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By Jim Geraghty – nationalreview.com – July 30, 2019 Making the click-through worthwhile: A whole bunch of candidates need to throw punches at tonight’s Democratic presidential debate, meaning we could be watching Thunderdome this evening; a reminder that Twitter is a poor measuring stick for public opinion on political topics; a reminder about the folly of youth; and a demonstration of…

By: George Will – nationalreview.com – July 28, 2019 It will be especially entertaining if the presidential aspirants are asked some questions like these. The Democratic presidential circus pitches its tent in Detroit this week. It will be especially entertaining if the presidential aspirants are asked some questions like these: For Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders especially, but others, too:…

By: David French – nationalreview.com – July 30, 2019 Snopes just can’t stop ‘fact-checking’ a conservative satire site. I  used to love the website Snopes. It was one-stop shopping for fact-checking and debunking urban legends old and new. For years — to take one example — I had lamented the tragic death of Little Mikey of Life cereal fame. According to everyone…

By Caleb Parke – FoxNews.com – July 29, 2019 Author Joshua Harris, after announcing the end of his marriage, is now kissing his faith goodbye. Harris, the author of the best-seller “I Kissed Dating Goodbye,” a book he authored in 1997 that he later renounced after shaping purity culture for many millennial believers, revealed that he is stepping back from his faith….

By: Blair Shiff – foxbusiness.com –  July 29, 2019 Millennials get a bad rep sometimes, often being told they are difficult to manage and even entitled. Now, a new guilt-ridden study says nearly half of millennials still get monthly money from their parents. Also known as Generation Y, millennials are typically defined as people born between the years of 1981 and 1996 and are…

By Talia Kaplan – FoxNews.com – July 29, 2019 President Trump ramped up his feud with House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Md., on Sunday calling the congressman “racist,” not long after critics had claimed the president’s initial tweets about Cummings were racist themselves. Trump tweeted Sunday afternoon, “If racist Elijah Cummings would focus more of his energy on helping the good people…

By Cass R. Sunstein – nytimes.com – July 27, 2019 Suppose that a public figure has said or done something that many people consider offensive, outrageous or despicable — for example, lied about his military service or insulted people’s religious convictions. Should he apologize? Let’s assume that his goal is not to be a good person, but only to improve his standing…

By: Staff – washingtonpost.com – July 26, 2019 You’re probably making incorrect assumptions about your opposing political party Arthur C. Brooks “You know what they really want.” As America slouches toward the 2020 presidential election, candidates and pundits will regularly tell you this about the other political side, followed by a list of its extremist beliefs, twisted motives and wicked desires….

By: Staff – cbn.com – July 1, 2019 Nearly two weeks after reports emerged of alleged deplorable conditions at a Texas Border Protection facility, the head of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference said he wanted to tour the facility that had caused nationwide outrage over the treatment of migrant children for himself. “I requested that the White House immediately…

By: Ross Izard – thefederalist.com – July 8, 2019 After two centuries of debate, discrimination, and political fights, a handful of Montana parents have succeeded in putting state constitutional Blaine Amendments squarely in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. The court is now poised to settle one of the most pressing issues in American education and issue perhaps the most…

By: Anne Newman – wbdaily.com/education – July 13, 2019 When parents enroll their children in a summer literacy program, it’s likely that they don’t expect them to see a film about the shooting death of a middle school student, learn how to be “agents of change” for a political agenda, or to be indoctrinated with “tolerance” curriculum from the disreputable Southern Poverty…