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Pity the anti-Trump protesters thronging the streets of American cities. Apparently, no one ever told them that they live in a geographically, economically, and ideologically varied nation, and that about half of its inhabitants might support a Republican candidate for president. They mistook the country for the campus of Oberlin College. The news that it actually isn’t arrived with the…

Donald J. Trump is president-elect of the United States of America. Many, including me, never expected to read those words. But for many Democrats, this election result is unfathomable. Many reasons exist for why Trump will swear the oath of office on January 20, 2017. But among them is the fact that the Democratic Party has become beholden to Planned…

For the combatants in America’s long-running culture wars, the triumph of Donald Trump and congressional Republicans was stunning — sparking elation on one side, deep dismay on the other. Advocates of LGBTQ rights and abortion rights now fear setbacks instead of further gains. But the outcome emboldened the anti-abortion movement and breathed new life into the religious right’s campaign for…

Hillary Clinton’s Popular Vote Victory Is Meaningless Did you know that Donald Trump won because the system is rigged? No, I’m not talking about “voter suppression” or disenfranchisement, though there are some people who claim that the GOP suppressed its way to a win. I’m talking about something far deeper, far more structural, and inextricably connected to America’s original sin…

How Left-Wing Billionaire George Soros Manipulated the 2016 Election He was particularly successful topping conservative law enforcement officials around the country. He’s “the puppet master,” Glenn Beck says. He creates what The Washington Times calls an “echo chamber” in the mainstream media. The studies and messages he manufactured were “used verbatim hundreds of times in sources ranging from The New…

While many are starting to grasp the enormity of Donald Trump’s victory, few seem interested in coming to grips with the significance of Hillary Clinton’s defeat. It’s understandable, for several reasons. Pretty much everyone was shocked by his victory, but liberals clearly are still in one of the early stages of grief. One of the main reasons Trump won is…

Donald Trump promised that he would make America great again. If he is to make good on that promise, he’ll need to start by robustly restoring our first freedom: the free exercise of religion. Unfortunately, under President Barack Obama’s administration, it came in for attack as never before. Thankfully, many of those attacks can be rectified in the very first…

Trump’s Victory Expands the Supreme Court — and Shrinks Its Docket President Obama’s administration has been defined by executive actions issued in response to congressional gridlock. At every stage, conservatives challenged those actions as violations of the separation of powers, and with the election of Donald J. Trump, each of them can now easily be rescinded. Though the Supreme Court…

Leaderless Democratic Party in Dire Straits After GOP Sweeps President Barack Obama hands over the White House to Republican Donald Trump in 70 days, leaving the Democratic Party leaderless and with few up-and-coming stars among its aging stalwarts. In what appeared to be a wave election, Republicans also secured majorities they already enjoyed in the Senate and the House and…

A Blow to the Non-Elite Elite There were a lot of losers in this election, well beyond Hillary Clinton and the smug, incompetent pollsters and know-it-all, groupthink pundits who embarrassed themselves. From hacked e-mail troves we received a glimpse of the bankrupt values of Washington journalists, lawyers, politicians, lobbyists, and wealthy donors. Despite their brand-name Ivy League degrees and 1…

‘Conservatives’ and evangelicals are at the core of Trump’s support Exit polls reveal some disturbing information about those who have held themselves out as the most principled voices on the right. President-elect Donald Trump got 81 percent of the “conservative” vote. He got the same percentage of self-identified evangelicals. If you are aghast that “America” could elect Trump, it’s important…