Like the fabled boy who cried “wolf,” leftists have distorted and overused the ‘racist’ label to the point where all accusations of racism are viewed with skepticism. The victims of such a tactic are, of course, people – of any race – who become targets of actual racism.
What is ‘Truth’? According to radical leftist students at Pomona College in California, it is nothing more than a concept used by white imperialists to maintain their power. In a recent letter to College President David Oxtoby, the students utterly reject both truth and free speech. What they are really saying, however, is that only their truth matters and only their free speech should be permitted.
The United States Supreme Court has a full complement of Justices once again. President Trump’s new appointee, Neil Gorsuch, will face his first high-profile test Wednesday when the court hears a religious freedom case that also has implications for the limit of states’ rights. The final ruling of the court may be overshadowed, however, by analysis of Gorsuch’s opinion.
Jared Kushner is a man who, thus far, has avoided the limelight but – at some point – he will have to take responsibility for failures, or successes, in the policy areas now under his influence. The rise or fall of his fortunes as a close confidante of the president will tell us all we need to know about how Donald Trump will square America’s interests with his loyalty to family.
The deliberate misinterpretation of Sean Spicer’s intent, in order to score some cheap, political points, is reprehensible and those who are jumping on this particular bandwagon should be deeply, deeply ashamed.
In the past few days, President Donald Trump has met with both the Egyptian and Jordanian leaders to discuss the situation in the Middle East. For obvious reasons, the focus has been on the war in Syria, but what of prospects for peace between Israel and the Palestinians? Will Trump bring the two sides closer together than any of his predecessors managed to do?
American Tomahawk missiles destroyed more than just a Syrian airbase, Thursday; they also trampled the democratic theory that Russian President Vladimir Putin directed efforts to ensure that his friend, Donald Trump, would become President of the United States.
It is the duty of U.S. President Donald Trump to ensure that America emerges from the morass with insignificant damage – and as few casualties – as possible. And there is a way to do this, but it would take much courage.
Immigration isn’t the only issue over which the state of California has set up a fight with the federal government. Marijuana, for both medical and recreational use, is legal in the state and a bill has been introduced to the assembly which would effectively prevent the enforcement of federal laws that criminalize the cultivation, sale, and use of the crop.