June 6, 2016

The high cost of abandoning 'the authority of empirical science'

ALAN KEYES — Insofar as the life of the American people requires a basis in common humanity for recognizing and evaluating empirical facts, America's Founders made empirical science the practical standard for our factual judgments. Empirical science has increased in importance as knowledge derived from it has become the context for an ever increasing proportion of our everyday life and commerce.... (more)

June 5, 2016

STEVE DEACE — There is a reason the Constitutional Convention was not viewed as an elitist coup back in 1787. The smart, privileged white guys who ordained the Miracle in Philadelphia knew that its blessings would be stillborn unless they handed the final say on the matter to someone other than themselves. That would be "We, the people."... (more)

June 5, 2016

PHILIP KLEIN — On a day in which Donald Trump gained the stamp of approval of House Speaker Paul Ryan, he added to another dark chapter of his candidacy by upping his attacks on the heritage of a judge in a case involving Trump University.... (more)

June 5, 2016

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — During his show Friday night, HBO's Bill Maher tore apart Megyn Kelly's sit-down interview with Donald Trump, claiming the Fox News personality broadcast a "profile in cowardice."... (more)

June 5, 2016

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — According to a May Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, almost half of registered voters would consider a generic third-party presidential nominee. A Gallup poll from September 2015 found that 60 percent of Americans want there to be a third-party, tied for the highest level since Gallup started asking the question in 2004.... (more)

June 5, 2016

JACK CASHILL — Muhammad Ali was changing in ways that few people saw or chose to see. He traces his hour of enlightenment to "around 1983." It was only then that he became a "true believer." Always more honest than the mythmakers around him, Ali sheds needed light here on his own reality... (more)

June 5, 2016

TED CRUZ — Twenty-seven years ago, thousands of brave protesters gathered in Beijing's Tiananmen Square to demand political liberalization in the People's Republic of China. The PRC's brutal response was clear evidence that interaction with capitalist economies would not automatically result in political reform. The Communist Party, all too happy to reap the financial benefits the West offered, nonetheless refused to relinquish its authoritarian power.... (more)

June 4, 2016

CLIFF KINCAID — It is sign of the times that when people are told that Harvard was founded by a Puritan minister and dedicated to Christ and His Church, most react by wondering if this can actually be true. The reaction is evidence that Cultural Marxism has almost succeeded in eradicating the facts about the Christian roots of American education.... (more)

June 4, 2016

MARITA VARGAS — Before answering the title question, let's look at a few facts drawn, for the most part, from an episode on Saul Alinsky and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) produced by Church Militant T.V.... (more)

June 4, 2016

NEWSMAX — Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton has opened up a double-digit lead over Republican rival Donald Trump, regaining ground after the New York billionaire briefly tied her last month, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Friday.... (more)

June 4, 2016

NEWSMAX — Conservative and libertarian legal scholars are warning that electing Donald Trump to the White House in November could create a constitutional crisis. "Who knows what Donald Trump with a pen and phone would do?" Ilya Shapiro, a lawyer with the Cato Institute, asked The New York Times.... (more)

June 4, 2016

PHILIP KLEIN — In endorsing Donald Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan argued that he believed the presumptive Republican nominee could be a partner in advancing a serious conservative policy agenda as president. But Ryan is utterly delusional.... (more)

June 4, 2016

NEWSMAX — The Washington Post, in a blistering editorial, ripped into House Speaker Paul Ryan's endorsement of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump calling it a "sad day" for the GOP.... (more)

June 4, 2016

REUTERS — North Korea has backed presumptive U.S. Republican nominee Donald Trump, with a propaganda website praising him as "a prescient presidential candidate" who can liberate Americans living under daily fear of nuclear attack by the North.... (more)

June 4, 2016

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON — The Islamic State is urging jihadists in the United States and Europe to carry out terror attacks during what a group spokesman promised would be "the month of conquest and jihad."... (more)

June 3, 2016

CNS NEWS — A record 94,708,000 Americans were not in the labor force in May -- 664,000 more than in April -- and the labor force participation rate dropped two-tenths of a point to 62.6 percent, near its 38-year low, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday.... (more)

June 3, 2016

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — The Republican National Committee has wooed Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Glenn Beck and other prominent conservative talk radio hosts to prevent the party breaking apart. It has failed so far to win over any high-profile converts from the anti-Trump and Never Trump Republican factions, but party bosses still hope their efforts can build a winning infrastructure by the general election, in November.... (more)

June 3, 2016

NEWSMAX — House Speaker Paul Ryan tweeted Thursday that he's voting for Donald Trump for president of the United States in November. CNBC broke the news based on a tweet that Ryan sent out Thursday afternoon with no fanfare or advance notice. Ryan's spokesman quickly confirmed that the tweet signified a formal endorsement of Trump. It comes after weeks of stalling by Ryan.... (more)

June 3, 2016

NEWSMAX — Citing "important things I want to work on in Michigan," Gov. Rick Snyder decided against endorsing Donald Trump for president, the Detroit News reports. In a meeting with the newspaper's editorial board, Snyder said: "I've stayed out of the whole thing, and I'm going to continue to."... (more)

June 3, 2016

WASHINGTON TIMES — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley on Thursday warned that divisive rhetoric like Donald Trump's can lead to tragedies such as the massacre last summer at a black church in Charleston. "I know what that rhetoric can do. I saw it happen," the Republican governor told The Associated Press. She had endorsed then-candidate Sen. Marco Rubio ahead of South Carolina's primary earlier this year.... (more)

June 3, 2016

GARTH KANT — The late journalist Irving Kristol defined a conservative as "a liberal who has been mugged by reality." After the reality of letting men use the women's restroom hit too close to home for a prominent member of the American Civil Liberties Union, there may be a new conservative in Georgia.... (more)

June 3, 2016

NEWSMAX — More than half of the health insurance co-ops set up under Obamacare have failed, including one in Ohio that has left almost 22,000 people scrambling for coverage. According to Columbus Business First, the Ohio Department of Insurance will liquidate the state's InHealth Mutual co-op because it is in financial distress.... (more)

June 3, 2016

BOB UNRUH — Officials at a California public grade school who dispatched a sheriff's deputy to stop a 7-year-old from sharing Bible verses with his classmates because someone could be "offended" now are being warned of "civil rights violations."... (more)

June 3, 2016

WASHINGTON TIMES — A smuggling network has managed to sneak illegal immigrants from Middle Eastern terrorism hotbeds straight to the doorstep of the U.S., including helping one Afghan who authorities say was part of an attack plot in North America... (more)

June 3, 2016

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — A proposal being circulated by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, would block the plan to transfer control of a key component of the Internet before President Obama leaves office.... (more)