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- Article · Aug 19, 2016How India Could Take Down China
India and Japan work together, China’s influence can be checked. Image We open with a fictional scenario to illustrate a very real point. The atmosphere in the Situation Room … something. So, where is the Indian Navy?” the president asked. Now, back to reality. China’s efforts to grab the South China Sea have been discussed here before . Even though
- Article · Aug 5, 2016‘Never Mind Hillary’s Actual Breaches, Let’s Worry About Trump’
novel” rather than reality. “It is not at all clear to me why it is that cash as opposed to a check or a wire transfer has made this into
- Opinion · Jul 29, 2016What New Right Is This?
learned that some people could get comfortable living on a welfare check and checked out of work. Their children spiraled into a cycle of dependency and poverty. In Genesis … encourages complacency and saps the desire to get ahead for many people. The reality is that many people can be given incentive to smother their ambitions. Guarantee a roof over
- Article · Jul 26, 2016DNC Lowlights, Day 1
student loans. Working people are in debt. Seniors can’t stretch a Social Security check to cover the basics. And even families who are OK today worry that it could … This election is about ending the 40-year decline of our middle class — the reality that 47 million men, women and children live in poverty. It is about understanding that
- Opinion · Jul 16, 2016Clinton Email Testimony Update
turning over thanks to Judicial Watch’s litigation (see below). Be sure to check the news and our website on Monday to see how that court hearing turns … improper payments, as if throwing more money at the problem will solve it. The reality is that this is part of a much broader security issue at the tax agency
- Opinion · Jul 15, 2016Fact-Checking a Memorial Service
In the aftermath of the violence of the past two weeks, I
- Article · Jul 14, 2016NARAL Thinks Abortion Is Just Hilarious
good reason. While some Americans have no problem with the procedure, the reality is that most women — yes, including those who have actually experienced an abortion — struggle with it. That … Texas , NARAL is still complaining that an abortion is too difficult to obtain. Fact check: According to the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute , “In 2011, a total of 1,720 providers
- Opinion · Jul 12, 2016Solid Platform Shoes for GOP in Cleveland
socialist form of government? Former Ohio Congressman Bob McEwen recently delivered an energetic reality-check at Family Research Council in a lecture about the true economic consequences of socialism
- Opinion · Jul 12, 2016The Supreme Court’s Texas-Abortion Ruling … Justice Black’s Warnings Become Reality
Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt was recently decided 5-3 by
- Article · Jun 27, 2016Clinton’s Court Picks Will Eviscerate the Constitution
Sotomayor’s dissent? A political polemic about police misconduct and racial profiling — despite the reality that Streiff is Caucasian. “The white defendant in this case shows that anyone’s dignity … civil death’ of discrimination by employers, landlords, and whoever else conducts a background check. And, of course, if you fail to pay bail or appear for court, a judge will
- Opinion · Jun 25, 2016A Blow Against Unilateral Government
administration claimed the program was merely an exercise in prosecutorial discretion. In reality, it was a new legal dispensation, giving a broad category of illegal immigrants work permits, Social Security … nonenforcement. The conventional wisdom is that better border controls and a weak economy have checked the flow of illegal immigrants, but the numbers are beginning to tell a different story
- Opinion · Jun 21, 20163 Economic Facts That Counter Obama’s Recovery Narrative
President Barack Obama needs a reality check. Earlier this month in Indiana, he accused his critics of ignoring the “facts” and purporting “myths” about his economic record. But if Republicans … then soaring above 4 percent from 2012 to 2014. President Barack Obama needs a reality check. Earlier this month in Indiana, he accused his critics of ignoring the “facts
- Opinion · Jun 17, 2016Petulant, Partisan President Obama Needs a Reality Check
In my most recent column, I discussed President Obama’s disgraceful reaction
- Article · Jun 16, 2016CIA Chief: ISIL Has a Lot of Western Operatives
ISIL’s ranks are shrinking as well. Their morale is sinking.” Time for a reality check. CIA Director John Brennan told some inconvenient truths to Congress Thursday, warning, “ISIL
- Alexander's Column · Jun 15, 2016Allahu Akbar Orlando — Analysis of the Absurd
nature, he said, are rooted in an ‘interfaith-Christian-nonsense tradition.’” Wood concluded, “The reality is that the Islamic state is Islamic. Very Islamic.” Obama reiterated that Islam … which can be readily acquired. Pick up a copy of the Jerusalem Post and check out the blast effect of bombs, then pick up a history book and calculate
- Article · Jun 15, 2016‘Weapons of War’ and Other Leftist Fairy Tales
fact, even for standard, non-“assault” weapons purchases, one must go through background checks and fill out a stack of paperwork in order to comply with the roughly … only 322 people were murdered with any kind of rifle, F.B.I. data shows.” The reality is that 99.9999% of gun owners in America will never use their weapons to commit
- Article · Jun 12, 2016A Civil Rights Hero? Muhammad Ali Was Anything But
Muhammad Ali fought for civil rights . . . for human rights . . . for peace”). Time for a reality check. It is true that in his later years, Ali lent his name and prestige
- Opinion · Jun 8, 2016A Civil Rights Hero? Muhammad Ali Was Anything But
Muhammad Ali fought for civil rights . . . for human rights . . . for peace”). Time for a reality check. It is true that in his later years, Ali lent his name and prestige
- Opinion · Jun 3, 2016Katie Couric, More Reality TV Star Than Real Journalist
background checks for gun purchasers, how do you prevent felons or terrorists from walking into, say, a licensed gun dealer and purchasing a gun?” In reality the group … group answered immediately and energetically, I reported: “When Couric asked her question about background checks, a long and shamefaced collective silence fell over the whole group. Not one of these
- Article · May 31, 2016The TSA Is Failing the Public
blaming the TSA’s inept bureaucracy for being unable to provide an efficient security check process at American airports. CAGW blames the TSA directly, rather than other things, like budget … well.” Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has said that passengers must accept the new reality of “increased wait times as you travel,” but assured air travelers that TSA would