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- Opinion · Sep 15, 2017Here Comes a Chappaquiddick Movie
there’s anything in our modern history that needs a reassessment — or just a reality check — it’s the hidebound mythology around Kennedy, that noble “Lion of the Senate.” Some
- Opinion · Sep 15, 2017DACA Deal?
think he will also discover that Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer will never check their partisanship at the door. My early take is that this is a left-wing media … felon and leaker of classified information.” The Left has said a lot about a “reality star” becoming president. Well, it seems to me that Harvard just made a complete mockery
- Opinion · Sep 6, 2017There Is No Such Thing as a ‘Deserving DREAMer’
sanctuary-protected gang member living in outlaw-coddling Los Angeles illegally, administered a bracing reality check: “You want to talk about families being separated? Try spending your holidays talking
- Opinion · Aug 26, 2017Lessons From the Eclipse
help you with your frustrations, be they personal, professional or political. A little reality check for our short attention span times. Saint Augustine continued: “From the time of that first
- Opinion · Aug 24, 2017Afghanistan: A Bottomless Pit?
entanglements,” as George Washington put it in his Farewell Address. The president admitted that reality caught up with him after his inauguration and that America must ensure that al-Qaida … progress. However, our commitment is not unlimited, and our support is not a blank check. The government of Afghanistan must carry their share of the military, political, and economic burden
- Article · Aug 14, 2017Iran Must Not Become the Next North Korea
Columnist Michael Goodwin notes that all the “sophistry in the world” cannot obscure the reality Obama “didn’t stop the nuclear proliferation to two pariah states that both swear … unintimidated by the mutually assured destruction (MAD) theory more than likely holding Kim in check. Last Thursday, Trump declared that Iran is not “living up to the spirit
- Opinion · Jul 27, 2017CFPB’s Arbitration Rule No Favor for Consumers
regulations. It’s little wonder then that since the CFPB was created, free checking accounts have been on the decline and credit for the poor has been harder to find … rests on the average $220 million awarded to 6.8 million consumers annually. However, the reality is that class action only produces token rewards for class members (an average
- Opinion · Jul 16, 2017Bet Your Bottom Dollar That, Tomorrow, Congress Won’t Act on Its War Responsibilities
drone strikes and precise avenues for accountability.” Brown asked: If judges will not check “this outsized [executive] power, then who will?” Unfortunately, in this, as in so many other areas … AUMF, for the purpose of forcing the writing of one responsive to 2017 realities. Speaker Paul Ryan opposed using an appropriations bill for this purpose (although nowadays the House appropriations
- Opinion · Jul 14, 2017The Ironies of War and Armistice: Reflections From the Demilitarized Zone
approached the civilian checkpoint, and two young, stern South Korean soldiers boarded the bus, checking each person’s passport. We were instructed to remove hats and glasses, and we were … true existential threat, because, technically, North and South Korea are still at war. This reality is most intensely felt in a zone that is supposed to be demilitarized. Our first
- Opinion · Jul 1, 2017The 2016 Election and the Demise of Journalistic Standards
think that Trump has ended that struggle. . . . We now say stuff. We fact check him. We write it more powerfully that [what he says is] false.” Baquet was being … journalism isn’t all gloom and doom. In fact, if we accept the new reality of widespread bias and seize the potential it offers, there is room for optimism. Consider
- Opinion · Jun 25, 2017Baseball’s Pace of Play Needs Some Juice
says that fans in the ballpark tolerate the sluggish pace of play; they can check the scoreboard, get a beer, chat. But broadcast audiences are dwindling: Even self-described “avid … threw 73 pitches) and how much depends on adapting its rules to its realities. (c) 2017, Washington Post Writers Group
- Opinion · Jun 23, 2017GuideStar Wars: Charity Index No Longer Neutral
tweets. In the meantime, if you’re looking for nonprofit reviews you can trust, check out Charity Navigator or the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability. Originally published [here](http://www.frc.org … looking to erect an official church and make women cover their ankles. In reality, it is the proudly irreligious Left that has smuggled religious debates back into our politics
- Article · Jun 19, 2017Monday Opinion
both parties and there are frequent Bible studies. But the scene was also a reality check, especially given Sen. Bernie Sanders’ bigoted and disgraceful attack against one public servant
- Opinion · Jun 17, 2017The Game
than $1 million for charity. According to CNN, Ivanka Trump presented a $50,000 check from “Friends in the Trump Administration.” President Trump delivered a powerful message of unity … both parties and there are frequent Bible studies. But the scene was also a reality check, especially given Sen. Bernie Sanders’ bigoted and disgraceful attack against one public servant
- Opinion · Jun 10, 2017Music Case a Major Key for Religious Liberty
church, where members — and more importantly, ministers — are guided by specific moral beliefs. The reality is, Collette was treated the same way as a heterosexual would have been for entering … that lifestyle but for our military at large. For more on this explosive topic, check out FRC’s publication, “ Should Individuals Who Identify as Transgender Be Allowed to Serve
- Opinion · Jun 10, 2017Sanders Slander
Reality Winner was arraigned in a Georgia court Thursday. Recorded phone calls show she is a master manipulator. Winner told her mother to transfer $30,000 from her checking account
- Opinion · Jun 7, 2017Pence Breakfast Jam-Packed With Optimism
patients” recovering from surgery. Staffers failed to do even the most basic tasks like check women’s blood types, secure the office drug supply, and use needles and syringes that … while groups like Planned Parenthood claim that safety is their number one priority, the reality is that they’re part of the coalition spending millions of dollars to fight these
- Article · Jun 1, 2017Narrative-Shaping Obscures Obama Administration’s Abuse of Power
about Americans without a warrant only when it was ‘lawfully collected, carefully overseen and checked,’” before revealing that assertion is completely undermined by a declassified FISA Court ruling “listing hundreds … attempt by leftist outlets like the Times and the Post to downplay that reality is hardly accidental. Yet these revelations could represent one of the greatest assaults on our constitutional
- Opinion · May 27, 2017New Hampshire Deserves Secure Elections
local level. Requiring photo identification and proof of citizenship, and entering into interstate cross-check programs to root out voters registered in multiple states, are two sensible measures that would … Leader Jeff Woodburn called it “an attack on the legitimacy of our elections.” In reality, the only threat to the legitimacy of elections comes from criminals and thieves
- Article · May 16, 2017The Latest WaPo Dezinformatsiya on Trump and the Russians
advisers under the bus ... again.” Try hard to connect those dots... Here’s a reality check: Nations with shared national security interests, in this case concerns about bombs on civilian