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- Opinion · Dec 17, 2015Families of Terrorists See No Evil, Speak No Evil
insisted that her sister was not an extremist, “She knew what was right and wrong,” Fehda Malik said. Amid all the furor over Islamic terrorism in the United States … insisted that her sister was not an extremist, “She knew what was right and wrong,” Fehda Malik said. The Times then noted of Fehda herself: “In 2011, on the 10th
- Article · Dec 16, 2015Lessons of the Fifth GOP Debate
problems ... we would’ve been a lot better off. I can tell you that right now.” FIORINA: “That is exactly what President Obama said. I’m amazed to hear that … that.” On the Obama/Clinton record: FIORINA: “Hillary Clinton has gotten every foreign policy challenge wrong. Hitting the reset button with Vladimir Putin — recall that she called Bashar Al-Assad
- Opinion · Dec 15, 2015Hot Air in Paris
suppress any information that runs counter to their beliefs. There is nothing wrong and much right about the goal of reducing pollution, especially in China, the world’s worst polluter
- Opinion · Dec 15, 2015Festival of Smugness
unprepared and thus many are set up to fail. That might be important, right, Ted Koppel? One of the most telling statistics that is rarely mentioned in this debate comes … minority enrollments dropped thereafter. Yes, but graduation rates increased. Perhaps the mismatch theory is wrong. Perhaps the benefits of attending more prestigious schools than you are prepared for outweigh
- Article · Dec 14, 2015Religious vs. Political Islam
energy of a common national sentiment.” The alternative? “To admit foreigners indiscriminately to the rights of citizens the moment they put foot in our country,” Hamilton warned, “would be nothing … writes. “Put simply, Muslims have had an exceedingly hard time explaining what went wrong.” The search for an answer has precipitated “three political responses to modernity — secularism, reformism and Islamism
- Article · Dec 11, 2015Friday Short Cuts
document that is just totally outdated.” —Ed Schultz What could go wrong? “Ban guns. All guns. Get rid of guns in homes, and on the streets, and, as much … coffins of innocent people to politicize shootings. ) And last... “To think there is a right to bear arms because of the 2nd Amendment is to mix up cause and effect
- Opinion · Dec 11, 2015Why Take the Trump Stunt Seriously?
detached tone, the willful denial that there might be anything wrong with his policy was deeply unsettling for left, right and center. Even The New York Times had to admit
- Opinion · Dec 10, 2015Pictures Are Worth Thousands of Words
media and the average person will not take the time to see how provably wrong they are. What other reason can there be? It is either delusion, deception or ignorance … miles away, but drawing the storm toward it, and further offshore. Water temperatures right off New England became very cold from mid February on, so much so that the ocean
- Opinion · Dec 9, 2015An Insider’s Take on Two Supreme Court Cases That Could Affect the Makeup of Your State Legislature
Department lawyer that they should underpopulate minority districts to comply with the Voting Rights Act was wrong. The result, they claim, is the dilution of votes, particularly in GOP districts … overpopulate districts both for partisan reasons and out of a misinterpretation of the Voting Rights Act, which has never been interpreted to require underpopulating minority districts. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Opinion · Dec 9, 2015Democrats’ Best Weapon: Trump
Islamic extremism. That caution, not to be confused with discrimination (there is no constitutional right to come to America), was endorsed just three weeks ago by a large majority … charm eludes me). But his emphasis on “getting the best people” is exactly wrong. That’s the progressive idea — that the best people know better how to run your life
- Opinion · Dec 9, 2015Hijacking the Little Sisters’ Religion
religion? “Yet the panel majority holds otherwise,” he wrote. “Where did it go wrong? It does not doubt the sincerity of the plaintiffs’ religious belief. But it does not accept … entirely drop its sterilization-contraceptive-abortifacient mandate and declare that federal judges have no right to rewrite the Catholic faith. COPYRIGHT 2015 CREATOR.COM
- Article · Dec 8, 2015Redefining the ‘War on Women’
concluded, “There will be no exceptions.” The New York Times’ opening line got it right , terming the announcement a “historic transformation of the American military.” Unfortunately, much like the Obama … individual, or group of individuals, is more than bad military judgment. It is morally wrong.” We’ll see if women feel empowered if the U.S. government institutes another draft. There
- Article · Dec 8, 2015Gun Control Opportunism
Bernardino attack sent liberals in the wrong direction. 01EX5BZKPTGEX5N2Z0ZB5838B8.jpg Before the sound of gunfire in San Bernardino had faded away, the radical left wing, ever at the ready, had sprung … intolerant LACTOS (Liberals Against Conservative Terrorist Offensive Shootings) attempted to blame the GOP and right-wingers for the massacre in tweets: “Well, c’mon, GOP: Tell me how your prayers
- Opinion · Dec 8, 2015The President’s Speech
speech about how Obama’s policies were right all along. Obama is one of those people who are often wrong but never in doubt. When the President of the United … speech about how Obama’s policies were right all along. Obama is one of those people who are often wrong but never in doubt. The president struck a familiar chord
- Opinion · Dec 8, 2015No Margin for Terror
familiar lecture on tolerance and gun control, all he accomplished was proving his opponents right. Obama, who delivered just his third address from the Oval Office, seemed somewhat less … about income inequality... This is not about anything that we have done wrong. This is about who we are.” Unfortunately, this administration has shown very few signs that it knows
- Article · Dec 7, 2015Lynch’s Department of Trust and Warm, Fuzzy Feelings
demonstrates it has the wrong priorities. At a Monday press conference, Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced that the Department of Justice has launched an investigation into the Chicago Police Department … year-old Laquan McDonald. This investigation is the latest in a handful of civil rights investigations the DOJ has conducted into law enforcement agencies in such places like Baltimore
- Opinion · Dec 6, 2015My Pervasive Egocentrism: I Am Possessed With Self
this the greatest novel ever written. It’s not that there is anything inherently wrong with meeting our personal needs, but we so easily allow reasonable personal concerns to become … wealth, but totally autonomous in other areas, such as sexual morality. The Right expects a citizen to be held legally accountable in areas of personal morality, but totally autonomous
- Opinion · Dec 5, 2015A Not-So-Murray Christmas for Libs
Springs shooting to this effort, suggesting that this was an unnecessary attack on “reproductive rights” — the sort that leads to tragedies like last week’s. Senator Mike Enzi … aircraft carrier after the fight, where separate facilities are available.” It’s the absolute wrong policy for America, Boykin went on, because it “ignores fundamental biological differences between the sexes
- Opinion · Dec 5, 2015Discriminatory Racial Preferences in College Admissions Return to the Supreme Court
harm minority students. As Gail Heriot, a commissioner on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, summarizes: > Mounting empirical research shows that race-preferential admissions policies are doing more harm than … racial preferences will no longer be necessary….” Justice O’Connor was wrong 12 years ago when she sanctioned their use, albeit under supposedly limited circumstances and for a possibly limited
- Article · Dec 4, 2015Friday Short Cuts
Insight: “The principle that the majority have a right to rule the minority, practically resolves all government into a mere contest between two bodies of men, as to which … wrongly blamed a Tea Party member for a previous mass murder Dezinformatsia: “[T]he fact of the matter is, among developed nations, [Obama’s right]. These sorts of mass shooting