By: David French – nytimes.com – August 7, 2018 Let me start by making a few things abundantly clear. First, Alex Jones is a loathsome conspiracy theorist who generates loathsome content. Second, there is no First Amendment violation when a private company chooses to boot anyone off a private platform. Third, it seems reasonably clear that Mr. Jones’s content isn’t...

By: Howard Kurtz – FoxNews.com – August 8, 2018 Their cases could not be more different. But it’s getting increasingly difficult to defend the New York Times for hiring a writer with a history of racist and anti-Trump tweets, while Facebook, Apple and other tech giants are perfectly comfortable banning Alex Jones. The debate around Sarah Jeong, the Times’ newest...

By: David French – nationalreview.com – August 1, 2018 Last week FiveThirtyEight — an influential website known primarily for its sober-minded statistical analysis — published a remarkable attack on Catholic hospitals. It purported to expose how many American communities are dependent on Catholic care and how “bishops” shape their health-care choices. Here’s a key paragraph: In a growing number of...

By: Stephen Dinan – Washingtontimes.com – July 26, 2018 Forget the Russian government — foreign nationals are increasingly gaining the ability to influence American elections more directly. They’re being granted the right to vote. From Boston, where the city council is debating the move, to San Francisco, where noncitizens gained the right earlier this month in school-board elections, jurisdictions are...

By: Masood Farivar – voanews.com – July 26, 2018 This week the Trump administration is hosting an international summit in Washington aimed at advancing religious freedom around the world. Government representatives say the event showcases the link among freedom of worship, human rights and economic prosperity. “America stands for religious freedom not only because it is the morally right thing...

By: Staff – toddstarnes.com – July 25, 2018 The commander of Warren Air Force Base is refusing to back down after she surrendered to the demands of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation and removed a Bible from a POW-MIA table. Col. Stacy Jo Huser, the 90th Missile Wing commander replaced the Bible with a generic “book of faith” to ensure...

By: Rachel Alexander – stream.org – July 25, 2018 Ever since Donald Trump became president, the left has acted as if the world is falling apart. But the overreaction isn’t convincing people. Trump’s approval rating has gone up 6 percent since the beginning of 2018. It is at the highest level since he took office. The truth is, Trump really...

By: Robert Knight – washingtontimes.com – July , 2018 Over the weekend, in addition to being in the World Cup soccer final against tiny Croatia, France got to celebrate Bastille Day, which commemorates the July 14, 1789, storming of the infamous Paris prison. It’s fair to say the soccer match was worthier of feting. The Bastille takeover sparked the French...

By: David French – nationalreview.com – July 20, 2018 I’ve got some questions for my progressive readers. When you think of Colin Kaepernick, do you define him by his quiet kneeling and many thoughtful interviews? Or do you define him by the socks he wore once, dehumanizing cops as pigs? When you think of writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, do you define...

By: Natasha Korecki – politico.com – July 17, 2018 The Trump administration’s scandals threaten to take a toll on Republicans in battleground districts this fall, according to new polling suggesting “culture of corruption” messaging is gaining traction. Fifty-four percent of voters across 48 Republican-held congressional districts said Republicans are “more corrupt” than Democrats, compared with 46 percent who said Democrats...