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Combat lies with truth, not memes

Being a progressive means you can lie with impunity and the media will declare you a truth-teller. The other day on CNN, Democrat strategist Elliot Williams defended Democrat claims that Donald Trump is a “threat to democracy” because of Trump’s refusal to accept election results. Hillary ...

Harris had minority journalists at ‘hello’

The easiest thing in the world to predict is that Vice President Kamala Harris is going to be coddled by minority journalists. If you speak the mantra “diversity, equity, inclusion” — and let’s add “history” — you’re rooting for a Harris victory. So when Harris finally ...

Important read about presidency

Coincident with the new movie, “Reagan,” is the release of an important new book about the Reagan presidency. Ken Khachigian, chief speechwriter for Ronald Reagan from his presidential campaign in 1980 to the conclusion of his second term in 1988, has just published his memoirs from those ...

‘Harris got the debate she wanted’

When I was in the polling business many years ago, our reports always started with the mood of the electorate, whether things were moving in the right direction or seriously off on the wrong track, then moved to two sections on character and issues. Usually those sections were pretty ...

The hill we are literally willing to die on

Gun violence is not just an urban issue. As rural community members along I-75 near Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky say things like “this is unheard of here” after a gunman shot at cars driving on the highway, they are forced to grapple with the fact that this American atrocity has ...

America’s mental health treatment demands action

The death earlier this summer of a mentally ill Scranton man who authorities said was killed by his roommate at Norristown State Hospital is yet another sad symptom of this nation’s woefully inadequate system to help people whose medical conditions have made them a danger to both themselves ...