A freshman member of Congress openly espouses bigotry toward Jews and Israel. Her fellow Democrats, with only a few exceptions, fail to forcefully condemn her words and views. Troubling to be sure, but let's remember: This gnarly tree grows in an old, luxuriant and global forest.
It was in the mid-1980s that I resuscitated the term "crack-up" and applied it to political movements that were not very healthy. I say I resuscitated the term because it was F. Scott Fitzgerald who first used it as a title for a 1945 collection of essays that were mostly personal and first published between the 1930s and 1940s. When he did finally crack up the term fell into disuse.
On Feb. 26, Brent Kendall and Anne Steele of The Wall Street Journal indicated that the Department of Justice is analyzing the binding antitrust settlements that, for more than 70 years, have restrained the music industry's largest collectives — American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI), which control about 90 percent of the performing rights to the songs Americans hear.
Social justice is a driving force in our millennial generation, defined as "a state or doctrine of egalitarianism," and our attention to its perpetuation comes across in more than just policy engagement. It is a major factor in the decisions we make — how we shop, what we eat and the causes we promote.
Donald Trump wins again in 2020, no matter who runs against him. This even if the Republicans rip themselves apart as they did with Ross Perot in the 1992 Clinton- GHW Bush election. By the way, this was the same election — we should recall — that started the tawdry "Clinton Dynasty," which has thankfully come to an end.
Democrats are closer to reliving their 1972 presidential debacle than they realize. Fueled by internal reforms, an insurgent left and hatred for the incumbent, George McGovern-led Democrats self-destructed themselves into landslide defeat. These same elements are again surfacing, and President Trump is in even better position to take benefit than Richard Nixon was almost half a century ago.
Emboldened by their success at running Amazon out of New York City, left-leaning political activists apparently have discovered that corporate subsidies and handouts are bad policy. It's about time.
I've been writing letters to The Washington Times for about eight years now. When I see an injustice or an issue that should be challenged, I feel compelled to speak out. Various people have contacted me over the years to express their appreciation for my writings. Some have stated that they felt the same way but didn't know how to put it into words, and they've encouraged me to keep writing. Recently, however, a vile note, which I am sure was in response to one of my published pieces, was sent to my home.
The labor of industrious Americans pumps tax revenue into the U.S. Treasury by the billions and trillions of dollars, and it's never enough. President Trump offers his administration's budget proposal for 2020, attempting to tip government spending to favor national security priorities, and his adversaries are lined up to halt him in his tracks. Preserving the nation's sovereignty while conserving its treasure is a fight worth having.
There is no longer a Democratic Party of statesmen such as the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Henry Martin "Scoop" Jackson, Mike Mansfield and John F. Kennedy. We now have a progressive/liberal/socialist party, or as I call it, the PLS party. It caters to the masses, promising welfare goodies like salaries for all (regardless of whether work is involved), housing, medical care, food, etc. Why should the masses work for a living when most everything will be provided free? Little thought is given to the damage this does, robbing people of a sense of accomplishment and the opportunity to fulfill the American dream of achievement. It's all in the name of socialism, a failed system everywhere it has been implemented.
The title of Victor Davis Hanson's new book "The Case for Trump," might give some readers the impression that it is a whitewash or a dogged defense of the subject. Instead it is a well-researched explanation of how Mr. Trump beat all odds to win the presidency, and also an account of his first two years in office.
That's right, you heard it here first, folks: Joe Biden will be the 46th president of the United States.
For a league that took years to recover from the "Malice in the Palace," when players went into the stands and attacked fans, the NBA can't sit idly by as one of its stars threatens fans as if he was in a nightclub and someone bumped into him or looked at him the wrong way.
By the most recent count, there are at least 19 Democrats who have either announced they intend to run for president of the United States or have put all the pieces in place and are likely to make that announcement in the coming weeks. Each tries to spin the media to demonstrate why they are the likely to win the nomination.
Attorneys for the nonprofit Alliance Defending Freedom just filed a lawsuit on behalf of Cedar Park Assembly of God over a Washington state mandate passed a year ago, via Senate Bill 6219, requiring employers who provide maternity care in their group insurance plans to also cover elective abortions. Talk about bullying the believers.
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO, is trying to build a "brain-computer interface" -- or, in layman's, technology that can read your mind. No keyboard needed. Does anybody outside of the techno-geek crowd believe this is a good idea?
A machine that tells what's wrong with your mind does seem on the freakish-slash-frightening side of the emerging technology world.
Moldova held parliamentary elections last month, but the political fate of this Eastern European nation remains unsettled.
Sometimes you have to wonder who's in charge at Corporate Central. Certain airlines aren't being very sympathetic to customers who are nervous about flying -- no doubt unnecessarily -- on the Boeing 737 Max 8 after two of them have crashed over the past five months.
My newborn baby boy, Jesse, is 13 weeks old. I will proudly carry him with me to speak about why conservatives should bring sensible paid leave ideas to the table. Sens. Mike Lee and Joni Ernst plan to introduce the CRADLE Act, which creates a national paid leave plan for working parents like me and my husband.
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