Robert Laurie

Guess what Al Sharpton thinks of the Jefferson Memorial...

“Should they take down the Jefferson Memorial?” That was the question posed to Al Sharpton by Charlie Rose. Instead of answering it, Sharpton dodged. What he said, however, was telling.

Can't believe I'm typing this: Ted Nugent says Kid Rock 'ain't running for jack squat'

If you'll recall, back when this story first broke, I expressed my extreme doubts about Kid Rock running for Senate. He'd be challenging Michigan's Debbie Stabenow and, even though I suspect he could possibly win that race, the whole thing seemed implausible to an extraordinary degree.

NFL Commissioner: the National Anthem 'is special to me,' but... 'we have to understand the other side'

On Monday, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell answered a little over 45 minutes’ worth of questions from Arizona Cardinals club seat holders. Most of it was the standard kind of football-related stuff you'd expect. Most, but not all.

Paging Orwell: Baltimore dismantles and removes four civil war statues in the dead of night

I'll be honest. I'm a little torn on the whole "Civil War statue" issue. Thanks to an elongated family tree, my great-grandfather fought for the Union in the Civil War and (all racial issues aside) there's part of me that doesn't completely understand the need to lionize people who would have killed him and seen the country torn asunder. That said, I also despise fascism, understand the "it's part of history" argument, and am appalled by the footage of angry mobs ripping these relics down.

After threats from Trump and Mattis, North Korea backs down - slinks away from plan to attack Guam

Here I thought (not really) we were on the brink of global nuclear devastation. The talking heads at CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, and NBC were hyperventilating. At any second atomic fire would rain down upon the sweet, innocent, heartland of America. Why? Because Trump had "dangerously mishandled" the situation with North Korea.

New Report: Sorry Dems, there was no 'Russian hack' - it was an inside job

If you wandered into any left-leaning blogs, forums, or news sites over the course of the last year, you were likely to see a paragraph that looked like this:

"Russia. Russia Russia. Putin. Russia, Putin, Russia. Evil Trump. Racism, hate and bigotry. Russia, Trump supporters almost as evil as Trump. Putin, Putin, Putin."

Black Lives Matter founder: 'hate speech is not protected under the 1st Amendment' ...Who wants to tell her?

In the not-so-olden days of the 1970's and 1980's, kids were taught that the 1st Amendment was basically sacrosanct. The mantra was "We tolerate the speech we hate, to guarantee the speech we love."

Theater critics trash Michael Moore's one man show - because even they're sick of his tedious schtick

What can you say about shlubby millionaire Michael Moore that hasn't been said before? After listing his northern Michigan home (which he once told me he didn’t recognize in a photo) for a cool $5 million, he's been forced to divide his time among his other 8 homes - including an equally lavish multi-unit Manhattan condo. He is, without question, an exceptionally hypocritical member of the one-percent he claims to despise.

Liberals aghast as Trump warns North Korea of the same destruction Clinton and Obama threatened

"Oh no! Trump is an idiot! He has the nuclear codes! ...And he's trying to start World War Three!!!"

Politico: Florida Dems come to their senses on Debbie Wasserman Schultz... 'We wish she would go away'

In what may have been her last successful endeavor, Debbie Wasserman Schultz did her best to shaft Bernie Sanders. Then, she was booed at her own convention, walked away from her DNC chair gig, and joined the Hillary Clinton campaign.

Politico poll: Strong voter support for Trump immigration overhaul

Well, well, well. The Politico is just chock full of interesting tidbits this week. Not only have they acknowledged that Debbie Wasserman Schultz is toxic, they've also been forced to admit that President Trump's immigration overhaul - which the left pilloried last week - is not.

Al Gore learns it's tough to continually sell your fear-mongering if your predictions never come true

There were supposed to be mega-tornados carving trenches across a weather-ravaged nation. ...But tornadic activity has been in near-constant decline since the 50's.

McConnell frustrated by 'do-nothing' label, thinks Trump has 'unreasonable expectations' about the pace of legislation

They had 8 years. 8 years. Almost a decade. 8 freaking years. They had all that time to put together an acceptable ObamaCare repeal bill. In fact, they voted to repeal the law over forty times.

CA Governor Jerry Brown: If U.S. wants to be successful, we should follow the lead of China's communist leader, President Xi Jinping

If the United States wants to be a successful powerhouse, we should follow the example set by one of the worst regimes on the face of the Earth. That's the message from California Governor Jerry Brown, who seems to be enraptured with the way Chinese President Xi Jinping is getting things done.

New House GOP ad: 'While you're focusing on chaos, here's what we've been doing'

Over the weekend, I visited a friend in Detroit. He was complaining about Trump and I was forced to admit that I shared many of his concerns. The President tends to be unpleasantly boorish, he shoots his mouth off a lot, and I've made no secret of the fact that I see a lot of chaos in this White House.

Judicial Watch threatens to sue California - after finding 11 counties with more registered voters than eligible citizens

Obviously, during the last two elections, questions of voter fraud emerged as a major issue. Democrats like to claim it doesn't exist, which is utterly absurd. We know it exists. We just don't know the extent to which it occurs.

Pence blasts the New York Times over his supposed 'shadow campaign'

If you're a progressive - and you're not Kathy Griffin - your greatest dream is to see the impeachment of President Donald Trump. Lefties appear to be split pretty evenly into two camps: The first is just sane enough to know that this probably isn't going to happen. The second is sure that the latest phony scandal, no matter how idiotic the headline is, is evidence that "they've got him" and he's going down at any second.

Asked if the current leadership should take the Dems into 2018, Rahm Emanuel refuses to back Pelosi & Schumer

In the last several weeks, we've seen a number of Democrats openly question their party's leadership. Nancy Pelosi may claim otherwise, but she and Chuck Schumer have got to be feeling the heat in the wake of the Dems' losing streak.

AP: John Kelly calls Jeff Sessions to tell him he's not being fired

The whole flap over Attorney General Jeff Sessions began with his recusal from the Russia investigation. Dan and I have both argued that, while the recusal wasn't necessary, President Trump's subsequent angry rants were anything but helpful.

Not only is repeal dead, some Congressional Republicans have started working with Dems to 'save' ObamaCare

Make no mistake. If it's left to function as it was designed to function, ObamaCare WILL implode. It's not a matter of "if" it's a matter of "when." There's no 'fix' that will stop this, either. There are a few things that can be done to help the law limp along - at an increased expense to taxpayers - but there's no permanent remedy.