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- Opinion · Nov 5, 2015Space City Eclipses Expectations!
biggest backers. “Stunned” was the subject line of the email from the Human Rights Campaign, an organization that sank more than $1 million into the mayor’s transgender push … flush away their money, and more importantly, their values. For U.S. companies, who wrongly believed Proposition 1 was a political winner, a defeat of this magnitude should cause plenty
- Opinion · Nov 5, 2015CNBC Biased? You Don’t Say!
Bush flanked by Sarkozy to his left and German Chancellor Angela Merkel to his right, the reporter gushed, “Who could not have a man-crush on that … objectives and taking on the new challenges.” Lauer: “Don’t get me wrong here, I think you are probably telling me the truth but a lot of people at home
- Opinion · Nov 4, 2015Feminization of America Is Bad for the World
profit. Their assessments must be accurate or they lose money; and those providing wrong assessments are fired. Academics, on the other hand, have nothing on the line. When they publish … from killing bad guys, bad guys kill more innocent people. We are witnessing this right now as a consequence of America abandoning Iraq and retreating from the world generally. Islamic
- Opinion · Nov 4, 2015Mail Bonding? Richards Writes Ryan for Help
have already cut ties with Planned Parenthood, Cecile claims her organization has done no wrong. Instead, she tries to turn the tables on the Center for Medical Progress, which … plenty to say about the city’s stalling tactics. “Refusing to release information, rightfully requested by citizens, is the height of arrogance… The majority of the board has stopped listening
- Article · Nov 3, 2015Tuesday Short Cuts
Insight: “It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.” —Voltaire (1694-1778) Observations: “The problem with Obamacare in a nutshell is that
- Opinion · Nov 3, 2015Why the Senate Should Not Defer to the President’s Judicial Nominees
made by a president? It’s a topic of perpetual debate in Washington. One wrong-headed argument holds the role to be quite modest: Senators should defer to a president … imposed on the power of the government and believe that federal judges have a right to impose their own personal ideology and social views on the people, regardless of what
- Opinion · Oct 30, 2015Free Stuff Can Turn Out to Be a Bad Buy
policies such as the FHA and VA home loans and the GI Bill of Rights, together with unexpected postwar prosperity, changed that. By 1960 more than 60 percent of Americans … blacks and Hispanics who do not meet traditional credit standards. What could go wrong? Recent experience should tell us that college and homeownership are not for everyone. Many people lack
- Opinion · Oct 29, 2015Lois Lerner Won’t Be Facing Criminal Charges
those questions. As previously explained, Lerner waived her ability to assert her Fifth Amendment right when she gave an extensive statement to the Justice Department. In this letter, Kadzik admits … present the contempt citation to a federal grand jury was legally and factually wrong. But there is no mention of this in Kadzik’s letter. Of course, there is also
- Opinion · Oct 27, 2015Hillary: It’s the Sexism, Stupid
that “all the shouting in the world” wouldn’t keep guns out of the wrong hands. According to Clinton, Sanders had directed a notoriously sexist insult at her — although … that’s what it’s called when you stand up for women’s rights, then “deal me in.” Actually, she’ll be doing the dealing, and it will be from
- Opinion · Oct 27, 2015This Weekend’s ‘Cycle of Violence’
cooler” things to do than being president of the United States. Getting Gridlock Wrong Bush made it clear he doesn’t want to be part of the gridlock. This … gridlock question tells you is that the country is narrowly divided, split right down the middle. If you ask liberals why they want an end to gridlock, they would tell
- Opinion · Oct 26, 2015A Heated Debate Over Climate Change Continues
blinded them to the fact that their proposal clearly infringes on the free-speech rights of others. And what irony: If anyone should be fostering a free exchange of ideas … effects of human-induced climate change on human health, agriculture, and biodiversity.” They’re wrong about their numbers (many climate scientists disagree with them), but surely they believe
- Opinion · Oct 26, 2015In Ego, Obama and Trump Are Two of a Kind
right now that I’m gonna think I’m a better political director than my political director.” When a presidential candidate talks that way, what could possibly go wrong? Jeff
- Article · Oct 25, 2015Trump’s Early Campaign Success Is a Wake-up Call
runner, does it? Regardless, I hope the Trump doubters are right. Even though they -- and I -- have been wrong on so much about his performance so far. And that … graybeards, all will be right with the world. They will say, “See, you freaked out over Trump for nothing.” That strikes me as exactly the wrong response. Whether
- Article · Oct 24, 2015Hurricanes Become a Ping-Pong Ball in the Climate Debate
quiet period, meaning the dire ideas that we heard about have been nothing but wrong . Another USA Today headline from 2006: “ New study ties global warming to stronger hurricanes .” There … there are less landfalling storms now than there have been in many years before. Right off the bat, the immense buildup of coastal development means that storms are going
- Opinion · Oct 23, 2015Trump’s Early Campaign Success Is a Wake-up Call
runner, does it? Regardless, I hope the Trump doubters are right. Even though they -- and I -- have been wrong on so much about his performance so far. And that … graybeards, all will be right with the world. They will say, “See, you freaked out over Trump for nothing.” That strikes me as exactly the wrong response. Whether
- Article · Oct 23, 2015Friday Short Cuts
leverage for more. Vetoing the defense bill in order to increase domestic spending is wrong and is Washington at its worst.” —Heritage Foundation’s Justin Johnson “After … weird to hold a press conference to say you’re not doing something, right? Like announcing to your girlfriend that you won’t be proposing.” —Jimmy Kimmel
- Opinion · Oct 23, 2015Hurricanes Become a Ping-Pong Ball in the Climate Debate
quiet period, meaning the dire ideas that we heard about have been nothing but wrong . Another USA Today headline from 2006: “ New study ties global warming to stronger hurricanes .” There … there are less landfalling storms now than there have been in many years before. Right off the bat, the immense buildup of coastal development means that storms are going
- Article · Oct 22, 2015Thursday Short Cuts
pledged allegiance to. They come from states that the Ku Klux Klan and voters rights and all of those things came into play. ... It is their view that if they … disqualify themselves fundamentally from high public office with those kinds of statements.” —John Kerry Wrong prescription: “I want to see our post office be reinvigorated. ... I think that the postal
- Opinion · Oct 22, 2015Superman Takes on the Cops, Batman Takes on Gentrification, and Captain America Takes on Border Control
continues, “Until the mighty wall is built, you come here for employment that is rightfully ours! And if denied it, you seek welfare paid for by our tax dollars!” Thankfully … Action Comics No. 42, the temporarily powerless Man of Steel ends up on the wrong side of the police — a group of faceless fascists looking to shut down any discussion
- Alexander's Column · Oct 21, 2015The ‘Truth’? Rather ‘[Un]Truth’
everything within their power, sometimes at great risk to themselves, to get the story right.” As if the above statement weren’t scathing enough, CBS has also declined to accept … forced to resign in 2005 he sued CBS for wrongful dismissal — a lawsuit that was rightfully laughed out of court. Now, according to Revisionist Rather , “We reported a story that