Forget Gun Control: Bring Back Mental Hospitals
After another inexplicable act of violence in Parkland Florida claimed 17 lives, the usual chorus (and some of the not so usual chorus) is screaming […]
Healthcare
Mental Health or Nihilism?
On January 29, the Senate defeated a bill that would have outlawed abortion beyond 20 weeks (five months) gestation. Reaction was swift on the part […]
Be Grateful Trump Broke the Overton Window
On the eve of the first anniversary President Trump’s Inauguration, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said something remarkable. It points to why many of […]
Planned Parenthood Leader Getting Out While the Getting’s Good
Cecile Richards who became president of Planned Parenthood in 2006 will soon step down. Her future plans have not been disclosed, but Richard’s press release […]
Trump is Not to Blame for the Downfall of the California GOP
As a lifelong Californian, there are few political lies more infuriating to me than the suggestion, repeated recently in the New York Times, that President […]
Abortion Remains the Left’s Lodestar
After Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election, the Democrats fashioned themselves into a permanent, readily identifiable, and divisive faction—“#TheResistance”—in an unprecedented attempt to delegitimize […]
In California’s War on Trump, Everybody Loses
For a state so enamored with passing laws, California can seem awfully lawless sometimes. Our progressive Legislature and elected leaders have decided to make political […]
Tears of a Clown
Jimmy Kimmel, you dissimul- -late so poorly, that it’s crim’nal – Cloaking activism in A disguise supremely thin. “A sounding brass, a tinkling cymbal” Singing […]
Why Graham-Cassidy Failed—And the Hard Slog Ahead
With the announcement by U.S. Senators Ron Paul (R-Ky.), John McCain (R-Ariz.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) declaring their refusal to support the […]
Roy Moore Won by Speaking for the Middle Class—Just Like Trump
According to reports, President Trump went to bed “embarrassed and pissed” after learning that he had backed a loser in Alabama’s Republican Senate primary. One […]
Conservatives Have Many Fronts But Little Fight
With the announcement that John McCain will not be voting in favor of the Graham-Cassidy bill that would repeal major portions of the Affordable Care […]
“Dude, You’re in My Garage”: Why Socialism Blows
“It looks good on paper” is an timeless phrase used to describe an appealing abstract concept unworkable in practical application—or worse. To avoid wastes of […]
Picking Up the Pieces of the Trump Agenda
Donald J. Trump campaigned on a necessarily radical approach to governing: he would listen to the vast majority of the American people and enact policies […]
America’s Ailing Healthcare System Depends Upon Immigration—And That’s a Bad Thing
Now that President Trump has signaled his support for the RAISE Act, many Americans are being forced to think about the merits and pitfalls of […]
Polls Don’t Tell the Tale—Trump’s Support is Deep. Here’s Why…
As a conservative Republican, I harbored concerns when I voted last November for Donald Trump to be my president. I knew that I had to […]
Repealing Obamacare Could Spur Much-Needed Bipartisanship
Republicans should just REPEAL failing ObamaCare now & work on a new Healthcare Plan that will start from a clean slate,” President Trump tweeted last […]
Restoring the Republic Means Reimposing ‘Regular Order’
The Republican congressional leadership’s failure to repeal Obamacare has led to suggestions that, perhaps, they should have approached their task through “regular order.” Since Congress […]
‘Progressive’ Washington’s Obamacare Train Wreck
Here’s my problem: I’m a Bill of Rights guy in what’s become a Second Bill of Rights country. That’s why I can’t work up much […]
Trump’s Quiet Victories
It requires a bit of perspective to see the trend in Washington: nothing fails to succeed like success. When presidents have threatened the Washington condominium […]
To Be Puritanical or Pragmatic on Healthcare Reform?
You’ve heard the spin coming from the Left and coming from some elements on the Right. The American Health Care Act (AHCA) is reviled by […]