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Richard F. Miniter
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August 18, 2017
This Is Really RichIt doesn't get more ludicrous than this: a Muslim lecturing Americans about slavery.
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August 11, 2017
I haven't read James Damore's manifesto...I don't have to. Because I don't have to be convinced that liberals are certified schizophrenics.
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July 19, 2017
Can we stop with the 'nation of immigrants' mantra?There's a differencen between a hardworking immigrant and a mere future Democrat voter.
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June 30, 2017
A strangled chihuahua, a possessed rabbit, and the mediaAn explanation for the media's frightened animosity toward President Trump and why they frantically keep trying to kill him off.
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June 14, 2017
Diversity Is BunkAmerica's historic strength is not diversity, but an enforced commonality of value.
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May 31, 2017
The Coming of The HatespeakersOnce we lose respect for one another, once the hatespeakers among us gain ascendency, there is no turning back.
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May 20, 2017
Coming to terms with the creeps in the mediaIt's holy water sprinkling, necklaces of garlic, exorcist time in American politics.
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May 3, 2017
Time to ban Pit Bulls in the USANo more beating around the bush: these animals are savages, and every one of them should be killed.
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April 23, 2017
The cultural appropriation bulliesFor the left, "cultural appropriation" is a big deal, an outrage, a cause for beatings. But not if one of their own does it.
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April 20, 2017
What do we do now at 8:00 PM?In the case of O’Reilly, they all seem to have lined up.
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April 2, 2017
Tired of politics?Need a break from politics? What better way than with a classic horror whodunit?
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March 24, 2017
In the fields and in the streetsThe British must make up their minds about their culture.
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March 21, 2017
Shrugging Off the Liberal 'Resistance'Should conservatives be concerned about liberals' venomous "narrative" of President Trump? Not with the language they use.
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February 10, 2017
Happily armed in retirementThe importance of keeping “progressives” at sword’s length.
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February 8, 2017
The edge of the precipiceTrump should not share his legitimate constitutional authority with those who are not by that Constitution entitled to it.
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February 1, 2017
The Liberals' Great Nonwhite HopeOnce again, the liberals appear to be duped by their own foolish view of the importance of skin tone.
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January 22, 2017
The 'ladies' of the Women's March: Not powerful, not toughIf they were that powerful, they would have carried the election for Hillary.
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January 19, 2017
Look at these mugs!You can just see the misery dripping off the faces of Obama's fawning entourage.
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January 11, 2017
A liberal fantasyThe best government can do is train people in LOTUS just as the market is shifting to EXCEL.
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January 4, 2017
The Wilding of AmericaLet’s dispense with feel-good nonsense about the wild world, which the British have raised to an art form, and visit a society where large wild animals flourish. Of course, I refer to the hunting culture of the United States.
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December 19, 2016
Help Us with Public Education, DonaldIt's about time we all got on board with what is really teaching our kids nowadays. And it's not public schools.
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December 12, 2016
A Pox on DiversityGrowing up, I don't believe I ever once heard the word diversity used to describe something socially valuable.
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November 27, 2016
If you think our trouble ended on November 8, think againIt's worthwhile remembering that a venomous sea snake will keep trying to inject its toxin into you long after it looks as if you mortally wounded it.
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October 31, 2016
FBI relations with the NYPD have a storied historyThe FBI investigation of Clinton is back on. But we may know that it is only because the NYPD was involved (somehow).
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October 29, 2016
Hillary the Dream-KillerForcing you to accept diversity, even if it kills you. And your child’s dreams.
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October 21, 2016
What Tough Guys DoGreat Britain has a tradition of some pretty tough men writing about or for children.
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October 15, 2016
Nothing Touches the Tired SpotHow many assistants does a politician need? Abraham Lincoln had two. New York mayor Bill de Blasio has over two hundred.
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October 6, 2016
The marking of KaineOne of the more outrageous (if less reported) moments from the V.P. debate.
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October 1, 2016
Make Life Simple AgainDigital technology has spawned time predators of awesome powers.
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September 22, 2016
Yes, Obama is an intellectualIf that eager willingness to see you hurt rather than admit he’s mistaken doesn’t qualify Obama as an intellectual, I don’t know what does.
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September 17, 2016
The power of name recognitionIn a testament to the immense power of name recognition in a democracy, millions of people seem determined to vote for Hillary.
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August 30, 2016
The racial grievance left’s crazy train picking up speedWill liberals ever give up making things up about racial animosities? Answer: not any time soon, because there is a market for what they’re cranking out, it’s extremely addictive, and just like cocaine as long as people keep buying.
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August 9, 2016
Obama the Frightened ChildAmerica's current presidential motto: "Look away." "Pull the blanket over your head." "Close those eyes real tight now."
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July 29, 2016
The wench has a stenchWatching the Democrats’ convention lionize Hillary Clinton gave me some sense of the way Moses must have cringed when he looked from Mount Sinai and saw his relatives and friends dancing around the image of a golden calf.
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July 12, 2016
What’s a Reasonable Number of Blacks to Shoot?Barack Obama and the liberal establishment have the minority community organized just the way they want it.
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June 24, 2016
Tombstones and a footraceThe real value of the antique, much maligned, undemocratic Electoral College system.
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June 13, 2016
The Real Popular Culture: An Opening For Donald Trump?We hear a lot about voting blocs by race or sex or age. But what about the voting blocs of bird-watchers and library-goers?
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June 2, 2016
No, I’m not going to watch Roots againDespite running on seven cable channels at once on my system. Because I am not an idiot.
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May 24, 2016
The Great Critical Thinking Dodge'Critical thinking' assures that students will never develop any understanding that left-wing policies are both moral and economic disasters.
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May 19, 2016
What the restroom war is really aboutWhy have liberals chosen to force the issue of "transgender" rights down our throats?
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May 9, 2016
Trees are racist (but don’t worry; the Wood Man is on the job)Don The Wood Man, bringing racial justice to Obama's Bizarro World America.
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May 7, 2016
The Castle and the Pool (and the American Imagination)America took a lot of imagination. The idea that you could manage your own affairs without a King telling you what to do or an established religion telling you what to believe. It was also the fashion in which we raised our children.
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May 1, 2016
If I Were Running For CongressWatching a campaign ad on TV for a Republican candidate for Congress in a district close to mine I think: “what sort of idiots does he take us for?”
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April 21, 2016
Why do liberals want the Bible out of public libraries?The answer turns out to be very simple and, to the liberal mind, completely logical.
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April 15, 2016
Time for conservatives to stop griping about the liberal university systemMight as well complain about a lizard's scaly skin.
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April 6, 2016
Hillary is channeling Roger B. TaneyHillary Clinton’s confirmation of the liberal belief that an “unborn person doesn't have constitutional rights” eerily resembles U.S. Supreme Court chief justice Roger B. Taney’s majority opinion in Dred Scott.
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March 2, 2016
Trump and the holy Roman emperor Frederick IIConsider the analogy to the way European nobles and the papacy objected to Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II’s performance on the Sixth Crusade.
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February 14, 2016
Is John Kasich Right?Considering the Democrats' misfortunes, maybe John Kasich really is running in the wrong primary.
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February 11, 2016
Unasked questions about the New Hampshire primarySome questions you may - or may not - want the answers to.
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January 22, 2016
A plea to conservative voicesIt's time to incorporate a new conservative victory script...one that includes Donald Trump.
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January 16, 2016
Teddy Bear Therapy Versus the Mental Health ProfessionalsOne could consider the difference in self-confidence between children now and in the “dark ages” and convincingly argue that Teddy Bears have done more for children than every child psychologist, child therapist, children’s support group or parenting “expert” who ever opened a case file.
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January 7, 2016
Could Obama be planning a huge surprise for the 2016 election?A mindset so out of touch with where the country is at this point that it would trigger a lot of good theater inside the Democratic Party.
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January 3, 2016
Peggy Noonan and the left's prom dressFor how much longer are establishment Republicans going to wear the clothes their Democrat enemies tailor for them?
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December 17, 2015
Dueling Immigration: American Settlers vs. Moslem RefugeesIt all comes down to babies.
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September 19, 2015
How Many Refugees Can Dance on the Head of a Pin?What Europeans don't seem to realize is that, as with the popular question about dancing angels, you have to be dead before you can find out.
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July 26, 2015
Is the Battle Flag More Fun?The South sure is. And that's why liberals want to destroy the flag.
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June 24, 2015
Newspaper does pretzel twist to support global warmingUnder the category “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up”
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June 9, 2015
Trying To Gauge the Anger Of The PeopleAre there more entrepreneurs/sole proprietorships in the underground economy than meet the eye?
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June 5, 2015
Did Charles Murray Write the Wrong Book?Nibbling at the edges of oppressive government is not what founders or re-founders do. Here are a few real-life examples of how to really thumb your nose at Uncle Sam.
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May 3, 2015
Community Investment? Oh, PleaseWhat has the nation gotten back for decades of "investment" in the inner cities?
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March 28, 2015
We Still Have ParisAmericans have piled up such a mountain of goodwill and admiration that no one very bad American president can disperse it, not in six years and not in eight.
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October 4, 2014
Grandparents, Liberal Children, and the GrandkidsIn a large survey, three quarters of 6-16-year-olds wish they saw their grandparents more and tend to “respond well to a grandparent’s experience and wisdom.” Yes “wisdom.” When was the last time you heard that word?
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September 27, 2014
What A High School Coed Can Teach Us About Getting In A Liberal College Professor's FaceOnly the names have been changed, to protect the America-hating liberal blowhard
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September 22, 2014
Baboons, Government, and the War on ScienceIt's not so much that government is incapable of doing some things well, but rather that government is simply incapable.
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August 28, 2014
Summoning the Mockingbird MobThe intellectual playbook about race relations in America, the theory intellectuals embrace, is and has been for a long time the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
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April 15, 2014
Megyn Kelly and the Sandberg Head ShakerAs far as Sheryl Sandberg goes, for anybody whose memory reaches back a couple of decades, there’s not much new here.
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March 15, 2014
What Did W.E.B Griffin Know And When Did He Know It?A novel bears a striking resemblance to events surrounding the disappearance of flight 370.
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March 14, 2014
What Libraries Can Teach Governors About How To Purge Ineligible VotersThe friendly art of persuasion.
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March 9, 2014
CMT vs BET?Inclusiveness. Except those views with which we disagree or can be criticized for allowing.
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January 2, 2014
News for Democrats: Profits Push Costs DownIt may be news for liberals, but it's also a fact.
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August 31, 2013
Bring On the Elephants'If you're going to turn our country into a circus, then you shouldn't complain about elephants.'
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July 28, 2013
Is ObamaCare Destined to Become a Parking Lot?Examples of the citizenry nullifying the effect of laws and court decisions are legion. We might soon see a new one.
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May 7, 2013
Shutting up the FBIThe FBI's recent fumbles regarding the Marathon bombing and the ricin letters are only the latest of a long line.
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April 13, 2013
Working Up to AuschwitzA demon has been revealed in twenty-first-century Philadelphia. The implications for our country are stark.
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December 19, 2012
Lindisfarne To Sandy Hook: The Tragedy of Wishful ThinkingThe bullet ridden bodies of those little angels and angelic teachers in Newtown should show us that wishful thinking won't work, has never worked and will never work. If it did, we'd only have to wish those children back.
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October 31, 2012
No Men in The White HouseIsn't the American way to make the decision at the lowest level possible and then back those leaders on the spot, no matter what the outcome, as long as it was evident that they were trying to do the right thing?
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August 8, 2012
Mitt's Lesson on DiscretionMitt Romney's refusal to supply ten years of tax returns is an important defense of privacy, just as it is being lost by nearly everyone.
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June 29, 2012
Poets on the BenchIt's been said that history doesn't repeat itself but that it often rhymes. Just so with yesterday's ObamaCare ruling.
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May 23, 2012
Education Decline, One Step at a TimeEducrats' new way to increase high school graduation rate boggles the mind.
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February 29, 2012
Did Gingrich Just Win In Michigan?No matter how bleak his prospects appear, he does have a plan, that we can be certain of. And whatever it is, it is patient, simple and clever.
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February 21, 2012
The Problem With IntellectualsThe one individual upon whom the entire Left-Wing Liberal movement depends, and must depend for its galvanic power: the liberal intellectual.
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December 26, 2011
A World without SchoolteachersThe Kindle and Nook may make for not only the most important advance in reading since Gutenberg, but also, quite likely, a major lesson in unintended consequences.
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October 21, 2011
Who Will Save New York? Herman Cain?I've just had my fourth grown son move his employment or business from New York State to Virginia. A fifth had already moved to Colorado.
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August 21, 2011
Retaking the Culture: Finding The Right StoriesLeft-Wing Liberal fairy-tales clutter up the American cultural landscape like tacky modern view litter.
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July 17, 2011
Time For Once Upon A Time In AmericaFor many years now America has been profoundly altering its culture, reordering its economy and shedding individual liberties in response to inventive short stories told by liberal left-wing theorists.
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March 18, 2011
Fukushima And The Truth?You can't believe you're getting the whole story about Fukushima. Not right now. Not tomorrow. Only later.