Another day of sadness for people who love totalitarian religious dictatorships, chants of “Death to America”, billion dollar giveaways to nuke-building savages and deposed American ruler IslamoMarxist Barack Obama. But it’s a joyful day for Israel. Never Trumpers who claim … Continue reading
Category: Daily Dose of Reason
Gina Haspel’s Nomination for the CIA is About More Than Gina Haspel
I am sick of people with no military experience expressing outrage over real or alleged torture tactics, like waterboarding, against open killers who seek to obliterate freedom, liberty and individual rights. Because that’s what we’re talking about here: Killers. Enemy … Continue reading
The Real Reason the First Amendment is in Trouble
According to a Washington Post/Brookings Institution poll, when asked if the First Amendment protects “hate speech”, 44 percent say “no”, 39 percent say “yes” and 16 percent say they don’t know. Democrats say hate speech is not protected by 41 … Continue reading
How to Make American Health Care Great Again
Here’s a simple idea to help lower healthcare costs: Publish prices. A bipartisan group of state lawmakers in Colorado is pushing a bill to do precisely that. The Comprehensive Health Care Billing Transparency Act would allow Coloradans to see the … Continue reading
Food Stamp Withdrawal
More than 2.2 million people have discontinued their participation in food stamps during President Trump’s first full year in office, according to the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) data on food stamp enrollment. The latest USDA data shows that … Continue reading
The Moral Status of Never Trumpers Like John Kasich
Morally, who’s worse? The Democrats, who are actively on the side of evil Iranian mullahs? Or people like John Kasich, who fervently opposed the Iran deal in 2015 and now suddenly support it, merely because Trump has dropped it? My … Continue reading
Bye-Bye, Iran Deal!
President Donald Trump announced his decision to withdraw from the Iran deal on Tuesday, keeping his campaign promise to end the agreement reached by former President Barack Obama. Another campaign promise kept. “America will not be held hostage to nuclear … Continue reading
Hillary Clinton: The Poster Child for “Victim Think”
What is wrong with Hillary Clinton? For one thing, she’s still not over her election loss. It has been nearly 2 years. Did George McGovern, Michael Dukakis, George H.W. Bush or even Jimmy Carter spend this much time publicly processing … Continue reading
Lethal Contradictions: The Achilles’ Heel of Progressivism
Examples of lethal — and laughable — contradictions within leftist progressivism are almost endless. Here are just a few. “Being mean and hateful is automatically and always wrong. Yet when someone disagrees with you, it’s OK to be mean and … Continue reading
Can People Be Trusted With Freedom?
At a National Rifle Association convention on May 4, President Trump said, “In America we trust the people to be wise and to be good. We trust them to take responsibility for themselves, their families, and their communities. And that … Continue reading
The Psychology of Virtue-Signaling
Virtue-signaling serves a purpose. When you are WRONG about everything, you have no facts or logic to validate you. So you need (as a psychological substitute) the approval of others who are equally wrong, and who require you to validate … Continue reading
Confusion and Evasion About Censorship on Left & Right
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly says that Facebook will “dial up the intensity” of News “suppression” leading up to the fall midterm elections. Note that “dial up” and “suppression” are his own words. As much as I hate Facebook and … Continue reading