How we got to 'Press one for English, two for Spanish'
Grab a wooden spoon and chomp down hard, while I tell you about a junk-mail piece from a Kirk D. Lynn. Published September 18, 2017
Ralph Z. Hallow, the chief political correspondent of commentary, served on the Chicago Tribune, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Washington Times editorial boards, was Ford Foundation Fellow in Urban Journalism at Northwestern University, resident at Columbia University Editorial-Page Editors Seminar and has filed from Berlin, Bonn, London, Paris, Geneva, Vienna, Amman, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Belgrade, Bucharest, Panama and Guatemala.
Grab a wooden spoon and chomp down hard, while I tell you about a junk-mail piece from a Kirk D. Lynn. Published September 18, 2017
SharesThe U.S. is in the middle of a second civil war. On one side are Americans who think we have a unique, enviable and exemplary culture. On the other side are sanctuary city mayors, their supporters everywhere, and Democrats who desire diversity ahead of assimilation. Published September 5, 2017
SharesYou might think if Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson were an honorable-though-displeased Cabinet officer, he would have it out in private with his boss, the president of the United States, and then resign, absent a meeting of the minds. Published August 29, 2017
SharesFed up with America's 55 years of appeasement of communist China, the GOP's national governing body is poised to tell Beijing to go take a hike. Published August 24, 2017
SharesPresident Trump reverted to his true self Tuesday in telling the nation who was to blame for the Charlottesville riots on Saturday. Published August 15, 2017
SharesPresident Trump could have condemned by name the white groups whose presence in Charlottesville, Va. drew counter-protestors and violence and a police response that ended with three deaths Saturday. Published August 13, 2017
SharesYour typical dictator of a small country might as well be a mouse for all the notice the world pays, unless two things happen. Published August 10, 2017
SharesIf you can flash a college diploma, boast a skill that promotes our national interests, mouth English with credible clarity, and have a job awaiting you in, say, Cleveland, immigration officials will greet you with thumbs up and a smile. George W. Bush tried to add merit as an immigration criterion in 2007. Published August 9, 2017
SharesThe "Never Trump" contingent in the Republican Party loves to meow the penetrating insight that President Trump wasn't always a Republican and -- psst ... isn't really a conservative. Published August 7, 2017
SharesChina's foreign minister said Saturday his government has urged North Korea to stop with its nuclear weapons program that threatens to spark a murderous rumble in Northeast Asia. Published August 6, 2017
SharesSecretary of State Rex Tillerson got it exactly right in telling North Korea's Kim Jong-un that the U.S. is not an enemy - or a friend. Published August 3, 2017
SharesEXCLUSIVE: In what might be interpreted as a zinger sent President Trump's way, two "Never Trump" officials of the GOP's national governing body have sent fired former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus their thanks for making the election of Mr. Trump possible in the first place. Published August 3, 2017
SharesWe have just seen John Kelly in action for the first time as President Trump's chief of staff. The retired four-star Marine Corps general turned commandant of the West Wing is looking good. Published July 31, 2017
SharesThere's good sense behind President Trump's military ban on men longing to be women and on women aspiring to manhood. Published July 26, 2017
SharesSome America First-ers, six-packing Joes and philosophical conservatives are sticking with President Trump for the same reason they voted for him eight months ago. Published July 25, 2017
SharesPresident Trump is facing the double standard with which the leftwing press and Democrats have been soiling American politics for many years. Published July 12, 2017
SharesAs you read the words below, play with this question: If a reporter was able to hear a whistle that only dogs' ears are equipped to hear, must he himself not also be a ....? Published July 10, 2017
SharesWhether those are war clouds forming far across the sea depends on how close that July 4 missile test by Kim Jong-un has come to crossing the line for President Trump. Published July 7, 2017
SharesLet's start by saying, here's to all of you, enjoying your favorite 5th (750 ml) on this grand 4th, or teetotaling your favorite liquid, or having a family ice-cream eating contest in celebration of this incredible anniversary. Published July 4, 2017
SharesYou probably never heard of him before, but Marc Short is that balding guy who was on Fox News on Sunday. The event was a bit strange, in the sense that it was the first TV appearance in his long political-managerial career. Published July 2, 2017
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