John R. Lott Jr.
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Obama's false racism claims are putting cops' lives in danger
Hours before the murders of five police officers in Dallas, Texas, President Obama was again spouting false claims about racism by the police. He sees racism whenever there is any...
What Bernie Sanders misses about the rise in campaign cash
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders thinks that millionaires and billionaries buy elections. He hammered away during Sunday’s Democratic debate, complaining about people “pouring unbelievable sums of money into the...
Ferguson fake-out: Justice Department's bogus report
Addressing the nation from Selma, Ala., on Saturday, President Obama said that while racism may be “no longer endemic,” as it was 50 years ago, his Justice Department’s report on...
The FBI's bogus report on mass shootings
It’s disheartening to see the FBI used to promote a political agenda, but that’s what we got with the bureau’s release last month of a study claiming to show a...
Why psychiatrists can't stop mass killings
More money for mental health won’t stop these mass murderers. With the Santa Barbara killings, mental health is again the central focus. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) is pushing for more...
The real hole in the border bill
As the Senate begins to debate immigration-overhaul legislation today, skeptics of the bill are focusing on the wrong problem. Under the bill, illegal aliens already in the country could start...
A Nation too scared to quit
In case you missed it, hiring fell a staggering 9 percent last month. The hidden secret is how bad hiring has been throughout the “recovery.” Economists say the recovery started...
Canada's cold proof
President Obama insists that our sluggish recovery would've been even worse without his $830 billion "stimulus." Last Friday, the White House released a report purportedly showing that passage of the...
FRANKEN 'FIXES' STALK SENATE RACE
IF Al Franken wins his Minnesota race, Democrats will get at least 58 US senators, giving them an effectively filibuster-proof majority. When Franken woke up on the day after the...
WORKERS, BE WARY
WOULD you like elections without secret ballots? To most Americans, the notion is absurd. But, if Barack Obama becomes president, secret ballots seem destined to end for at least one...
DEATH PENALTY'S DEADLY VACATION
THE Supreme Court on Tuesday effectively halted U.S. executions via lethal injection until it can rule on a challenge to the constitutionality of a particu lar execution "cocktail." This is...
UNFAIR PRESS POWER
LAST week saw an outcry over the unfairness and content of MoveOn.org's New York Times ad belittling Gen. David Petraeus as "General Betray Us." But the episode also illustrates a...
FALLING BRIDGES
IN the wake of the deadly Minnesota bridge collapse, most Americans seem to think we need to spend much more to fix what The New York Times calls our "crumbling...
THE ALL-AMERICAN GUN
ARMED AMERICA: THE REMARKABLE STORY OF HOW AND WHY GUNS BECAME AS AMERICAN AS APPLE PIEBY CLAYTON E. CRAMERNELSON, 320 PAGES, $26.99 Did you know that in New York City...
COURTING CONTROVERSY
CONFIRMATION WARS: PRESERVING INDEPENDENT COURTS IN ANGRY TIMESBY BENJAMIN WITTESROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD, 176 PAGES, $22.95 DEMOCRATS now paint Republicans as evil for appointing reactionary judges and for trying to kill...