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Banning Straws

Want to sip a refreshing beverage this summer?If environmental zealots and sycophants get their way, you won't be allowed to sip it through a plastic straw.Actress Nina Nelson and other celebrities made a video claiming that plastic straws kill sea life: "In the USA alone, over 500 million ...

Jim Jordan, Brett Kavanaugh and Guilt by association

First it was Republican Congressman Jim Jordan. Now it's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.These men are considered guilty by association for being in proximity of wrongdoing that took place almost 30 years ago.Allegedly, Jordan took no action as a young assistant wrestling coach regarding ...

How to stop Trump’s lie machine

As the political season heats up, Donald Trump is ramping up his lies through three amplifiers: his rallies, Fox News and his Twitter account.The three function as a big propaganda machine.According to the Fact Checker's database, the average daily rate of Trump's false or misleading claims is ...

Trump Failed to Demonstrate Leadership with Putin

One of the Obama administration's greatest foreign-policy missteps was the failed "reset" button it attempted to hit with Vladimir Putin's Russia. President Donald Trump's meeting with Putin in Helsinki this week, and the calamitous press conference that followed, was far worse. Instead of a ...

Pruitt, not policies, the problem at EPA

Bad politicians do not translate automatically to bad policy. Scott Pruitt was not an acceptable administrator of President Donald Trump’s environmental policies — but that does not mean Trump should change them.It appears the president has no intention of altering course.Pruitt resigned as ...

Chico Marx for President

In a scene in the 1933 film "Duck Soup," the character played by Chico, the most underrated of the funny Marx Brothers, is dressed like another character, and when the other man leaves the room, the woman who remains is surprised to see Chico. She tells him she saw him leave. Chico's response ...