Are Our Mideast Wars Forever? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"The Kurds have no friends but the mountains," is an old lament. Last week, it must have been very much on Kurdish minds.
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October 24, 2017
October 23, 2017
33% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-three percent (33%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending October 19.
October 23, 2017
52% Say Textbooks More Concerned With Political Correctness
While just over half of voters continue to believe textbooks in schools try too hard to be politically correct, that number has fallen to its lowest level in nearly five years of surveying.
October 23, 2017
A Clown in a Sequined Cowboy Hat Distorts Greatest Sacrifice By Charles Hurt
At last America is once again unified. We are, it turns out, all racists.
Because if retired Marine General and current White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, a Gold Star dad among so many other distinctions, is a racist, then every last one of us is.
October 23, 2017
Few Think It’s Better to Be a Woman in America Today
Amid renewed conversations about sexual harassment and gender equality in the workplace and beyond, very few Americans—men and women alike—think it’s better to be a woman than a man in society today.
October 21, 2017
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending October 21, 2017
Sexual abuse and the treatment of women in the workplace continued to capture national attention this week as the number of allegations of sexual assault and rape against former Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein grew. Many say the Hollywood issue transcends Weinstein.
October 20, 2017
Why Girls In The Boy Scouts Feels Weird By Ted Rall
I'm not a traditionalist. Progress is good. The fact that we've always done something a certain way is no argument for continuing to do it the same way.
October 20, 2017
Despite Blockades, Voters Still Like Trump’s Revised Travel Ban
Two federal judges in Hawaii and Maryland have blocked President Trump’s latest attempt at a travel ban, but roughly half of voters still want one.
October 20, 2017
Is Liberalism a Dying Faith? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Asked to name the defining attributes of the America we wish to become, many liberals would answer that we must realize our manifest destiny since 1776, by becoming more equal, more diverse and more democratic -- and the model for mankind's future.
Equality, diversity, democracy -- this is the holy trinity of the post-Christian secular state at whose altars Liberal Man worships.
October 20, 2017
More Voters OK With Taxpayers Cushioning Spike in Obamacare Rates
Without the cost-sharing subsidies to insurers, Obamacare premiums are expected to rise 20% to 50%, and more voters are now willing to front those costs to help cushion the blow for those who can’t afford it.
October 20, 2017
Democrats Yelp as Trump Upholds Constitution By Michael Barone
Donald Trump is criticized, often justly, for misstatements of facts and failure to understand the details of public policy. But in two of his most recent controversial actions, he has taken stands upholding the rule of law and undoing the lawless behavior of his most recent predecessor.
October 19, 2017
Voters Less Upset with Bowe Bergdahl Prisoner Swap
U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl pleaded guilty this week to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy.
October 19, 2017
Most Say Men, Women Are Equally Capable
“Anything you can do, I can do better,” so the song goes. And both men and women seem to agree.
October 19, 2017
Underneath It All: Elections for the Virginia House of Delegates By Geoffrey Skelley
While November’s political spotlight will shine brightest on the gubernatorial contest at the top of the Virginia ticket between former Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie (R) and Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam (D), there will also be many interesting races down-ballot in the Old Dominion on Election Day. Not only will there be elections for the commonwealth’s two other statewide offices — lieutenant governor and attorney general — but all 100 House of Delegates seats will also be up for grabs. The General Assembly’s lower house will probably look a little different after Nov. 7, but the question is, how different?
October 18, 2017
Faith Rises In Government As Protector Of Religious Rights
Voters are nearly evenly split on whether the federal government is a protector of or threat to U.S. religious rights, but they are more inclined than in previous years to see it as a protector.
October 18, 2017
46% Have Been Sexually Harassed at Work or Know Someone Who Has
Amid growing allegations and criminal sexual assault charges against former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, most Americans see sexual harassment in the workplace as a serious problem...
October 18, 2017
Trump Takes Wrecking Ball to the Swamp That Is D.C. By Charles Hurt
There is the old adage that if you want a friend in Washington, get a dog. This has always been because the swamp contains the nastiest reptilian creatures that will just as soon strike you in the back as look at you.
October 18, 2017
62% Say Liberal Hollywood Has Negative Impact on Society
Americans continue to think the politics of Hollywood bend to the left and that the film industry has a negative impact on society.
October 18, 2017
Beware the Rape Allegation Bandwagon By Michelle Malkin
"#MeToo" is the social media meme of the moment. In a 24-hour period, the phrase was tweeted nearly a half million times and posted on Facebook 12 million times. Spearheaded by actress Alyssa Milano in the wake of Hollyweird's Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment scandal, women have flooded social media with their own long-buried accounts of being pestered, groped or assaulted by rapacious male predators in the workplace.
