Written by Timothy J. Dailey
When Pete Buttigieg, the little-known mayor of South Bend, Indiana, announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination, he stunned the political world with his meteoric rise in the polls. Buttigieg was everywhere in the news and on television, thanks to a savvy campaign team that included political operative Lis Smith, who boasted, “I want him on everything.” In a month, he had raised 7 million dollars, a significant sum for a political nobody starting from scratch in a national campaign.… Continue Reading
Tags: Bernie Sanders, Charles Kaiser, Climate Change, Democratic Party, Donald J. Trump, Electoral College, Elizabeth Warren, Hunter College, Joe Biden, LGBT Social Science & Public Policy Center, Lis Smith, marriage, Medicare-for-all, Mike Pence, Pete Buttigieg, Ray Fava, Sarah Jones, SCOTUS, Social Justice Gospel, South Bend, Steven Petrow, USA Today, wealth tax
Federal Elections, Political | David E. Smith | May 14, 2019 4:00 AM | Comments Off on The Siren Call of Pete Buttigieg
Written by Robert Knight
Adults in the Democratic Party, who seem like flustered parents at an out-of-control toddler birthday bash, have been warning about the public’s perception of them.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has reason to worry. The 22 declared candidates for the presidential nomination lean far to the Left. Which means they represent the center of their now-far-Left party.
The mini-wave for “moderate” Joe Biden reflects a desperate pullback from the zany public image fostered by wild-haired Vermont socialist U.S.… Continue Reading
Tags: Alexandria Ocasio-Corte, Amy Klobuchar, Angela Davis, Antonio Gramsci, Bernie Sanders, Beto O’Rourke, Cory Booker, Donald J. Trump, Electoral College, Elizabeth Warre, Ilhan Omar, Joe Biden, Julian Castro, Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, Pete Buttigieg, Rashida Tlaib, Robert Francis “Beto” O’ Rourke, The Green New Deal
Federal Elections, Political | David E. Smith | May 9, 2019 7:00 AM | Comments Off on Democrats Lurch Ever Leftward
Written by David Limbaugh
The Democrats and their media colluders are belching last gasps of impotent protest as their dreams of interfering with the 2016 presidential election come to a screeching halt.
Through forlorn partisan lenses, they have watched the Mueller report, their joyride vehicle on the glorious highway to impeachment, spring four flat tires, all because of nails they placed on the road themselves.
As we watch the mainstream media grow hysterically strident, and the insolent U.S.… Continue Reading
Tags: Corey Booker, Donald J. Trump, Kamala Harris, Mazie Hirono, Richard Blumenthal, Robert Mueller, U.S. Senate Democrat, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, William Barr
Federal Elections, Political | David E. Smith | May 3, 2019 6:00 AM | Comments Off on The Worm Has Turned on the Democrats
Written by Dr. Paul G. Kengor
I published a piece recently on the reaction to President Trump’s condemnation of socialism in his State of the Union. He said something indisputably factual and indubitably obvious to most Americans: “Here, in the United States, we are alarmed by new calls to adopt socialism in our country. Tonight, we renew our resolve that America will never be a socialist country.”
It was a revealing moment not only for President Trump but also for the Democratic Party.… Continue Reading
Tags: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders, Chuck Schumer, Democratic Party, Democratic Socialists of America, DNC, Donald J. Trump, E. J. Dionne, Elizabeth Warren, Joe McCarthy, Nancy Pelosi, New York Times, Socialism, Socialist Workers Party, Tom Perez, Washington Post
Uncategorized | David E. Smith | April 19, 2019 6:00 AM | Comments Off on On Trump, Democrats, and Socialism
Written by Walker Wildmon
According to Chegg.com, “a cognitive bias is a mistake in reasoning, evaluating, remembering, or other cognitive process, often occurring as a result of holding onto one’s preferences and beliefs regardless of contrary information. Psychologists study cognitive biases as they relate to memory, reasoning, and decision-making.”
The modern day Democratic Party seems to be full of members who struggle with a form of cognitive bias. Look at their behavior.
For over two years, Democrats have accused President Donald J.… Continue Reading
Written by Jonathon Clay de Hale
When Jussie Smollett’s account of being attacked first broke at the end of January, I watched with interest but didn’t say anything. It seemed a bit cartoonish: two white guys wearing MAGA hats giving a gay black man a beat down in the middle of Chicago on a night of sub-zero temperatures, yelling racial and anti-gay epithets, dousing him with bleach, tying a noose around his neck and proclaiming, “This is MAGA country!”… Continue Reading
Tags: Andrew Cuomo, Ariana Grande, Cory Booker, Democratic Party, Donald J. Trump, Halle Berry, Hate Crimes, Hollywood, homophobia, Jonathon Clay de Hale, Joshua Rivera, Jussie Smollett, Kamala Harris, Katy Perry, Kevin Bacon, MAGA country, Mayim Bialik, Rashida Talib
Media Watch | David E. Smith | March 5, 2019 4:00 AM | Comments Off on The Irresponsibility of Jussie Smollett
Written by Robert Knight
Since the federal shutdown began [four] weeks ago, the liberal media have presented dozens of Chicken Little stories claiming that the sky is falling.
“Three dead in national park system accidents as shutdown wears on,” screamed a six-column headline in the Washington Post on January 5.
“The deaths follow a decision by Trump administration officials to leave the scenic — but sometimes deadly — parks open even as the Interior Department has halted most of its operations,” the article said.… Continue Reading
Tags: border security, Border wall, Donald J. Trump, government shutdown, Kevin K. McAleenan, Media Research Center, national security, New York Times, Obamacare, Tim Graham, Trump Administration, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Washington Post
Media Watch | David E. Smith | January 24, 2019 7:00 AM | Comments Off on A Crisis When It Suits Their Purpose
Written by Daniel Horowitz
Extreme leftists such as U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), were elected to the U.S. House of Representatives this year. They have a lot of radical policy ideas they’d love to see enacted, but the reality is that they are powerless to implement any of them as mere individual members of Congress. But a dangerous and erroneous premise has persisted in our political system that if somehow those individuals got appointed to federal judgeships, they would have the ability to unilaterally enact any policy they choose by granting legal groups standing in court cases – and have that decision be regarded as the law of the land.… Continue Reading
Tags: abortifacients, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Center for Immigration Studies, constitutional separation, Dan Cadman, Donald J. Trump, Hobby Lobby, Jesse M. Furman, Judicial Activism, judicial supremacy, Leonie Brinkema, Rashida Tlaib, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, SCOTUS, U.S. Census, U.S. Constitution, U.S. Supreme Court
Federal Issues | David E. Smith | January 21, 2019 7:00 AM | Comments Off on What’s Your Solution to Rampaging Judicial Tyranny?
Written by Walker Wildmon
For decades, America’s southern border has been virtually non-existent. On a map, one would be able to easily identify the border between the United States of America and Mexico. But having an agreed upon border and enforcing that border are two different discussions. The problem that America has faced is that in most places there is no physical barrier to stop or hinder illegal border crossings.
What has this led to? It has led to millions of illegal border crossings over the past few decades.… Continue Reading
Written by Gary Bauer
The past two years have witnessed some of the most brutal political battles in modern American history. Leftists refused to accept the 2016 election results. They disrupted the inauguration. And the Deep State has been attempting to undermine the Trump presidency every day since he was elected.
After having been AWOL for much of this fight, U.S. Senator-elect Mitt Romney (R-UT) has published an opinion piece in the Washington Post offering his critique of Washington. … Continue Reading