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The Hysteria Worked. For Now.

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Despite breathless warnings about Trump being a dictator, in the end the man 1) started no wars, 2) did not initiate any prosecutions of political opponents, and 3) did not use the IRS to take away the tax-exempt status of organizations opposed to his worldview. His immediate predecessor did all of that, and more. Nor did he attempt a coup d’etat to retain power. He filed lawsuits, just...

Between Hope and Despair: An Advent Message

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By Wayne Allensworth As we await the resolution of Trump’s efforts to contest the election outcome—and plenty of people now see the lawsuit filed by Texas and supported by a number of other states as the best way to do that—we should remind ourselves that public affairs are a means to an end, not an end in themselves.  And that when matters seem to be out of control, we still have cause for...

The show must go on: A review of the year’s political theater

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by Ayad Rahim “A mistake in Washington is when a politician tells the truth”; so goes an old adage. Well, during this inaugural season of COVID, there have been a few slip-ups. The biggest doozie of them all might have been Joe Biden’s boast, just ten days before the election, that “we have put together, I think, the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history...

If Biden Takes Office, An Open-Borders Subversive Will Run DHS

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If Tailpuller Joe puts his hand on a Bible on January 20, his selection to run the Department of Homeland Security will be Alejandro Mayorkas, a Cuban who admits he is hard left on immigration because he is a refugee from Fidel Castro’s island concentration camp. You’d think he would decline working in an administration that will be run by crackpot leftist Kamala Harris, and likely...

Mayor of Austin: You Better Stay Home. Guess Where I am?

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Well, well, well. Another day, another Democrat leftist tells us all to stay home, while he parties with the fam. This time it’s the mayor of Austin, Texas, Steve Adler. While whooping it up on the sunny shores of Cabo San Lucas, after landing in a private jet after his daughter’s 20-guest wedding fiesta, he told fellow Texans to stay locked up at home. Last week, it was the mayor of...

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