Toward the end of his presidency, Ronald Reagan was doing the standard round of exit interviews, one with Tom Brokaw of NBC. During the taping, Brokaw asked Reagan a rather brilliant question, namely, was there anything from Reagan’s Hollywood days that helped him become a better president? The Gipper thought for a moment and finally replied, “I don’t know how …
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Since the Naturalization Act of 1790, immigration has been a consistently contentious issue in American politics. Throughout history, America’s religious leaders have offered guidance and opinions on immigration, in general terms and concerning specific legislation. In recent years, much of this religious guidance has centered on a verse from the Torah (the sacred text for Jews and Christians, from Genesis-Deuteronomy).This …
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Due to weakness in the White House, we are experiencing chaos in the Middle East, strikes on our servicemembers, thebloodiest attackon the Jewish people since the Holocaust, and Americans still held hostage by Iran-backed Hamas. It doesn’t have to be this way. Four years ago, we were celebrating the signing of the Abraham Accords, a historic advancement to peace in …
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Vice President Kamala Harris claims she worked at McDonald’s as a teenager, but that job is missing from her early resumes and memoir. I sympathize with her since I also omitted from resumes my teenage summer job sloughing on the payroll of the Virginia Highway Department. But that job taught me more about the nature of government than any high …
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Nearly two months after the shocking near-assassination of former President Donald Trump, Americans are still learning alarming details about the event. Just last week, as reported by Fox News, whistleblowers told Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., “that Secret Service personnel are ‘woefully unprepared’ and have been given inadequate training to properly protect candidates – including former President Trump.” The senator shared …
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There is an old saying in the journalism business that goes, “if it bleeds, it leads,” which means that once violence occurs a story gets much hotter. We can now add “if it mews, it is news,” to the list of Fourth Estate expressions. I should tell you right at the top here that I am not going to solve …
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As the dust is settling from the first debate between President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, the political elites are failing to understand how badly Harris failed to achieve her objectives. Nothing better illustrates the gap between reality and our political elite (including a number of famous Republicans) than their complete misreading of what happened in the clash …
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The 2016 election hinged on 40,000 votes in key Midwest states. This time the margin of victory, or defeat, may be even more dramatic: 10,000 to 20,000 Pennsylvanians – or the student section at a Penn State football game. According to election guru Nate Silver, if former President Donald Trump wins the Keystone State, his chances of winning the White …
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A shocking video emerged recently of a gang roaming an apartment complex in Aurora, Colorado. Video showed armed men strolling around a building, knocking on doors, unafraid of consequences. How did things get so bad in the small city of Aurora? South American gang life has arrived in America in droves. Law enforcement agencies call Tren de Aragua (or “TdA”) …
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On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary Dmitriy Peskov denied that the Kremlin had any plans to watch the presidential debate between former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. “No, we are not planning to watch… It’s not our business,” he said in response to a question from a Russianjournalist. Apparently, however, the Russian media, which is almost …
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