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By: Brian Naylor – npr.org – September 4, 2018 The first day of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings was long on quarreling, protesting and speechifying. While good theater, there was little actually learned about the man whom President Trump has nominated for a lifetime seat on the nation’s highest court. Here are a few takeaways from Tuesday’s often…

By: John R. Lott, Jr. – townhall.com – September 3, 2018 Politicians at Senator McCain’s funeral were bemoaning the loss of civility in politics, and Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing this week for the Supreme Court surely promises to prove that. There definitely has been a decline in political civility in recent years. Some say it started with Robert Bork’s…

By: Ken Blackwell – stream.org – September 3, 2018 Spoiler alert: it’s easy to predict much of what will happen this week during the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. That’s because Democrats showed their hands almost immediately after Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement from the Court, when Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) took to the…

Texas Supreme Court: Cheerleaders Win Again! Court rejects the Kountze ISD latest attack on cheerleader’s freedom to have Bible verses on run-through banners. Austin, TX—The Texas Supreme Court today denied to hear the Kountze Independent School District’s appeal of an earlier decision protecting the right of cheerleaders in that district to have Bible verses on run-through banners. Lead appellate counsel…

Texas Supreme Court: Cheerleaders Win Again! Court rejects the Kountze ISD latest attack on cheerleader’s freedom to have Bible verses on run-through banners. Austin, TX—The Texas Supreme Court today denied to hear the Kountze Independent School District’s appeal of an earlier decision protecting the right of cheerleaders in that district to have Bible verses on run-through banners. Lead appellate counsel…

By: Streiff – redstate.com – August 30, 2018 Michael Wang should have been a shoo-in for admission to an elite university. He was second in his high school class of 1,002 students and maxed the ACT. He was musically accomplished; he was selected to sing at Barack Obama’s inauguration and got third place in a national piano contest. He was…

By: Jeff Stoffer – legion.org – August 30, 2018 A gold-plated .22-caliber repeating rifle engraved with images of a bald eagle, the Statue of Liberty and the Liberty Bell is on its way from the 100th American Legion National Convention in Minneapolis to the White House in Washington, D.C. President Donald J. Trump is the recipient of the rifle, the annual prize for…

By: Victor Davis Hanson – nationalreview.com – August 30, 2018 It’s time to stop the stonewalling, redacting, suppression, leaking to the press, and media hysteria surrounding investigations into the 2016 election. Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation was star-crossed from the start. His friend and successor as FBI director, James Comey, by his own admission prompted the investigation — with the…

By: Merrill Matthews. ipi.org – August 14, 2018 Gallup just released a poll that only confirms what has been obvious to most observers for some time: Democrats are becoming socialists. According to the poll: 47% of Democrats view capitalism positively, down from 56% in 2016 57% of Democrats now view socialism positively, little changed from 2010 Republicans very positive about…

By: Staff – expresspros.com – August 29, 2018 America’s blue collar workers may be one of the most optimistic groups in the country today. According to a new study conducted by The Harris Poll and commissioned by Express Employment Professionals, 85 percent of America’s blue collar workers see their lives heading “in the right direction.” Sixty-nine (69) percent also say…

By: Editorials – investors.com – August 29, 2018 Median household income is up more than 4%, the economy is growing fast, optimism is at decades long highs. Not that you’d know it, since the press is too busy trying to drive President Trump from office. Inflation-adjusted median household incomes in July hit $62,450 according to the latest release from Sentier…