WASHINGTON — Democrats just can’t help themselves. They were winning the battle over family separations at the southern border. Americans of all political persuasions were horrified by the images of children in cages separated from their parents. Despite President Trump’s efforts to blame Democrats for the catastrophe, polls showed that a plurality of Americans placed […]
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Posted inOp-Eds, sj-web
What happens when the social covenant is torn?
We’re not here to talk about civility. Granted, that was the inescapable buzzword last week as the left wing rose in pointedly uncivil protest of the evil being perpetrated by the Republican Party and the moral monstrosity who is our president. GOP officials found themselves turned away from one restaurant, heckled in two others and […]
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The China fiasco
President Trump’s education in global trade continues. Not long ago, he declared that trade wars “are good and easy to win.” He knows better now. The administration’s performance in its latest trade talks with China has been ineffectual, instructive and (yes) humiliating. Let’s be clear. China is the one major country where an aggressive American […]
Posted inOpinion, sj-web
Let's call the whole thing off
The Nobel committee will presumably be disappointed, but President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korea dictator Kim Jong Un should stay canceled. The meeting was much more likely to serve Kim’s interests rather than ours, and could well have begun the unraveling of the pressure campaign that is our most reliable point of leverage against […]
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Let's call the whole thing off
The Nobel committee will presumably be disappointed, but President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korea dictator Kim Jong Un should stay canceled. The meeting was much more likely to serve Kim’s interests rather than ours, and could well have begun the unraveling of the pressure campaign that is our most reliable point of leverage against […]
Posted inOpinion, sj-web
Let's call the whole thing off
The Nobel committee will presumably be disappointed, but President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korea dictator Kim Jong Un should stay canceled. The meeting was much more likely to serve Kim’s interests rather than ours, and could well have begun the unraveling of the pressure campaign that is our most reliable point of leverage against […]
Posted inOpinion, sj-web
CBO concludes CHIP will not be affected by proposal
Nothing is more important than our children’s health. That’s why the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is so critical. This federal program provides health coverage for low-income children and families. Unfortunately, political activists are spreading false information to scare disadvantaged families about their CHIP coverage. Many in the media are pushing that false narrative as […]
Posted inOpinion, sj-web
Trump supporters speak
We’re going to try something different today. Rather than pontificate yet again upon the motives of Donald Trump’s supporters, I’ll let a few of them explain themselves in their own words. Here, then, is “Robert” with a comparative analysis of the 44th and 45th presidents: “President Trump has accomplished more positive things for this nation […]
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Gambling on sports is a bad bet
Human nature being what it is it should come as no shock that the next level of approved gambling in America is sports betting. States already have casinos, the lottery and other ways of separating money from the weak for their ravenous and bottomless coffers, so why not allow betting on sports contests? The question […]
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Trump proving to be the most pro-life president in history
President Trump’s critics were apoplectic last week when the president referred to MS-13 gang members as “animals.” Of course, no one should be dehumanized. Yet many of the same people expressing outrage that Trump would dehumanize vicious gang members have no problem dehumanizing innocent, unborn children. Trump has stood up for the humanity of the […]