Hillary Clinton promises a 50-50 Cabinet, by gender, once elected president. She actually wants people to know this, and thinks it’s a good thing. “That is certainly my goal,” she told reporters. “A very diverse Cabinet representing the talents and … Continue reading
Nearly three-quarters of Americans support the rights of gun makers and retailers when it comes to victims of crimes and their desire to file a lawsuit. According to the results of a poll released Monday by the National Shooting Sports … Continue reading
You know why there’s a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one. — Rush Limbaugh
The suicide rate for the 1,200 Marines who deployed together — most now out of the military — is nearly four times as high as for young male veterans as a whole and 14 times as high as that for … Continue reading
Hundreds of employees at the University of California at Berkeley are getting schooled in basic economics, as the $15 minimum wage just cost them their jobs. Too bad liberal elites “fighting for $15” don’t get it. A week after California … Continue reading
Political correctness can come from the left or the right. When it comes from the right, we should call it “religious correctness.” But the underlying principles are the same. Like the political correctness of the left, the religious correctness of … Continue reading
Columnist Ed Butowsky recently wrote an insightful, although slightly naïve, column. In that column, he says: Bill Clinton was right. It’s the economy, stupid! Wouldn’t you think he’d have told his wife? It looks to me like he didn’t, because … Continue reading
You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life. — Winston Churchill
Can meditation eradicate racial prejudice? Are Shirley MacLaine and Mark Zuckerberg right, that mind-altering calmness and unconditional, unthinking love could bring about world peace and knock the terrorists flat? New research has supposedly found that just seven minutes of loving-kindness … Continue reading
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. — Thomas Paine
My recent article on the lost virtue of manners resulted in a lot of responses. The overwhelming majority were positive. A particularly insightful reader said this: At the base of any political system is the issue of, “Are we individuals … Continue reading
American leftism/progressivism is the established way of thinking. It did not win by reason or persuasion; merely by default, or in the absence of any principled, rational alternative. The leftist agenda of a weak defense; unsustainable national debt; fostering dependence … Continue reading