Mayor de Blasio is escalating his war on a user-friendly transportation company whose dramatic success is upending a yellow-cab industry that has long been his close political ally. Don’t be fooled by the mayor’s attempts — on the previous pages … Continue reading
Obama’s “peace treaty” with Iran is worse than a bad deal. The worst thing about it is the precedent it sets. By giving Iran everything it demanded, and engaging in the pretense that Iran will not build a nuclear weapon … Continue reading
We’ve heard the expression (attributed to Margaret Thatcher) that eventually, socialists always run out of other people’s money. What we don’t consider is what happens when socialists run out of things to socialize. This appears to be the dilemma in … Continue reading
The New York Times reports that the Obama administration plans to reduce the active-duty Army force from 490,000 soldiers to 450,000 within two years. “In the midst of a war against the Islamic State that the Obama administration says will … Continue reading
From Politico.com 7/6/15, an article entitled, “The Socialist Surge”: No one asked Bernie Sanders what he thought about the Greek referendum on Sunday, but he shared his thoughts anyway. “I applaud the people of Greece for saying ‘no’ to more … Continue reading
Donald Trump has made a lot of people angry. Why? Because he stated that a lot of the immigrants coming to the United States, from Mexico and elsewhere, are criminals, thieves, rapists, etc. His critics — including, apparently, NBC, who … Continue reading
Should Supreme Court justices be elected, rather than appointed? This is the solution of Republican candidate for president, Ted Cruz (R-Texas). “In order to provide the people themselves with a constitutional remedy to the problem of judicial activism and the … Continue reading
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia wrote a dissenting opinion of the Court’s decision legalizing same-sex marriage, and called the majority on the high court a “threat to American democracy.” In a similar vein, Chief Justice John Roberts charged Friday that … Continue reading
“We have to have a candid national conversation about race and about discrimination, prejudice, hatred,” [Hillary] Clinton said in an interview with KNPB’s Jon Ralston. “But unfortunately the public discourse is sometimes hotter and more negative than it should be, … Continue reading
Many are excited about Donald Trump. They get excited when he says things like, “I will tell you I’ve been dealing with politicians all my life. They are all talk, no action.” Actually, this isn’t true. Politicians are all about … Continue reading
ISIS has reportedly posted anti-Islam activist Pamela Geller’s address, with orders to, “Go forth and kill her.” Some people say that Geller has only herself to blame, for publicly being so critical of Islam. Yet if you listen to Geller, … Continue reading
Hillary Clinton’s run for the presidency is being launched at a place she considers significant: the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park in New York. I’ll bet most Americans don’t even know what President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “four freedoms” are. … Continue reading