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May 2, 2017
ALAN KEYES — Last week the Vermont socialist, Democrat Bernie Sanders, endorsed a reputedly pro-life Democrat running for mayor of Omaha, Nebraska. The president of NARAL ProChoice America called the endorsement a betrayal of women.... (more)


May 1, 2017
CLIFF KINCAID — Sexual harassment and now racial discrimination complaints are providing the excuses James Murdoch may need to purge the conservative news personalities who have made the Fox News Channel a success.... (more)


May 1, 2017
BYRON YORK — In the hour before the White House Correspondents' Association dinner began at what used to be called the "Hinckley Hilton" in Washington, I asked attendees -- journalists, politicians, opinion-makers, advertising & PR types -- what they expected of an evening without the president.... (more)


May 1, 2017
CBS NEWS — On his 100th day in office Saturday, President Trump spoke to CBS News' chief Washington correspondent and host of "Face the Nation," John Dickerson, about his accomplishments at the traditional milestone and beyond, before flying to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to give a speech at a rally.... (more)


May 1, 2017
WALL STREET JOURNAL — Congressional leaders reached a bipartisan deal late Sunday to fund the government until October, while Republicans scrambled to pull off an even more significant legislative achievement that has eluded them this year: an overhaul of the health-care system.... (more)


May 1, 2017
WORLDNETDAILY — The theory of human-caused global warming is straightforward. The level of the so-called "pollutant" carbon dioxide, or CO2, is rising in the atmosphere, causing a worldwide increase in temperatures that ultimately will have a catastrophic effect on the planet.... (more)


May 1, 2017
WASHINGTON TIMES — "Disliking Trump is getting very boring," writes Kathleen Parker, a Washington Post columnist. "Disliking Trump, even for all the right reasons, is exhausting and unsustainable. It's also boring." Funny she should mention that. Weary Democratic voters may agree as they witness a strident new culture within their party which calls upon them to "resist" President Trump and his administration -- and includes strong language, ramped-up drama and a new "war room" mentality. The strategy may be losing its charm, however.... (more)


May 1, 2017
ROBERT KNIGHT — Many years ago, I witnessed what happens when people who prevent others from speaking are not dealt with promptly. During a "Firing Line" taping with William F. Buckley at Bard College in New York state on the topic of "Resolved: The ACLU is full of baloney" (the short answer is "yes"), two female activists stood up and started chanting "women of color have no voice."... (more)


April 30, 2017
CHERYL CHUMLEY — Headlines rocked in recent days about the latest Berkeley episode of snowflake teardropping, the one where conservative bigwig Ann Coulter was supposed to come to campus to speak, but threats of violence from offended students waylaid her plans.... (more)


April 30, 2017
WASHINGTON TIMES — As President Trump's top advisers prepare to hash out a final policy on the Paris climate agreement dumped onto their laps by President Obama, another option has hit the table: Declare the deal a treaty and send it to the Senate to be killed.... (more)


April 30, 2017
WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Jeff Mason, president of the White House Correspondents' Association, said Saturday that press access under President Trump had "been very good" before delving into tensions that exist between the media and the administration.... (more)


April 30, 2017
POLITICO — The nation's conspiracy-theorist-in-chief is facing a momentous decision. Will President Donald Trump allow the public to see a trove of thousands of long-secret government files about the event that, more than any other in modern American history, has fueled conspiracy theories -- the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy?... (more)


April 29, 2017
NEWSMAX — President Donald Trump has signed a short-term, stopgap spending bill keeping the government functioning and avoiding a shutdown on his 100th day in office. Trump signed the bill in private Friday night after he returned to the White House from a daytrip to Atlanta.... (more)


April 29, 2017
NEWSMAX — President Donald Trump promised the National Rifle Association on Friday that "the eight-year assault on your Second Amendment freedoms has come to a crashing end."... (more)


April 29, 2017
WORLDNETDAILY — The Heritage Foundation, which, under the leadership of former Sen. Jim DeMint, became a strongly conservative think tank that embraced the Trump revolution and anti-establishment Republicanism, just threw it in reverse. DeMint is out. Former president Ed Fuelner, 75, who earlier retired, is back.... (more)


April 29, 2017
BYRON YORK — "We're going to go when we have the votes," Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday when asked when the House will pass a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare. Lawmakers will not be constrained by any "artificial deadline," Ryan declared.... (more)


April 29, 2017
BOB UNRUH — There's been a growing movement urging the United States to leave the United Nations -- including a petition drive -- ever since the global body passed a resolution condemning Israel for building housing in areas it reclaimed in a defensive war.... (more)


April 29, 2017
WASHINGTON TIMES — Reversing yet another of his predecessor's actions on energy and the environment, President Trump on Friday signed an executive order that paves the way for a massive increase in offshore oil-and-gas drilling.... (more)


April 29, 2017
NEWSMAX — First lady Melania Trump has dedicated a new garden for patients at one of America's leading children's hospitals. Patients will be able to feel the sun, breathe fresh air and see the Washington Monument from the new rooftop garden at Children's National Medical Center.... (more)


April 29, 2017
WASHINGTON TIMES — President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday to start pulling the federal government out of K-12 education, following through on a campaign promise to return school control to state and local officials.... (more)


April 29, 2017
NEWSMAX — An organization funded in part by liberal billionaire George Soros plans to mark the 100th day of President Donald Trump's time in office with a march in Washington, The Washington Times reported Friday.... (more)


April 29, 2017
WASHINGTON TIMES — Let the marching begin. On the heels of the March for Science -- which really ought to have been called the March Against Science -- now come the People's Climate March people. And boy, are they ready to engage. Their motto, according to a video posted on their Facebook event page? "People's Climate March: We resist. We build. We rise."... (more)


April 29, 2017
THE FEDERALIST — Bill Nye, who has been recently spending time yelling at people that gender is fluid and has nothing to do with DNA, used to tell everyone that science says chromosomes determine if a person is a boy or a girl.... (more)


April 29, 2017
EMILY ZANOTTI — I have a confession: I never liked Bill Nye the Science Guy. I like science and consider it a creative pursuit, but Nye always seemed cloying and condescending, as if, somehow, his bachelor's in mechanical engineering were enough to give anyone an expanded view of the scientific universe. I was a cynical child, what can I say?... (more)


April 28, 2017
WASHINGTON TIMES — Brightly colored baby socks flooded the halls of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, representing the hundreds of thousands of lives lost annually to Planned Parenthood, and sending the unmistakable message to Congress to defund the nation's largest abortion provider.... (more)

 
 
 
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