By: Zachary Stieber – theepochtimes.com – November 20, 2019 With Republicans holding the majority in the Senate throughout Trump’s term, a raft of the president’s judicial nominees have been approved. The 11th Circuit Court is the third that has flipped during Trump’s term, following the 2nd and 3rd Circuits. Trump nominees hold five of the 12 seats on the 11th Circuit,…
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By: Michael Brendan Dougherty – nationalreview.com – November 20, 2019 Missouri senator Josh Hawley might be the most interesting thinker the U.S. Senate has seen since Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Or at least, he’s the senator today who most resembles Moynihan as a sweeping and adventurous social critic. Last night, at a dinner held by the American Principles Project Foundation, Hawley gave…
By: Sarah McConnell – thetexan.news – November 14, 2019 At a White House press briefing earlier today, acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Mark Morgan announced that the number of apprehensions during the month of October decreased, marking five consecutive months apprehension levels have declined. With last month’s border statistics revealing a 12-year high in apprehension at the end…
By: John Stonestreet – breakpoint.org – November 19, 2019 lthough the announcement didn’t mention which groups would no longer be funded, most media outlets covering the Chick-Fil-A Foundation’s press release on Monday did: “Chick-Fil-A to stop donating to some groups following LGBTQ protests,” read the USA Today headline. “Chick-Fil-A will no longer fund anti-LGBTQ organizations,” said ABCNews. “Chick-Fil-A to stop…
By: Staff – afa.net – November 19, 2019 Chick-fil-A was founded on Christian principles. I heard that from the founder of Chick-fil-A himself, Truett Cathy, when I heard him speak at a prayer breakfast in Tupelo, Mississippi, 20 years ago. Mr. Cathy passed away in 2014. I was so impressed with Mr. Cathy’s public expression of faith and his devotion…
By: Dennis Prager – townhall.com – November 19, 2019 Whenever leftists are charged with not loving or even with hating America, they respond angrily, labeling the question absurd, mean-spirited and an example of right-wing McCarthyism. But there can be little doubt that the left has no love for America, just as there can be little doubt that liberals and conservatives…
By: Domenico Montanaro – npr.org – November 19, 2019 The country is witnessing one of only a handful of times in its history that Congress has gone through with public hearings on whether to impeach a president. And yet, the overwhelming majority of Americans across parties say nothing they hear in the inquiry will change their minds on impeachment, according to…
By: Ryan Saavedra – dailywire.com – November 19, 2019 The Salvation Army responded on Monday to reports that Chick-fil-A was cutting ties with the Christian organization over its support for traditional marriage by noting that it is the largest social services provider in the world and that it serves millions of members of the LGBT community. “We’re saddened to learn that…
By: Diego Mendoza-Moyers – expressnews.com – Nov. 8, 2019 Texas had the fastest-growing economy among U.S. states in the second quarter of this year, according to data released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The state’s gross domestic product — the value of all goods and services produced over a period of time — grew by 4.7 percent in the quarter. That’s well above…
By: Julie Roys – julieroys.com – September 4, 2015 A recent survey found that only 25% of public school parents support Common Core, the controversial national standards for English-language arts and math created in 2009 and currently adopted by 43 states. Part of this lack of enthusiasm likely stems from the frustration some feel over the cumbersome methods required by the…
By: Jonah Goldberg – nationalreview.com – November 15, 2019 When you throw everything against the wall to see what will stick, don’t expect the result to be a coherent picture. Maybe you’re a fan of Jackson Pollock’s paint-splatter stuff. That’s cool. My only point is that when you flick paint at a canvas, nobody expects the result to look like a…