How the Obama administration's Spygate trumps Watergate
The Obama administration was not caught in a third-rate burglary but in a high-level scheme to weaponize both domestic and foreign intelligence instruments against a political opponent.
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The secret ingredient to a healthy, happy Thanksgiving
Modern research has confirmed what the Pilgrims knew and practiced: Deliberate thankfulness in even the most difficult and challenging circumstances leads to greater happiness, better health, enhanced relationships and better resilience.
Democrats and their tortured truths expose much
We're on the cusp of a real constitutional crisis that's pitting the vicious left against a nation of outraged citizens who know full well the partisans in the Democratic Party are only in it to win it, rather than in it to humbly serve.
Lindsey Graham is quite right to investigate the Bidens, Burisma
Sen. Lindsey Graham, in a series of tweets, said Congress ought to quit the impeachment madness and take a deeper look at Joe Biden and Hunter Biden and Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings and so forth and so on -- and he's right. If the Bidens had "Rs" next to their names, not "Ds," the media would be all over this matter.
'Cult of Trump' infects minds of left
The left has a new anti-Donald Trump trend, and it's one that goes like this: If you support this president, if you regard this president through any other lens than "impeach, impeach, impeach" -- well then, that means you're part of a cult. Of all the left's deceptive, deceiving, lying-lip, anti-Trump tries, this one has to be the funniest.
Bloomberg and Trump, meet Gladys Harrison of Nebraska
Republicans, Democrats, independents: Lend me your eyes and ears -- and if Michael Bloomberg and President Trump are paying attention, here's the American voter you both need to court. Her name is Gladys Harrison, and she lives in Omaha, Nebraska, where she runs a restaurant called Big Mama's Kitchen and Catering.
Just how low can the bar go?
Congress is proving to be a legislative limbo champion. In a limbo competition, contestants try to pass under an ever-lowering bar without either falling or dislodging it. Last Thursday night, lawmakers just barely avoided a government shutdown -- about the lowest possible measure of legislative "success."
SNYDER: There are legit concerns about Haskins, but his selfie isn't among them
He has ideal size at 6-foot-4 and 230 pounds. He has exceptional arm strength to make any throw. And he comes across as a "young" 22-year-old, not mature beyond his years. But questions about quarterback Dwayne Haskins outnumber the answers.
'Pocahontas' is a contemptuous liar and patronizing hypocrite
In this constantly roiling sea of lies coming from Washington, it sure is helpful when a politician says something that is obviously false and reveals all you need to know about that particular lair.
Spreading fear and outrage over PFAS
Mark Ruffalo, who is probably best known for playing Dr. Bruce Banner in the movies set in the Marvel Comics Universe, testified before Congress last week about the alleged dangers posed by PFAS, a group of chemicals some have alleged are poisoning the nation's groundwater.
End 'Pay to Slay' now
The first step toward Middle East peace is to end the hatred. With such strong hatred in the Arab streets, any reasonable leader should think twice before taking a chance.
Spencer made own bed
U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer chose poorly when he decided to argue with the commander in chief about Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher. He chose to punish a decorated warfighter for taking a picture that thousands of in-theater vets and news photographers have taken in every war; and he chose to cross swords with the president and the secretary of Defense.
Some British lessons on 'single payer' health care
To improve the delivery of health care, Americans need not convert to anything even remotely resembling Britain's secular "national religion."
What Britain can teach the U.S. about impeachment
There is a telling scene in Season 3 of the Netflix drama "The Crown" about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II that can instruct contemporary America about Democrats' attempt to impeach President Trump.
Antiquated Equal Rights Amendment should not get a do-over
Pop quiz: Name a bill first discussed after women got the vote in 1920, failed twice to gain enough state support to pass, yet motivated actor and activist Alec Baldwin to head to Virginia for an off-year election.
The FCC must fast track 5G technology
"Impeachment!" may blare from headlines and lead cable news shows, but there is another matter of far-reaching importance that should interest every American who uses technology to communicate. The issue is 5G technology.
The BBC. channels Democratic Party talking points
President Trump regularly accuses the American mainstream media of acting as the official mouthpiece for the Democratic Party, but the British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) is also now a DNC devotee.
BOOK REVIEW: 'Marley'
Author Jon Clinch gives us a whole new and thoroughly caddish Jacob Marley, while letting Scrooge (called by his creator "a grasping, covetous old man") almost completely off the hook in the way of good and evil.
If the presidential election depends on Wisconsin, Trump supporters are ready
Trump supporters in the Midwestern states who will decide whether President Donald J. Trump will win a second term next November are organizing, undergoing training and preparing to begin knocking on doors this winter.
How Britain's elections could sound the death knell for the EU
Boris Johnson now has a good shot at winning a workable majority in Parliament to pull the U.K. out of the EU. This will prove a turning point for Europe -- rather than enabling consolidation of the continental bloc, Brexit will provide the contrast that blows it apart.
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