How Did Ellen DeGeneres Wind Up Next to George W. Bush at the Cowboys Game? Mark Meckler October 7, 2019 Big Government, Featured, News If you were watching the Cowboys/Packers game this weekend, you may have been surprised to see Ellen DeGeneres and former President George W. Bush sitting right next to each other and shown on the Jumbotron. People on social media saw it and were – you...
China Tells the NBA to Jump, NBA Asks ‘How High?’ Mark Meckler October 7, 2019 Big Government, Featured, News Remember when Americans believed in democracy? Remember when we believed in free speech? On Friday, the General Manager of the NBA’s Houston Rockets -- Daryl Morey -- tweeted in support of democracy, asking people to...
IRS Targets Poor Americans, because Harassing Wealthy Too Costly Mark Meckler October 7, 2019 Big Government, Featured, News You might want to sit down for this one. If you thought the IRS was just a necessary yet uncomfortable part of American life, here’s some more evidence that it’s simply an arm of the United States government that deserves to be excised. The...
‘The Color Purple’ Actress Loses Job Over Her Christian Stance on Sex Mark Meckler October 6, 2019 Big Government, Featured, News Actress Seyi Omooba landed a great role in the upcoming British production of The Color Purple. That is, until Hamilton star Aaron Lee Lambert dug through her old tweets and found one from 2014 which alluded to a Bible verse about homosexuality. She...
Anchorage Ends Crusade Against Overnight Women’s Shelter Mark Meckler October 2, 2019 Big Government, Featured, News Should an abused women’s shelter be forced to house violent, drunk men alongside women? This should not be a complicated question. Every person with an ounce of common sense should answer in the same, emphatic way: Nope! Not a...
CNN Airs Stephen Colbert and Anderson Cooper’s Deep Conversation about Grief and God Mark Meckler October 1, 2019 Big Government, Featured, News In August, Anderson Cooper sat down with Stephen Colbert about God and grief, and I just now had the chance to see it. I know some time has passed, but this was such a beautiful and honest grappling with God and problem of pain I wanted to...
The Feds are Right to Take Away California’s Waiver, but They Should Get Rid of All CAFE Standards Too Mark Meckler October 1, 2019 Big Government, Featured, News I’m a big fan of federalism and self-governance, but I support President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw California’s ability to set their own separate greenhouse-gas standards for vehicles. While this might seem counterintuitive – why...
Girl Said Christian Boys at Karen Pence’s School Cut Off Her Dreadlocks: She Lied Mark Meckler September 30, 2019 Big Government, Featured, News The story was everywhere. A black 12-year-old girl who attended a Christian school dropped a bombshell of an accusation recently, when she told administrators that three white male classmates held her down during recess and cut off her...
Electoral College Critics Try to Undermine Our Constitution with ‘Popular Vote’ Power Grab Mark Meckler September 26, 2019 Big Government, Featured, News Liberals hate the Electoral College because they feel a national vote would give them a political edge. Sure, they’ll sing a song about listening to the voice of “the people” — but it really always comes down to the fact they want more Democrat...
The Feds Made Our Dishwashers Slower; Trump’s Making them Fast Again Mark Meckler September 23, 2019 Big Government, Featured, News Dishwashers used to be faster back in the 1970s and 1980s, frequently running a whole load at less than one hour. Then, the government intervened. A writer for the American Spectator, who also works at a Washington D.C. “think tank,” explains...