The lessons we should have learned. How shall we remember 2015? Or shall we try to forget it? It is always hard to know when a turning point has been reached, and usually it is long afterwards before we recognize it. However, if 2015 has been a turning point, it may well have marked a turn in a downward direction for America and for ... MORE
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Thomas Sowell: Remembering 2015
The lessons we should have learned. How shall we remember 2015? Or shall we try to forget it? It is always hard to know when a turning point has been reached, and usually it is long afterwards before we recognize it. However, if 2015 has been a turning point, it may well have marked a turn in a downward direction for America and for ... MOREThe Democrats’ Theme For 2016 Is Totalitarianism
by Kevin D. Williamson. At the beginning of December, Rolling Stone writer Jeff Goodell asked Secretary of State John Kerry whether Charles and David Koch, two libertarian political activists, should be considered — his remarkable words — “an enemy of the state.” He posed the same question about Exxon, and John Kerry, who could have been ... MOREAmerican Gov't Has Lost The Consent Of The Governed
by Pat Caddell. Fox News analyst and one of the country’s top pollsters, Pat Caddell, says there is “no doubt” that government has lost the consent of the governed in America today, pointing out that 90 percent say Washington “doesn’t work for the people,” but now works for its own interests instead. “Look at what’s happening there,” Caddell ... MOREWalter E Williams: Our Timid Military Leaders
Sending the weaker sex to battle. This month, President Barack Obama's defense secretary, Ashton Carter, decreed that there will be 220,000 combat military jobs offered to women — including in Army special operations forces and the Navy SEALs. He said, "They'll be allowed to drive tanks, fire mortars and lead infantry soldiers into combat ... MOREMedia Seen To Be Biased Against Trump And For Clinton
Unintended transparency. Voters are far more likely to think the media is biased against Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump than against his chief Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. Forty-seven percent (47%) of Likely U.S. Voters think most reporters are biased against Trump. A new Rasmussen Reports finds that 31% disagree, but 22% ... MOREObama's Heaping Helping Of Government Regulations
a Press-Enterprise editorial. The Obama administration may have been thankful that people were not paying attention on Thanksgiving to the 2,224 new regulations it is proposing. The government is required to publish an agenda of regulatory activities twice a year and, as the Daily Caller observes, “Obama has developed a habit of releasing ... MORENY Times Editorial: The Chicago Police Scandal
A conspiracy of concealment. The cover-up that began 13 months ago when a Chicago police officer
executed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald on a busy street might well have
included highly ranked officials who ordered subordinates to conceal
information. But the conspiracy of concealment exposed last week when
the city, under court order, ... MOREJohn Stossel: The Left Smears Inconvenient Truths
Like more guns mean less crime. This week my TV show is on gun control. I interviewed activist Leah Barrett, who wants stricter gun laws. I pointed out that after most states loosened gun laws to let people carry guns, 29 peer-reviewed studies examined the effect. Eighteen found less crime, 10 found no difference and only one found an increase. ... MOREAlexander Hendrie: Impeach IRS chief John Koskinen
Halt the tax agency’s partisan scheming. After revelations that the Internal Revenue Service was restricting political speech and targeting conservative and tea party groups, John Koskinen was appointed to head the agency, promising reform and transparency. These promises never came to fruition. Instead of admitting fault, Mr. Koskinen’s IRS ... MOREBeyond Distrust: How Americans View Their Government
from Pew Research. We should be worried about the 19%. A year ahead of the presidential election,
the American public is deeply cynical about government, politics and
the nation’s elected leaders in a way that has become quite familiar. Currently, just 19% say they can trust the government always or most of the time, among the lowest ... MOREThomas Sowell: Political Translations
Sugar-coating empty words. It is amazing how many different ways the same thing can be said,
creating totally different impressions. For example, when President
Barack Obama says that defeating ISIS is going to take a long time, how
is that different from saying that he is going to do very little, very
slowly? It is saying the same thing in ... MOREA New Taxpayer Bailout To Cover Up ObamaCare’s Failure?
by Betsy McCaughey. How dare the Obama administration bail out insurance companies with our money in order to hide ObamaCare’s failures. Thursday, just hours after giant insurer UnitedHealthcare said it’s losing money selling ObamaCare plans and will likely exit the health exchanges next year, the Obama administration quietly ... MORE
The Newest Obama Lie: We Can Vet The Syrian Refugees
by Ed Straker. Deploying the honor system with terrorists. Both Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio have called for the US to accept more Syrian refugees, as long as they are properly "vetted", of course. But what does it mean to "vet" a refugee? Normally, if someone wants to come into the United States, say, from France or Germany, our government ... MOREThomas Sowell: The Ben Carson Flap
Conservative blacks disrupt the MSM narrative. Dr. Ben Carson's whole life has been very unusual, so perhaps we should not be surprised to see the latest twist — the media going ballistic over discrepancies in a few things he said. Years ago, when I was writing some autobiographical sketches, I dug up old letters, to check out ... MORE
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