This whole episode seems to be an extension of the identity politics culture we’ve seen on college campuses, which promotes victimhood as the main social currency over things like achievement and merit. Being a victim is more valuable than money or accomplishments, which Smollett seems to already have in spades.
Publication: Daily Signal
Lessons from the Smollett Hoax
Ben Shapiro: Smollett had an incentive to lie: unending media attention, fawning sycophancy from politicians, and the potential for even greater Hollywood stardom. If Smollett had gotten away with his hoax, he’d be the face of gay, black suffering in the United States.
Obama’s Border Patrol Chief Explains Why Walls Work
Mark Morgan, who was chief of the U.S. Border Patrol under President Barack Obama, is speaking out in favor of President Donald Trump’s border wall. (Podcast)
A Year After Parkland School Killings, Gun Foes Still Misdiagnosing Problem
They claim that the real problem is the prevalence of firearms and demand that law-abiding Americans be subjected to increasingly drastic measures to combat this alleged epidemic.
Trump’s Agenda Is a Winning Formula for Black America
The effect of the left’s agenda on our black communities has been devastating. Single-parent homes and out-of-wedlock births have tripled since the 1960s. What kind of future can we expect for our black children when they so often come from low-income single-parent households?…Capitalism is the bedrock of our future.
Why Liberals Can’t Talk Honestly About Abortion
Democrats will protect American children from the evils of trans fats and gay conversion therapy, but not from doctors who will kill them through negligent homicide in the first few hours of their lives.
The Demonizing of White Men
Walt Williams: Decent American people ought to soundly reject and condemn the brazen attack on white men. I think that the attack is on masculinity itself and that white men are a convenient scapegoat—for now.
The Left’s Use of Intimidation to Silence Christians
If you’re Christian, shut up. That’s been the unmistakable message of our current culture in recent weeks.
The Left’s Extremism Will Continue to Drive Support for Trump
Whether or not they like Trump, millions of voters still think the president is all that stands between them and socialism, radical cultural transformation, and social chaos. Many would prefer Trump’s sometimes-over-the-top tweets and hard bark to the circus they saw at the Brett Kavanaugh nomination hearings, the rantings of Ocasio-Cortez, or the endless attempts to remove Trump from office.
Trump Pick to Replace Kavanaugh Attacked for Opinions in College
Young conservatives, be warned: Reasonable ideas written in college…can and will be twisted and used against you should you be nominated for high-powered positions two and a half decades later. That’s what’s happening to Neomi Rao, President Trump’s nominee to replace Brett Kavanaugh on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
The Ironies of Illegal Immigration to the US from Mexico
A recent poll revealed that one-third of Mexicans would like to emigrate to the United States. Such massive potential emigration into the United States makes no sense. First, Mexico is a naturally rich country. It ranks 19th in the world in proven oil reserves and is currently the 12th-largest oil producer.
7 Presidents Tougher Than Trump on the Media
Includes Abraham Lincoln, LBJ and Woodrow Wilson.
Cohen, Manafort Developments Don’t Reveal Any Illegal Conduct By Trump
After a year and a half of the special counsel investigation, we’ve had multiple indictments of Russians for trying…to use social media and the internet to encourage social unrest in America…But we still have had no indictments that have revealed any evidence about the issue the special counsel was supposed to investigate.
By Excluding Conservative Women, Marie Claire Compels Them to Vote
The exclusion of conservative women from the pages of glossy women’s magazines is nothing new…So, when Marie Claire published an article on election eve, “50 Influential Women on Why They’re Voting in the 2018 Midterm Elections,” it was hardly surprising to see not a single voice from a conservative woman.
Trump Is Right. Ending Birthright Citizenship Is Constitutional
Those who claim the 14th Amendment mandates that anyone born in the U.S. is automatically an American citizen are misinterpreting the amendment in a manner inconsistent with the intent of the amendment’s framers.
Reporter Who Covered Maryland Crime in the 80s Never Heard of Gang-Rape Parties
Ken McIntyre: I had my first job as a reporter in Montgomery County, MD, at the time Swetnick claims Kavanaugh and other teenage boys routinely were drugging and gang-raping girls at a series of house parties in the county…I never heard about teen parties where girls routinely were sexually assaulted, much less where gang rapes were on the agenda…
California May Try Norway’s Failed Boardroom Gender Quotas
From making war on straws to policing speech, California leads the nation in adopting half-baked ideas from Europe. The latest craze is a bill that would force publicly held companies to put women on their boards by 2019. The legislation passed through the California Legislature and awaits signature by Gov. Jerry Brown.
Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings Showcase the Paranoia of the Resistance
In the hyperactive imagination of people who think the Russians have stolen their free will and vote, anyone supporting President Donald Trump and, by extension, anyone supporting his Supreme Court nominee…is merely in league with bigots who’ve taken power in an effort to knock off poor children for the oligarchy.
Open Borders Bring a Higher Risk of Disease
The Immigration and Nationality Act mandates that all immigrants and refugees undergo a medical screening examination…But what about people who enter our country illegally? The CDC cites the possibility of the cross-border movement of HIV, measles, pertussis, rubella, rabies, hepatitis A, influenza, tuberculosis, shigellosis, and syphilis.
Michael Cohen Didn’t Actually Violate Federal Campaign Laws
The only way Cohen could have possibly violated the law is if the National Enquirer admits to violating the law too. That, as we all know, will never happen—not because Pecker has immunity, but because he has the Constitution, something for which he has often been grateful for.
Bill Clinton Got His Supreme Court Pick While Under Investigation
Trump should get his too.
Trump Is a Good President with Character Flaws
Trump does not have the personal character that we would want our children to imitate but has turned out to be a good president, save his grossly misguided international trade policies.
Governor Cuomo’s Un-American Comments Didn’t Get Enough Attention
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo made some disturbing comments last week when he said “We’re not going to make America great again. It was never that great.” But we think the mainstream media didn’t cover it soon enough.
Socialism Leads to Misery and Destitution
Most so-called democratic socialists—the qualifier affixed to denote that they live in a democratic system and have no choice but to ask for votes—aren’t consciously or explicitly endorsing violence or tyranny. But when they adopt the term “socialism” and the ideas associated with it, they deserve to be treated with the kind of contempt and derision that all those adopting authoritarian philosophies deserve.