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The Democrats’ Theme for 2016 Is Totalitarianism By Kevin D. Williamson — December 20, 2015 At the beginning of December, Rolling Stone writer Jeff Goodell asked Secretary of State John Kerry whether Charles and David Koch, two libertarian political activists, should be considered — his remarkable words — “an enemy of the state.” He posed the same question about Exxon, and John…

Winners and losers in the third Democratic presidential debate By Chris Cillizza December 19,2015 The three Democrats running for president gathered in New Hampshire Saturday night for their third and final debate of 2015. It was a feisty affair with Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley aggressively attacking each other at almost every turn. I picked a handful of…

The House has passed the Fiscal Year 2016 Omnibus Appropriations bill – 316 to 113. Click here to see a list of how the representatives voted.

Tuesday Night’s Debate Made Clear: Trump is Taking Some Positions Evangelicals Cannot Support in Good Conscience By Owen Strachan – Published on December 16, 2015 I have just one point for this piece: evangelicals should think hard about their view of Donald Trump. On the heels of last night’s debate, I am only shored up in this conviction. Evangelicals need…

“NO” on $1.1 Trillion Year-End Omnibus Spending Bill Published by Dan Holler of Heritage Action on December 16, 2015 On Friday, the House will vote on the year-end omnibus spending bill, formally known as the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016.  The bill should have been an opportunity for conservatives to reassert their prerogatives on a host of important issues, ranging from…

This is really getting ridiculous. If you want to take Christ out of Christmas, then why the heck would you bother to perform “A Charlie Brown Christmas?” I mean, that is the whole point, right? Apparently not to liberals… The Daily Caller reports that Thursday’s student performance of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” at W.R. Castle Elementary School in rural Johnson…

In Liberty Institute’s second annual Scrooge Award, you can vote for the person or organization that displayed the most hostility to religious freedom in 2015. Tell us, Whose “Bah, humbug!” was loudest this year?

Questions for travelers to the United States Queries about support for jihad should be fundamental By Kenneth R. Timmerman – Tuesday, December 15, 2015   Donald Trump is right that the United States government seems to be clueless when it comes to detecting potential jihadis in our midst. Now we know why. On Thursday, a former Homeland Security employee who…

WHAT IS SOCIAL JUSTICE? NOT WHAT YOU THINK IT IS When Pope Francis visited the United States in September, it may have been the first time that some Americans heard about the Jesuits, an order of Catholic priests renowned as educators and social justice advocates. Francis the first Jesuit ever elected to the papacy. For graduates of a Jesuit high…

Why Take the Trump Stunt Seriously? Why Take the Trump Stunt Seriously? So how exactly does this work, Donald Trump’s plan to keep America safe from Islamic terrorism by barring entry to all Muslims? He explained it Tuesday on TV. The immigration official will ask the foreigner if he’s a Muslim. “And if they said, ‘yes,’ they would not be…

In Las Vegas Debate, a Rubio-Cruz Showdown Takes Center Stage Nine candidates took the stage here Tuesday night for the final primetime Republican debate of 2015, but in critical moments it seemed there were only two: Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. The pair of freshmen senators went toe-to-toe several times, most notably on the issues of the National Security Agency’s…