WASHINGTON — Democrats just can’t help themselves. They were winning the battle over family separations at the southern border. Americans of all political persuasions were horrified by the images of children in cages separated from their parents. Despite President Trump’s efforts to blame Democrats for the catastrophe, polls showed that a plurality of Americans placed […]
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Funny, we don't worry about mad romaine disease
Come July Fourth, millions of Americans will toss burgers on the grill without a second thought. It was different 14 years ago. Remember “mad cow disease” — the health crisis that never happened? Shortly before Independence Day 2004, the U.S. Agriculture Department announced — James Comey-like — the discovery of two “inconclusive” cases of mad […]
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Thirty years of 'global warming' panic
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the “global warming” (now known as “climate change”) panic. As noted by The Wall Street Journal, it was on June 23, 1988 that NASA scientist James E. Hansen testified before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and asserted a “high degree of confidence” […]
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What happens when the social covenant is torn?
We’re not here to talk about civility. Granted, that was the inescapable buzzword last week as the left wing rose in pointedly uncivil protest of the evil being perpetrated by the Republican Party and the moral monstrosity who is our president. GOP officials found themselves turned away from one restaurant, heckled in two others and […]
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U.S. needs help to win the trade war
WASHINGTON — If we are to have a “trade war” with China, it would be best to win it. We should be better off after the fighting. Unfortunately, the chances of this happening seem slim to none, because President Trump’s plan of attack suggests that everyone — us and them — will lose. Interestingly, there’s […]
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Enforcement, not separation, is the issue
President Donald Trump climbed down on separating families at the border, but the underlying argument is not going away. The central question isn’t whether we should separate families — even most immigration hawks would prefer to hold families together — but whether migrants should stay in the United States or not. Trump hopes to salvage […]
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A chicken in every report card
Franklin Roosevelt reportedly promised Americans “a chicken in every pot.” Nowadays it seems that educationists are promising students an “honors” mark in every report card. An article on Monday in the Sun Journal showed that kids graduating from high school in Maine are almost certain to graduate at some “honors” level. At Cape Elizabeth High, […]
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Getting space ready for business
We often think of space as a big, empty void, except for the occasional planet, moon or star. But in reality, it’s getting dangerously crowded up there. More than 20,000 pieces of space debris larger than four inches fly around the planet at blistering speeds of 15,000 to 20,000 mph. Perhaps more concerning are the […]
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Immigration has become the litmus test of U.S. nationalism
NEW YORK — Democrats are exultant that Donald Trump had to reverse his policy of separating immigrant families at the border. And there is good reason to celebrate: The policy was mean-spirited and unnecessary. But I do wonder whether this episode will prove to be as damaging to the president as liberals think. With this […]
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Don't fantasize about a benign U.S. before Trump
By Pankaj Mishra Bloomberg opinion President Donald Trump, it is clear, presides over a regime of untruth and personally inhabits a realm of fantasy. But some of his critics have fallen prey to illusions of their own about the U.S. and the world before Trump. Take, for instance, Trump’s cruel disregard for the suffering of […]