Tag: Viewpoints

Barbara Kay: False Allegations of Sexual Assault Leave Shattered Lives in Their Wake

Commentary Earlier this month, Donald Trump was awarded the dubious distinction of being the first U.S. president deemed liable for sexual assault. Having pondered writer Jean E. Carroll’s claim, with supporting evidence, that Trump assaulted her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in 1996, a Manhattan federal court jury concluded that “Trump committed battery against…


Why Biden Can’t Use the 14th Amendment to Raise the Debt Ceiling

Commentary Some Senate Democrats are urging President Joe Biden to “use” the 14th Amendment to raise the debt limit by executive decree. For example, Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) stated: “The 14th Amendment is not anyone’s first choice. The first choice is that the Republicans raise the debt ceiling because the United States government never, ever, ever,…


Victorian Liberal Party Willingly Bombs Itself Into the Dark Ages

Commentary The study of history reveals that the period in Europe from around 600 to 1500 AD is known as the “Dark Ages.” The person credited with this designation is the Italian poet Francesco Petrarca (aka Petrarch) who, however, was complaining about the appalling lack of quality of literature in his own time in Italy….


Victorian Liberal Party Willingly Plunges Itself Into the Dark Ages

Commentary The study of history reveals that the period in Europe from around 600 to 1500 AD is known as the “Dark Ages.” The person credited with this designation is the Italian poet Francesco Petrarca (aka Petrarch) who, however, was complaining about the appalling lack of quality of literature in his own time in Italy….


Budget Neglects National Security

Commentary “Mr Speaker, I am announcing tonight a schedule to increase Australia’s defence expenditure to three percent of GDP over the next 10 years. “This is a necessary response to the Defence Strategic Review which the Albanese government commissioned, the recommendations of which we endorsed recently. It is a realistic response to the threats to our…


Montana House Affair Underscores Breakdown in Manners and Respect

Commentary America’s media has been on a feeding frenzy ever since Montana’s transgender-activist-turned-state-legislator Zooey Zephyr created a stir at the expense of traditional decency and decorum in our state capitol. The set-up included a mockery of Christian legislators and their faith, followed by a besiegement of the grounds and the official proceedings of the House…


John Robson: Expelling One Measly Diplomat Is Not Going to Stop Beijing’s Meddling in Our Democracy

Commentary The Trudeau administration finally, grudgingly expelled one communist Chinese diplomat for trying to subvert our democracy. But they sure didn’t look serious about it, which is asking for trouble. I’m not even talking here about their determined efforts not to realize it was happening. But with the prime minister insisting that reports never left…


All Race All the Time

Commentary My Democratic friends don’t like it when I point out that their party was the party of slavery in the 19th century, the party segregation and Jim Crow at the turn of the last century, and the party of neo-segregation now with their support of identity politics, Black Lives Matter, and the philosophy of…


Dr. Phil Blasts Woke Culture, Laments America’s Demise

Commentary Dr. Phil McGraw recently sat down for a wide-ranging interview with Bill Maher. The two men discussed a whole host of topics, including cannabis use (Maher is for it; Dr. Phil is not) and marriage. On the topic of marriage, like two bucks in a field, the men repeatedly clashed heads. For the uninitiated,…


Newsom’s Revised Budget Doesn’t Cut Enough

Commentary As expected, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revision of his January budget proposal, announced at 10 am May 12, projects a major deficit of $31.5 billion for fiscal year 2023-24, which begins on July 1. That’s $10 billion more than his January projection of a $22.5 billion deficit. The May Revise, as it’s called in Sacramento…