J. Cal Davenport
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Ryan and Santorum Disagree on Meaning of Democrats’ VA Election Sweep
Nearly every observer has an interpretation of yesterday’s electoral sweep of Virginia by the Democratic Party, the first significant, positive performance the party has displayed since the election of Donald Trump. President Trump quickly tossed gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie beneath a bus after his loss, which unexpectedly was by 9 points, despite the fact that Trump had tweeted and… → Read More
The Eagles Offense Was So Good Yesterday, It Caused This Unforeseen Problem
It’s good to be a Philadelphia Eagles fan these days, unless you need the experience of stadium gimmicks to pump you up and have a good time. Yesterday’s 51-23 crushing of the Denver Broncos led the team to a league-best 8 wins with only 1 loss. The “offensive explosion” meant that so many fireworks were shot off after Eagles scores that the stadium ran out of them, according to Fox 29. Fans… → Read More
The Media’s Fake News About the Manhattan Terrorist Attack
Yesterday, a 29-man named Sayfullo Saipov plowed through a bicycle path in Lower Manhattan with a white truck, resulting in the death of 8 and the injuring of 11 more. Along with the lives lost, an additional casualty of the attack is liberals’ ability to recognize reality: among them, that the culprit of this act of terrorism adhered to what he at least understood to be Islam and carried out… → Read More
Kid Rock Tells Howard Stern If He’s Running for Senate
For several months, Kid Rock has teased the possibility that he would jump into the race for the Senate seat in his (and my) home state of Michigan. A successful bid for for the Republican nomination would set him against three-term, incumbent Democrat Debbie Stabenow. The potential that the GOP would double down on the decision to nominate unpolished, tell-it-like-it-is candidates with… → Read More
The Weinstein Fallout and the Lack of Moral Character
Regarding the Weinstein sexual harassment and assault situation, The Washington Post recently asked why so many men are confused about the concept of consent. I responded that, in fact, they are not confused, they just don’t care. It is not a knowledge problem, but a morality problem. Now, of course, the #metoo social media movement has highlighted what may be a disparity between what men… → Read More
Stage-4 Cancer Can’t Hold This American Hero Back
Sometimes it takes the worst tragedies to bring out the qualities that restore our faith in humanity. Hurricane Harvey has left us with more than devastation: in its aftermath, numerous people have performed heroically, saving other human beings and animals. There was this man who now famously took his boat out to “save some lives.” Houston police officer Bert Ramon is another man doing… → Read More
Reminder: Democrats Would Cancel Elections Too
Yesterday, I reported on a disturbing poll from the Washington Post that found that more than half of Republicans would be willing to postpone the 2020 election if Trump proposed it in order to make sure no non-citizens vote. The Constitution allows for no such act by the president and U.S. Code as passed by Congress has delegated such decisions to states, but what is most concerning is the… → Read More
Poll: Majority of Republicans Would Favor Postponing 2020 Elections if Trump Proposed It
On Sunday, Venezuela held what can only be described as a mock election to choose constituents for an assembly to revise the country’s constitution, though no one other than the president, Nicholas Maduro, wants said constitution revised. Predictably, the regime has touted massive turnout, despite a widespread boycott from both the right and left, while the opposition claims that turnout was… → Read More
Dutch Airlines Pride Tweet Sets Up Perfect Response
The German evangelist Reinhard Bonnke once told a story about a time he was asked for his views regarding homosexuality. He immediately responded with a question of his own: “When you go to the gas station, do you put the pump in the gas tank or the exhaust pipe?” He then clarified that everyone understands intuitively the purposes for which the pump, tank and exhaust are made. His point was… → Read More
California’s Governor Brown Says This, Not Abortion, Should Be Democrat Litmus Test
Intelligence -- no longer just a litmus test for good parenting skills in Oregon. On Sunday, California governor Jerry Brown weighed in on the Democratic Party controversy over whether abortion should be a litmus test for becoming a party candidate, arguing, according to The Hill, that it would not be a helpful standard nationwide. “Well, the litmus test should be intelligence, caring about, as… → Read More
Venezuela Pretends to Have An Election
Another day, another report of tyranny from the socialist countries of Latin America. Claims by the government of an “extraordinary turnout” in Sunday’s election in Venezuela are being called fraudulent by the opposition. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro convened a constituent assembly for the purpose of rewriting the Venezuelan constitution, which was passed under Hugo Chavez in 1999.… → Read More
Ben Sasse Does His Job with This Warning to Trump
Warning the an independent counsel investigating him not to look into his personal finances. Firing an FBI director after telling him to stop investigating his former National Security Advisor. Talking about yacht sex in a speech to the Boy Scouts. The list of bizarre decisions, action and statements from President Trump is almost as long as the tax code and it gets longer daily. A new approach… → Read More
Another Sign China May Be the Future of Christian Civilization
Studying and living in Europe for the past eight months, I have experienced what so many have reported in recent decades: the welcoming people, the great history and the many sights of the continent aside, it is for the most part spiritually dead. Christianity, the primary force for the creation of the greatness of Europe when it predominated, is now a relic mostly practiced by the oldest… → Read More
Who Has a Better Plan for the Comey Hearing: Trump or These Bars?
Well, rejoice, you have a voice If you're concerned about the destination Of this great nation It's called the American Honky-Tonk Bar Association -- Garth Brooks A man walks into a bar to watch James Comey testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee. No, this isn’t a story from The Onion. If you feel the urge to drink while watching the former FBI director give testimony regarding the… → Read More
Does the Prosperity Gospel Explain Trump’s Success with Evangelicals?
The British magazine The Economist published a story purporting to explain Donald Trump’s continued success among evangelicals -- 80 percent of white evangelicals who regularly attend church approve of his job performance according to a recent survey from the Pew Research Center -- by relating it to American adherence to the “prosperity gospel.” Is there any truth to this idea? Let’s take a… → Read More
We’re Supposed to Eat What to Stop Climate Change?
Perhaps the factor that most turns people off to warnings about climate change, aside from the haughty insistence that dissenting scientists don’t matter and deniers should be imprisoned, is the laughable recommendations given to halt the impending disaster. Moderating consumption or increasing energy efficiency, these make sense if anthropomorphic climate change is real. Stopping cow… → Read More
North Korea Accuses U.S., South Korea of Attempting to Assassinate Kim Jong Un
North Korean state news media accused the U.S. and South Korea today of plotting an assassination attempt on Kim Jong Un. The Washington Post reports. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Friday that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and South Korea’s National Intelligence Agency had bribed a North Korean citizen to “hurt the supreme leadership” using a biochemical… → Read More
Venezualan Creates Youtube Series to Describe His ‘Socialist Hell’
Meet Carlos Gaio. Carlos is a 31-year-old Venezuelan who has undertaken describing his everyday life in a YouTube series unambiguously titled ‘My Socialist Hell.’ Some people might think the horror stories coming out of Venezuela are exaggerated or fake, he acknowledges, but one of his goals is to confirm that the “unappealing” portrayal of the situation in Venezuela by the news is absolutely… → Read More
German Interior Minister: “We Are Not Burka”
Just days after the German parliament voted to approve a limited burka ban (it applies only to “judges, civil servants and soldiers carrying out their duties”), German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere wrote an editorial in the newspaper Bild am Sonntag, saying, “We are an open society. We show our face. We are not burka.” The UK Telegraph reports that he went on to call for laws to protect… → Read More
Really. Trump Asks Why Was There a Civil War, Why It Couldn’t Have Been Worked Out
In perhaps the most bizarre example of ignorance yet on the part of Donald Trump, at least since his nuclear triad debate response (admittedly that one has a more direct bearing on his capabilities as commander-in-chief), he asked why the Civil War could not have been avoided. He posed this gem of a question in an in-depth interview with Salena Zito of The Washington Examiner. Though the… → Read More