John Hayward, In Joel Pollak and Larry Schweikart’s new book : The Inside Story of a Revolution, Joel recalls being on the scene in Toledo, Ohio when the media flipped out over Donald Trump using the word “ghetto”: Trump arrives and begins delivering his stump speech, with a few improvised flourishes. He commits a few
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Time To Amend The President’s Pardon And Clemency Powers
Derek Hunter, In the words of Michael Corleone, “Just when I thought I was out…they pull me back in.” The “they” in this case is now former President Barack Obama (damn, it feels good to write with the word “former” preceding it). I’d hope to be done writing about him, at least in current terms,
World leaders react to inauguration: Russia aims to fix relations that ‘fell apart’
Russia says relations with the United States “completely fell apart” during President Obama’s second term — but Moscow is confident that “reason will prevail” as Donald Trump takes office Friday. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was one of the world leaders weighing in on America’s transfer of power Friday. He promised in a Facebook message, “We are
Offensive Trademarks Are Free Speech
Jacob Sullum, In 2004, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office agreed to register Heeb as the name of a magazine covering Jewish culture. Four years later, the PTO refused to register Heeb as the name of a clothing line conceived by the magazine’s publishers, because the term is “a highly disparaging reference to the Jewish
The Democrats’ Big Sin
John P. Warren, Not that sin has much value in progressive-speak these days, but it’ll take more than three Hail Mary’s to save their party in the near term. At this national moment, Democrats and their noisemakers are attempting to mesmerize us with tales about the Russians’ lame attempt at presidential electioneering. What they should
The Media Will Pay the Price for its Fake News
Daniel Greenfield, The news media isn’t in the news business. The Fake News crusade began with BuzzFeed, more than any other member of the media, and it deservedly ends there. It began with BuzzFeed faking news to kick off a crusade against Fake News. The fake news that BuzzFeed faked was about the threat of
Term Limits vs. Corruption
Paul Jacob, Former Arkansas State Rep. Micah Neal pled guilty earlier this month to a felony charge of conspiring “with an Arkansas state senator to use their official positions to appropriate government money to certain nonprofits in exchange for bribes.” For his corrupt part in the scam, Rep. Neal raked in $38,000 in “legislating-around” money
Nice Try, Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Really?
Bryan Crabtree, During cabinet confirmation hearings this week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) asked Dr. Ben Carson (Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary nominee) if he could assure the American people that the Trump Organization would receive no benefits from HUD during President-elect Trump’s term. Awkwardly, Dr. Carson avoided answering the question with a ‘yes’ or
Obama’s Farewell Address a Campaign Rally in Disguise
Jonah Goldberg, Barack Obama formally ended his presidency the way he came in, talking to adoring fans about how lucky we are to have him in our lives. Indeed, given the hand-wringing over how Obama’s successor is all about entertainment and theatrics, it was somewhere between ironic and absurd to watch the outgoing president hold
Allen West: “The Future of Conservatism in America”
In some ten days, we will have the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump. There can be no doubt that the election of Mr. Trump enabled a philosophical stay of execution for America. In these past eight years, we have been heading down the failed road of progressive socialism, which the political, media, academic, and
When Did “Pro-Life” Become a Bad Word?
Lauren Enriquez, What do you think of when you hear the term, “pro-life”? Perhaps you imagine angry protesters berating women as they enter an abortion clinic, or someone waving a Rosary while pontificating about the sinfulness of abortion. This is the media stereotype assigned to individuals who oppose abortion, after all. So it may come
White Male Survival Guide 2017
Katie Kieffer, China got it wrong: 2017 is not the year of the rooster—it’s the year of the white male. 2017 is the year the white man takes back his worth. Black Male Supremacists. Unheard of. Brown Male Supremacists. Unheard of. Because it’s only trendy for American elites to bash white males. Especially white males