January 2, 2018

ALAN KEYES — A few days before Christmas, I went to Union Station in Washington, D.C., to sing Christmas carols with a group of folks organized by my friend, Jack Ames, a co-founder of the Defend Life organization. I arrived a little late, to find the group singing in a spot outside the entrance on the west side of the station, near stairs leading down to the Metro. They were gathered 'round a nativity scene, regaling passersby with infectious enthusiasm. I quickly caught their good spirit and joined in.... (more)

January 2, 2018

JOAN SWIRSKY — We're still weeks away from the day in January last year when Donald J. Trump ascended to the presidency and took his oath of office as the 45th President of the United States of America. Yet, in less than twelve months, he has already had an extraordinary presidency -- more bold, courageous, and revolutionary in many ways than any American president since the Founding Fathers almost two-and-a-half centuries ago.... (more)

January 1, 2018

TIMES OF ISRAEL — U.S. intelligence agencies have given Israel the green light to assassinate the senior Iranian responsible for coordinating military activity on behalf of the Islamic Republic in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, according to the Kuwaiti newspaper al-Jarida.... (more)

January 1, 2018

WASHINGTON TIMES — President Trump tweeted his condolences to the victims of the shooting in Colorado, which took place early Sunday morning and resulted in one officer being killed. The incident took place near an apartment complex south of Denver, according to several news reports. Five officers and two civilians were wounded. One police officer has been confirmed dead.... (more)

January 1, 2018

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Which one of the following is true? 1. Massachusetts has passed a law requiring Alcoholics Anonymous to hang posters at their meetings to advertise where to get alcohol...... (more)

January 1, 2018

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz says he's feeling the heat from family and friends over his defense of President Trump amid special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. "It's caused me to lose seven pounds," Dershowitz told Politico. "My liberal friends don't invite me to dinner anymore."... (more)

January 1, 2018

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON — 1) If the FISA Court orders to explore the purported Trump-Russian collusion were predicated on phony Steele/Fusion GPS documents and suppositions that prove largely untrue (Comey himself testified under oath that he could not verify their contents), then are subsequent transcripts of court-approved surveilled conversations somewhat poisoned?... (more)

January 1, 2018

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — President Trump numbered "the very dishonest Fake News Media" among the compendium of "supporters, enemies, [and] haters" who received his best wishes for the new year.... (more)

January 1, 2018

ROBERT KNIGHT — As we stand on the threshold of a new year, a phrase from Simon and Garfunkel's song "The Boxer" sums up why America's division into two warring worldviews seems to be widening. "A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest." That's true for most folks, thanks to human nature. However, we're not on an equal playing field. The whole thing is tilted to the left. Liberal news and entertainment are everywhere, including airport lounges where thousands of travelers each day are afflicted with CNN's non-stop propaganda.... (more)

January 1, 2018

WASHINGTON TIMES — Climate change got its close-up in 2017. A gaggle of films either name-checked Al Gore's biggest fear or built their narratives around it. The timing, in theory, couldn't be better for Hollywood bean counters: Three major hurricanes. Massive fires in the West. Record-setting chills. Media reports routinely connected the disasters with a warming planet. Yet audiences stayed away from films influenced by eco-concerns. Far, far away.... (more)

January 1, 2018

JOSEPH FARAH — The last time the Iranian people rose up to challenge their fanatical mullah rulers was in 2009. You might recall President Barack Obama's reaction. He sat on his hands. Initially, he offered no protest of the massive government repression. Only when the carnage lasted more than a week did Obama offer a toothless condemnation of the violence. He never addressed the root causes -- Iran's tyrannical regime that forces all to live under an oppressive code of Shia Islam that would make the Taliban blush.... (more)

December 31, 2017

REUTERS — Iranian protesters attacked police stations late into the night on Monday, news agency and social media reports said, as security forces struggled to contain the boldest challenge to the clerical leadership since unrest in 2009.... (more)

December 31, 2017

NEWSMAX — The group considered the largest of Iranian exile organizations in the world hailed on Saturday President Trump's strong statement of support for the growing protests against the Islamic regime.... (more)

December 31, 2017

RICH LOWRY — This year's best movie about a spirited band of resisters fighting an empire of evil isn't the latest entry in the Star Wars franchise, but Darkest Hour, an extraordinarily deft and moving depiction of the outset of Winston Churchill's prime ministership during World War II.... (more)

December 30, 2017

LOS ANGELES TIMES — Before President Trump occupied the White House, he was known for bragging about the ratings for his NBC reality show "The Apprentice." Based on the year-end Nielsen ratings for cable news, Trump can rightfully start boasting again.... (more)

December 30, 2017

State Department forced by court to release FBI evidence

ART MOORE — Documents belonging to former Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin that were discovered on her estranged husband Anthony Weiner's personal computer during an FBI investigation were released Friday by the State Department, including five that were marked classified.... (more)

December 30, 2017

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — New Year's Eve gets people thinking about resolutions. Alas, when a year passes, a mothballed prosecutor finds himself thinking about the statute of limitations. As 2018 beckons, it has me thinking about Paul Combetta -- the Platte River Networks technician who used the "BleachBit" program to destroy thousands of Hillary Clinton's emails when they were under congressional subpoena and preservation orders.... (more)

December 30, 2017

NEWSMAX — Russian tankers have supplied fuel to North Korea on at least three occasions in recent months by transferring cargoes at sea, according to two senior Western European security sources, providing an economic lifeline to the secretive communist state.... (more)

December 29, 2017

Alan Keyes rebuts talker's take on results of Senate contest in Alabama

ALAN KEYES — Judging by the arguments Michael Savage has had with non-religious, atheistic and even Satanistic callers, I had reached the conclusion that he was someone who believes in God as the ruler of all Creation, as befits his Jewish heritage. I would also have said that he is not ignorant of the fact that Christians believe in Jesus Christ, as the Word made flesh to offer redemption to humanity.... (more)

December 28, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — President Trump in October said "perhaps no administration" had done more in its first nine months than his. That was before he succeeded in overhauling the decades-old tax code and repealing Obamacare's individual mandate.... (more)

December 28, 2017

NATIONAL REVIEW — The Republican tax plan has a lot of moving parts, but its centerpiece is a major long-term cut in corporate taxes. American businesses have been eagerly anticipating these cuts, and 2017's strong stock performances were driven in part by an expectation in the market that they were coming. Liberal critics are apt to downplay the impact that corporate tax rates have on the competitiveness of American business -- but the news from around the globe suggests that our economic competitors are very aware of the threat that the "Trump tax cuts" will lure more business back to the United States, or stem the departures of existing businesses, unless they take steps to keep up.... (more)

December 28, 2017

WORLDNETDAILY — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes is blasting the Department of Justice and the FBI for their "failure to fully produce" documents related to the so-called "anti-Trump dossier," saying, in a letter obtained by Fox News, "at this point it seems the DOJ and FBI need to be investigating themselves."... (more)

December 28, 2017

BOB UNRUH — The author of a book alleging "collusion" between the Trump campaign and Russia admits it's really unknown whether the Russians exerted inappropriate influence over the candidate. The revelation comes from Luke Harding, a foreign correspondent with the Guardian newspaper of London, who wrote "Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win."... (more)

December 28, 2017

NEW YORK POST — Hell hath no fury like scorned Hillary Clinton supporters. Vanity Fair got pummeled with angry tweets Wednesday after its "Hive" blog published a snarky video it called "Six New Year's Resolutions for Hillary Clinton."... (more)

December 28, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — Former President Obama may be out of sight, but he isn't out of mind with respondents of Gallup's annual "Most Admired Man" poll. The 44th president of the United States has captured Gallup's "Most Admired Man" title for the 10th year in a row. The consulting company released its results on Wednesday after interviewing a random sample of 1,049 adults from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.... (more)