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- Opinion · Jan 27, 2016After Years of False Alarms, the ‘Conservative Crackup’ Has Arrived
coherence. But the phrase almost instantly became a catchall for any prediction of the right’s imminent demise or dissolution. These dire prophesies always reminded me of those “Free Beer … name is Trump. If a candidate could [guarantee to] fix everything that’s wrong in this country the way the Republican Party thinks it’s wrong, if it were
- Article · Jan 26, 2016Hillary’s Continuing Saga of Malfeasance
Republicans leak and what they are contending.” So it’s the Republicans’ fault (vast right-wing conspiracy, anyone?), it’s all made up and they are only doing … claim that she had nothing for which to apologize: “[N]othing I did was wrong. It was not in any way prohibited.” Except, of course, she already offered an apology
- Opinion · Jan 26, 2016Cruz Has Been Right All Along
that’s not “Don Quixote.” From one perspective we can’t prove who was right, because Congress didn’t often stand up to Obama and our idea was never tested … Trump, which means their arrogant and unyielding calculations about the next election were wrong. This is the big next election they never anticipated because they underestimated the degree to which
- Opinion · Jan 26, 2016The Demand for Villains
that different groups would be proportionally represented if somebody were not doing somebody else wrong. That assumption carries great weight in far more important things than Academy Awards … same as that of the society. My own favorite example of unrepresentativeness, however, is right at home. Having watched National Football League games for more than 50 years, I have
- Article · Jan 25, 2016Cause and (Ferguson) Effect?
talking about. I don’t know if it will turn out to be right or wrong. That’s why Comey called for better data. The data that we have … fearful that President Obama is eager to strip them of their Second Amendment rights,” he said. “Let me be clear. The Second Amendment is not a suggestion.” Naturally, Democrats defended
- Opinion · Jan 24, 2016A Tale of Two Cities: Lessons From Michigan
this happened to white kids, and we should be outraged that it’s happening right now to black kids,” said Hillary Clinton. “If Flint were rich and mostly white, would … year and did nothing. Instead of trying to figure out how regulation is going wrong, Obama’s instinctive reaction is to use the crises to defend regulation as such. Eventually
- Article · Jan 24, 2016The GOP Gets the Iran Prisoner Swap Wrong
their fire on the swap sideshow. And in denouncing the swap, they were wrong. True, we should have made the prisoner release a precondition for negotiations. But that pre-emptive … made long ago (among many others, such as granting Iran in advance the right to enrich uranium). The remaining question was getting our prisoners released before we gave away
- Opinion · Jan 22, 2016The GOP Gets the Iran Prisoner Swap Wrong
their fire on the swap sideshow. And in denouncing the swap, they were wrong. True, we should have made the prisoner release a precondition for negotiations. But that pre-emptive … made long ago (among many others, such as granting Iran *in advance* the right to enrich uranium). The remaining question was getting our prisoners released before we gave away
- Article · Jan 22, 2016Honoring the Sanctity of Life
life” as understood throughout history and affirmed in our Declaration of Independence . Tragically, that right has been denied to 58 million unborn children sacrificed on the altar of “choice” since … restrict abortion to the first trimester, while six in 10 believe it is “morally wrong.” But far more encouraging is the shift in the spirit of the pro-life movement
- Opinion · Jan 21, 2016Notes From the Democrats’ Debate
opinion about who won the debate — and who lost. No fair cheating and going right to the end. It’s a falsehood that although the U.S. spends more on health … several headlines in Forbes: “’97 Percent Of Climate Scientists Agree’ Is 100 Percent Wrong,” “Global Warming Alarmists Caught Doctoring ’97-Percent Consensus’ Claims” and “Peer-Reviewed Survey Finds Majority
- Opinion · Jan 21, 2016March for Life
child at any time during her pregnancy. - 60% of Americans believe abortion is morally wrong. - 68% of Americans, including 69% of women, oppose the use of taxpayer dollars to fund … Christians who believe in normal marriage or that unborn baby girls have a fundamental right to life, it largely ignores the rampaging evil of radical Islam around the world. [Yesterday
- Opinion · Jan 21, 2016Clinton Accused of Mail-Practice
just contain classified subjects — but *highly* classified ones. Hillary Clinton is running all right — for president and from allegations. Serious ones, if the Inspector General’s report is any indication … individual [is] too big to go to jail.” Surely, Clinton hopes to be proven wrong now, as clouds gather over her already checkered record. Like so many in this administration
- Alexander's Column · Jan 20, 2016Trump Is the Real Reagan Deal!
rightly outraged.” In her endorsement of Trump Tuesday, Sarah Palin focused on the outrage: “Right wingin’ bitter clingin’ proud clingers of our guns, our god and our religions... Enough … with his Trump brand would turn to gold. His business failures have proved him wrong. Trump has presided over major business failures impacting the jobs of tens-of-thousands
- Opinion · Jan 20, 2016Is It OK for Government to Demote Employee Based on Misunderstanding of His Politics?
even when the individual is not actually exercising that right. Or, as Scalia said, Heffernan was demoted for the wrong reason — is there a constitutional violation if you are fired … general principle that if a bad actor makes a mistake (such as shooting the wrong guy), he is still liable for his actions. Goldstein said that while that may apply
- Opinion · Jan 20, 2016Freed to Believe
candidates pointed out. “In this instance, this deal to bring back Americans who were wrongly imprisoned, we released seven terrorists who had helped Iran with their nuclear program … foreign prison simply for standing up for a God-given human right. Let’s hope Saeed’s release will prod the Obama administration to give religious freedom an even greater
- Opinion · Jan 20, 2016Economic Myths
economics is wrong. I wish he taught presidential candidates. Sen. Sanders simply gets facts wrong. Today Americans work fewer hours — down from about 2,000 hours per year … based on consensual transaction means that no trade can decrease anyone’s wellbeing.” Right. Since trade is voluntary, no trade happens unless both sides think they will gain. Trade
- Article · Jan 19, 2016Could a Movie Derail Hillary Clinton for Good?
Special Forces who were on the ground in Benghazi of lying. That’s right, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) are accusing Kris Paronto … Obama’s policy of removing Gadhafi with no strategic objective in mind was exactly wrong, as evidenced by the continuing turmoil there. And he undermined our objectives in Iraq
- Opinion · Jan 17, 2016The Great Humiliation
Secretary of State John Kerry says, diplomacy at its best. The Obama administration was right when it insisted that the capture and release of 10 American sailors by Iran showed … overwhelming majority of Americans think the country is on the wrong track. It isn’t just the right. The embodiment of the left-wing reaction to this discontent, Bernie Sanders
- Article · Jan 15, 2016San Francisco’s Bathroom Crusade
trying to ensure civil rights — some of which are enumerated in the Bill of Rights, hello Second Amendment! — but is instead bent on pushing leftist ideology. The Big Apple … with the wrong pronoun. In Democrat fiefdoms like these, accommodation may be the best thing social conservatives can hope for at the moment. Unfortunately, groups like human rights commissions aren
- Opinion · Jan 14, 2016Donald Trump: Scarier to the ‘Establishment’ Than Bernie Sanders
sale as animal feed, increasing the production costs for meat, poultry, dairy and eggs. Right now, billionaire Sheldon Adelson is reportedly deciding whether to back Marco Rubio or Ted Cruz … different private owner for private, for-profit purposes, is also flat-out wrong. But he spent his career making money, not analyzing policy positions. Advice to Trump’s Republican detractors