1. Abortion: ‘Culture of Life,’ ‘Culture of Losing’ The candidates discussed where they stood on abortion toward the end of the evening. “We’re better off when everybody counts,” DeSantis said. “We’re better off when we can promote a culture of life.” The...
"A January 6 can and will happen again, because the architects are still able to do their thing unimpeded," Andy Campbell says. By telling the Proud Boys to “stand by” during one of the 2020 presidential debates, Donald Trump brought the street gang to a new...
The Trump administration reportedly has obtained search warrants that would allow them access to the Facebook pages of thousands of anti-Trump protesters. The requested data — which targets all the information in three accounts — would include information...
In his PDF Milton Friedman lays out his argument for why Government is the Problem. I disagree Friedman Claims that Government causes, deteriorating education, lawlessness and crime, homelessness, the collapse of family values, the crisis in medical...
The fundamental question I often ask is, "What is the optimal role of Government?" And I usually use Building Codes as an example. I ask it this way, should the government "MANDATE" building codes? Or should we let the free market do its thing? Or should it be a...
https://www.heritage.org/education/commentary/future-schools-and-critical-race-theory-after-youngkins-victory Main Points Heritage foundation believes Lawmakers should carefully design legislative proposals rejecting critical race theory to protect teachers and...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced plans to reform public universities by banning CRT and investing millions of dollars in Sarasota's New College. A board member at The New College of Florida where Gov. Ron DeSantis responded to a progressive college’s active...
Alexis de Tocqueville wrote "Democracy in America" in (1835) Excerpts from the Original Electronic Text at American Studies at the University of Virginia. (NB. Paragraph numbers and subheadings belong to this excerpt, not the original source.) TYRANNY...
Alexis de Tocqueville, Table of Contents: Volume I Colophon The Author's Preface. The Exterior Form of North America Origin of the Anglo-Americans, and the Importance of this Origin in Relation to their Future Condition. Social Condition of the Anglo-Americans....
Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales' district includes the Uvalde school targeted in a mass shooting last year. Mar 4, 2023, 10:26 AM EST AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas was facing a rare potential censure Saturday by his state party over votes...
The College Board’s standardized tests are the latest target of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign against the organization. As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis continues picking fights with the College Board over “wokeness,” the state’s Department of Education is...
The third annual National Conservatism Conference was held Sept. 11-13, 2022. Here are 7 "Beliefs" as reported by the Daily Signal - 7 Highlights from National Conservatism Conference. Sen. Josh Hawley: ‘The American Revolution Is a Continuation of the Revolution of...
The Trump administration reportedly has obtained search warrants that would allow them access to the Facebook pages of thousands of anti-Trump protesters. The requested data — which targets all the information in three accounts — would include information on about...
Creating a Federal Minimum Wage is a Bad Idea for a number of reasons. There is nothing "necessarily" wrong with a community setting a minimum wage. But that minimum wage must be voluntary and limited to that single community. The Congressional Budget Office released...
Is America destined to become like California? Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey created a stir recently when he tweeted out an article calling for an end to bipartisanship and the beginning of nationwide, one-party rule—similar to the Golden State. He called it a “great read.”...
Conservatives often regard any community provided "safety net" as either morally illegitimate or economically destructive. This lesson will examine why opposition to any safety net is the default Conservative position, and why some Conservatives don't believe this is...
Senate Intel Panel Finds ‘Absolutely No Evidence’ of Collusion, Faced Roadblocks The Senate Intelligence Committee said in a long-awaited report released Tuesday that there is no evidence that the Trump campaign conspired with the Russian government to influence the...
Takeaways From the Senate Committee Report on Russian Interference Senators divided along party lines about whether to conclude that the Trump campaign coordinated with the Kremlin’s election sabotage operations. Democrats and Republicans could not agree on whether...
The autocrat problem Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary has used the coronavirus crisis as an excuse to further centralize authority. The European Union seems to be functioning better than the United States in some big ways right now. Europe has been far more...
Identity politics is all around us. Whether you know it or not, we are all bathing in it. Some Americans have embraced it gladly, while others have simply become inured to it and no longer bat an eyelid. Many others, however, have begun to take notice, and to them something does not seem right.
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https://fee.org/articles/61-quick-facts-and-observations-on-socialism-jesus-and-wealth/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2020_FEEDaily 61 Quick Facts and Observations on Socialism, Jesus, and Wealth Was Jesus of Nazareth truly a socialist? An...
Fractal Politics The evolution of digital technologies and the evolution of contemporary society and politics have facilitated fractal thinking. It is fairly obvious that technology innovations can facilitate cultural and political innovations, which in-turn...
Conservative Approach to Public Speaking A post caught my eye The New Bible for Public Speaking. It's from townhall.com, a very conservative media outlet. And while the author mentions Trump in this piece, it is still important. The take-aways from this post are:...
Pelosi Argument to Impeach Trump Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi published a “fact sheet” detailing her ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Trump; claiming the Commander-in-Chief has “betrayed his oath of office. Essentially this is the Pelosi Argument to...
Memorandum of Trump Zelenskyy Conversation Declassified by order of the PresidentSeptember 24, 2019MEMORANDUM OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONSUBJECT: Telephone Conversation with President Zelenskyy of UkraineParticipants: President Zelenskyy of UkraineNotetakers: The White...
Opening Statement to Congress of Ambassador Taylor – October 22, 2019 Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the opportunity to appear today to provide my perspective on the events that are the subject of the Committees’ inquiry. My sole purpose is to provide the Committees with...
Trump Letter to Erdogan THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON October 9, 2019 His Excellency Recep Tayyip Erdogan President of the Republic of Turkey Ankara Dear Mr. President: Let's work out a good deal! You don't want to be responsible for slaughtering thousands...
When Paul Ryan talked about a “real culture problem” in “our inner cities in particular”, he wasn’t the first American politician to be slammed for using racially coded language to get a point across. Ian Haney López, author of Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial...
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA* CRIMINAL NO.* Grand Jury Original* 18 U.S.C. §§ 1001, 1505, 1512, 2*******INDICTMENTThe Grand Jury for the District of Columbia charges:Introduction1. By in or around May 2016, the Democratic National...
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It is important to understand these differences. For example I conclude Republicans don't like new information.
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I am going to write more about this. This is just a placeholder. REP. TREY GOWDY, R—S.C., CHAIRMAN, HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE: I think there are two things important to understand. Number one, the source of President Trump's frustration. Brennan say he should...
Stacy Abrams, the history-making African-American female Democratic nominee for Georgia governor, is more evidence women are gaining power in the US. Many more women are running for elected office, especially this year — the year in the echoes of Donald Trump's "hot...
The Daily Signal provided evidence Liberals are bad in a post called "How Liberal Activists Are Shutting Down Choice for Birth Moms" While, I don't agree with the conclusions in the post, and I question some of the evidence they provide, the narrative they present is...
By now everyone has heard of the "Jake" TV Spot. Here it is in case you've not seen it. By now everyone has heard of the "Jake" TV Spot. Here it is in case you've not seen it. A lot of people are talking about all the Gun Ads . Here is NPR talking about it....
The Macon Telegraph had an interesting take on the gubernatorial campaigns of Democrats Stacey Abrams and Stacey Evans. Here are there key reporting: Stacey Abrams has comprehensive policies and plans and detailed positions on issues, while Evans seems to be offering...
Brian Kemp provides more evidence Conservatives cannot govern. Apparently Secretary of State Brian Kemp is attacking another Conservative group called Citizens for Georgia's Furture. Conservatives have to attack everyone. They trust no one. No wonder our government...
Evidence Karen Handel is not bipartisan can be found in a Lugar Center and Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy report. The study found Karen Handel to be one of the least bipartisan House lawmakers. She was 435 out of 438 in terms of her ability to...
A May 30th date has been set for hearing to see if Brian Kemp lied. If this is true, and Kemp did lie to make money, then that would be evidence he should not be Georgia Governor. Apparently, an Investment company, TLP Investments is suing Brian Kemp and his Company...
OPINION05/01/2018 02:59 pm ET There was an uproar last week among Democrats, and even some Republicans, after it was reported that House Speaker Paul Ryan abruptly fired the Catholic House chaplain, the Rev. Patrick J. Conroy. Many have charged that Ryan axed Conroy...
The GOP has identified the key positions the GOP Candidate for the Georgia 6th District must take to get the GOP endorsement. “Do you support or oppose President Trump’s appointment of Neil Gorsuch to the United States Supreme Court?” “Do you support or...
POLITICS04/26/2018 10:08 am ET The White House has a few questions for candidates in Republican primaries hoping for President Donald Trump’s endorsement. Do you support ending foreign aid to Pakistan? How about withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership? Did you...
Is America destined to become like California? Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey created a stir recently when he tweeted out an article calling for an end to bipartisanship and the beginning of nationwide, one-party rule—similar to the Golden State. He called it a “great read.”...
Source: 7 Forces Driving America Toward Civil War – John Hawkins Posted: Apr 21, 2018 7:40 AM The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not represent the views of Townhall.com. I was interviewed by a mainstream media reporter yesterday. I thought he...
Source: Syracuse University Suspends Fraternity For Racist, Sexist Video | HuffPost Syracuse University has suspended a fraternity after video surfaced showing members saying things that the university’s chancellor called “extremely racist.” Chancellor Kent Syverud...
It’s hard to fully convey what it’s like to be black in America today to those who don’t share the experience. In my work as a civil rights attorney and advocate, I often call out those in positions of authority for the disparate treatment of people of color. Last...
Maybe it’s just me but I’m tired of the same old same old in our politics. The big-box monopoly parties have morphed into two sides of the same coin, two heads on the same bird of prey. Today our choice boils down to the Conservative Republican tax and spend,...
Donald Trump, nearly 18 months into his first term, still operates under the delusion that because he’s the president, he’s the boss. Granted, he does have certain powers that come with his office, but it’s not a new season of The Apprentice. Whether he was...
BLACK VOICES04/20/2018 06:04 pm ET A charter school network has apologized for an assignment asking students to list the positive and negative aspects of slavery, calling the worksheet a “clear mistake.” “To be clear, there is no debate about slavery,” Aaron Kindel,...
OPINION04/20/2018 09:01 am ET Updated 50 minutes ago If one ever needed a handy reminder of the disturbing connection between right-wing punditry and the possible radicalization of a troubled mind, look no further than the man who shot and killed six innocent men in a...
Posted: Apr 19, 2018 12:01 AM The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not represent the views of Townhall.com. You know all that insufferable babbling and crying about “principles” we had to endure from you Never Trump Konservative Ken Dolls? Your...
Eleanor Roosevelt was a very staunch Republican. Okay, not THAT Eleanor Roosevelt. We’re talking about Eleanor B. Roosevelt, the wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s fifth cousin. Eleanor B. Roosevelt saw The New Deal for what it really was: a hideous, skull-faced,...
A group who call themselves the NoNaziNewnan Coalition will assemble in opposition to a neo-Nazi rally in Newnan, set for April 21. Source: NoNaziNewnan Coalition To Protest Neo-Nazi Rally This Weekend | Patch
Posted: Apr 18, 2018 12:01 AM The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not represent the views of Townhall.com. Late on a Friday afternoon five years ago, Donald Trump put out a tweet that made sense. "The president must get congressional approval...
POLITICS 04/17/2018 08:57 pm ET Updated 4 hours ago By Christopher Mathias and Ryan J. Reilly LIBERAL, Kan. — Kay Burtzloff, a 61-year-old small-business owner who’s lived in this area for nearly 20 years, likes to joke that she’s one of Liberal’s only liberals. The...
Ambassador Nikki Haley is under fire over being “confused,” according to the White House, about when or if new sanctions on Russia are coming. Ann Coulter wasted no time in saying the most outrageously stupid thing she could muster. Worse than Putin? Whether Nikki...
Posted: Apr 18, 2018 12:01 AM The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not represent the views of Townhall.com. On Monday, George Yancy, a black professor of philosophy at Emory University, wrote a lengthy piece in The New York Times detailing the...
Posted: Apr 17, 2018 12:01 AM The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not represent the views of Townhall.com. "Ten days ago, President Trump was saying 'the United States should withdraw from Syria.' We convinced him it was necessary to stay." Thus...
Posted: Apr 14, 2018 12:01 AM The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not represent the views of Townhall.com. 1) Liberals: Conservatives are so paranoid! No one wants to take your guns. Also liberals: Repeal the 2nd Amendment! No one needs AR-15s!...
From the diaries. Ajit Pai is just great. Perhaps one of the best appointments to come out of Trump’s election, he’s stood in the fire against all manner of liberal insanity when it comes to net neutrality, censorship, and federal overreach at the FCC. That includes...
When the 2016 presidential election cycle finally concluded, a portion of the country seemed to breathe a collective sigh of relief. Finally, an exhausting, nearly eighteen-month saga was over. A new president had been chosen and the nation could finally move forward....
Posted: Apr 10, 2018 12:01 AM The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not represent the views of Townhall.com. The only way to save Western civilization is to convince more people that leftism -- not liberalism -- is a nihilistic force. Quite...
The University of Illinois Student Government voted Wednesday to impeach a conservative student based primarily on his political activity. Andrew Minik, president of Turning Point USA at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, was impeached from his position...
Whenever there’s a school shooting, the answer from the political left is always the same: take the guns away from citizens and give them all to Donald Trump. It’s a puzzle, indeed—just as the answer to sexism and racism is to put Trump (of all people) in charge of...
Besides his broken promise to build a wall on our southern border at Mexico’s expense, there has perhaps been no issue more popular with Trump’s adoring fans than his repeated attacks on the First Amendment and the so-called “Fake News” media. In the 1930s, Nazi...
COMEDY04/09/2018 05:11 am ET John Oliver took on the issue of abortion on Sunday night, exposing the tactics of pseudo-health care organizations known as crisis pregnancy centers. These centers can often seem like a resource for women considering or in need of...
This is interesting. Among those swirling rumors of White House Chief of Staff John Kelly’s declining influence within the Trump administration comes this Axios story of just how frustrating it is for a serious, career military man to switch gears and try to become a...
POLITICS 04/08/2018 07:15 am ET Republicans could not repeal the Affordable Care Act last year, and they seem unlikely to try again anytime soon. But they are finding places where, through a combination of new state laws and new federal regulations, they can transform...
Posted: Apr 08, 2018 12:01 AM The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not represent the views of Townhall.com. It has been 18 months since the release of a 2005 Access Hollywood tape of a private conversation between Donald Trump and Billy Bush, but...
Rep. Diane Black (R-TN) and her husband Dave were "first in line" for season tickets when the National Football League’s Oilers moved from Houston to Nashville, she shared last week in an op-ed. That all changed when San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick...
Well, if there were any lingering doubts about Twitter’s perceived bias against conservatives, look no further than what CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted out last night. Apparently, a “good read” is a post co-written by a Center for American Progress senior fellow that calls...
The House of Representatives will vote on a constitutional amendment meant to address Congress’s fiscal irresponsibility, an issue that continually irks conservatives. However, The Hill stated that the amendment is very unlikely to garner the support required for...
A Republican softball practice was shot up by a Bernie Sanders supporter last June. It was a politically motivated shooting. YouTube’s offices were attacked and three people were shot by a vegan member of PETA. She was angry because she believed that her political...
If you’re defending the Second Amendment and an individual’s right to bear arms these days, you have a lot to worry about. With anti-gun activists out in force and the media staunchly behind them — not to mention a mass shooting of Republicans at a baseball field not...
The organization is the same neo-Nazi group that was involved in the Charlottesville, Va., rally in 2017 where one person was killed. Source: Neo-Nazi Group To Rally Over Illegal Immigration, More, In Newnan | Patch
POLITICS04/06/2018 08:19 pm ET Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright warns of the growing risk of worldwide fascism emboldened by Donald Trump’s “scorn” for democracy in a scathing New York Times op-ed. The essay set off a furious debate on Twitter. “Fascism —...
Much of what I think about the firing of Kevin Williamson has already been written elsewhere, including a great deal of the commentary highlighted in Matt's Thursday post. The Atlantic knew exactly what they were getting with Williamson, whom I've gotten to know a...
OPINION04/06/2018 07:06 pm ET When Kevin Williamson was fired by The Atlantic on Thursday afternoon, the Twittersphere lit up with mournful statements from conservatives, claiming Williamson had been martyred for his “views.” In their rush to defend him, they revealed...
Posted: Apr 05, 2018 12:01 AM The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not represent the views of Townhall.com. We have talked a lot about the liberal assault on our right as American citizens to keep and bear arms for the defense of ourselves, our...
BLACK VOICES04/04/2018 10:37 am ET Updated 14 hours ago A California nurse who was fired from her job after saying Stephon Clark deserved to be killed by police has raised over $20,000 from a GoFundMe campaign to pay her bills. Faith Linthicum launched her...
China, which previously threatened tariffs on pork, fruit, and other commodities, today expanded the list to include soybeans, cars, and airplanes. The Bezos #FAKENEWS!!1! Washington Post reports: President Trump showed no sign Wednesday of backing down from an...
POLITICS04/04/2018 01:57 pm ET Sinclair Broadcast Group, the largest owner of local TV stations in the United States, is under fire this week for requiring dozens of its local news anchors to recite a statement condemning “fake” news, an echo of language often...
You would think they’d have learned a lesson after the Jon Ossoff debacle in Georgia last year, when liberals nationwide spoiling to bloody Trump’s nose after the election handed Ossoff a mind-boggling $23 million for a special election in a House race. He ran hard,...
The last time I remember a Wisconsin supreme court election making national news was the Prosser/Kloppenburg war of 2011, which came soon after the liberal revolt over Walker’s prized collective-bargaining reforms. The left was hyped for that race believing that a...
POLITICS04/04/2018 09:16 am ET Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) speculated that the person who opened fire at YouTube’s headquarters in San Bruno, California, might be “an illegal immigrant” immediately after the first news reports of the attack. The Republican...
A new study into the genes of those who identify as transgender has picked up decent amount of media attention. The Times in the United Kingdom hailed what it called a genetic “discovery” with the headline “Science pinpoints DNA behind gender identity.” LGBTQ Nation...
Over a thousand migrants from Central America are currently making their way toward the United States southern border. Their goal? By all accounts it is to enter the U.S. illegally and seek asylum. Let’s be clear, while we are certainly sympathetic to the security...
What the press is doing is waging war, as part of the resistance, against President Trump and his highly effective cabinet level personnel. Scott Pruitt has been ruthlessly effective at rolling back EPA regulations, CAFE standards, and the like. As a result, this...
Posted: Apr 03, 2018 12:01 AM The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not represent the views of Townhall.com. Is it possible that Donald Trump is winning on trade? Last week, Trump apparently delivered two underappreciated victories as a result of...
Andrew McCabe was fired hours before he would’ve collected a multi-million pension from FBI, where he served as deputy director. It was abundantly clear that Mr. McCabe had to go—and this wasn’t from the Trump White House. Sure, President Trump made McCabe to be a...
POLITICS04/03/2018 09:54 am ET A Florida middle school social studies teacher whose white nationalist podcast was exposed in a HuffPost investigation resigned this week. Dayanna Volitich, who taught social studies at Crystal River Middle School, submitted her...
| Posted: Apr 03, 2018 12:01 AM The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not represent the views of Townhall.com. Many years ago, I attended a dinner at a wealthy man's New York City condo with, among others, one of the most prominent and...
POLITICS04/03/2018 12:03 am ET Updated 5 hours ago By Amanda Terkel and Igor Bobic WASHINGTON ― Donald Trump was supposed to be a different type of Republican. He’s frequently switched political parties, won over some traditionally Democratic votersand attacked...
MEDIA04/03/2018 04:38 am ET A guest on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show gave a shout-out to a book the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has described as a “racist fantasy.” On Monday night, Mark Steyn plugged Jean Raspail’s The Camp of the Saints, a 1973 French...
Just when you think Sean Hannity’s histrionics couldn’t be more over the top and ridiculous, he decides to ramp it up, several levels. Hannity decided to use his Monday radio broadcast to lash out wildly at Robert Mueller. No doubt, this is all part of the new Trump...
Fox News personality Laura Ingraham has been hit by a boycott campaign designed to punish her for a couple of tweets she directed at the self-appointed Second Amendment authority David Hogg. This was the tweet that started it: David Hogg Rejected By Four Colleges To...
Polls have a way at times of not revealing the whole truth. The top line numbers take precedent, and that’s what people focus on because it demands the bulk of the attention. The untold story usually gets buried in the crosstabs or another area of the poll that...