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Memorial Day 2016 and Remembering Afghanistan

I had to shut down my computer the other day after reading about all the brave soldiers who’ve joined the ranks of the “forever young” in Afghanistan. It’s been a long 15 years. War is not for the fainthearted, orthe impatient. I am guilty on both counts, but I am not alone in my feelings […]

The Dogs That Aren’t Barking — and Those That Are — in 2016

Let’s look back on the primary campaign — completed for Republicans, still ongoing for Democrats — and see if we can identify what Sherlock Holmes referred to as dogs that didn’t bark. For what’s unusual about this campaign is not only that unexpected things happened — improbable candidates Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders getting more […]

The ‘War On Salt’ Is Bad Policy Based on Bad Science

The Center for Science in the Public Interest, one of the few openly authoritarian organizations functioning in the United States, once sued the Food and Drug Administration for refusing to regulate Americans’ salt intake. No worries. This week, the Obama administration finally embraced CSPI’s junk science and allowed the FDA to set new “guidelines” to […]

4,704 Cases of Addiction Are Destroying Higher Education

Higher education news is often dominated by troubling statistics and anecdotes. Whether it’s ever-rising costs, staggering student loan debt, sexual assaults, binge drinking, lower standards or other issues, concerns about American colleges are higher than ever before. These issues are just the tip of the iceberg and cannot be solved until we address an issue […]

New Law Could Make It ILLEGAL To Disagree With Liberals

Liberals haven’t been able to use climate change to enact all of their disastrous economic policies because the pesky science kept getting in the way and so people just didn’t believe what liberals were selling. So liberals in California came up with a new plan: make it illegal to not believe in climate change. From […]

Here’s What CNN Did To Trump That They NEVER Did To Hillary

Donald Trump has certainly used the media to his advantage during primary season, depending on them to carry him to victory. They did — but anyone who is familiar with Republican primaries knows that as soon as primary season is over, the media will quickly become his worst nightmare. And it’s already happening. From Young […]

Do These Hurricanes Kill More People Because Of… SEXISM?

Are hurricanes with female names more deadly than those with male names? One study says yes — and researchers blame it on sexism. From the Washington Post: People don’t take hurricanes as seriously if they have a feminine name and the consequences are deadly, finds a new groundbreaking study. Female-named storms have historically killed more […]

America’s Free College Plan Isn’t Bernie’s Idea [Meme]

America has ALWAYS had a free college program – whiny liberals just don’t like to do the work that it involves to EARN it. Is anyone REALLY surprised? Via Katie McGuire: Mike Rowe was asked by a fan to explain why none of the presidential candidates ever talk about blue-collar job training. The renowned entrepreneur not […]

The Essence of Socialism: Police Firing Teargas at Protestors Desperate for Food

No one can claim they don’t know where Bernie Sanders–style democratic socialism leads. Not with Venezuela imploding right before our eyes: Venezuelan security forces fired teargas at protesters chanting “We want food!” near Caracas’ presidential palace on Thursday, the latest street violence in the crisis-hit OPEC nation. Hundreds of angry Venezuelans heading toward Miraflores palace […]

Achievement Inequality and the Stolen Stole

When leftists denounce income inequality, what they are actually objecting to is achievement inequality. They can take heart that their cause has been advanced at a high school in the Dallas area: National Honor Society (NHS) stoles are [a] frequent sight at high school graduation ceremonies around the country, but one Plano Senior High School […]

Abortion VS Gorilla Death in One BRUTAL Meme [VIDEO]

When a gorilla is more important than human life, maybe people need to take a look around a re-evaluate their priorities. Via Greg Campbell: Television changed everything. Americans turned against Vietnam when they saw the images on television. However, too few people are willing to look at images detailing abortion procedures. When people were shown […]

What Conservatives REALLY Think Of Clinton Supporters [Meme]

Anyone who is supporting Hillary Clinton deserves whatever backlash they get for being so blind. Wake up, folks. Via Terresa Monroe-Hamilton: I’m no fan of Donald Trump, but Hillary certainly has no room to accuse anyone of incompetency here. In a speech where she was supposed to address foreign policy, she went on a rant […]