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By: Cal Thomas – townhall.com – December 5, 2017 One way to kill a predatory animal is to deny it sustenance. The tax-cut bill passed by the Senate, if it clears a conference with the House and President Trump signs it, may be the first step toward starving the big government beast. Reporting on the Senate vote early Saturday morning…

  Peter Strzok’s story will hurt public trust in the federal government at the worst possible time. By: David French – nationalreview.com – December 5, 2017 If the story hadn’t been verified by virtually every mainstream-media outlet in the country, you’d think it came straight from conspiratorial fever dreams of the alt-right. Yesterday, news broke that Robert Mueller had months…

  By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – December 4, 2017 Donald Trump is his own worst enemy, as his many ill-advised tweets on the weekend about Michael Flynn, the FBI and Robert Mueller’s Russia probe demonstrate. But that doesn’t mean that Mr. Mueller and the Federal Bureau of Investigation deserve a pass about their motives and methods, as new…

By: Allen West – allenbwest.americanewshub.com – December 4, 2017 King Henry VIII declared himself head of state and head of church, establishing the Church of England. Therefore, those who were not members of the Church of England were persecuted. And we must remember that King Henry wanted to accommodate his own personal behavior — divorce — so he created his…

By: Hugh Hewitt – washingtonpost.com – December 4, 2017 The Post reported that a former top FBI official, Peter Strzok, who had been assigned to and then removed from special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation, had “exchanged politically charged texts disparaging [President] Trump and supporting Democrat Hillary Clinton” and that Strzok was “also a key player in the investigation…

By: David French – nationalreview.com – December 4, 2017 It’s astounding how many defenses of the state’s position in Masterpiece Cakeshopdepend on misrepresentation and misconceptions. Last week I wrote about the most common misrepresentation — that Jack Phillips discriminated on the basis of sexual orientation when he refused to design a custom cake for a same-sex-wedding celebration. After all, he…

By: Adam Michel – heritage.org – December 3, 2017 The House and Senate have now each passed different versions of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Both bills are a big improvement to America’s out-of-date tax code and could boost the economy by almost 3 percent, leading to more jobs and higher wages for working Americans. Both bills cut taxes for…

By: James Piereson and  Naomi Schaefer Riley – wsj.com – November 17, 2017 United Way CEO Brian A. Gallagher at a human-trafficking forum in Alexandria, Va., 2015. Photo: Nick Wass/AP Images for United Way Worldwide The Trump administration has turned out to be a bonanza for the nonprofit world. Liberal groups like the American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood…

  By: Chuck Bentley – crown.org – December 1, 2017 Dear Chuck, I’ve been inspired by Washington Redskins quarterback, Kirk Cousins’ frugality. Don’t you think more professional athletes and musicians should set his kind of example? Big Fan of Kirk’s Dear Big Fan, I not only wish more athletes followed his example, I think all of us could learn from…

By: Kevin Williamson – nationalreview.com – December 3, 2017 Presidents really only get to do one big thing, or maybe two. Abraham Lincoln saved the Union. Franklin Roosevelt got his New Deal and joined the war against Adolf Hitler. Lyndon Johnson expanded the welfare state and signed into law a landmark civil-rights bill. George W. Bush wanted to be a…

By: Hank Adler – townhall.com – December 3, 2017 Anyone who reads my commentary on Townhall.com knows that I believe there are areas of the Senate & House tax reform bills that could be improved. I am especially concerned about the general elimination of the casualty loss,  but I am firmly convinced that the first time there is another Bernard…