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March 25, 2020
Liberals aren't letting the coronavirus crisis go to wasteOf all the disturbing trends we're seeing in our nation's most liberal bastions few are more disturbing than that of elected officials siding with criminals ahead of the general law-abiding public. It’s happening all over. New York'...
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January 25, 2020
One-Way BipartisanshipNot a day goes by that citizens and pundits alike don’t decry how partisanship in Washington is worse than ever. This week, as the Senate trial over a completely partisan impeachment gets underway, they’re half right. If “biparti...
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October 2, 2019
It's All About 'Justice'Candidates for political office have long sought to find and use phrases and themes to rally support. “A chicken in every pot,” “compassionate conservatism,” “change we need,” and “I’m with her,” ...
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August 17, 2019
The Congressional Black Caucus Should Thank Donald TrumpRather than attacking at every turn and continually accusing President Trump of racism, as the Congressional Black Caucus constantly does, the CBC should be grateful to Trump for finally doing what no other president in modern history has -- gotten n...
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May 21, 2019
Democrats, Muslims, and anti-SemitismThat the Trump administration has been a staunch friend of Israel and the Jewish people is beyond dispute. This week marked the one-year anniversary of Trump doing what every president for the last 40 years has said he would do but didn...
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April 8, 2019
Social Justice ProsecutorsFor years, many have bemoaned the slide of America’s higher education system down the slippery slope of moral relativism and the embracing of virtually all facets of progressive dogma while rejecting most elements of conservatism. The mere invi...
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December 4, 2018
Maxine Wants Revenge"La vengeance est un plat qui se mange froide" (“revenge is a dish best served cold”) is an oft-cited proverb from Pierre Choderlos de Laclos's novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses, published in 1782. A good line in a book or play...
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November 10, 2018
The Protest-Free ElectionThe aftermath of the 2016 general election carries on to this day in the form of never-ending protests, marches, and demonstrations which have led to assaults, blocked traffic, arrests, arson, face-covering punks pepper spraying anyone in range and t...
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October 31, 2018
Trump Uses the 'N-Word'Trump's finally done it. He's confirmed what many have suspected all along. In front of tens of thousands with microphones listening and cameras watching, he came right out and said it. On national television,...
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October 27, 2018
The Geriatric PartyQuick, name a nationally prominent Republican who is under 60 years of age. Those paying even minimal attention to the political game can likely name Tim Scott (52), Marco Rubio (46), Mia Love (48), Ted Cruz (46), Rand Paul (54), and Trey Gowdy (51) ...
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October 1, 2018
The Democrats and SCOTUS: The Real RecordThe muckraking, character-assassinating, ‘get-him-at-any-costs’ circus that Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation has devolved into is, sadly, the entirely predictable latest chapter of a book that repeats itself when a Republican presiden...
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September 19, 2018
Kavanaugh: What's the Democrats' Endgame?Capitol Hill Democrats and the broader body of leftists around the nation have made it clear there are but two acceptable outcomes to the Brett Kavanaugh nomination to the United States Supreme Court: either Kavanaugh is (one way or another) withdraw...
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January 16, 2017
Corruption: It’s the Chicago wayChicago has become the icon of bloody violence on its streets, but corruption also is part of its misery, undeniably the responsibility of its ruling party, the Democrats. It has a long history. Like New York City, Chicago is and has been r...
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December 21, 2016
Trump and ChurchillFor all his pre-election talk about restoring America’s standing in the world, international respect is an(other) area in which Barack Obama has failed. It’s clear enemies think he’s a powderpuff (North Korea test-firing missiles...
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November 24, 2016
The origin of ThanksgivingWhere did Thanksgiving come from? It's a relatively simple civics question but an episode of American history that, sadly, few can answer. Thanksgiving is a uniquely American holiday, but one whose origins we've lost sight of. ...
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November 18, 2016
Dems Done In by the Politics of HateToday’s Democrat Party spends an exorbitant amount of time preaching against “hate” and “the politics and policies of hate.” It has seemingly become the central theme of all the party touches. What the Democrats don...
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September 27, 2016
The 'Refugee' AgendaLately, news outlets can barely keep pace with “Muslims killing or attempting to kill Americans” stories. Arcan Cetin, a 20-year-old Muslim male, just killed five Americans at a mall in Seattle; Ahmad Khan Rahami, a 28-year-old Muslim mal...
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April 13, 2016
How Cruz won all the Colorado delegatesThe reason Senator Ted Cruz swept the Colorado delegate count this past Saturday at the state assembly in Colorado Springs had nothing to do with party malfeasance, establishment monkey business nor any “rigging of the system.” Dona...
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January 5, 2016
The Nastiest Insult to Call a Black Man, According to LiberalsWhen you're an outspoken black conservative like I am, you grow accustomed to vile names, hate mail, disdainful attitudes, snide comments, and the like. For reasons unknown, Caucasians espousing conservative values are not sellouts to their...
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December 22, 2015
The Anti-Choice LeftThe pro-choice left needs to rename itself what it really is, the “anti-choice left.” The term “pro-choice” is a misnomer, a farce. A cover for people hiding behind a name that misrepresents their true beliefs. With each ...
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October 13, 2015
Faking Race on the LeftSigmund Freud must be wishing he were alive in this day and age in order to get a crack at the ever-expanding list of new mental disorders being created by liberals in America. Not only is the new trend of creating phobias exclusive liberal territ...
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July 24, 2015
A New Syndrome: Anything But IslamThe disease affecting many on the political Left in America, the A.B.I.S. (Anything But Islam Syndrome), is one of the most baffling illnesses to hit our shores in centuries. From President Obama claiming that Islamists who call themselves “Isl...
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July 7, 2015
Gay Marriage and the Death of States RightsIn August of 2014 I authored a column that was published on American Thinker titled, “Gay Marriage – the Chicken or the Egg.” Well-researched (say so myself, if I may) and documented, the column offered substantive evidence to...
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May 27, 2015
New Energy vs. the Birds“You should be careful what you ask for, you just might get it” is an oft-used proverb to describe the principle of unintended consequences and that’s a principle currently visiting America’s left-leaning ‘green movement...
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April 6, 2015
The Party of the Poor?It’s been said many times that if you repeat anything loud enough and long enough sooner or later it becomes regarded as the truth. It’s a wise proverb and one which history has proven valid an innumerable number of times. For example;...
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February 17, 2015
The <em>Democratic</em> case for ImpeachmentWith each new extra-constitutional action taken by President Obama (they’re slowly becoming too numerous to count) a chorus of impeachment talk inevitably rises then just as inevitably fades. Conventional wisdom is that hardline establishment R...
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January 6, 2015
The Rich Liberals of AcademeFew places in America have a more monopolistic stranglehold on thought, are more hostile to divergent voices, and are home to larger populations of complete hypocrites than college towns. From coast-to-coast, cities like Berkeley, Ann Arbor, Boulder,...
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November 12, 2014
Democrats, You Did it to YourselvesRepublicans everywhere are celebrating last Tuesday’s election-night results and rightfully so. It was a beat down of historic proportions. The number and margin of victories at the U.S. congressional, gubernatorial, and state legislative level...
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August 15, 2014
Gay Marriage -- the Chicken or the Egg?An ever-increasing number of states adopting some form of legalized homosexual marriage is the contemporary revival of the age-old question, “which came first, the chicken or the egg?” The modern version of this question is, “...
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June 21, 2014
The Myriad Contradictions of Barack H. ObamaWe the American citizenry seem to expect our political leaders to lie to us. Pathetically, we’ve now reached the point of having no shock or dismay over a politician being caught in a blatant lie. “They all do it” is now...
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May 15, 2014
The Party of the Rich?When you are an outspoken conservative (as I am) who spends many hours on social media each week (as I do), you begin to find certain recurring themes in either discussions with, or study of the voices and writings of, the political left in this coun...
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April 23, 2014
Obama's Minimum Wage FallacyOver the past few weeks President Obama has been on a tour of the nation making speeches and amping-up the rhetoric in his efforts to raise the federal minimum wage. As is typical for this president, he has done as much as he can “on his ...
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April 10, 2014
The Real Problem with Health InsuranceWant to know the real problem with healthcare "insurance" in this nation? It’s not federal overbearance; not liberty-robbing purchase mandates; not unscrupulous doctors nor pill-pushing pharmaceutical companies. The fact is the real i...
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February 13, 2014
Gender Madness Taking Over the Military and SchoolsThere are those in this country who view any separation of the genders along any lines at all to be discriminatory. They literally view the words, "MEN" and "WOMEN" above bathroom entrances in the same vein as signs in the 1940′s that read "WHITES" a...
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January 29, 2014
Spot the Black DummiesLast week one of the U.S. Senate's two black members*, Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, was the object of yet another viscous attack centering on his skin color and political ideology. In a day and age where we see black Americans flourishi...
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January 10, 2014
The Hypocrisy of HollywoodThat Hollywood is no longer a source of entertainment but now a source of (liberal) propaganda isn't exactly news. Even avowed leftists will admit that film and television are solidly the domain of progressive liberalism and that progressive messagin...
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December 21, 2013
Barack Obama's Euro-Train-EnvyThe president of the United States wants Americans riding trains. And like so many other aspects of the president's ideas for what would make the USA a utopia, we continue to get more spending on leftist ideology forced upon us -- like i...
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November 11, 2013
I have never worn my country's uniform...My name is Derrick Wilburn. I live in Colorado, USA and I would consider myself a typical "John Q. Citizen." I have three wonderful children and I was there for all of their births, there for first teeth coming in, there to see first steps taken, the...
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November 4, 2013
Bloomberg and the Invasion of ColoradoI've never lived in New Hampshire. Or Missouri. Or South Carolina. Or forty- six of our states. I currently reside in Colorado and therefore have a keen interest in the election process here. I participate, volunteer time and resources to candidates ...
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October 30, 2013
Liberalism = UnhappyismA few days ago I had the displeasure of once again listening to MSNBC personality and radio talk show host Ed Schultz go absolutely ballistic on a caller who happened to have the gall to disagree with him. In this instance the caller was a retired 23...
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October 16, 2013
Political Correctness Can be Hazardous to Your HealthThe list of beliefs, words and/or actions that can get you labeled as a "racist" by the political left in America seems to grow with each passing year. If you disagree with the current presidential administration's policies and the overall dire...
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October 5, 2013
It's All Republicans' FaultEven now, nearly a year into his second term, both the president and seemingly millions of his supporters are bent on blaming George W. Bush and "the Republicans" for the nation's ills. And now with the Affordable Care Act's provisions kicking ...
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September 24, 2013
The Great Healthcare BamboozleAs teenagers we tried to master the art of walking the fine line that exists (so we think) between telling a lie and not telling what we know to be the truth. But then, presumably, as we age and mature we leave behind such sophomoric verbal gymnastic...
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September 15, 2013
Rahm Emanuel's Gun Free ZonesChicago mayor Rahm Emanuel is proposing the institution of more so-called "gun-free zones" in the city, emulating but not surpassing the record-holder for illogical anti-gun mayors, Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York, who is in a league all his own....
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September 5, 2013
Colorado: Model for the Rest of the Nation?At this very moment here in my home state of Colorado we are in the throes of a bitterly fought recall election campaign against two of our elected state representatives, senators John Morse (D-Colorado Springs) and Angela Giron (D-Pueblo). Those who...
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August 28, 2013
Obama's War on Black EducationNotorious for being violent, under-performing laggards, D.C. public schools have among the highest dropout and lowest graduation rates in the country. In 2007, D.C.'s 4th and 8th grade students scored lower than children from all 50 states on the...