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Speaker McCarthy’s weak position

Published by admin on Tue, 01/10/2023 - 7:29pm

At Issue This Week . . . Republicans

I am not a Rep. Kevin McCarthy fan. I think he is both rudderless and unprincipled. He is an opportunist who has not sold anyone on a reason for him to be speaker of the House of Representatives except that it is his time. We should not reward ladder-climbers who, having gotten to the top rung, just expect to climb it. But his lack of principles has now opened the door for the biggest conservative gains in Congress in decades and he should be speaker of the House.

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Biden’s cockeyed Christmas message

Published by admin on Tue, 01/03/2023 - 6:08pm

At issue this week... Biden Presidency by Tim Graham

Imagine being a speechwriter for a so-called “devout Catholic” president and being asked to write a Christmas speech. It sounded like the first instruction was: Don’t say the words “Jesus Christ.”

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Jan. 6 committee’s bad political theater

Published by admin on Tue, 12/27/2022 - 7:26pm

At issue this week... Donald Trump by Cal Thomas

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The slippery slope never ends

Published by admin on Tue, 12/20/2022 - 7:08pm

At issue this week... Gender by Ben Shapiro

In 2006, then-Sen. Joe Biden ranted against the supposed irrelevance of a proposed constitutional amendment to define marriage in federal law as one man, one woman. “We already have a law, the Defense of Marriage Act,” he said. “I’ve voted, and others have said, look, marriage is between a man and a woman and states must respect that. Nobody’s violated that law, there’s been no challenge to that law. Why do we need a constitutional amendment? Marriage is between a man and a woman.”

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Marriage: Truth cannot be redefined

Published by admin on Tue, 12/13/2022 - 7:44pm

At issue this week... Freedom by Star Parker

The Respect for Marriage Act, codifying same-sex marriage as federal law, already decided as such by the Supreme Court in the Obergefell decision in 2015, has now passed the Senate. If it passes in the House, President Joe Biden will sign it into law.

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The media vs. free speech on Twitter

Published by admin on Tue, 12/06/2022 - 6:24pm

At issue this week... Twitter by Tim Graham

Anyone who thinks the First Amendment is best represented by the “news” media is not paying attention to the way they wage war on freedom of speech for the conservative “rabble” on social media platforms.

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Thanksgiving, but to whom?

Published by admin on Tue, 11/29/2022 - 4:33pm

At issue this week... Thanksgiving by Cal Thomas

Merriam-Webster has announced it is adding about 500 new words to its 7th edition of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary. I doubt most people will ever use them in conversation or in writing, but they will be beneficial when playing the board game.