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Losing Her Million Dollar Bet

Oct 17, 2018 • 13 Comments

Senator Elizabeth Warren wants to affirm her Native American identity and to collect a million dollars in the process: President Trump in a rally promised to pay that much if DNA tests could “prove she’s an Indian.” Now she cites...

Different Views of “Community Service”

Oct 17, 2018 • 6 Comments

You might expect Senate candidates to disagree on policies, but in today’s polarized politics they often differ on fundamental values as well. In the Voters’ Pamphlet in Washington State, candidates list their “Community Service”...

No, The Gold Rush Wasn’t Racist

Oct 5, 2018 • 35 Comments

At Cal State Long Beach, a handsome statue known as “Prospector Pete” will be moved and sports teams will drop the the 49ers mascot because Gold Rush references now count as racist. One Native American activist said that “walking by...

The President Can Act Immediately to Launch a “War on Waste”

Oct 5, 2018 • 12 Comments

In the last weeks before November’s crucial election, President Trump should make bold moves to address a looming crisis that most politicians prefer to ignore: soaring budget deficits and a crushing national debt. A new group,...

Lessons from the Kavanaugh Climax

Oct 5, 2018 • 15 Comments

For three reasons, confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh has been a damaging disaster for Democrats. First, those Democrats have been indignant in defeat, and America hates sore losers. New talk of impeaching Kavanaugh, or continuing to smear...

The Real Basis for Anti-Kavanaugh Hysteria

Oct 3, 2018 • 11 Comments

Hysterical opposition to Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court isn’t based on the alleged sexual assault of a teenager in the distant past; it’s based on fears of judicial assault on the purported “right to abortion”...

Is Private Bad Judgement Relevant to High Public Office?

Oct 3, 2018 • 2 Comments

The controversy over Brett Kavanaugh’s appointment to the Supreme Court poses complicated questions about the connection between private misbehavior and service in high office. In the 1960’s, a 21-year old college student met a married...

Fighting Back Against Underage Drinking Should Unite Dems, GOP

Sep 26, 2018 • 10 Comments

The Kavanaugh confirmation fight conveyed one message that Democrats and Republicans should both embrace: America needs to make serious efforts to guard against the very real dangers of teenaged alcohol abuse. Judge Kavanaugh’s...

Kavanaugh Fight Shows Liberal Hypocrisy

Sep 26, 2018 • 27 Comments

Whatever the final outcome of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation fight, the struggle has exposed the hypocrisy of Democratic opinion leaders in stark, glaring terms. They seek to destroy Judge Kavanaugh over uncorroborated charges...

Was It Really a Mistake to Confirm this Great Man for His Seat on the Supreme Court?

Sep 21, 2018 • 1 Comment

Read his beautiful address to Christendom College: It is an honor to be with these students. What a wonderful group. I looked around and I saw these statues and icons, the pictures of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Joseph, and I realized...

Kavanaugh as #MeToo Villain? An Outrageous Smear!

Sep 21, 2018 • 20 Comments

In their desperate attempt to smear Judge Brett Kavanaugh, many left-leaning commentators try to connect him to #MeToo malefactors like Harvey Weinstein. For two reasons, this association is utterly unfair. First, the #MeToo villains all...

“Curled Up in a Ball of White Shame”?

Sep 12, 2018 • 66 Comments

A student at an elite university recently wrote to the New York Times: “I’m riddled with shame. White Shame … I feel like my literal existence hurts people, like I’m always taking up space that should belong to...