Fiorina to Chuck Todd on Abortion Videos: 'Do You Think This Is Not Happening?'
Also on Meet the Press this morning, Chuck Todd interviewed Carly Fiorina and began by accusing her of citing a video of a born-alive fetus termination that did not exist.Fiorina described the videos...
View ArticleBoehner: There Will Not Be a Government Shutdown
House Speaker John Boehner said on Face the Nation this week there will be no government shutdown.“[In] four days, the government runs out of money. Is there going to be a shutdown?” asked host John...
View ArticleAdventures in Post-Democracy: Vilifying Viktor
As I’ve noted before, Hungary’s Viktor Orban is a complicated figure, no devil and no saint, but it’s difficult not to have some sympathy for the position in which his country finds itself now.The...
View ArticleNotes from the Asylum: Patient Corbyn, Again
Here’s another gem from the new leader of Britain’s Labour party, “principled” Jeremy Corbyn, dug up by (of course!) the Daily Mail:Jeremy Corbyn claimed the 9/11 attacks were ‘manipulated’ by the West...
View ArticleA Call to Conscience
I probably shouldn’t brag on My Man Ted (Cruz), but, every once in a while, I can’t help it. And this is one of those whiles.Xi Jinping, the boss of the Chinese Communist Party, is now in the United...
View ArticleRestitution and the Shame of the Austrians
Most of the countries of Europe have done their best to profiteer from the last world war, with Austria in the lead. The scandal still reverberates. In the time of Hitler, Austrians in SS uuniform were...
View ArticlePerspective on Boehner's Resignation . . .
Perspective on Boehner: Tried to explain it to our Colombian au pair. Her response “So what now? A revolution?”— Nicole Kaeding (@NKaeding) September 25, 2015
View ArticleMonday links
You Can Now Have Your Tattoos Framed After You Die.For my fellow grammar Nazis: Scenes From The Unproduced Screenplay: ‘Strunk& White: Grammar Police’.Interactive chart showing how many years you...
View ArticleYou Be the Judge
My column today is an indulgence — a self-indulgence. I reply to a critic (of my new book). This is not merely a self-indulgence, I hope, because the material is interesting (again, I hope).My critic...
View ArticleWho Do You Want to Replace John Boehner?
From the first Morning Jolt of the week…Who Do You Want to Replace John Boehner?Okay, grassroots conservatives, here’s your chance.You wanted John Boehner out as Speaker of the House, and now he’s on...
View ArticleCNN to Biden: Hey, Feel Like Coming to Our Debate?
Gee, do you think CNN is trying to give Biden a nudge with this announcement? Vice President Joe Biden will be invited to participate in the first Democratic presidential primary debate if he declares...
View ArticleWhat's Wrong With Common Core?
Like Obamacare, Dodd-Frank, the EPA’s regulatory assault on energy production, Obama’s anti-suburban moves, American policy in the Middle East and other fundamental transformations, Common Core is so...
View ArticleTrump: 'Maybe Let Russia Do It. Let 'Em Get Rid of ISIS.'
Last night on 60 Minutes, Donald Trump advocated… either letting ISIS defeat Bashir Assad’s regime in Syria and then fighting the victors, or outsourcing the whole fight against ISIS to Russia: Donald...
View ArticleMaggie Karner Dies Naturally of Brain Cancer
I can hear some readers saying, “Who?”Maggie Karner had the same brain cancer as Brittany Maynard, who became an A-list international celebrity for announcing she would commit assisted suicide.In...
View ArticleUnder Trump, Certain Tax Forms Would Say, 'I Win'
Behold, the most unusual aspect of Donald Trump’s newly-unveiled tax proposal:If you are single and earn less than $25,000, or married and jointly earn less than $50,000, you will not owe any income...
View ArticleThe Next Speaker’s Agenda
When Republicans took control of both houses of Congress in the 2014 elections, I (like others around here) thought they should use their greater if still limited power to advance a broad range of...
View ArticleThe Francis Effect?
Washington Post (my emphasis added):For pope-cheering climate rally, a modest crowd.The faith-based climate rally that took place Thursday in Washington drew a much smaller crowd than anticipated,...
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Just a another reminder that free speech is not a #EuropeanValueBBC:Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s far-right National Front, has been ordered to stand trial in October on charges of inciting...
View ArticleFear the Walking Dead: The Military Starts to Crumble
Several years ago, during one of The Walking Dead’s early seasons, I had a lively, late-night conversation with my friends from Iraq about the fate of the military in a true zombie apocalypse. On the...
View ArticlePoll: Majority of Americans Oppose White House Plan to Accept 10K Syrian...
Americans are hardly thrilled with the Obama administration’s plan to take in 10,000 Syrian refugees, according to a new Quinnipiac poll:American voters oppose 53 – 41 percent admitting 10,000 Syrian...
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