Category Archives: Politics

John Brennan’s Security Clearance By Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on August 20, 2018 by

Scarier than former CIA chief John Brennan losing his security clearance is the idea that he ever had one in the first place. Perhaps to avoid the appearance of partisanship in pulling the security clearances of former intelligence chiefs, the … Continue reading →

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Review of The Watchers

Posted on July 27, 2018 by

  In The Watchers: A Secret History of the Reign of Elizabeth 1, traces the forty-five year reign of ‘The Virgin Queen,” and what it took to keep her there. History shows that religious and political conflicts were more common … Continue reading →

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Democrats Don’t Fear Brett Kavanaugh, They Fear The Constitution By David Harsanyi

Posted on July 11, 2018 by

The other day Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was in Israel to receive an award for her commitment to tikkun olam (“to heal the world” in Hebrew,) a spiritual concept that progressive Jews have long distorted so that their malleable religious views could … Continue reading →

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A Declaration of Freedom

Posted on July 3, 2018 by
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Why Most of Us Think It’s Silly to Remove Wilder’s Name from A Children’s Literature Award J. Warner Wallace J. Warner Wallace

Posted on July 3, 2018 by

Last week, the Association of Library Service to Children renamed the award it gives authors or illustrators whose books “have made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.” This award used to be … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court vacates lower court’s verdict against florist By Denny Burk

Posted on June 25, 2018 by

    Good news about Washington florist Barronelle Stutzman, who was sued by the Attorney General of Washington State for refusing to create floral arrangements for a same-sex wedding. Here’s the report from the Alliance Defending Freedom: The U.S. Supreme … Continue reading →

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The Truth about Separating Kids By Rich Lowry

Posted on June 18, 2018 by

  The latest furor over Trump immigration policy involves the separation of children from parents at the border. As usual, the outrage obscures more than it illuminates, so it’s worth walking through what’s happening here. For the longest time, illegal … Continue reading →

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