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- Opinion · Jan 13, 2017The Comforting Fictions of Obama’s Farewell Speech
like a pope. This was true in 2008. And it’s true now. Just check out liberal Twitterdom. And for the most part, nothing is his fault. “When Congress … might be the prevailing opinion on the left, but it has no basis in reality. Republican positions — like them or not — are well within the boundaries of normal American attitudes
- Alexander's Column · Jan 11, 2017Obama’s Legacy Makeover: An 8-Year Reality Check
catching up with you.” So, what follows is a final reality check on Obama’s last eight years. If you did not watch Obama’s 4,350-word self-congratulatory
- Article · Jan 5, 2017Europe in Crisis: Compassion Can’t Stop Islamist Terror
special law enforcement agency whose brief includes preventive action has already been implementing police checks at stations, airports, football matches and Christmas markets, with officers equipped with machine guns … Merkel herself, her commitment to freedom, compassion and openness is belied by the reality she is surrounded by armed guards 24/7, and travels in a bullet-proof automobile. Such
- Article · Jan 3, 2017‘Miss Sloane’ Misses the Mark
prospective gun buyers, as the FBI ran an astonishing 27,538,673 firearm background checks in 2016. The Tribune claims “Miss Sloane” explains “what’s gone wrong with the system … tries to instill. The film’s flop depicts just how out of touch with reality and the rest of America Hollywood and Washington really are. Voters sent a clear message
- Opinion · Dec 22, 2016The Russian Hacking: Liberals, Media & Their Grand Hypocrisy
Democrats, the media or other organizations about the reality that government issued ID’s are required to travel, cash checks, check into a hotel, or to even visit the White
- Opinion · Dec 21, 2016A Public Service
reality, he led us toward an end of the Cold War, without a shot being fired at the Soviet Union. But who reads history these days, or checks facts before
- Opinion · Dec 15, 2016The Tyranny of the Dot
gains the whole world and loses his own soul?” Yet the sad reality is that too many will do exactly that. We will live for the here … eternity. If you’re uncertain how to do this, I would encourage you to check out this website: Are You a Good Person? The dot will soon be over
- Article · Dec 13, 2016The American Dream Needs a Comeback
media cohorts blubbering that the economy has recovered and is surging forward, facts and reality indicate otherwise. A new analysis conducted by senior Gallup economists completely contradicts Obama’s delusional … manufacturing jobs were created. Wrong. Even the Leftmedia flagship Washington Post fact checked this assertion as wrong . No doubt, the election of Donald Trump provides many Americans a new sense
- Article · Dec 12, 2016Fake News Exposes Real Hypocrisy
emotion in lieu of objectivity — makes fact-checking subservient. Subservient to what? The Narrative, in all its “hands up don’t shoot” reality-twisting, divisiveness-inducing and ratings-generating glory
- Article · Dec 10, 2016To Kill a Pipeline — Again
pipeline. As with Keystone, the builders of the pipeline have taken years to dutifully check every environmental and bureaucratic box, only to get stymied when protesters — this time a Native … thus to political hostage-taking. For the left, Dakota Access is a symbol. In reality, it is simply a means of moving half a million barrels of crude
- Opinion · Dec 10, 2016What Trump Got That Romney Didn’t
France,’ he wrote, ‘Circumstances (which with some gentlemen pass for nothing) give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every … American working class, especially the white working class, and saying: “Here’s your disability check, now go take your opioids and get lost while we transform our country
- Opinion · Dec 6, 2016To Kill a Pipeline — Again
pipeline. As with Keystone, the builders of the pipeline have taken years to dutifully check every environmental and bureaucratic box, only to get stymied when protesters — this time a Native … thus to political hostage-taking. For the left, Dakota Access is a symbol. In reality, it is simply a means of moving half a million barrels of crude
- Article · Dec 3, 2016Fidel Castro: 60 Years of Fake News
respectable press, the “two-sources” press, the press that enforces standards and performs reality checks and practices “shoe leather” journalism and all that, has been peddling “fake news” about Cuba
- Article · Dec 2, 2016Friday Short Cuts
respectable press, the ‘two-sources’ press, the press that enforces standards and performs reality checks and practices ‘shoe leather’ journalism and all that, has been peddling ‘fake news’ about Cuba
- Opinion · Dec 2, 2016Don’t Fall Prey to Bear Propaganda
middle-aged woman was fulfilling the dreams that only MasterCard or Visa can make reality. She sat on a bus snapping pictures of some glorious polar bear that came right … anchors alike. But experts in polar bear behavior recognized that the bear was checking it out the way an experienced shopper squeezes a cantaloupe. Indeed, the bear was baited
- Opinion · Dec 2, 2016Fidel Castro: 60 Years of Fake News
respectable press, the “two-sources” press, the press that enforces standards and performs reality checks and practices “shoe leather” journalism and all that, has been peddling “fake news” about Cuba
- Opinion · Nov 30, 2016Price Tagged for HHS Post
family options. For more on the pro-life revolution possible under the new administration, check out this new op-ed from FRC’s Cathy Ruse, “ What a Trump Court Would … border are struggling with the effects of this brave new define-your-own-reality world. According to a new report, one in four women in the Canadian military have been
- Opinion · Nov 23, 2016The Muslim Registry That Wasn’t
fingerprints and photographs when visitors from the select countries arrived and required them to check in periodically to confirm that they were abiding by the terms of their visas … news” is committed to manufacturing and driving its own narratives only loosely connected to reality. Whether the Trump administration revives a version of the Bush program or not, a similar
- Article · Nov 17, 2016Democrats’ Deal With the Devil?
spending or the other things the Times report listed. That said, here’s a reality check for the Gray Lady: Mike Pence, Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell will have
- Opinion · Nov 12, 2016On Retirement
Sunday crossword. This past Sunday, while seeking out the puzzle, I paused to check out the Comics. With few exceptions — Drabble, Get Fuzzy, Dilbert and Bizarro — they were as awful … frankly, it all sounds rather boring. But boring might be preferable to the reality. After all, one hears rumors about being reunited with one’s parents, one’s spouses, siblings