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HIJACKING JESUS
Palestinian propagandists have launched a new attempt to hijack Jesus for their anti-Israel cause. During the Pope’s visit to the Middle East, they presented him with a fake ID card listing Christ’s nationality as “Palestinian” and his [quote-unquote] “family members” as Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King—and Yasir Arafat! This, of...
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DECEPTIVE DEMS AND THE DYNASTIC TEMPTATION
In the ferocious struggle for Senate control, desperate Democrats count on candidates in six key races whose chief asset involves famous fathers: Michelle Nunn in Georgia, Alison Lundergan Grimes in Kentucky, Mark Pryor in Arkansas, Nick Begich in Alaska, Mary Landrieu in Louisana and Mark Udall in Colorado are all the children of political icons, trying to...
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Hillary Clinton’s ‘Hard Choices’ at State Department failed every time
“Hard Choices,” former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton‘s new memoir of her failed presidential campaign and years at State, promises to be hard going for reviewers and the general public.
The entire book was given over to the New York Times, which dutifully headlined their scoop: “In Memoir, Hillary Clinton Emphasizes Her Softer...
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The VA Bureaucracy on Trial
When Woodward and Bernstein did their groundbreaking reporting in the 1970s, they uncovered abuse of power and corruption that led to the resignation of the nation’s highest elected official. It was what a free press can and should do: keep government honest.
But Watergate was ultimately a story about one man and one administration. The VA story is about...
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Who’s Racist?
No day passes without a Democratic politician, a left-wing commentator, or, if I may be excused a redundancy, a left-wing academic labeling Republicans and conservatives racist. Given the power of repetition, one consequence is that many Americans, especially young ones, believe that one side of the political spectrum — the right — is racist. Having...
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Still plenty of questions for Hillary Clinton on Benghazi
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton knows her presidential campaign is threatened before it begins by the mountain of wreckage left along her trail of tears tenure at State.
Her failed and embarrassing “reset” with Russia, her mismanagement of Egypt so that all parties now hate the U.S. and President-elect Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is accepting...
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AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ AND THE AMERICAN TRADITION OF WAR-MAKING
Memorial Day always brings an edge of sadness but this year, as an era of war winds down after the death more than 6,700 Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan, the sense of loss felt especially acute.
For many Americans, the warfare since 2001 seems dubious and divisive for two reasons:
1- We never formally declared war, as the Constitution demands and
2- ...
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Racism & Obama: He’s a Beneficiary, Not a Victim
Note: a version of this piece appeared in the Wall Street Journal on May 27, 2014.
Evidence from exit polling strongly suggests that Barack Obama’s two presidential victories relied on race-based bloc voting that no Democratic nominee could readily replicate in 2016.
This analysis, of course, directly contradicts one of the core assumptions of the...
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THE MEANING OF JULIAN CASTRO
The appointment of San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is seen as grooming for his selection as Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2016. Democrats worry that with two white candidates on their ticket they might lose the three-to-one advantage among non-white voters that Obama needed to win. Romney won the white...
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WITHOUT A LOVING GOD, PEOPLE DEMAND CARING GOVERNMENT
If you don’t believe in a loving God you’re more likely to crave a loving government – a yearning that helps explain the political survival of Barack Obama. In 2012, 83% of American voters said they attended religious services at least “occasionally” and they preferred Mitt Romney by 4 points. Obama won only because he garnered a nearly two-to-one...
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A Young College Grad Calls My Show
Last week, on my radio talk show, I received a call from Jeff, a 21-year-old in North Carolina. I have abridged it and edited it stylistically. JEFF: I wanted to respond to your question about America being feared in the world. You brought up Syria. I think it’s a little naive, and maybe that’s not […]
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Left Condemns Wealth, But Exaggerates Money’s Power
Liberals love to express their contempt for wealth but profoundly exaggerate the power of money. To them, money in the wrong hands is the source of all evil while placing money in the right hands is the solution to every problem.
Consider the left’s current approach to three pressing national dilemmas: a crumbling education system, persistent poverty and...
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For the Republican debates, every detail counts
Chairman Reince Priebus has done a lot of great things for the Republican National Committee he heads and the GOP he leads.
But of all the good work, the three great “Priebus reforms” will be the re-ordering of the primary calendar for the presidential nomination process, the decision to move the nominating convention forward to late June or early...
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LIBERALS EXAGGERATE THE POWER OF MONEY
Liberals exaggerate the power of money, believing that wealth in the wrong hands is the source of all evil, while shifting it to the right hands can solve every problem.
In education, they demand constant funding increases—though the most free-spending district in the country gets worse results than any state. Washington, D.C. schools spend $29,000 per...
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MINIMUM WAGE HIKE: UNFAIR TO HARD-WORKING AND EXPERIENCED EMPLOYEES
President Obama and his allies want to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, though this move would hurt many hard-working, experienced employees.
Millions of American workers started at minimum wage, made headway at their jobs and won significant raises, but not all of them have passed $10.10 an hour. If suddenly the minimum wage goes up for...
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THE V.A. SCANDAL AND OBAMACARE
A new poll for Politico focused on the key battleground states for the 2014 election and showed overwhelming opposition to Obamacare. Only 11% of likely voters wanted to keep the Affordable Care Act intact and in place, without significant changes, and the current Veterans Administration scandal shows why this skepticism is totally justified.
If government can...
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