By: Nicholas Phillips – nationalreview.com – February 1, 2019 Few Americans identify as fiscally conservative and socially progressive. So why does Howard Schultz think such a platform will win him the presidency? Howard Schultz, the former CEO of Starbucks, is preparing to run for president. But he’d like you to know that he would be no ordinary candidate — he...

By: Rabbi Yaakov Menken and Lathan Watts – americanthinker.com – January 29, 2019 Modern armed forces must contend with that which is euphemized as “collateral damage.” Every military is expected to do its utmost to reduce harm to innocent civilians and is condemned if it is negligent in this regard. A similar standard must apply in our quest for universal human...

By: Rabbi Yaakov Menken and Lathan Watts – americanthinker.com – January 29, 2019 Modern armed forces must contend with that which is euphemized as “collateral damage.” Every military is expected to do its utmost to reduce harm to innocent civilians and is condemned if it is negligent in this regard. A similar standard must apply in our quest for universal human...

  By: Jenny Beth Martin – thehill.com – January 30, 2019 Visit to Mexico tells the truth about American border security Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer says he wants the Statue of Liberty to be the symbol of America rather than a border wall. It is no doubt a catchy message, it is clearly misleading. Let us start with a...

By: Amie Parnes – thehill.com – January 31, 2019 Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is enduring a rocky presidential rollout. Schultz, who announced Sunday that he is considering a White House run as an independent, has faced an onslaught of criticism by Democrats who have criticized his wealth and slammed him for offering a candidacy they say could hand President Trump...

By: Mike Pence – nationalreview.com – January 31, 2019 Look at how far the Democratic party has fallen. This week, a delegate to the Virginia state legislature introduced a bill affirming abortion up to the moment of birth. In shocking testimony, the delegate admitted that even when it was obvious that a child was about to be born — in...

By: David Catron – spectator.org – January 28, 2019 There has been much wailing and rending of garments over the weekend about the layoffs of some writers, editors, and other staff at BuzzFeed, HuffPost, Yahoo, AOL, and Gannett. Naturally, the affected employees are upset and inclined to blame malign forces beyond their control. Predictably, the primary villain to emerge is...

By: Charles C. W. Cooke – nationalreview.com – January 24, 2019 How the media fail Our national press is a national joke. Vain, languid, excitable, morbid, duplicitous, cheap, insular, mawkish, and possessed of a chronic self-obsession that would have made Dorian Gray blush, it rambles around the United States in neon pants, demanding congratulation for its travails. Not since Florence...

By: Thomson/Reuters – newsmax.com – January 26, 2019 The U.S. economy lost at least $6 billion during the partial shutdown of the federal government due to lost productivity from furloughed workers and economic activity lost to outside business, S&P Global Ratings said on Friday. President Donald Trump agreed on Friday to end the 35-day partial shutdown, the longest in history,...

By: Ramesh Ponnuru – nationalreview.com – January 25, 2019 A question that has come up a lot over the last few weeks is: Why didn’t Republicans fund a border wall, or at least a significant increase in physical barriers at the border, when they held both houses of Congress and the White House? I think the answer comes down to...