Opinions

Grant Napear’s life matters, too

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Should a peaceful, law-abiding man of faith be punished in perpetuity for publicly proclaiming his heartfelt belief that “All lives matter ... every single one”? The question is not merely rhetorical. It is now a legal matter for a California court and jury to decide.

Will Pope Francis tell Biden to protect unborn babies?

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A Catholic American president will travel to Rome [Oct. 29] to meet with Pope Francis. There is a very profound and obvious issue they could discuss: Is it OK for a politician of any religious faith, or even none at all, to violate the natural law and support the deliberate killing of unborn babies?

Garland suffers from truth decay

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If Attorney General Merrick Garland learned anything from his House grilling last week, you wouldn’t know it by the encore. Six days after he bombed in front of the lower chamber, embarrassing himself and calling the integrity of his entire department into question, Garland didn’t seem eager to change people’s first impressions. His second trip to the hot seat was equally disastrous in the Senate, where anyone watching would almost certainly agree with Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.): “Thank God you’re not on the Supreme Court!”

Why do liberals vote for the Left?

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As I have noted repeatedly, liberalism and leftism have virtually nothing in common. In fact, leftism is the enemy of liberalism -- as a handful of liberals such as former New York Times writer Bari Weiss, former Young Turk Dave Rubin and others have come to recognize.

School spending up, test scores down

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Thirteen-year-old children in American public schools were not quite as good at math and reading in 2019 and 2020 as they were in 2012. This is despite the fact that American taxpayers invested more money per pupil in the nation’s public schools in each of the last two fiscal years than they did in 2012.

Solutions needed, not slogans

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I attended a campaign event featuring Matthew Dowd, a Democrat candidate for lieutenant governor. What I discovered is this guy is a Biden clone spouting far-left slogans.

Goo/Tube serves as Dems’ kiddie propaganda arm

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In case you hadn’t heard, Vice President Kamala Harris’ venture into government space propaganda for children was a galactic bust. The veep’s smarmy performance in a NASA agitprop video touting World Space Week was universally ridiculed after a local Monterey, California TV station interviewed one of five child actors who auditioned for roles in the YouTube production.