Written by Walter E. Williams
Poverty is no mystery, and it’s easily avoidable.
The poverty line that the Census Bureau used in 2016 for a single person was an income of $12,486 that year. For a two-person household, it was $16,072, and for a four-person household, it was $24,755.
To beat those poverty thresholds is fairly simple. Here’s the road map: complete high school; get a job, any kind of a job; get married before having children; and be a law-abiding citizen.… Continue Reading
Tags: Bernie Sanders, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Capitalism, Census Bureau, Friedrich Hayek, Poverty, Socialism, USSR, Walter E. Williams
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Written by Tom Trinko
The majority of Democratic voters are victims of a deliberate conspiracy by the leftist media, academia, and the Deep State to mislead them through lies of omission and commission.
A recent Pew survey shows that leftists are much more likely not to want to associate with people who don’t share their political views than are conservatives. Furthermore, leftists are more likely not to know any conservatives.
Look at the electoral map from 2016 – the blue areas are all tiny and tightly grouped.… Continue Reading
Tags: Carter Page, Deep State, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Joseph Goebbels, New York Times, Pew survey, Russian Collusion, Steele dossier, The Washington Post
Federal Issues | David E. Smith | August 2, 2018 6:00 AM | Comments Off on Freeing People from Left-Wing Lies
Written by Jenna Liz
During the most recent Face the Truth tour, Monte Larrick had a chance to interview Eric Shceidler, the executive director of the Pro Life Action League. Their conversation takes place near the intersection of 159th Street and LaGrange road in Orland Park, one of the many places where silent protesters held up posters of the victims of abortion.
During this episode, Monte and Eric cover the importance of showing the graphic and painful pictures of terminated babies to commuters.… Continue Reading
Written by Thomas Lifson
George Soros must be really worried by all the progress President Trump is making. Soros’s Open Society Policy Center, the 501 (c)(4) nonprofit organization[i] that he sponsors spent more money lobbying the federal government last quarter than it has ever spent in its history. Joe Shoffstall reports in The Free Beacon that the Open Society Policy Center:
…reported spending $10.37 million between April 1 and June 30—an increase of nearly $8 million from the first quarter of the year when the center reported spending $2.52 million on its lobbying efforts.
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On this edition of Spotlight, David Smith and Monte Larrick reach out across the border to usher in their guest – but the border we’re referring to might not be the first one that comes to mind. Micah Clark, Executive Director of American Family Association of Indiana, joins our hosts to talk about a number of key topics in the run-up to the November election.
The podcast begins with a discussion of President Trump’s nominee for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), Brett Kavanaugh.… Continue Reading
Written by Dr. Jerry Newcombe
Soon the U.S. Senate will hold hearings as to whether or not to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. One can only imagine the fireworks to come.
Beware of the Saul Alinsky model of the politics of personal destruction. Saul Alinksy, a Marxist and the father of the community organizers, wrote Rules for Radicals (1971), in which he states, “In a fight almost anything goes. It almost reaches the point where you stop to apologize if a chance blow lands above the belt” (pp.… Continue Reading
Tags: Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Bill Blankschaen, Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas, Ed Meese, Erick Erickson, Henry Hyde, Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court, Robert Bork, Ronald Reagan, Rules for Radicals, Samuel Alito, Saul Alinsky, SCOTUS, Ted Kennedy
Uncategorized | David E. Smith | July 24, 2018 6:00 AM | Comments Off on Don’t Let Them “Bork” Judge Kavanaugh
Written by Tom Trinko
The real danger to American democracy doesn’t come from Russia. The Russians had little impact on the last election, succeeding only in revealing that the DNC was breaking its own rules to suppress Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders.
Unfortunately, there are people who are working to undermine American democracy. Here’s a short list of some of them:
1. Antifa: The Washington Post’s new slogan is “Democracy dies in darkness.” But most of the left either overtly or tacitly approves of the use of violence by Antifa to silence voices it doesn’t like. … Continue Reading
The recent Illinois Christian Home Educators (ICHE) convention in Naperville was the setting for this week’s Spotlight conversation between Monte Larrick and his guest, Kirk Smith, Executive Director of ICHE. Monte and Kirk discuss various motivations families have for homeschooling and current trends in home education. Smith shares why he and his wife have chosen to homeschool their eleven children and he encourages parents to exercise due diligence and discretion in choosing curriculum that is Christ-centered.… Continue Reading
Written by Dr. Michael Brown
The warning is bleak and dire. “People will die” we are told with gravitas and concern. And the warning comes from the academic elite, from students, faculty, and alumni of Yale University Law School. Yes, people will die if Justice Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed.
This is the latest example of apocalyptic fear-mongering associated with the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. To paraphrase the collective hysteria of the left, “Kavanaugh’s confirmation would mean the end of the world!”… Continue Reading
