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In the wake of terrorist attacks, Democrats push for gun-control laws that would not have stopped them. Almost as soon as the massacre at the Orlando nightclub Pulse ended, Democrats took up their push to forbid people on the terrorism watch list from purchasing guns. The timing, in the wake of the awful shock of the Orlando attack, was right,…

Don’t Bend Your Knee to Trump, Evangelicals A candidate who subverts all of our most cherished values should be avoided at all costs. Tomorrow, hundreds of Evangelical leaders will gather in New York City to meet with Donald Trump. I must confess that I don’t understand their purpose. I suspect that it will be exactly the kind of meeting that…

Political distractions abound in the wake of the horrific shooting. In a normal country during normal times, the jihadi terrorist shooting in Orlando in which 49 people were murdered in cold blood — and more than 50 injured — would be a cause for a serious debate about national security. Instead, it has been taken as an opportunity to light…

State gifts to the likes of Boeing, Ford, Google and Apple are unnecessary and unfair. Better to cut the tax rate and reduce regulation. Competition is at the heart of America’s economic success, but not every type of contest benefits society. Consider the growing trend of businesses cajoling states and politicians to compete for who can dole out the most…

Why don’t we actually prosecute gun crimes? The Democrats say they want commonsense gun-control measures. People on all sides say they want pragmatic, bipartisan solutions to our national problems. So, what can conservatives support? The Democrats’ opening bid this time around is, regardless of how Republicans receive it, a dead letter, inasmuch as their proposal — having police agencies compile…

No, We Are Not ‘Doing Everything We Can’ The lie at the heart of our national-security argument One of the great problems we face in our ongoing confrontation with Islamic fundamentalism is that our enemies are rational and we are not. It is a mistake — one that we insist on repeating — to tell ourselves that the jihadists and…

Real men and the predatory culture Real manhood begins with knowing the difference between right and wrong. Father’s Day is coming this Sunday, and there’s a lot to think about, given an incident that’s still making news days after it broke. Former Stanford swim team member Brock Allen Turner, who was found guilty by a jury, was sentenced by a…

For nearly 25 years, we’ve been clinging to the fiction that groups such as ISIS are anti-Islamic. Various reports indicate that the death toll from the jihadist attack overnight at a popular gay club in Orlando may exceed 50 people, with more than 50 others wounded. The terrorist’s identity has been reported: He is Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old American citizen…

There is new information on the horrific terror attack in Orlando last night that has killed at least 50 and wounded more than 100 in the largest mass shooting in American history. Sources are telling the Daily Beast that suspected killer Omar Mateen had previously been investigated by the FBI in 2013 and 2014, making this yet another “known wolf”…

Sunday morning’s horrifying attack on an Orlando gay club is not only the worst mass shooting in America’s history; it is the worst terrorist attack on American soil since 9/11. It should be treated as such. According to officials in Orlando, Omar Mir Seddique Mateen — a 29-year-old U.S. citizen born to Afghan parents — opened fire on more than…

The GOP lies fractured over Trump’s candidacy — but it didn’t have to be this way. One of the questions that has hung in the air since Donald Trump effectively clinched the GOP nomination a month ago is whether the #NeverTrump movement — the large-scale rupture between the Republican nominee and, at a minimum, a large swath of the conservative…