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Richard Jack Rail
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May 30, 2025
The downside to military superiorityYes, we’ve got it. But what do our enemies make of it?
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May 17, 2025
Taking down civilizationCalifornia reflects the left’s belief that the systems that free people worked hard to build will magically continue despite statist incompetence and ignorance.
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July 18, 2024
Vance's stellar veep night at the Republican National ConventionHe came across as easygoing and natural, with none of the phoniness of the pro politicians.
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March 4, 2024
It's up to usThe time's fast coming when America will rip itself apart if reasonable people don't stand up to injustice and stupidity masquerading as social justice.
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August 21, 2021
Not much gravitas to be found in Biden-landNo wonder the Taliban don't take anyone in the Biden administration seriously.
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August 2, 2021
Simone Biles did the wise thingSimone Biles has given us more than our money's worth already.
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June 27, 2021
Time to finally have that national conversation on race?Perhaps something useful could come of this.
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April 20, 2021
Chauvin: What's really on trialHad the Floyd incident involved a black cop rather than Chauvin, to include the knee on the back, it would never have made the news.
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April 16, 2021
The surprising benefits of a subsistence lifestyleGiven the obvious Biden administration goal of beggaring us by killing the economy, the subsistence lifestyle offers a way out.
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April 13, 2021
What it will look like for us if history repeats itselfWe have Russia in 1917, Germany in 1933...and now the United States in 2021.
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March 14, 2021
It’s gotta suck to be Jen PsakiIn their desperation to avoid saying anything good about Trump, the Biden Administration has hung young Jen Psaki out to dry
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March 6, 2021
Is you woke or is you awake?Lies have always been a part of politics, but we have reached a point where one side engages almost entirely in lies.
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March 5, 2021
The lost art of kiss-stealingThe line in relations between the sexes has always been and always will be in question.
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March 4, 2021
Companies must fight back against wokenessHyatt is taking flak for having hosted CPAC. This sort of madness isn't going to end anytime soon.
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February 25, 2021
Time for that MAGA PartyWe can't put this off any longer. Give us MAGA or it's bye-bye, America.
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February 18, 2021
2020 made it really hard to take Washington seriouslyWhy "reach across the aisle"? With precious few exceptions, Washington is all crooks in it together.
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January 12, 2021
Coach K, take a hikeIn these times, wouldn't it be a good thing for a public figure to clarify that he stands with America against America-haters?
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January 2, 2021
Resistance to Biden-Harris fundamental to being AmericanPeople who would steal a presidential election don't honor the same things real Americans do.
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December 29, 2020
Jimmy Galligan's failed manhoodA man, or a boy trying to be a man, takes no notice of female slings and arrows.
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December 25, 2020
What’s a book, anyway?In the digital age, without a physical book unalterably fixing history, those in charge at Google or Wiki can gradually rewrite history to show whatever they want it to show.
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December 22, 2020
COVID lockdowns are the communists getting rid of the productive peasantsIt's called "dekulakization." Stalin did it to the small business–owners of his day. It was brutal.
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December 8, 2020
A new era of dictator-governors? Enough!Large-scale civil disobedience seems to be the only way to get these governors' attention.
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November 9, 2020
Going the distanceThe left brazenly pushes ahead with its effort to steal the election.
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October 28, 2020
What Rush Limbaugh's life says about eternityThere's a major drama playing out over the course of time, and Rush Limbaugh symbolizes some of the bigger themes in it.
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October 25, 2020
Maybe Hunter Biden's conscience is bothering himThis is the sort of man who should be pitied...at least a little bit.
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October 21, 2020
Born for this momentTrump is far smarter than the idiot liberal segment of the population wants to acknowledge.
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September 8, 2020
COVID restrictions at sports venues: Enough already!It's impossible to take all this stuff seriously anymore.
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September 6, 2020
Politics will never get less evil unless good men get involvedPresident Trump can't fix everything on his own.
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August 30, 2020
Kenny Smith, say it ain't so!Usually one requires solid evidence of injustice before pulling the sort of stunt Smith pulled last week.
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August 29, 2020
Rags to riches, alive and well in black AmericaIt happens routinely in America. Not the exception. The rule.
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August 23, 2020
Baseball is the sport for smart peopleIf you're not into thinking sports, baseball's not your game.
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July 1, 2020
Nobody's life matters to Black Lives MatterWhen you consider how nasty, brutish, and short life would be without police, BLM boils down to this: nobody's life matters.
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June 15, 2020
Business departs the inner citiesNo one will make the connection of this business diaspora to BLM vandalism.
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June 7, 2020
The issue isn't racismIt sometimes seems we're being lectured that lawbreakers ought never face accountability.
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June 2, 2020
If pushed, we know what to doThe rioters will pay a fearful price if they think they can burn us out.
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May 6, 2020
Is World War III on the horizon?The timeline is advancing swiftly toward an end state adversely affecting the whole world.
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May 4, 2020
Gretchen rats out Michigan's worstCaution: This piece drips with satire and sarcasm. If that's not your thing, read no farther.
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May 2, 2020
A fitting end to a sleazy careerToo bad it couldn't have happened maybe 40 years sooner for ol' Joe Biden.
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May 2, 2020
Looks as though Joe Biden just doesn't understand womenA poor sex-harassing senator just can't catch a break, right?
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April 22, 2020
COVID-19: Who should be held accountable here?The medical establishment, the bureaucracy, and the press spring to mind, at least in the U.S.
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April 12, 2020
COVID in NorklandOne wonders how the North Koreans are faring with this virus. We hear nothing from them but that’s not unusual
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April 11, 2020
Dealing with the coronavirusWhile we hunker down before this virus, China is ignoring it.
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April 9, 2020
A modestly proposed culling for the sake of the childrenHere's hat we'll need to do to make the greens happy.
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April 8, 2020
Slim odds for all the uproarApplying NY/NJ numbers tot he rest of the country just doesn't work.
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April 6, 2020
The Guterres wish listThe facts are evident to anybody who watches what’s going on, yet Guterres pitches his giveaway plan before the UN anyway.
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March 30, 2020
Dems: Power yes, responsibility noEffective leadership shouldn't be something that favors one political party or the other, but Democrats have repeatedly shown they have no talent for it and no desire to learn.
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March 27, 2020
Eyes wide shut about Feeler Joe and the Predator PartyThe bell tolls for Old Joe, 27 years too late.
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March 25, 2020
Death panels alive and well in EuropeBeing "allowed to die" sounds much nicer than being deprived of a ventilator so someone younger can be saved.
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March 21, 2020
The 'Kung Flu' panicThe press is stirring up anger, fear, and hysteria over this flu.
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March 18, 2020
The deadliest diseaseMore than one deadly disease is at large in America, and the deadliest of them all has nothing to do with physical aliment.
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March 1, 2020
Ask yourself the question with the election-deciding answerJust how well were you doing four years ago?
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February 25, 2020
The apocalyptic presidencyThe world has been down this path before. Our polity today has much in common with early 20th-century Germany.
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February 23, 2020
Maybe Critical Race Theory can explain Joe Biden's weirdnessJoe Biden just gets farther and farther out there. Here is a theory as to why.
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February 20, 2020
Politics and best budsThe Democratic candidates fail to connect personally because they can't get past themselves.
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February 6, 2020
Pelosi and Trump in metaphorsBetter metaphors could hardly be found for Washington these days.
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February 5, 2020
Greta jockeys for the Nobel Prize for FraudThe committee that gives Greta Thunberg a Nobel Prize (if she gets it) will merely be announcing the winner of the world's most self-important participation trophy.
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February 1, 2020
E. Jean Carroll's unlikely fantasiesNobody serious believes E. Jean Carroll's story; it's just not credible from any angle.
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January 31, 2020
Joe Biden: Vote for me because I might die in officeAdding to the hilarity is that Biden has mooted Michelle Obama as a running mate.
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January 25, 2020
Liberals hate Trump because he's so much better than themLiberals in high places know that Donald Trump is superior to them by any measure that matters in the real world.
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January 16, 2020
Obnoxious liberal soccer champ Rapinoe determined to make Olympics about politicsNot one for fine distinctions, Megan understands the world only in relation to herself.
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January 12, 2020
Our music, ourselvesPerhaps all generations feel lucky to have lived during the birthing of the music their generation gave rise to.
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January 12, 2020
Has the world moved on from the British Royal Family?No one I personally know would want that life for anything.
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December 30, 2019
About that rigged SenateIt takes more chutzpah than most folks can muster to whinge about somebody else doing what they just did.
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December 29, 2019
Keep America Great: No more ComeysWhen it comes to the left, the neurotics and weirdos are for show. The important stuff goes on off stage, behind the scenes.
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December 26, 2019
No, Karl Rove, impeachment is never dignifiedImpeachments all sink to the lowest possible level of mudslinging. Friendships of long standing wither and die over impeachments.
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December 25, 2019
Pelosi had better think againThank about it, Nancy. You are playing with fire, not just for us little folk but for yourself.
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December 24, 2019
Greta: Sit down, watch, and learnGoing in without proper preparation is the surest way to get people killed and precious resources wasted.
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December 19, 2019
The silliest impeachment in the history of the worldCongress has given America a black eye before the world. This is not how serious nations behave.
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December 17, 2019
How Democrats plan to handle impeachment going forwardEarly reactions to the Horowitz report offer some foreshadowing.
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December 15, 2019
Republicans' advantage: People like cities that workRepublicans' cities function and don't have people dodging turds on the sidewalk.
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December 15, 2019
A blow against voter fraud in WisconsinOver 200,000 likely defunct voters were just ordered purged from the rolls.
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December 13, 2019
Conservatives can't stand by anymore as the Left destroys AmericaWe can no longer leave it up to someone else. Do what you can in your own neighborhood.
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December 7, 2019
How can liberals of such high stature stoop to such catty high school girl insults?Pamela Karlan has company in the endless liberal snark-fest against ordinary Joes.
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November 30, 2019
What civilians don't get about Eddie GallagherMen cannot pump up the adrenaline and emotion to fight for their lives and then un-pump all at once.
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November 28, 2019
Elizabeth Warren has as much commanding power as my school librarianSome people just don't command respect.
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November 20, 2019
Kaepernick, impeachment, gang violence: A few observationsPlus Eric Swallwell's little gaseous episode on Hardball.
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November 8, 2019
Baseball etiquette, and what we need to see more of in societyBaseball has provided an outstanding example of how to deal honestly.
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November 3, 2019
Tulsi Gabbard: The best of the hopeless DemocratsGabbard won't beat Donald Trump, but it would be entertaining to see her try.
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October 24, 2019
World Series musingsI don't apologize for being a baseball aficionado. I just wish my guys would make a run for the pennant once in a while.
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October 19, 2019
The Left's childishness has gone staleIt's the same old script and the same old enemy.
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October 16, 2019
Trump's Syria plan reveals a master strategist in the White HouseTrump once again exhibits strategic insight not seen in the White House since George Washington.
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October 15, 2019
Jordan Peterson is a mirror, reflecting truth on Democrats and RepublicansJordan Peterson is on a one-man crusade to teach the world not what to think, but how to think.
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October 13, 2019
What Donald Trump and Ronan Farrow have in commonReading about Ronan Farrow's fight to be heard against the culture of predation in the news and movie industries, one senses a parallel with President Trump.
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October 9, 2019
Bob Costas, won't you please go home?Costas is just one example of announcers ruining baseball.
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October 9, 2019
Mitt Romney, Mr. UnreliableWillard has some nerve, calling President Trump's America an "unreliable ally."
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October 6, 2019
Greta and the DukeGreta Thunberg would get more out of life in the adventurous-fun spirit of John Wayne than the angry-ranting spirit of the Left displayed to date.
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October 1, 2019
The case of the missing dreadlocksA 12-year-old black girl accused three white boys at her private school of holding her down and cutting off her dreadlocks. It didn't happen.
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September 29, 2019
Welcome back to the fray, Mitch McConnellImagine the explosion of outrage on the Left if Mitch McConnell tabled a motion to impeach!
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September 29, 2019
Fig leaf NancyHouse speaker Nancy Pelosi shows she has come morally unmoored by saying abortion bans "ignore basic morality."
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September 28, 2019
Hillary, kindly make like a treeAmericans do not want this woman as president, candidate, neighbor, or anything else.
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September 25, 2019
The meaning of 'Howdy, Modi'Legal immigrants tend to be among the president's strongest backers.
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September 24, 2019
The clamor and the clangor of the bellsThe Democrats' strategy is to distract, distract, distract until they can run out the clock on Trump's term.
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September 22, 2019
Donald Trump, force of natureDonald Trump is so uniquely different from any prior president that nobody's gonna follow in his footsteps.
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September 21, 2019
Joltin' Joe Biden: Have fists, will travelJoe Biden, Harry Callahan's body double.
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September 19, 2019
Where have all the heroes gone?The male hero has all but disappeared from the cultural scene.
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September 15, 2019
Klay Thompson, fundraising underachieverThe Golden State Warriors basketball pro thinks Donald Trump should take in all the citizens of the Bahamas.
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September 14, 2019
A little whiff'll do yaA Bronx politician wants to make it illegal to sell menthol and other mint-flavored cigarettes. Why not just ban every smell someone finds offensive?
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September 7, 2019
What women need to understand to deal with bad menIt may come as news to the #MeToo generation, but...
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September 3, 2019
Lies and all, vote Trump in 2020If every politician is a liar, which liar is best to run our country?
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September 3, 2019
Colin Kaepernick, still in the newsIt remains true that nobody owes Colin Kaepernick another shot at the NFL.
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September 2, 2019
Madeleine, whatever got into you?It’s wise to keep confidential matters confidential and to resist any urge to talk about the boss’s personal life.
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August 31, 2019
Ocasio-Cortez: A knucklehead gives herself airsAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez says Millennials are more "informed" and "dynamic" than earlier generations. Not if she herself is any indicator.
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August 29, 2019
Today's kids don't know how good they have itBy not teaching our kids about the world as it was before America, we fail them in a serious way.
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August 28, 2019
Just say no to women in men's sportsGirls against boys may work as a novelty, but it has no place in serious sports.
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August 25, 2019
A storm gathers in the wake of RBGIf he gets the chance, Donald Trump could find the most important aspect of his legacy as president in the replacement for Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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August 23, 2019
Fredo, you're embarrassing the human raceEach thought that comes out of Chris Cuomo's mouth is dumber than what came before.
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August 18, 2019
Greenland: Something to think aboutImagine the good things that could come out of the USA buying Greenland.
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August 14, 2019
Joe Biden: The Ted Baxter of politicsJoe is gradually talking himself out of any shot at being president.
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August 14, 2019
Jeffrey Epstein's 'madame,' Ghislane Maxwell: Despise her, but pity herMaxwell made it possible for Jeffrey Epstein to prey on hapless, helpless young women. She is as guilty as he.
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August 11, 2019
Justice for Epstein's victims is a matter of national securityThe media are shocked, shocked at Jeffrey Epstein's putative suicide. Nobody else is.
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August 3, 2019
TV Shows as Democrat ExplanationsThere's been an endless run of pro-Left, anti-right sitcoms and movies.
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July 23, 2019
Mitt Romney: John McCain reprisedAmerica once thought Mitt somewhat godly. He isn't; he's just another backstabbing Republican.
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July 18, 2019
George Will had reduced himself to a small man of big wordsWith the passage of years, we see his true self coming into relief.
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July 17, 2019
Trumped by a grandmasterIt's sad when a corruptocrat like Nancy Pelosi is preferable to her party's alternative.
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July 11, 2019
Let sports be fun againThere is never sufficient reason to turn something fun and healthy into something hateful and ugly.
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July 4, 2019
Nike: Headed the wrong directionThe business world needs to decide which it favors: rioters or rule of law.
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July 3, 2019
Trump stumps the Left in KoreaDonald Trump knows exactly what he’s doing, and that reality may finally be dawning on the Idiot Left.
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June 26, 2019
Will the Harvey Weinsteins of the world's work survive #MeToo?Lechery and lechers haven't gone away. They're just in the shadows for now.
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June 17, 2019
Mugged in broad daylightXi Jinping has to be feeling uncomfortable at missed opportunities
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May 31, 2019
Is balance of trade a real problem?I keep reading where the Chinese are flaying us in trade. What exactly is the problem?
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May 30, 2019
Teachers and carpenters: Who has it worse?Clearing up a few misconceptions about the teaching profession.
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May 27, 2019
Pitfalls along the road to socialismThe population of Europe is discovering that it really doesn’t like the creeping socialism of the European Union.
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May 25, 2019
A MAGA Party? Whatever worksAn idea is being mooted about a MAGA Party, with Trump leading. I'm all for it.
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May 25, 2019
Hating the president just for funDemocrats hate Trump not really for his successes or any of that. They hate him just because they hate him.
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May 19, 2019
Critical Race Theory is destroying our countryCRT has been seeping into the justice system since the eighties and has arrived full force, notably in Chicago with Jussie Smollett.
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May 15, 2019
Fraudsters Hall of Fame adds new fellowAdam Lankford wants to convince you that American harbors 31% of the world's mass shooters. He also won't reveal all of his data.
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May 9, 2019
A Pinochet could help VenezuelaToday we see, in Venezuela, what Augusto Pinochet spared Chile.
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April 27, 2019
Poor Joe BidenHe keeps coming up short and never understands why. Then he gathers himself up again, tries again, and falls short again.
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April 27, 2019
Black principal of Houston inner-city school lays down the dress code...on parentsA principal at a Houston high school has issued a memo that bans parents from entering her school who are not appropriately dressed.
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April 25, 2019
Politics has taken the fun out of sportsPro sports has gone political, meaning that pro sports has decided to hate on white people.
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April 7, 2019
Trump meeting his match in Putin?South America is turning into the theater for a real clash of the titans.
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March 31, 2019
Love Trump without overlooking his faultsPresident Trump does not have to be a king or a god for us to support him.
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March 20, 2019
The duplicitous Angela MerkelIf Germany's chancellor prefers Russian dealings to American ones, she should be made to suffer the consequences.
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March 19, 2019
Can Democrats in 2020 possibly be as entertaining as Trump was in 2016?It's a tall order.
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March 17, 2019
Cheaters do what cheaters doIt's hard to be surprised or dismayed by the new college cheating scandal.
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March 6, 2019
Trump vs. Kim: Place your betsIn the high-stakes game of geopolitics, canny psychology can be an ace in the hole.
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February 19, 2019
Send in the clowns? Don't bother, they're hereFrom Pelosi to Ocasio-Cortez, the Left in all its iterations is stone-cold crazy.
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January 29, 2019
The gangsters at the FBIWe had hoped FBI insanity would lessen with Trump in the White House.
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December 6, 2018
Don't go away mad, Joe – just go awayNothing comes to mind that recommends Joe Biden.
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November 1, 2018
How do you go about voting for the right judge?Dems love hiding their true colors. It makes it hard to cast an informed vote.
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November 1, 2018
Still waiting for Trump to get a Nobel for his work on North KoreaFact is, the degraded Nobel Prize isn't worthy of our president.
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October 14, 2018
Some people are really hard to likeI really, really, really don't like progressives.
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October 10, 2018
Kavanaugh circus underlined the hypocrisy of the leftThese people have no moral compass whatsoever.
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October 6, 2018
What should we make of Kavanaugh's 'privilege'?Did it help him against the hyenas on the Senate Judiciary Committee?
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October 5, 2018
How to reclaim strategy and tactics in the big leaguesNeed a break from politics? Here's how to Make Baseball Great Again.
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September 11, 2018
Can Obama please, please shut up already?Barack's out giving speeches again. Spare us!
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September 9, 2018
How much does Obama make at speaking gigs? Don't ask!Barack threatened to cancel a speaking engagement in Denmark if the Danes publish details of the contract.
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September 8, 2018
Liberal throws huge fit in airport for being addressed with incorrect titleThe return of Barbara Boxer?
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September 1, 2018
A lawyer by any other name....The Asociated Press playing headline games with its readers.
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August 30, 2018
Crying for the beloved countrySouth Africans must decide if they want to be fed, tranquil, and racist or starving, chaotic, and not racist.
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August 30, 2018
Pope Francis, you really let us downIf the pope can't condemn sexual abuse, he ought never to have accepted the papacy.
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August 29, 2018
The price of political schizophreniaThe American left approaches the point of no return.
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August 25, 2018
Countering the divided leftThe left doesn't know just how loony it wants to go behind a phalanx of fighting feministic females.
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August 21, 2018
Deep State preparing to throw Brennan under the bus?The former CIA director can expect tire prints on his forehead.
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August 17, 2018
Word games at high levelsNineteen Eighty-Four is already here for a number of Americans.
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August 12, 2018
Keep an eye on ChinaHistorically, the Chinese have valued careful, face-saving, behind-the-scenes diplomacy. Trump may change that.
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July 3, 2018
A dish best served coldYou can't but feel a bit of schadenfreude now that Democrats are confronting the reality of their own efforts to dumb down America.
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June 28, 2018
Kennedy out? Now the hard work beginsWith the SCOTUS balance now in question, leftists sense the dissolution of all their gains over the past half-century. They will fight hard.
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June 16, 2018
Watching your back in ClintonvilleHere's hoping I.G. Horowitz lives somewhere with lots of mirrors.
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June 13, 2018
Thoughts on Bourdain: Why did he do it?At 61 years old, Anthony Bourdain had it all. So why did he kill himself?
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June 13, 2018
Halftime report: The lowdown on 2018 so farHere's the skinny on how Year One of Donald Trump is playing out so far.
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June 9, 2018
Unbiased and nonpoliticalWhen you're biased, unaware of it, and given to caricature, conservatives become bitter clingers and baskets of deplorables.
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June 9, 2018
Nothing new under the Sun: The journalism-for-sex trade-off, revisitedOne gets a young female bod; the other gets insider intelligence. Surely it will work perfectly this time, right?
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June 8, 2018
Past time for Andy McCabe to hit the roadA long and winding sewer pipe to China should do the trick.
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June 7, 2018
Thinking about the HolocaustThe extermination camps were known about before the war ended, but not everyone wanted to believe they could exist.
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June 7, 2018
Swimsuits and other offensesOnce again, rabid feminists take away something that appeals to most people.
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June 6, 2018
Was Patton right?We had the military and economic might to take out Russia but not the political will.
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June 4, 2018
Cleaning up after Obama and HillaryThe most extraordinary thing about both, especially Obama, is a capacity for self-delusion.
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June 3, 2018
James Clapper, piece of workListening to James Clapper, erstwhile Director of National Intelligence, defend his actions during the 2016 presidential campaign can make you squirm with embarrassment, even if you start by supposing he’s telling the truth.
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May 10, 2018
Another one bites the dustEric Schneiderman is yet another elected Dem who said one thing while doing the opposite.
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April 14, 2018
Kristallnacht for fun and adventureWe're all reliving the 20th century, almost in lockstep. Not good.
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March 31, 2018
Thoughts on a Native RenaissanceFor over a decade, I taught high school on the Navajo Reservation. Here's what I saw.
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March 18, 2018
McCabe's firing begins the war on the Deep StateNow no one can deny that The Donald is serious.
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March 18, 2018
Our America or theirsIt's time to give back to the left what the left has been pushing on us for fifty years. It's time to draw lines in the sand and fight back.
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March 15, 2018
The abortion of Stephen HawkingHawking's life was a rebuke to leftist utilitarianism.
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December 28, 2017
The left in extremis?We may be watching the death throes of the American left as it spirals into the black hole of excess.
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December 21, 2017
Racism carte blancheWe just have to admit that racism pervades everything in America.
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December 19, 2017
Twisting in the windMueller has waded deeper and deeper into the swamp in search of something, anything, to warrant his expensive investigation.