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December 28, 2016

Trump's Choice By John Stossel

America's socialists -- I mean, progressives, are enraged that President-elect Trump chose Betsy DeVos to be his secretary of education.    

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December 28, 2016

New York Times’ St. Nicholas Picks a Bone With Christ on Christmas By Charles Hurt

Just imagine it is one of the holiest days of the Muslim calendar and The New York Times decides to “celebrate” the occasion by asking incredulous questions aimed at obliterating the very foundation of the entire religion of Islam.

December 28, 2016

How Are Americans' Finances These Days?

Americans are much more optimistic about their personal financial future than they were a year ago.

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December 27, 2016

Random Thoughts, Looking Back By Thomas Sowell

Any honest man, looking back on a very long life, must admit -- even if only to himself -- being a relic of a bygone era. Having lived long enough to have seen both "the greatest generation" that fought World War II and the gratingest generation that we see all around us today, makes being a relic of the past more of a boast than an admission.

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December 27, 2016

Trump Nixes Pet Projects of Liberal and Conservative Elites By Michael Barone

It's been a tough year for political elites, here and around the world, what with the passage of Brexit in June in Britain, the repudiation of Colombia's Nobel Peace Prize recipient in the October FARC referendum and the defeat of America's Nobel Peace Prize recipient's preferred candidate in the November presidential election.

December 27, 2016

51% Now View Trump Favorably

Just over half of U.S. voters now view President-elect Donald Trump favorably, although strong negative opinions still outweigh strong positive ones.

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December 27, 2016

Barack Backhands Bibi By Patrick J. Buchanan

Did the community organizer from Harvard Law just deliver some personal payback to the IDF commando? So it would seem.

December 26, 2016

33% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Thirty-three percent (33%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending December 22. 

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December 26, 2016

Fewer Americans Use The Postal Service This Holiday Season

Americans say they didn’t use the U.S. Postal Service quite as much this holiday season, but they give the federal agency slightly higher marks for its job performance than they have in the pa

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December 24, 2016

Russia Hacking: Where's the Evidence? by Ted Rall

At the smallest, worst newspaper in the world -- even at a high school paper -- no sane editor would publish a story that wasn't backed by solid evidence. As the 20th century print journalism cliche goes, if your mother says she loves you, check it out. So why are the nation's most prestigious multi-Pulitzer-winning newsgathering organizations repeatedly claiming that hackers working for the Russian government stole emails belonging to the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton campaign manager John Podesta, and gave them to WikiLeaks?

December 24, 2016

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending December 24, 2016

Let’s put politics on pause to reflect at least briefly on the peaceful message of Christmas.

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December 23, 2016

Europe's Future -- Merkel or Le Pen? By Patrick J. Buchanan

The terrorist who hijacked a truck in Berlin and ran over and killed 12 people, maiming and wounding 48 more, in that massacre in the Christmas market, has done more damage than he could imagine.   

December 23, 2016

20% of Men Are Last-Minute Shoppers This Christmas

As usual, men are waiting to the last minute to do their holiday shopping, but they’re also planning to spend more than women compared to a year ago.

December 23, 2016

Americans Are Ready for a Joyous Christmas

Americans overwhelmingly continue to celebrate Christmas, and it remains the nation's top holiday.

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December 23, 2016

Some Christmastime Advice for Pundits and Partisans By Michael Barone

Now that the 538 electors have voted -- and, with only the most minor of exceptions, for the expected candidates -- we can marvel at how such a huge difference in public policies can be made by just a few votes, the 77,744 votes by which Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton for the 46 electoral votes in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.

December 22, 2016

More Are Going A-Visiting This Christmas Season

More Americans will be having guests for the holidays.

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December 22, 2016

Americans React Calmly to Berlin Attack

While Europe cleans up the mess from its latest terrorist outrage, Americans aren’t overly concerned about terror on these shores this holiday season and don’t expect more of it in the years to come.

December 22, 2016

Should Some Immigrants Get Preference Over Others?

When it comes to legal immigration policies, voters still oppose giving special preference to some over others.

December 21, 2016

Voters Have More Faith in U.S. Society These Days

Voters’ faith in society has jumped since the beginning of the year.

December 21, 2016

Do Most Immigrants Want the American Dream?

Voters strongly believe in the dreams of newcomers to America but remain more skeptical about whether new immigrants share those dreams.