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Carson demands ‘change in format’ to GOP debates

Do you think the format of the debates should be changed? Ben Carson is hardly alone among Republican candidates in the 2016 presidential race dissatisfied with the format of the three debates they’ve endured to date, though Carson is perhaps the least advantaged by the rapid-fire time limits imposed on candidates thanks to his relaxed […]

Good News: Climate Bigwigs Coming For Your Fridge And AC

Nothing says “climahypocrite” like taking fossil fueled flights to Dubai, then huddling in air conditioned hotel and meeting rooms while complaining about climate change caused by refrigerants (Bloomberg) The biggest global warming battle you’ve never heard of kicks off in Dubai this weekend. Climate negotiators from across the globe will gather in the Persian Gulf city to […]

College Dean Accuses Officers Of Stopping Her For ‘walking While Black’ But Dashcam Shows She Lied

Dorothy Bland, dean of the journalism school at the University of North Texas, is used to taking a walk at daybreak. That’s what she was doing when she says…THIS happened! Rain delayed her exercise regimen until later Saturday morning when she began traversing the streets of her well-to-do Corinth neighborhood. But soon “flashing lights and […]

Illegals Caught At Border Thought Their Families Could Stay In US

Whatever would give them that idea? (AP) Hundreds of immigrant families caught illegally crossing the Mexican border told U.S. immigration agents they made the dangerous journey in part because they believed they would be permitted to stay in the United States and collect public benefits, according to internal intelligence files from the Homeland Security Department. […]

This Week In Quotes (Double Edition)

Jeb raised only three times as much from small donors as did Lawrence Lessig, the semi-obscure Harvard professor, running as a Democrat, who was too fringey to be invited to a debate that featured Lincoln Chaffee, who had only 29 itemized donors through the third quarter of 2011. And Jeb’s total amount, $4.2 million, raised […]

Melissa Harris-Perry Needs a Trip to Hard Work U

MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry is the cable TV pioneer who broke the tastelessness barrier for feminists by wearing tampons as earrings on air in 2013. This week, she made ignominious history again — as the race-baiting fool in an ivory tower bubble who believes the words “hard worker” are a slur against black slaves and moms […]

Why Family Structure Is So Important

It’s been a good month for champions of the traditional family, but don’t expect the family wars to be ending any time soon. In recent weeks, a barrage of new evidence has come to light demonstrating what was once common sense. “Family structure matters” (in the words of my American Enterprise Institute colleague Brad Wilcox, […]

Thank You, CNBC, for a Wonderful Evening

I dedicate the lead of this column to thanking CNBC for displaying its rank liberal bias in last night’s GOP presidential debate for all the world to see. In relative terms, “all the world” is not that far off if you consider last night’s audience size compared with the network’s usually paltry ratings. The more […]

Power To Walk Away Matters More Than The Right To Vote

Politicians from both major political parties often talk of empowering the middle class or some other group of voters. But in reality, they’re just seeking power for themselves. It is important, of course, that we have the right to vote. But empowerment comes from freedom, not democracy. While we rarely think about it, we all […]