The Avoidance of Uncomfortable Reality
Crux:Pope Francis on Sunday defended his avoidance of the term “Islamic violence” by suggesting the potential for violence lies in every religion, including Catholicism.“I don’t like to talk about...
View ArticleMonday Links
Australian Sex Survey asks about your gender – here are explanations of the 33 possibilities.The Public Shaming of England’s First Umbrella User.The Physics Of Stopping A Meteor With One Punch.Here’s...
View ArticleOur On-Again, Off-Again Respect for Grieving Parents in Politics
From the first Morning Jolt of the week:Our On-Again, Off-Again Respect for Grieving Parents in PoliticsHey, remember when the first night of the Republican convention featured Patricia Smith, mother...
View ArticleBook Talk
If you’re a fan of book podcasts, do what I did this weekend and listen to two terrific author interviews with Naomi Schaefer Riley, who’s out with a new book, The New Trail of Tears: How Washington Is...
View ArticleKhan
Jim points out the hypocrisy in the media’s treatment of Khan and Smith. But Trump’s reaction has been foolish in the extreme. I believe Trump said the other day that someone counseled him not to punch...
View ArticleFour Conventions, Two Weeks
I wrote about Cleveland and Philadelphia for the New York Times this weekend.If the last two weeks of our political life have seemed extra long, it is because we have gone through not two but four...
View ArticleTrump: Republicans 'Have No Choice' But to Vote for Me
More adventures in persuasion. Trump: Republicans "Have No Choice" But to Vote for Me
View ArticleWhat Goes Before the Fall
Moqtada al-Sadr is a powerful Iraqi Shiite cleric. Recently, after secretary of defense Ash Carter announced 560 more U.S. soldiers would deploy to Iraq, Sadr posted the following comment on his...
View ArticleFour Pinocchios for Clinton's Latest E-mail Lie
On Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace played a video of Hillary Clinton saying, “I did not e-mail any classified material to anyone on my email. There is no classified materials. I am confident that I...
View ArticleWATCH: When Hillary Clinton Accused Patricia Smith of Lying
Patricia Smith, the mother of Benghazi victim Sean Smith, has repeatedly accused Hillary Clinton of lying to her about what happened that night. This year at the Republican Convention, Smith’s powerful...
View ArticleIf Trump Turns Off Military Voters — He Won’t Have Many Groups Left in His...
Does Donald Trump understand how elections work? Traditionally, the candidate that appeals to the widest swath of voters wins. Trump has the good fortunate to be facing the weakest and most unpopular...
View ArticleCalling the Next Great American Author . . .
Novelist? Essayist? Short-story writer? From our friends at Taliesin Nexus, for creative types who love liberty:Calling the next great American author! If that’s you, then September 9 – 11, 2016, have...
View ArticleA Good Christian Makes a Bad Case for Trump
Over the weekend, my Facebook and Twitter timelines lit up with references to this article, by Phoenix Seminary professor Wayne Grudem, that purports to make the Christian case for voting for Donald...
View ArticlePope Francis's Wishful Thinking on Jihad
It’s sad to see Pope Francis resort to debunked progressive talking points when discussing jihadist Islam:Pope Francis said the inspiration for terrorism wasn’t Islam but a world economy that worshiped...
View ArticlePeter Thiel Vants Young People's Blood!
What is it with Silicon Valley billionaires thinking their money can actually buy research that will help them live forever — or at least, indefinitely.Ray Kurzweil — now a big Google executive — is a...
View ArticleDoes Brexit Spell Doom for British Scientists?
Yesterday the Washington Post published an article with the breathless headline “Britain’s Scientists Are Freaking Out over Brexit,” speculating on the supposedly disastrous consequences for...
View ArticleExaggerating the Power of ‘Never Trump’
William McGurn writes in the Wall Street Journal:It should be noted that his critics on the right are also invested in a big GOP defeat. If Mr. Trump loses by two or three points, they will be blamed...
View ArticleWhat Should Republicans Be Learning From This?
From the Tuesday Morning Jolt:What Should Republicans Be Learning From This?My friend Kurt Schlichter makes some fair points and some not-so-fair points about what the Republican Party should be...
View ArticleWhere's the ‘L’ Word?
In this morning’s edition of NBC’s First Read, which I get via email (which I generally find very useful), there’s this item:*** Clinton’s weekend whopper, and another missed opportunity for the GOP:...
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POLL: Should Trump Apologize to the Khan Family?
Donald Trump spent the weekend attacking not just Khizr Khan, the Muslim father of a soldier killed in Iraq who spoke at the DNC, but also his wife. Should Trump apologize to the Khan family. Take NR’s...
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