Bloomington versus Belmont: School Vouchers and Economic Diversity
Boston suburb Belmont is Charles Murray’s example in Coming Apart of rich, liberal, respectable people who preach relativism and moral agnosticism while leading orderly lives […]
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True Tolerance is Beyond Bernie Sanders and Today’s Democrats
When you hear the words “tolerance” and “diversity,” what comes to mind? If you’re a casual observer of politics and culture, you react positively and […]
The Travel Ban Is Not About Islam, It’s About Countering Jihad
The U.S. Supreme Court is finally set to hear arguments on President Donald J. Trump’s executive order temporarily halting travel from six countries in the […]
The Way the Comey Hearing Should Have Gone Down, Day Two
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome back to the second and final day of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing with former […]
Trumping the Narrative
The Narrative is partly like quicksand. If you fall into it, struggling will hasten your envelopment and death. Best to relax, take some deep breaths, […]
The Way the Comey Hearing Should Have Gone Down, Day One
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the first of two days of U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearings with former FBI Director […]
Who Will Police the Police: The Comey Testimonies
Former FBI Director James Comey earnestly lectures about the inaccuracy of leaks and laments that it is not the purview of disinterested federal agencies to […]
A Dose of Clapper Down Under
The National Press Club of Australia recently had the misfortune to be subjected to a raw assessment about the dire state of affairs in America […]
Don’t Miss the Significance of the Comey Matter
As expected, recent testimony given by James Comey to Congress was a big nothingburger. The worst thing for President Trump to come out of it, […]
Comey Testimony Is Not About Accusing the President of a Crime
It is hard to understand why this news is news at all, but ABC News reported Tuesday evening that former FBI director James Comey will […]
Our Crude News Network
Progressive media bias is now a given. The present generation of journalists and reporters tends to believe that just conveying the news no longer offers […]
Should We Embrace the “Inevitable Reality” of Terrorism?
Editor’s Note: The following is an open letter to the editor of the Los Angeles Times, penned by our good friend and contributor, Edward J. […]
“Pittsburgh Not Paris” Triggers the Eco-Nuts
I have only now stopped laughing. I was going to write about President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Accord […]
What Is NATO Good For Today?
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization has lost its purpose. Created following the devastation of the Second World War, NATO was intended to “keep the Russians […]
Punishing The Real Russia Crime: Leaking
The appointment of a special counsel, as well as the Congressional proceedings to uncover and punish such associates of Donald Trump as may have colluded […]
Thinking the Unthinkable Regarding Germany
Did the German Chancellor just rail at the United States of America and Great Britain from a beer hall in Munich? In their obsession with […]
Is there Genius and Power in Covfefe?
Here’s a bold claim: President Trump’s “covfefe” tweet was a genius move that is a very powerful demonstration of his ability to persuade. I know, […]
Self-Government Not Climate at Issue in Paris Agreement
It’s time for a serious discussion about what just happened with the Paris Climate agreement. President Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. participation was not only […]
How Rex Tillerson and John Kerry Exemplify the Ethos of their Respective Administrations
Another day, another spasmodic Trump-inspired fit at the Washington Post. Can a newspaper suffer from Tourette’s syndrome? NBC’s Andrea Mitchell was not pleased that Rex […]
Some Perspective on Trump and Media Madness
Since May 9th, the nonstop coverage of Trump—all of it extremely and damningly negative―has focused on supposed scandals that are, in Twitter’s parlance, “Big, if […]