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Ben Shapiro: Oh, say Kanye sees

It's easy to dismiss Kanye West. It's easy to dismiss him because he's nutty. This is a fellow who tweets about antique fish tanks and...

The times that North Korea postured towards de-nuclearization, and then reneged

Yesterday, I argued that it’s much too soon to be advocating a Nobel Peace Prize be granted to President Trump for his diplomatic progress...

Alfie Evans and the ever-encroaching overreach of the state, diminishment of parental rights

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: ALFIE EVANS, SOCIALIZED HEALTHCARE, AND LACK OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, a few months back, we...

Rep. Roby’s challengers criticize her Trump position, but it reflects worse on them than her

If U.S. Rep. Martha Roby’s primary challengers censured every Republican who withdrew public support for President Trump following the release of that infamous Access...

Colleges: Anti-diversity and pro-exclusion

Just within the past week or so, some shocking professorial behavior has come to light. In the wake of Barbara Bush's death, California State...

President Trump channels ‘Josey Wales and Ten Bears’ in negotiations with North Korea

Everything one needs to know about foreign policy can be learned by watching the three-minute negotiation scene between the Rebel outlaw and the Comanche chief...

Annoyed by close talkers and sitters? UAB professor explains why

I’ve got a gripe and I recognize it’s not very nice considering it’s about people I sit next to … in a chapel …...

Trump deserves credit on North Korea, but let’s slow down the peace prize talk

One of Republicans’ favorite stories over the past several years has been the regret that Geir Lundestad, former Nobel Peace Prize committee secretary, expressed...

Journalists don’t understand that we are not required to sit in awe of their profession

Another week has passed and the American media has completely beclowned themselves. There is a bevy of embarrassments for critics of the media to...

Randa Jarrar and free speech

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: PROFESSOR MALIGNS BARBARA BUSH ON TWITTER WITH NO CONSEQUENCES TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, last week, we spent some...

Macron: The last multilateralist

"Together," President Macron instructed President Trump, "we can resist the rise of aggressive nationalisms that deny our history and divide the world." Before Congress he...

Michelle Wolf’s pathetic performance at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

On Saturday evening, the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner was held in Washington, D.C. Things went just as we had imagined them to as the...

Someone get poor Jim Acosta hazardous duty pay, quick!

In their incessant, mostly baseless attacks against President Donald Trump, his leftist haters reveal much more about themselves than him -- and it's not...

The myths behind “equal pay day”

April 10 marked 2018’s “Equal Pay Day,” decrying the almost 20 percent difference between median yearly incomes for men and women working full time...

America’s unsustainable empire

Before President Trump trashes the Iran nuclear deal, he might consider: If he could negotiate an identical deal with Kim Jong Un, it would...

Before we condemn Tom Brokaw, we must stop. We must think.

American icons Bill Cosby and Tom Brokaw are in the headlines today, but one deserves to be there and the other probably does not. Cosby...

We don’t need Orwellian book-burners — we already censor ourselves

In his essay “The Prevention of Literature,” George Orwell discusses the various inhibitions that political discourse and general literacy were facing in 1946. Orwell...

If people are going to allege that Gov. Ivey is sick, stop pussyfooting around and do it

When then-candidate Donald Trump was raising questions about Hillary Clinton’s health, he had the guts to make those allegations himself. One of our gubernatorial candidates is...

Sen. Booker’s grilling of Pompeo prime example of ‘religious test’ to exclude evangelical Christians from office

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON  POMPEO TURNS SOUR AND PERSONAL TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, I want to take you to...

Think Alfie Evans would never happen in America? Think again

When British hospital officials tried to pull the plug on 23-month-old toddler Alfie Evans on Monday night in arrogant defiance of his parents' wishes,...

Why secession is a big problem — for politicians

When the southern states were debating secession in 1861, there was one other proposed secession that almost always gets overlooked in history: New York...

Proposed California law will lead to persecution of Christians, possible outlawing of Bible sales

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: PROPOSED CA BILL WOULD MAKE SEXUAL ORIENTATION COUNSELING AND BOOKS ILLEGAL TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, I want to...

Occupational licensing: A costly permission slip to work

All states license many occupations. Licensing, essentially a government permission slip to work, emerged in the early 20th Century and is now more extensive...

Ben Shapiro: Who controls your kids’ lives?

Former Republican Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas was fond of telling a story about his time stumping for educational change. "My educational policies are...