Hard left, Progressive setbacks In the face of new determination by Berkeley police and recently installed university chancellor Carol Christ to restore free speech rights to campus and town, conservative commentator Ben Shapiro was able to deliver an unobstructed talk last night to a large audience on the university campus, a significant setback to the […]
Archives for September 2017
Thursday’s news (9/14/2017)
Washington chaos follows Trump’s turn toward Democrats Responding to conservative backlash, President Trump this morning denied he had made a deal with Democratic leaders on DACA. But he hinted a further move toward the Democrats when he told Congressional leaders that the rich, whose invested savings are key to economic growth, may not get a […]
Wednesday’s news (9/13/2017)
Wall Street Journal, Republicans attacked for thwarting U.S. ABM defense Angelo Codevilla has just denounced the Republican political establishment for sabotaging U.S. development of ABM technologies capable of defending against Russian and Chinese ICBMs. President Trump’s initial budget reduced fiscal 2017 missile defense spending by 4%, but after North Korean threats, Trump declared “I don’t […]
Tuesday’s news (9/12/2017)
Axis of evil Russia and China joined yesterday at the U.N. Security Council to weaken a U.S.-backed resolution for stronger sanctions against North Korea. They also warned against U.S. efforts to depose the Kim Jong-un regime. Russia has been going beyond diplomatic support for the North Korean regime; it’s also actively trading with it. The […]
Monday’s news (9/11/2017)
Pressure on China to benefit itself by abandoning Kim Jong-un Senator McCain favors upping the military stakes by redeploying U.S. nuclear weapons back to South Korea. But former U.N. ambassador John Bolton’s proposal to unify the Korean peninsula under South Korea’s governance would be a peaceful win-win resolution for China and the rest of the world. […]