Delusional Democrats lash out at Trump — again
These sure are boom times for the psychiatry industry.
Remembering those who never made it home
Gary Wetzel will be at Rolling Thunder this weekend in our nation’s capital.
Opinion
Rejecting the Marxist version of the Constitution
The first rule of any Marxist revolution is that rules are fine if they advance the cause or cripple opponents. The rules can be discarded the minute they get in the way.
‘All gave some, some gave all’
Remember those who have given their lives for our freedom this Memorial Day
When a party of no standards claims the high ground
The Fed hurts farmers more than China does
What presidents read, or say they read
Theresa May ‘dead in the water’ for weeks
The new imperialism
Historians often cite two American qualities to explain why the United States and its allies prevailed in the Cold War; military strength and better ideas — such things as the rule of law and freedom for individuals and the marketplace; often called “Soft Power” in shorthand. The ultimate irony in contemporary geopolitics is that Russia and China have studied our use of Soft Power, corrupted it to suit their purposes, and today are well along in using it to win the second Cold War.
Responding to Iran, avoiding another disaster
President Trump and his national security team have been taking considerable heat from the usual Trump-hating Democrats and many in the mainstream media over cautionary military deployments in response to recent intelligence with respect to Iran. National Security Adviser John Bolton in particular has been called out as looking for a war with Iran, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has fared little better.
What tariffs do and why they’re working
Make no mistake, tariffs don’t help markets or make for lower prices. And, trade wars are no friend to consumers. But, with all the convoluted media analysis flying about, and the lack of apparent benefits to a trade war, why engage in one or more of them at all? Why would the current administration — self-proclaimed protector of all that makes America Great — embark on such a shaky path?
High-flying Silicon Valley should note Michigan’s travails
Providence, Rhode Island, was once known as the “Beehive of Industry.” By the time I was growing up there in the 1990s, the city had been firmly relegated to “armpit” status.
Misunderstanding John Bolton
National Security Council Chairman John Bolton, according to his detractors, is squirreled away in his White House office salivating at the prospect of military action against Iran. They picture Mr. Bolton as a blood-thirsty warmonger who signed on last April as President Donald Trump’s national security adviser to undermine the president’s belief that sending in the Marines is not the only or even the best way to respond to the actions of nations that disagree with us.
Federal rats are fleeing the sinking collusion ship
The entire Trump-Russia collusion narrative was always implausible.
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What about those coyotes?
Abi Maxwell is a New Hampshire native and her new novel "The Den" is mostly set there. It comprises twinned tales of two pairs of sisters living 150 years apart.
Falling into the reality gap
This is the season when presidential candidates are learning that running for president isn't as easy as they thought it would be. This is the time to start looking for something to rescue a faltering campaign. Sen. Kamala Harris is trying to lift hers with an ambitious scheme to narrow the gender pay gap, the difference between the earnings of men and women. Companies with even a 1 percent gap between the two sexes could be fined under her scheme.
Spanberger should explain herself
I was suprised that Rep. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia voted on March 5 for an amendment by Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts to reduce the voting age in federal elections from 18 to 16 ("Rep. Ayanna Pressley pushes amendment to lower federal voting age to 16," Web, March 6). She and Don Beyer were the only members of Virginia's 11-person congressional delegation to vote for this amendment.
Pacifism in war suicidal
There is something seriously wrong with the demented Democrats who would make it seem that we are going to war with Iran. Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut gave a recent TV interview demanding that President Trump give Congress all of his decisions to go to war against Iran — as though the president had made that decision. The way Mr. Blumenthal put it made it seem that he was promoting war rather than letting our president do his job to protect the people of this country.
Obama was Islam's Manchurian candidate, Biden is China's
We've written extensively here about the absolute corruption and dual loyalties of the Obama administration. Our main point has been that to analyze Barack Obama's record, you cannot listen to his eloquent words, but have to discern the malign consequences of his actions, an Islamic caliphate flourishing in the Middle East being in the forefront.
Gay marriage support dips -- but traditionalists need not cheer
Gallup pollsters just found that gay marriage, while still supported by the majority of Americans, is losing a bit of its luster and falling in favor. It's a dip, albeit a small one. What used to come in at 67% favor -- in 2018 -- is now registering at 63%. But the numbers aren't significant enough for traditionalists and Bible-believers to cheer.
Joe Biden, a 'fool' whose candidacy makes 'a cat laugh'
Joe Biden's presidential campaign has drawn the notice of Kim Jong-un -- whose state-run media called him out as a "fool" of such proportions, he could "make a cat laugh." That's at least a little bit funny. Everybody knows cats can be quite persnickety with their humor.
A new folly of identity politics: 'Separate but equal' commencements
The camaraderie inherent and necessary as part of the college experience is under attack by a familiar foe: identity politics. This divisive tool is now creating divisions in the very experience that is meant to expand one's world and our belonging in it.
LOVERRO: Redskins hold two days of workouts with many leaders, stars absent
A team that has done nothing and gone nowhere for two decades, a team that supposedly likes its head coach, who is in the final year of his contract, a team with a brand new rookie quarterback who has been crowned after just a few snaps in voluntary workouts and a new veteran quarterback who came over in a trade -- should show up for all workouts from Day 1, voluntary or not.
The imperative of deterrence
Are we at war yet? Over recent days, warnings of a gathering storm have been ubiquitous and incessant.
At the bullfights, ole!
I am supposedly on holiday in Madrid. I take a break from politics, from public policy, from culture, and take in life in the country that I am visiting, but in Spain that means the bullfight. Las Ventas is the major league in Spanish bullfighting, and I am not disappointed in what I see. These are fine bullfighters and ferocious bulls, though I wish Spaniards would give more consideration to the safety of the bulls. This evening I saw six bulls slain, and two bulls pull up lame. At least those lame bulls did not taste the sword.
Heeding the words of the Alabama law
Last Tuesday night, the Alabama state legislature passed the Alabama Human Life Protection Act. The bill was signed into law by Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Thursday, and will make abortion and attempted abortion felony offenses in Alabama, providing exception to cases where abortion would "prevent a serious health risk to the unborn child's mother." It makes clear that a woman cannot be punished for receiving an abortion, but does not allow for the procedure in the case of rape or incest.
A Conservative Party crisis in the U.K.
The removal trucks aren't quite at Downing Street yet, but when President Trump visits Britain next month on a state visit, will Theresa May still be prime minister?
The lethal side effect of China's rise
The recent and unfortunate death of Columbine survivor Austin Eubanks this past week caused me to pause and contemplate the opioid crisis ravaging our nation. Diving deeper into the compilation of causes feeding this multifaceted issue made relevant to me an often overlooked aspect of this national problem.
Bad timing for socialism
Democrats' timing for infatuation with socialism could not be worse. Economically, the country is doing well and perceives itself to be — hardly the recipe for systemic change. Politically, recasting next year's race from a referendum on President Trump's incumbency to one on a dismissed ideology is curious at best. Yet, Democrats find themselves in this predicament of their base's choosing.
Thwarting 'terrorists in suits' in the Israel boycott
The Israeli government earlier this year released an alarming report, "Terrorists in Suits," on the campaign to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel, known as the BDS movement. The report documents the movement's significant and widespread connections to designated terrorist organizations, and demonstrates that rather than the feel-good civil rights campaign described as such by its founders and decision-makers, BDS is actually a front for terror.
A populist surprise down under
Political trends, like the common cold, are contagious. Revolutions are often not confined to one country. The Communist revolution in Russia soon spread across the first half of the 20th century. The rise of fascism occurred in tandem across wide swaths of the world.
Oust Russia from South America
Russia continues to be an adversary of the United states. It keeps trying to encroach on the Western Hemisphere and create instability in the region.
Letters from a member of 'the greatest generation'
In a few days we will observe Memorial Day, mourning the loss -- and celebrating the lives -- of Americans in uniform from the Minute Men of Lexington and Concord to the present day. For some this means planting flags in local veterans cemeteries, for others recollection of departed friends, comrades or loved ones. For all, it is a time to reflect on how blessed our land has been by generation after generation of young patriots who gave what Abraham Lincoln called the "last full measure" of their devotion.
U.S. threatened every day
How insulting to want the "best and brightest" immigrating to America. Doesn't America already have the "best and brightest" citizens living here? How about a general or presidential freeze on immigration instead of asking Congress for more billions to hasten the comfort of those crossing our borders?
