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Jussie Smollett
Bearing False Witness: The Case of Jussie Smollett | The American Spectator | Politics is too important to be taken seriously.
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Four below zero — that’s how cold it was at 2 a.m. in Chicago on Jan. 29, when actor Jussie Smollett claims he was the victim of a racist, homophobic …
North Carolina
Walter Jones, a Man for the Right Season | The American Spectator | Politics is too important to be taken seriously.
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North Carolina State University’s Harrelson Hall, a cylindrical, UFO-looking building at alma mater featuring a winding, spiral ramp leading students …
George Washington
Washington and Lincoln Are As Relevant Today As Ever | The American Spectator | Politics is too important to be taken seriously.
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Presidents Day is unique among American holidays in providing the opportunity to remember and appreciate why George Washington and Abraham Lincoln — …
Venezuela
Ousting Maduro | The American Spectator | Politics is too important to be taken seriously.
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Venezuela’s socialist nightmare isn’t going to end soon because its socialist dictator, Nicolás Maduro, still controls the nation’s military. His …
5G
5G Gets the ‘Slow Walk’ at Commerce | The American Spectator | Politics is too important to be taken seriously.
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Bureaucracy is the death of any achievement. — Albert Einstein According to the many websites by which the federal government describes its myriad …
University of Chicago
The Sounds of Inflation | The American Spectator | Politics is too important to be taken seriously.
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Well, it had to happen. We were taught in econ 101 (actually my first class in econ was “Money and Banking” taught by my parents’ dear, dear friend …
Conservative View
Ex-FBI Deputy Director Has History of Misleading Statements | The American Spectator | Politics is too important to be taken
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Washington Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe will be on 60 Minutes Sunday night, and you can expect to see stories on him and his new book for …
Conservative View
Defrocking McCarrick Before the Abuse Summit | The American Spectator | Politics is too important to be taken seriously.
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With his “abuse summit” a few days away, Pope Francis finally got around to defrocking the sexual predator Theodore McCarrick this week. The move …
Film Festivals
Coming Soon to an Empty Theatre Near You | The American Spectator | Politics is too important to be taken seriously.
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Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the movie theatre, for entertainment and not progressive indoctrination, think again. Netflix just …
Conservative View
Abortion at Any Stage Is an Outrage | The American Spectator | Politics is too important to be taken seriously.
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The horrific practices of partial birth abortion and infanticide, which are now being advanced in Vermont and New Mexico, have prompted indignation …
Conservative View
Bitter, Partisan Liar Writes a Book | The American Spectator | Politics is too important to be taken seriously.
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Like a con proud of his crime, Andrew McCabe cannot help himself from boasting of his misdeeds. The disgraced former acting head of the Federal Bureau …
Conservative View
Farewell, Opportunity | The American Spectator | Politics is too important to be taken seriously.
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Opportunity, Spirit, Curiosity, there is something in the Mars rovers that touches something deeply human and pulls at the heartstrings. Opportunity …
Conservative View
Senator Tillis, Beware the Swamp | The American Spectator | Politics is too important to be taken seriously.
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Donald Trump’s clarion call in his 2016 presidential campaign was “Drain the Swamp.” At rallies across the country Trump supporters chanted those …
Conservative View
Border Battle: After Trump’s State of the Union and the Omnibus Deal | The American Spectator | Politics is too important
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The omnibus budget deal to avert a shutdown includes $1.375 billion to construct 55 miles of barriers. The bill contains restrictions on use of funds …
Conservative View
Trump Reveals Liberal Hearts and Minds | The American Spectator | Politics is too important to be taken seriously.
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I wrote here last week about the reaction to President Trump’s condemnation of socialism in his State of the Union. He said something indisputably …
Conservative View
The Left’s Anti-Semitism Problem | The American Spectator | Politics is too important to be taken seriously.
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Minnesota Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar tweeted out blatantly anti-Semitic messages, using what fellow Democrat and New York Congressman Eliot …
Green New Deal
Yes, the Green New Deal Could Happen | The American Spectator | Politics is too important to be taken seriously.
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Remember when the notion of Obamacare passing was laughable, unthinkable? And here we are, years later, in a system with runaway costs and increased …
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The United States of Amazon | The American Spectator | Politics is too important to be taken seriously.
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Amazon does not pay the government taxes. The government pays Amazon taxes. Some residents of the chutzpah capital of the world predictably rebel …
The Ruling Class’s Interference in Our Democracy | The American Spectator | Politics is too important to be taken seriously.
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It is clear that the United States government, far more than the Russian one, interfered in the 2016 campaign. Figures throughout the Obama …
Green New Deal
A Unicorn in Every Pot | The American Spectator | Politics is too important to be taken seriously.
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Most Americans recognize the phrase, “A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage.” Yet few could tell you, without a surreptitious glance at …
Our Moderates, Their Leninists | The American Spectator | Politics is too important to be taken seriously.
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If I were a hard leftist, I would love thoughtful, responsible conservatives such as David Brooks. They’re so much more helpful than those …
Newsom Dismantles Brown’s Boondoggles | The American Spectator | Politics is too important to be taken seriously.
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The conventional wisdom, which I have thus far embraced, is that California Gov. Gavin Newsom would push the state’s politics much further to the …
Blame It on the NRA | The American Spectator | Politics is too important to be taken seriously.
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When she could no longer deny the obvious, Representative Ilhan Omar apologized. Then, she attacked. Yes, perhaps she had said some insensitive …
Conservative View
What’s Worse Than Fake News? | The American Spectator | Politics is too important to be taken seriously.
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The other day all the major new outlets were covering a story about Elizabeth Warren saying on the campaign trail in Iowa that Donald Trump “might …
Health Care
Innovative Treatments May Require Equally Innovative Health Care Payment Models | The American Spectator | Politics is too
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What Sen. Bernie Sanders’ “Medicare-for-all,” former President Obama’s Affordable Care Act and former House Speaker Paul Ryan’s Medicare “premium …
EPA
Andrew Wheeler Is More Than Qualified to Lead EPA — Confirm Him Now! | The American Spectator | Politics is too important
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When Andrew Wheeler became acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator in July 2018, EPA was in turmoil. Seven months later, EPA is …
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
The Green Red Deal | The American Spectator | Politics is too important to be taken seriously.
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Watermelons: green on the outside, red on the inside. Leftist environmentalists hate that. And yet, they do little to eschew the label. Quite the …
With the Rise of Democrat Identity Politics, More Jew-Haters Will Continue Seeping Through the Cracks | The American Spectator
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OK, the Pseudo Nazis now are coming out of the woodwork in the Democrat party. To mix metaphors, it is the first bumper crop since the days of Ku …
Love and Death on the Western Front | The American Spectator | Politics is too important to be taken seriously.
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There is much to recommend the film They Shall Not Grow Old, which allows the viewer to imagine with some specificity just what life must have been …
Dems’ Abortion Lies | The American Spectator | Politics is too important to be taken seriously.
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Democrats fighting to expand a woman’s “right to choose,” no matter how far along her pregnancy, claim late-term abortions are rare and done only …