mentioned the Speer children a scant six times as Khadr milks leftist
- Alexander's Column · May 21, 2014The Democrats’ ‘Great Society’ — Systemic Poverty and Cultural Devolution
largely superseding the former with unconstitutional political mandates . Image On LBJ’s Legacy , conservative columnist George Will offers these observations in summary of an outstanding monograph, “ The Great Society … Nicholas Eberstadt, a noted scholar in political economy at the American Enterprise Institute: “In 1964, 76 percent of Americans trusted government to do the right thing ‘just about always
- Opinion · May 18, 2014LBJ’s Bifurcated Legacy
attempting to “pack” the Supreme Court, Republicans and Southern Democrats prevented any liberal legislating majority in Congress until 1965. That year, however, when 68 senators and 295 representatives were Democrats … family disintegration among African-Americans. The tangle, which now ensnares all races and ethnicities, includes welfare dependency and “flight from work.” Twenty-nine percent of Americans -- about 47 percent
- Opinion · May 5, 2014Fight at the Museum
women’s contributions to America -- but Congress is trying. For almost 20 years, liberals have batted around the idea of building a National Women’s History Museum … like Susan B. Anthony the same treatment? Americans are right to be concerned that this museum would be just another platform for liberals to rewrite history. Name one D.C. monument
- Alexander's Column · Mar 26, 2014The DNC’s ’14/’16 Point Man, Bill Clinton
Leftmedia sycophants and constituent lemmings. Here are the three things that most define his legacy. 1. The Notorious Liar Image Clinton is a close second to Obama in his manifestations … offered this assessment of Bill Clinton and the American Character : “The political philosopher Leo Strauss liked to say that the American system was built on foundations that
- Opinion · Mar 11, 2014Who Hates Minority Children?
Just try to envision the scene: A newly elected Republican mayor of a large American city takes steps to close down some of the best schools serving an almost exclusively … unworthy of a great nation. We cannot wish away the problems of centuries (the legacy of slavery and discrimination) nor quickly solve the problems of crime and family disintegration that
- Opinion · Jan 7, 2014Hill Takes the Hypocritic Oath With New Health Plans
back at A&E with full force, rocking the network -- and the entire liberal establishment -- with millions of petitions demanding the popular patriarch’s reinstatement. What started … unofficial symbol of courage and resolve in a moral battle that the media wanted Americans to believe they’d already lost. Companies like Cracker Barrel that tried to pull Dynasty
- Opinion · Dec 21, 2013Hillary’s War & Marley’s Ghost
tenure at State. It is a thoroughgoing indictment of what Rubin calls a legacy of mismanagement. Still, voters in primaries on the Democratic side of the aisle are unlikely … record. Although there is increasing division in the country, we have seen conservatives and liberals come together in Congress and elsewhere on some issues of foreign policy. For example, there
- Opinion · Dec 16, 2013Troops, Trouble, and Treasure
religious expression. Where we can find encouragement is in the growing number of Americans willing to take a stand in these controversies. The reason we’re hearing about so many … decades, it’s stood on that spot as a peaceful guard to the legacy of our soldiers. Two thousand seven hundred plaques sit in its shadow --memorials
- Article · Dec 11, 2013Wednesday Quotables
women who make this country strong. Today, that bet has paid off. The American auto industry is back.” ###The BIG Lie Barack Obama: “When we do things right, they … point out that there are some so-called progressives ... perceived to be liberal commentators who during that week were just as outraged at the possibility that ... the Democratic Party
- Alexander's Column · Dec 5, 2013The So-Called ‘Affordable Care Act’
truths without the world’s believing him.” And that defines Obama’s pathetic legacy. Obama once quipped, “I actually believe my own” BS. Apparently. Peggy Noonan sums up Obama … campaign manager and senior political adviser David Plouffe claims that in a few years Americans will “get on board” (read: will be forced to board) the O’Care train wreck
- Opinion · Nov 21, 2013ObamaCare Website: Under Knew Management
that the website wasn’t working the way it was supposed to.” Days later, Americans are left wondering: was that just another exercise in verbal gymnastics -- or is the President … locals kept the town’s reputation intact as one of the most liberal abortion destinations in America. Outspent 4:1 and fighting an onslaught of misleading ads, pro-lifers never
- Opinion · Oct 21, 2013Would Democrats Embrace a JFK Today?
message he memorably restated in his inaugural address: “And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country … terrible day in Dallas 50 years ago, popular mythology has turned Kennedy into a liberal hero. Some of that mythmaking, as journalist and historian Ira Stoll argues
- Opinion · Sep 1, 2013The Legacy of Liberalism
The decline of racial barriers in the job market and throughout the
- Opinion · Aug 16, 2013Russell Simmons, Rape Video Clown
late Wednesday night: “Funniest thing I’ve ever seen.” The Obama pal and outspoken liberal linked to the vulgar video on his “All Def Digital” YouTube channel … pornographic skit degrading an American heroine. Adrienne Gravish wrote: “I am livid and disgusted. I actually feel like (vomiting). Utter disrespect of Harriet Tubman’s legacy and what she fought
- Opinion · Aug 2, 2013Missing From News: the World
there’s a world out there. I know this makes me sound like a liberal. Liberals, more than conservatives, like to focus on international events. Public Radio International … crimes. (“Vietnam still struggles to overcome war’s legacy.”) This kind of reporting is just an extension of the parochialism that liberals claim to despise. Other nations are interesting
- Opinion · Jul 31, 2013Black Self-Sabotage
percent, and in some cities, it’s 90 percent. But if that’s a legacy of slavery, it must have skipped several generations, because in the 1940s, unwed births hovered … that of whites. I’d like for the president, the civil rights establishment, white liberals and the news media, who spent massive resources protesting the George Zimmerman trial’s verdict
- Opinion · Jul 26, 2013How Obama Poisoned Race Relations in America
legacy of race hatred. A new poll by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal reveals that public perceptions about race relations in America have taken a devastating hit since … percent of whites and 63 percent of blacks had a positive view of American race relations. Those numbers have plummeted to 52 percent and 38 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, 45 percent
- Opinion · Jun 19, 2013Josh Duggar Accepts a New Role at FRC Action
happens, Americans everywhere have been warned: Conform on marriage or be punished. ##Hagel Gives Women SEAL of Approval For the first time in five years, 50% of Americans think … took its biggest hit last week when Americans learned that their own government was spying on them. The President tried to convince Americans that they had to give up essential
- Opinion · Jun 14, 2013NYU Throws Out Blind Chinese Human Rights Activist
down -- and the campus liberals obey. The leftist-indoctrination centers that many of America’s college campuses have become added another despicable blot to their legacies yesterday. New York University … checked into a hospital to get treatment for injuries caused by his escape. American diplomats reported Chen did so of his own free will, after they procured assurances from government