Dec 10, 2018
Good morning from Washington, where President Trump would like to see a prison reform bill make it through Congress before lawmakers adjourn for the year. White House correspondent Fred Lucas spotlights state initiatives with a similar emphasis on helping former inmates succeed on the outside. As the pundits weigh in on Bill Barr, the president’s pick for a new attorney general, Lucas has an overview. Plus: David Harsanyi on the storm over the climate, Daren Bakst on the farm bill’s hidden harvest, and Xavier Underwood on socialist lawmakers’ misunderstanding of poverty.
Climate Change Alarmism Is the World’s Leading Cause of Hot Gas
In 2006, Al Gore warned in his Oscar-winning documentary that sea levels would rise by 20 feet "in the near future." The producers even offered chilling depictions of cities underwater. Gore was only off by 20 feet or so.
How 1 State Fared After Enacting the Criminal Justice Reforms Trump Wants to Implement Nationally
Mississippi had the second-highest incarceration rate in the United States in 2012, behind only Louisiana. The rate had surged 300 percent from 1983 to 2013.
What the New Socialists in Congress Need to Know About Poverty
As the hip, cool socialist wave makes its way to the halls of Congress, I fear that we may return to the ill-fated, if altruistic, efforts of LBJ’s Great Society, when throwing money at social programs made us feel good.
6 Important Things About Trump’s AG Nominee, William Barr
William Barr is a former U.S. attorney general, an advocate of investigating Hillary Clinton, and a bagpipe player for 60 years.
The New Farm Bill Is So Bad That Supporters Don’t Want Its Details Released
The current farm bill process is eerily similar to what happened with Obamacare. In 2010, then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., infamously uttered, “But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.”
We Hear You: How to 'Wield the Most Effective Weapon Against Tyranny'
“The left officially has become the largest hate group in U.S. history. … The ‘left’ comprises about 25 percent of the population, and all people who do not support their (often radical) views are harassed, intimidated, and excluded,” writes Anthony Alafero.
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