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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)