But the President didn’t bother to mention the following:  Note what Obama’s staff omitted: his doubling of the U.S. debt in eight years, the unworkable Affordable Care Act, seven years of anemic economic growth, record labor nonparticipation, failed policy resets abroad, and a Middle East in ruins. Reformatted for blog readability. By VDH:  In his […]

Sowell at his best. Insightful as always.  This is a football story with both political and legal implications. It was fourth down in a National Football League game, and the punting team came onto the field. The other team went into their formation to defend against the punt. Then, somebody noticed the man set to

That was then. This is now. The White House’s decision to break with decades of U.S. policy and allow the U.N. Security Council to condemn Israeli settlements is the culmination of years of bad blood between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The decision won Obama criticism from across the political spectrum, and

Goldberg argues that Trump haters take him literally and not seriously, while Trump supporters take him seriously but not literally.  And the Dem’s do the same thing with Joe Biden, who has said many ludicrous things over the years. He gets a “by” from the progressives.  But how can we trust any political leader who

The world’s largest database of naughty and nice background investigations was compromised by hackers just days before Christmas, sources close to Santa Claus report. “It’s usually public record if someone has been naughty or nice,” said identity protection specialist Rudolph Klein. “But the information used by the special investigating elves can be pieced together and

This goes along with the two previous posts about IS targeting churches in the USA over Christmas.  Derrick Thompson, who also goes by the name Abu Talib Al-Amriki, was arrested by the Arizona Joint Terrorism Taskforce earlier this week. In October, investigators say Thompson made several Google searches including: midnight mass, martyrdom vs suicide and

A follow-up on my previous post.  Despite no known specific, credible threats, the FBI and the US Department of Homeland Security have warned law enforcement agencies that sympathizers of jihadist group Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) could strike holiday events in the US.  Read Full Article

A suspected “lone wolf” terrorist in Phoenix, Arizona, has been arrested for allegedly trying to commit a terrorist attack and providing material support to Islamic State.  Read Full Article

ISIS posts list of churches on its social media site.  Federal authorities warned law enforcement authorities across the nation Friday that Islamic State sympathizers are continuing to call for attacks on churches and other holiday gathering sites. The warning was issued after a publicly available list of U.S. churches was posted on a militants’ social

Add Fox News, CNBC, and NPR to the list. 

Trump’s grandiosity and narcissism keep him insulated from truth.  Of course Donald Trump thinks it’s “ridiculous” to claim the Russians rigged the election for him. Even if Vladimir Putin confessed to the crime on Russia Today, Trump would not believe it, because to do so is not in his nature. I do not want to

President-elect Donald Trump has praised a “very nice” holiday letter from Russian President Vladimir Putin, expressing hope about renewed cooperation between Moscow and Washington after the change in management.  Read Full Article

I love good irony.  Some of the Radio City Rockettes reportedly aren’t happy that they’ll be made to perform at the inauguration of Donald Trump less than a month from now. George Takei feels their Trump-triggered pain: Here are some great responses! Baby steps: Congratulations on your discovery that forcing people to violate their consciences is its

One of the many unintended consequences of raising the minimum wage.  Automation through robots and other artificial intelligence could affect nearly half of all US jobs, a report from the Obama administration has found. Education and job-training programs could prevent the sea change from destroying the American economy.  Read Full Article

Idaho’s U.S. Rep. Raúl Labrador is 100% right on this. There will never be a constitutional amendment because the small states would be telling the bigger states to take over. That’s why we have an electoral college, that’s why each state has two senators, … Some Americans are so disappointed by the result of the election

You have to wonder what the reaction would be if they offered a course titled “The Problem with Blackness.” The fact that progressives cannot see that both are offensive is a judicial blindness on them.  It’s hard to imagine how anyone would get the wrong impression about a college course titled “The Problem of Whiteness.” But

German politician Steffen Königer of the Alternative for Germany (AFD) Party, recently delivered a stunning speech in which he devastated his politically correct, liberal, gender-insanity promoting opposition. He was simply delivering his party’s opposition to a motion from liberals who were seeking to embrace gender insanity, but his chosen vehicle of opposition was just brilliant. Königer intros his

The terrorist suspect who allegedly killed a dozen and wounded many more was already suspected for connections to terrorism and had somehow failed to be deported. According to the Washington Post, The prime suspect sought in the deadly attack on a Berlin Christmas market — a 24-year-old Tunisian migrant — was the subject of a

From the Daily Caller News Foundation: MI6’s former head of counter-extremism Richard Barrett said Thursday that German authorities are finding it virtually impossible to keep track of the 7,000 potential terror suspects roaming around the country. Intelligence failings have been at the forefront of the public’s mind following Monday’s devastating truck terror attack on a