October 16, 2017

Alan Keyes weighs in on 'show of respect' for U.S. flag and anthem

ALAN KEYES — In the aftermath of President Trump's Twitter assault on NFL players who knelt during our national anthem, one commentator wrote that NFL fans were outraged by the players' action "because they feel you are disrespecting the American flag, the very flag that gives you your liberties. They feel you are spitting on the blood of servicemen who died...protecting your freedom." Though I fully understand and share the anger many people are feeling, I found this formulation inadequate, even misleading.... (more)

October 16, 2017

CLIFF KINCAID — It's suddenly big news that there are perverts in Hollywood. The really big news is that former President Barack Hussein Obama's communist and terrorist-support network remains a state secret. Attorney General Jeff Sessions won't touch it.... (more)

October 16, 2017

BYRON YORK — President Trump's most recent high-profile executive actions -- on Obamacare, immigration, and the Iran nuclear deal -- do three big things. First, they push Congress to act, which involves more than just calling the bluff of Republican leaders who talked big during the Obama years but failed to produce once the GOP controlled both Congress and White House.... (more)

October 16, 2017

FOX NEWS — Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl pleaded guilty Monday at Fort Bragg to charges he endangered comrades by walking away from his post in Afghanistan in 2009 -- the court case wrapping up three years after a stunning Rose Garden spectacle in which former President Barack Obama, flanked by Bergdahl's parents, triumphantly announced the soldier's release from captivity.... (more)

October 16, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — You'll have about 10 minutes between finding out a nuclear bomb is heading for Washington on a ballistic missile and the moment it explodes over the city. At least that's the best guess from experts. And that's really a best-case scenario if the bomb comes from a North Korean missile. If it's a Russian or Chinese missile carrying a nuclear bomb? Even less.... (more)

October 16, 2017

ROBERT KNIGHT — Given its prominence in current public discourse, one would think that hate, not love, is a many-splendored thing. The perfectly good word, which oozes out of every media pore, is now so overused that it means next to nothing. Every time you turn around, someone is accused of "hate" merely for expressing disagreement. This is not just a matter of semantics. It's serious. When you cheapen a word, it discourages honest discussion and leads to more confusion and conflict, which is how the devil likes it. We have it on good authority that the underworld thrives on mayhem.... (more)

October 16, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Natural and manmade tragedies in Houston, Florida, Puerto Rico, and Las Vegas have diverted public attention from NFL protests. Indeed, the magnitude of human suffering associated with historic storms and the worst mass shooting in U.S. history have again reminded us of what really counts in life.... (more)

October 16, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — In the aftermath of the Las Vegas mass shooting, ABC, CBS and NBC "wasted little time in exploiting the tragedy to advance their anti-gun rights agenda," writes NewsBusters.org analyst Geoffrey Dickens, who released a study on Monday reviewing the coverage.... (more)

October 15, 2017

CHERYL K. CHUMLEY — It's been two weeks since gunman Stephen Paddock powered up his piles of firearms in the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas, took aim at the crowds of country concert-goers his room overlooked, and began firing at the masses, killing 58 and injuring hundreds.... (more)

October 15, 2017

NEW YORK TIMES — State officials announced Friday that the wildfires across Northern California have destroyed at least 5,700 buildings. An analysis by The New York Times using satellite images in combination with its own ground surveys found that one fire in particular incinerated at least 5,100 structures, which would make it the most destructive wildfire in the state's history.... (more)

October 15, 2017

ANDREW MCCARTHY — Why don't the stories say: "President Trump Faithfully Executes Affordable Care Act"? In report after sky-is-falling report, the journalism wing of the media-Democrat complex castigates the president over his decision to -- as the New York Times put it -- "scrap subsidies to health insurance companies that help pay out of pocket costs of low-income people." These subsidy payments are "critical" to sustaining the "Affordable Care Act." Without them, the Grey Lady frets, "President Barack Obama's signature domestic achievement" could "unravel."... (more)

October 15, 2017

NEWSMAX — Pyongyang was behind the WannaCry computer hack that impacted nearly a quarter-million computers in 150 countries worldwide, Microsoft President Brad Smith claimed in an interview this week.... (more)

October 15, 2017

NEWSMAX — Authorities in Puerto Rico raised the death toll from Hurricane Maria by 3 to 48 on Saturday based on a review of medical records. The medical examiner concluded that the hurricane was the deciding factor in the three newly disclosed deaths, Secretary of Public Security Hector Pesquera said.... (more)

October 15, 2017

THE ATLANTIC — California's K-12 students will be learning more about the contributions of the LGBT community in the public-school curriculum as early as this fall. The California Board of Education recently voted in favor of a new History-Social Science Framework that builds on the Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful (FAIR) Education of 2012, which requires a more comprehensive representation of the LGBT community in school curricula.... (more)

October 14, 2017

NEWSMAX — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell praised President Donald Trump's decision to not recertify the Iran nuclear deal as being "in the vital national security interests of the United States."... (more)

October 14, 2017

PHILIP KLEIN — With President Trump declining to certify that the Iran deal is in the best interest of the United States, Congress will be faced with the decision of whether to take new steps to counter Iranian aggression. There will be plenty of time in the coming months to debate the details of any such legislation, but as Congress considers what to do, lawmakers should operate under the premise that they are under no obligations to honor former President Barack Obama's promises to Iran.... (more)

October 14, 2017

ART MOORE — The Department of Health and Human Services has published a draft of a new strategic plan that states in its introduction that life begins at conception. The personhood of the unborn child is central to the abortion debate -- as even the justice who wrote the landmark Roe v. Wade opinion has acknowledged -- because, if established in law, it would nullify a "right" to abortion.... (more)

October 14, 2017

BOB UNRUH — President Trump says Americans don't worship government, they should call evil by its name, and times are "changing back" to an earlier era when the nation's founders "invoked our Creator four times in the Declaration of Independence."... (more)

October 14, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — Rep. Jim Jordan said Friday that President Trump's decision to stop cost-sharing payments is in line with what Republicans promised they would do in the health care debate. "He's not subverting a law. He's stopping unconstitutional payments to insurance companies who've made record profits the last few quarters," Mr. Jordan, Ohio Republican, said on CNN. "This is not appropriated dollars."... (more)

October 13, 2017

TIMOTHY P. CARNEY — Obamacare, despite the populist pablum peddled by its proponents, was and is a big raft of corporatism. It props up and protects the big companies that it regulates and taxes. It ties big business and big government together in a tawdry embrace whose offspring include higher prices, less consumer choice, and diminished competition.... (more)

October 13, 2017

FOX NEWS — Where in the world is Jesus Campos? The Mandalay Bay security guard shot by Stephen Paddock in the moments leading up to the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history was set to break his silence Thursday night with five television interviews, including one on Fox News, Campos' union president said.... (more)

October 13, 2017

WALL STREET JOURNAL — President Donald Trump took aim Friday at the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, vowing to end U.S. participation in the landmark deal unless Congress and U.S. allies are able to deliver on punitive measures targeting Tehran's missile program, its support for regional militant groups, and any future nuclear activities.... (more)

October 13, 2017

CHICAGO TRIBUNE — Charles Schulz once drew his iconic dog Snoopy losing everything in a house fire. This week, for Schulz's widow, that scenario became all too real. Jean Schulz safely escaped the fires as they began sweeping through Santa Rosa, California, before dawn Monday, but the blaze burned to the ground the home where she and the late "Peanuts" creator long lived.... (more)

October 12, 2017

NEWSMAX — The NRA said Thursday it opposes two pieces of legislation that would ban devices that turn semi-automatic firearms into weapons that work more like automatic ones.... (more)

October 12, 2017

ALICIA POWE — Thwarted over and over in his effort to repeal and replace Obamacare by a unified Democratic Party and a handful of Republicans, President Trump Thursday used his executive power to at least partially fulfill his major campaign promise. The president dismantled part of his predecessor's signature health-care legislation -- the Affordable Care Act -- with the "power of the pen," providing "millions of Americans with Obamacare relief."... (more)