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Oct 16 2019
News
The Constitution’s ban on “cruel and unusual” punishment is in grave danger from the Supreme Court
With Kennedy gone, the Supreme Court’s already rethinking the Eighth Amendment.
There probably isn’t much doubt how Mathena v. Malvo, a case the Supreme Court will hear on Wednesday, will wind up being resolved.
The “Malvo” in this case is Lee Boyd Malvo, one half of the infamous pair of serial killers who terrorized the Washington, DC area with a sniper rampage in 2002. He was
Vox
Aug 27 2019
News
On US slavery’s 400th anniversary, how ancestry quests help heal
lipping through his social studies textbook as a seventh grader in the 1970s, John F. Baker Jr. was stopped cold by an old black-and-white photo of four African Americans dressed in 1890s finery in front of a plantation home. The unidentified woman in the photo staring seriously out at him reminded him of his grandmother – and a tickle of curiosity was triggered every time he opened the book
Christian Science Monitor
Nov 22 2015
News
Wall St. Ties Linger as Image Issue for Hillary Clinton
John Wittneben simmered as he listened to Hillary Rodham Clinton defend her ties to Wall Street during last weekend’s Democratic debate. He lost 40 percent of his savings in individual retirement accounts during the Great Recession, while Mrs. Clinton has received millions of dollars from the kinds of executives he believes should be in jail.
“People knew what they were doing back then
New York Times (News)
Nov 24 2020
Perspectives Blog
No, It’s Not Okay to Make Lists of Political Dissidents
A View from the RightEditor's Note: This piece is from a writer rated Lean Right. Get all sides of this topic by reading another view: Why Many On the Left Are Cutting Off Trump Supporters
As many media outlets have declared Joe Biden the projected winner of the 2020 U.S. election, some high-profile individuals, such as politicians and journalists, have begun making lists of
Julie Mastrine
Aug 10 2013
News
Debating Obamacare Strategy: Defund or Delay?
You'll recall that I spelled out my thoughts on this question in some detail last week, and yesterday I appeared on Fox News with the great Monica Crowley to debate my conclusion. Monica adheres to the school of thought that defunding Obamacare through the looming temporary budget scrap is the last chance Republicans have to stop the law. I disagree, arguing that forcing a government
Townhall
May 27 2019
News
Trump Says Recent North Korean Missile Tests Didn’t Bother Him
President says he doesn’t think they violate U.N. resolutions, acknowledges disagreement with advisers
President Trump said he didn’t think North Korea’s missile tests were a violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions and acknowledged disagreement with his advisers.
“I view it differently,” Mr. Trump said Monday, speaking at a news conference with Japan’s Prime
Wall Street Journal (News)
May 26 2016
News
Sanders camp: We hope Trump doesn't 'chicken out' on debate
Bernie Sanders' campaign manager said Thursday he hopes Donald Trump does not "chicken out" after the two talked about the possibility of a one-on-one debate, but the presumptive GOP front-runner said he'd "love to debate Bernie."
"We are ready to debate Donald Trump. We hope he will not chicken out. I think it will be great for America to see these two candidates and the different
CNN (Online News)
Feb 04 2015
News
Jeb on running as a Bush: 'Interesting challenge'
Jeb Bush said Wednesday that running in 2016 as the son and brother of former presidents will be “an interesting challenge” and that he must establish himself as his “own person” in order to win. “I love my brother,” the former Florida governor said of George W. Bush during a question-and-answer session following a speech to the Detroit Economic Club. “I think he’s been a great president. It
Politico
Jun 19 2012
News
OPINION: Weekly Standard: Obama Fails To Act In Syria
The prominence of Russian-made helicopters in Bashar Assad's brutal and desperate efforts to hang on to power puts the Syrian war in a new light. It's getting difficult to categorize the conflict simply as a humanitarian crisis or a "teacup war" of secondary significance. Rather, Syria's civil war is increasingly fought under a great-power cloud that hasn't been seen in the Middle East for
NPR (Online News)
Oct 15 2015
Opinion
OPINION: What Hillary gets right about Glass-Steagall
Reinstating the Glass-Steagall Act has achieved something close to totemic significance in the Democratic Party. It's the 1933 law that forbade financial companies from engaging in both commercial and investment banking. It was scrapped in 1999 by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which was passed by a conservative Congress and signed by Democratic President Bill Clinton. And at Tuesday night's
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