Krauthammer's Take: Obama's Syria Strategy Suffers from Classic Liberal Thinking
President Obama’s Syria strategy suffers the “chronic liberal idea” of measuring inputs but not outputs, Charles Krauthammer said tonight.Commenting on the president’s interview with NPR’s Steve...
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Virginia O’Hanlon, of Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus fame, was asked about that letter for the rest of her life.Christmas Dishes From Around the World.Ralphie teamed up with Flash Gordon in a...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Doesn’t Want to See ISIS Clearly.
From the Tuesday Morning Jolt:It’s Increasingly Clear Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Want to See ISIS Clearly.A couple folks in the comments section of last night’s piece contend Hillary Clinton’s debate...
View Article‘Sole Force,’ They Called Him
At a Christmas party for Labour staff, the party’s leader, Jeremy Corbyn, quoted EnverHoxha— which is shocking news. Labour has a Christmas party? (Surely they don’t call it a Christmas party.)Corbyn...
View ArticleSandra Bland's Death Was a Tragedy, Not a Murder
Via Fox News:A grand jury declined to issue felony indictments late Monday against a Texas county sheriff’s officers or jailers in connection with the death of a black woman who was arrested after a...
View ArticleVirginia's Attorney General Unilaterally Nukes Concealed Carry Reciprocity
The Washington Post reports:Attorney General Mark R. Herring (D) plans to announce Tuesday that Virginia will no longer recognize concealed carry handgun permits from 25 states that have reciprocity...
View ArticleMinimum Wage Hikes Aren’t Welfare Reform
One of the strangest arguments for raising the minimum wage has come from liberals claiming it will cut welfare spending. Many on the leftargue thatraising the minimum wage will raise earnings and...
View ArticleIran, Terrorism, and . . . the Missouri AG Race?
In August, National Revieweditorialized that conservatives in Missouri had an easy choice in backing Josh Hawley over Kurt Schaefer in the Republican primary for attorney general. Hawley, a law...
View ArticleNo, Hillary's Not Being Misconstrued By Critics
Hillary Clinton campaign spokesman Brian Fallon insists that when she said “We now finally are where we need to be” during the debate, she didn’t mean in terms of fighting ISIS.“That comment is being...
View ArticlePresident Obama Is Losing Another War
Yesterday’s deadly suicide bombing in Afghanistan should serve as a stark reminder — Afghanistan is slipping away. In January 2009, President Obama inherited an Iraq War that was largely over. Al Qaeda...
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What the Amazing Racial Disparities in Gun Violence Can Teach Us About Gun...
Thanks to the Washington Post, I discovered this rather astounding chart showing the different rates of gun deaths for blacks and whites. For whites, “77 percent of gun deaths are suicides.” For black...
View ArticleThe Continuing Collapse of Immigration Enforcement
Suppose you were the P.R. flack for a government agency and had some awkward information that nonetheless had to be released. A regular Friday afternoon news dump wouldn’t do, because of how bad it is....
View ArticleThe New York Times Overstates the Case For Stricter Gun Laws
Stricter gun laws lead to a lower rate of “gun homicides.” Or at least so hints the New York Times today in a piece titled “In Missouri, Fewer Gun Restrictions and More Gun Killings”:In the past...
View ArticleFifteen Things that Caught My Eye Today (Dec. 22, 2015)
1. New CNS video: One of more than 120,000 Christian refugees from N.Iraq hope for normalcy during Christmas https://t.co/SHCX8l3mrz— Catholic News Svc (@CatholicNewsSvc) December 22, 20152. China...
View ArticleKrauthammer's Take: Bergdahl Court Martial Will Hurt Obama in Eyes of Soldiers
Asked tonight whether the Bowe Bergdahl court martial could turn his release from the Taliban into a “loss” for the Obama Administration, Charles Krauthammer said, “I think the loss is the fact that...
View ArticleJahi Becomes a Federal Case
As the state court has permitted Jahi McMath’s mother to present evidence from a doctor who has examined Jahi and believes she does not meet brain death criteria, lawyer Christopher Dolan is making a...
View ArticleThe Secretary of State, the Instructor, and the Piano
In the latest episode of Uncommon Knowledge, viewers will see that the piano has been an important part of life for former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and George Barth, her teacher. Although...
View ArticleThose Darn 'Ignorant, Selfish Climate Deniers'!
December 22, 2015, 63 degrees in NYC. I would like to thank the ignorant selfish climate deniers for all their goodwill toward the planet.— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) December 22, 2015Say, how many...
View ArticleLast-Minute Book Idea for Christmas, for Ending the Year in Peace
If you’re Catholic, I’m willing to predict Pope Francis might come up – or has come up already – during Christmas gatherings. Some on the Left have been known to project their hopes and dreams onto...
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