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17 Trump Climate Panel Attacked
by Alex Newman — Trump wants a scientific review of global-
warming claims. Though reviews are typically done before government
spends money, climate alarmists are demanding he stop. Why?
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by Charles Scaliger — If you were hoping that President Trump
would seek to balance the budget, you’ll be disappointed.
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27 The War on the Cross
by John Eidsmoe — Both history and court precedence say crosses
should remain on public land.
BOOK REVIEW
33 Spies Who Helped Win Our Independence
by Steve Byas — George Washington put spies to use, saving both
the revolution and himself.
change will soon make the Earth unlivable, but other similar claims
have been made in the recent past that have turned out to be false.
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Alex Newman author, a teacher, advocated sacrificing ed 3 R’s have been destroyed, and in the
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two words perhaps currently overused but opinions regarding the Christian remain-
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C. Mitchell Shaw • Michael Tennant vised Christian parents to continue to sen- being in the world, but not of the world,
Rebecca Terrell • Fr. James Thornton tence their kids to government school due does not require us to risk our children to
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Senate Says “No Deal” on Green New Deal
voted “present” (with four joining the Republicans who voted
unanimously to end the discussion before it even got started).
Markey called the vote a “sham,” while Gillibrand called it “a po-
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Refugees From Syria Became Victims of Terrorism in New Zealand
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by Ed Hiserodt and Rebecca Terrell stroy Mother Earth? If so, this article is for on the news mentioning a “97-percent
A
you. Because even though climate change consensus” among scientists that human
re you one of the millions of may seem like a gargantuan problem, we activity causes global warming. Plenty of
young Americans genuinely wor- believe there is a real and surprisingly sim- movie stars and politicians agree. Anyone
ried about the fate of this planet ple solution. Let’s start by taking a look at who doesn’t believe is basically a Nean-
because of climate change? Have you some common beliefs. derthal who shops at Walmart. “The sci-
been stirred by fresh-faced idealist Alex- ence is settled,” they say.
andria Ocasio-Cortez and her demands for Belief #1: But did you ever wonder where they get
the United States to stop producing car- Most scientists agree that humans are the number 97? The answer may surprise
bon dioxide? Do you believe that if drastic causing catastrophic global warming. you.
measures are not taken, mankind will de- You have probably heard talking heads At least six studies supposedly docu-
below 1%.” Big picture: Unlike land-based thermometers, satellites measure temperatures over the entire
Similar stories of deceit can be told of Earth, from the surface to the limits of the troposphere, providing data to actually assess the
the other so-called research arriving at a amount of climate change — for the first time.
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Possibly the best point to remember about The odd thing is there have been many winter even paraded an elephant across
any scientific consensus was made by the times in Earth’s history that we’ve been the solid sheet of ice!
late doctor, scientist, and best-selling au- much warmer than we are now, and much Around the end of the American Civil
thor Michael Crichton: “Historically, the colder, too. The Roman Optimum hap- War, we began to thaw. No longer would
claim of consensus has been the first ref- pened about 2,000 years ago, when Jesus the Arkansas River freeze to the point
uge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid de- walked the Earth. We know from both that horse-drawn carriages could cross
bate by claiming that the matter is settled.” historical records and scientific analysis in winter. Up north glaciers began melt-
of sediments and ice cores that conditions ing, but would you believe what’s pop-
Belief #2: then were significantly warmer, making it ping up from underneath these retreating
Earth is getting warmer at a dangerous possible for all those Caesars to spread the ice rivers? Remains of forests, abandoned
rate that is accelerating out of control. Roman Empire across Europe and the Mid- settlements, weapons, and artifacts — all
The tough thing about figuring out how dle East. Next came the bitter cold of the evidence of once-prosperous civilizations
warm Earth is getting is: Where do you Dark Ages, rife with famine and pestilence. in areas completely uninhabitable today.
stick the thermometer? The U.S. National What a relief when the Medieval Warm Pe- If we do warm now, it is likely a good
Aeronautics and Space Administration riod entered the scene about 1,000 years thing for which we should be eternally
(NASA) maintains a temperature record ago. Though not as warm as the Roman grateful. Regardless, the warming certainly
that goes back to 1880, the year Thomas Optimum, people still basked in temps a would not be outside the limits of natural
Edison founded his electric company and full 1.1°C (2°F) higher than today. It was fluctuations in temperature and climate.
five years before the world’s first skyscrap- a time when the alpine tree line was much
er — a 10-story building in Chicago — was higher than it is today, Vikings thrived on Belief #3:
completed. Just as we have bigger and bet- corn and barley in Greenland, and wheat Rising sea levels are threatening destruc-
ter skyscrapers now, and electricity even in and oat crops flourished in latitudes of tion of coastlines and starvation/displace-
the developing world, today we have better Norway much farther north than can sus- ment of millions of people.
and more widespread methods of collect- tain those crops today, which can’t happen Walk school hallways and you will find
ing temperature data. Orbiting satellites, now because of colder temperatures. art with a consistent theme: Go Green
technologically advanced ocean buoys, and By the mid-1400s, all the green in and Save the Planet. A common picture is
highly sophisticated land-based monitoring Greenland was gone, and the Vikings fled the Statue of Liberty with water up to her
stations weren’t around until our modern south. The Little Ice Age had gripped the armpits and a little tear in her eye because
age. Monitoring in Asia and the Southern globe with frigid fingers, causing regular evil humans have left her with soggy feet.
Hemisphere was virtually non-existent until crop failures and ensuing famine. Things Consistent with the propaganda, fear of
recent years. And in 1880, you also would got so cold that Londoners had fairs on sea-level rise is a great concern of many
not have experienced the urban heat island the frozen River Thames, and during one students.
effect (modern cities are always warmer
than rural areas because the buildings and
pavement radiate heat). But for the sake of
argument, let’s just assume the NASA data
is an apples-to-apples comparison of each
of the past 140 years.
If so, temperatures were an average of
0.99° Celsius (1.8° Fahrenheit) lower in
1880 than they are now. So, yes, Earth has
warmed. But here’s something you might
be asking: Is 0.99°C (1.8°F) over almost
140 years that big a deal? Great question!
We need a practical example to answer
it. Washington, D.C., is about 200 miles
southwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
and averages 1.5°C (2.7°F) higher than
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0.30 400
Reports from fishermen, seal hunters
0.15 380 and explorers who sail the seas about
Spitzbergen [an island 12 degrees
Meters
0.00 360
south of the North Pole — ed.] and
-0.15 340
the eastern Arctic, all point to a radi-
-0.30 320 cal change in climate conditions, and
-0.45 300 hitherto unheard-of high tempera-
-0.60 280
tures. In fact, so little ice has never
1900 1910 1920 1930
CO2 (ice cores)
1940 1950 1960
CO2 (Mauna Loa)
1970
linear fit
1980 1990
95% linear CI
2000
MSL
2010 2020
before been noted…. Many old land-
marks are so changed as to be un-
Mean Sea Level at Neah Bay, WA, USA (NOAA 9443090, 823-001, PSMSL 385)
recognizable. Where formerly great
9443090 Neah Bay,
y WA,
W USA -1.71 +/- 0.30 mm/yr masses of ice were found, there are
0.60 ppmv
now often accumulations of earth and
0.45 420
stones. At many points where gla-
0.30 400 ciers formerly extended far into the
0.15 380
sea they have entirely disappeared.
Meters
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Tropical Atmospheric Temperature (TAT) Trends for 1979-2016 cool: Having one good blanket does a lot
Climate Models vs. Observations to keep you toasty warm, but additional
1.2 blankets contribute very meager warming
benefits. In fact, historic data reveals much
higher-than-current levels of atmospheric
1.0
Temperature Change Since 1979 °C
W
the administration’s effort to clear the air. climate science, as well as implications for
hen documents emerged show- The collective freak-out over Trump’s national security.”
ing that the Trump administra- proposed Presidential Committee on Cli- Especially problematic to the man-
tion was preparing to create mate Security (PCCS) highlights the fact made global-warming theorists was the
a committee to review federal “climate that the hysteria surrounding the man-made prestigious scientist selected to lead the
science,” alarmists became apoplectic, global-warming hypothesis is unscientific, committee, Princeton University physicist
claiming the panel would be entirely com- experts said. And according to skeptical and national security advisor on emerging
posed of “climate deniers,” despite only scientists, it proves the need for the com- technologies Dr. William Happer. Happer
one person’s name being released. The mittee and suggests that the whole “climate is a widely respected scientist who hap-
climate lobby’s hysteria over President science” edifice must be re-examined by pens to disagree with the increasingly dis-
Donald Trump and “global warming,” al- competent, credible experts who have no credited hypothesis that man’s emissions
ready thought to be at dangerous levels, vested interest in the outcome. of CO2 — a small fraction of one percent
went up another notch to unprecedented Indeed, more than a few scientists and of all the greenhouse gases in the atmo-
new heights. A coalition of globalist na- experts noted that if the science on “cli- sphere — control the climate.
tional security professionals, mostly from mate change” were truly settled, then “CO2 will be good for the Earth,” Hap-
the Obama administration, even claimed Democrats, tax-funded climate alarmists, per told The New American magazine at
reviewing the science would be a threat and the establishment media would all be a 2016 climate conference in Phoenix that
to “national security.” Two Cabinet sec- celebrating a new committee to confirm brought together leading scientists and ex-
retaries from the Obama administration, their conclusion. Instead, the shrieking perts in various fields to expose the lies
former Secretary of State John Kerry and over Trump’s plan to investigate the mat- and alarmism (where this reporter was a
former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, ter strongly suggests something very fishy speaker). “If you look at geological his-
joined in. is going on, critics argued. There is a good tory, CO2 levels are unusually low right
And considering the panel’s implica- chance that even more ClimateGate-style now, it’s very seldom that they’ve been
tions, it is easy to see why — their whole fraud could be revealed. this low. Many plants are not growing as
“New World Order,” as they call it, is rid- The clamor over this proposal first good as they could if they had more CO2,
ing on the hypothesis that the gas exhaled broke out in late February. That is when so CO2 by itself will be very good for the
by humans is “pollution.” But a powerful documents emerged showing that the Earth — more will be a good thing.”
are driving dangerous warming or climate Skeptic: While on the campaign trail and subsequently, President Trump repeatedly mocked the
changes has not been resolved, he said. A man-made global-warming hypothesis, even calling it a “hoax” to benefit the Communist Chinese.
genuine scientific assessment would require
four components: It should be comprehen- Association of State Climatologists, and our planet is at stake — or so you claim.
sive, objective, transparent, and empirical. was a research professor of environmental The future of our country certainly is.”
“There has never been a scientific assess- sciences at University of Virginia. “Let’s The ecologist-turned-attorney, author of
ment of the Global Warming issue, any- shine the light of truth on the notion that the book Eco-Imperialism: Green Power,
where on the planet,” Droz observed, add- a temperature change equivalent to driving Black Death, offered some blunt advice
ing that the UN IPCC’s assessment reports from Washington to Richmond is throwing to the president on this issue. “Mr. Trump:
failed on at least three of the four criteria. the world into geopolitical chaos.” Please stand up to these Climate Totalitar-
Droz then debunked the false claim that Similarly, in a column for Townhall. ians who want to destroy our nation, in the
97 percent of the world’s scientists agree com, climate skeptic Paul Driessen, who name of saving the planet from climate di-
with the man-made warming hypothesis. has degrees in geology and field ecology, sasters that exist only in computer models,
“Fact one: there never has been a survey derided the opposition to Trump’s com- Hollywood movies, and self-serving as-
of the world’s 2+ million scientists on mittee. “For years, you Democrats, en- sertions from the Climate Industrial Com-
anything,” he wrote. “Fact two: There vironmentalists, Deep State bureaucrats, plex,” Driessen suggested. “Appoint your
may indeed be a majority of certain sub- government-grant-dependent scientists, Presidential Committee on Climate Science
sets of scientists that hold an opinion about news and social media have colluded to right now. And may the best science win.”
Global Warming. However, none of them censor and silence man-made climate James Taylor, senior fellow for envi-
has done a genuine scientific analysis of chaos skeptics, and stifle any debate,” he ronment and energy policy at the non-
the Global Warming matter. Fact three: said, noting that the “Climate Industrial profit Heartland Institute, said an inclusive
Science is never determined by a vote. Do Complex” was now a $2-trillion-per-year climate-change panel is “exactly what we
you think that Einstein’s Theory of Rela- global behemoth. “All of you have huge need to get as close to the truth as we can”
tivity was accepted due to a poll — or be- financial, reputational and power stakes on global warming. “Up to now, the pan-
cause of scientific proof ?” in this.” els put together by the federal government
Driessen explained that the climate have been nothing more than a gathering of
Support Is Growing alarmists hope to wrap up their “kanga- prominent alarmists rattling off activist talk-
Other prominent scientists agreed that the roo court proceedings” without the other ing points,” he told The New American. As
committee was sorely needed. Writing on side being heard or being allowed to pre an example, he noted that one of the lead
the Daily Caller, climatologist Patrick Mi- sent evidence and cross-examine alarmist authors of the widely ridiculed National
chaels said it was “about time” that a com- experts. “If your evidence is so solid and Climate Assessment, released just before
mittee examined existing climate science. unimpeachable, you should be more than the latest UN global-warming summit, rep-
“And it’s about time that the truly sloppy, happy to lay it on the table, subject it to resented the alarmist Union of Concerned
shoddy science that the previous adminis- scrutiny, question our experts, and let us Scientists. “Clearly, a climate assessment
tration used be shown in the light of truth,” question yours — extensively and merci- written by the Union of Concerned Scien-
said Michaels, who wrote seven books on lessly,” he argued, calling the alarmists’ tists is not credible,” Taylor said.
climate, served as the Virginia State Cli- agenda un-American, totalitarian, anti- An objective review would no doubt re-
matologist and president of the American science, and more. “After all, the future of veal many such flaws, conflicts of interest,
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ECONOMY
by Charles Scaliger
W
ith the accustomed fanfare, the
Trump administration released
on March 11 its budget pro-
posal for fiscal year 2020. Such budget
proposals are little more than window-
dressing, since it is Congress and not the
White House that has authority under the
Constitution to appropriate public funds.
Such budgets are usually ignored by the
denizens of Capitol Hill, especially when
— as is now the case — the House of Rep-
resentatives is controlled by the opposing
party. Moreover, it has become the practice
over the last decade or so to operate with-
out any sort of budgetary restraint what-
soever, Congress preferring to lurch from
one debt-ceiling crisis to another without
the limits of an agreed-upon budget.
Nevertheless, such budgets, however
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statutorily irrelevant, are useful bellweth-
ers for getting a sense of fiscal priorities. Budget blitz: Copies of President Trump’s 2020 budget proposal roll off the presses. Although
It’s a safe assumption that a congressional such budget proposals have no legal force, they send a message to Congress about what the
or presidential budgetary proposal will rep- president’s fiscal priorities are likely to be when Congress starts spending money.
resent the absolute minimum that govern-
ment is prepared to spend, and that actual desire for significant cost-cutting. “This billion for a competitive fund aimed at
expenditures — as well as the deficits they year,” writes the president, “I have asked supporting underserved populations and
will generate — will far exceed those con- most executive departments and agencies stimulating employer investments in child
templated. This is because, for several gen- to cut their budgets by at least 5 percent,” care for working families” and will also
erations and across party lines, government laudable sentiments allegedly reflected “provide paid parental leave to help work-
expenditures have been largely allocated to throughout the budget. But that same in- ing parents.” These, be it noted, are merely
programs not authorized by the legal docu- troduction outlines a series of ambitious broad-brush statements in the brief intro-
ment that once set limits on federal govern- budget proposals to research childhood duction to the budget; as with Washington
ment power and cost: the U.S. Constitution. cancers, defeat HIV/AIDS, and confront budgets since time immemorial, the devil
Such irresponsible spending is the reason the opioid epidemic — noble objectives is always to be found in the details.
for the heavy burden of taxes Americans all, but, like so much of modern Big Gov- Trump’s budget has the reassuring label
now bear — taxes that are routinely wasted ernment, of very dubious constitutional- of “Cutting the Red Tape: Unleashing Eco-
on pie-in-the-sky government programs ity. Moreover, the budget introduction nomic Freedom.” Under this heading, on
that benefit few besides the overpaid bu- seeks to “invest in America’s students and page 13, the Trump administration touts
reaucrats who administer them, or that are workers” by creating a “loan risk-sharing its recent regulatory reforms: In 2018, the
shoveled into the unappeasable maw of the program” for educational institutions and document claims, 12 regulations were re-
national debt, for which interest payments by expanding eligibility for the federal moved for every one new one created, al-
alone now consume hundreds of billions of government-subsidized Pell Grant pro- legedly resulting in a savings of $23 billion.
taxpayer dollars every year. gram. Pledging also to support working Overall, the Trump administration claims
President Trump, in the introduction families, the Trump budget also “includes to have eliminated $33 billion in regulatory
to his 2020 budget proposal, expresses a a one-time, mandatory investment of $1 costs during its first two years in office. If
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The
on the
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The U.S. Supreme Court has now heard a case about the constitutionality of crosses on
public land. Both history and court precedence say the cross should remain.
by John Eidsmoe The servicemen’s names are embla- was initially buried in a French military
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zoned on the cross. Most were farmers cemetery. He was later interred at Arling-
s the guns fell silent after World and laborers in their teens or twenties; ton National Cemetery, in 1921. His niece,
War I in 1918, 49 families in one was a college chemistry instructor; Alvergia E. Guyton, donated his letters
Prince George’s County, Mary- and another was a well-known surgeon. and military records to the Prince George’s
land, grieved the loss of their sons. But The oldest (age 51) was Gunner Henry L. African American Museum and Cultural
visiting their sons’ graves was difficult be- Hulbert, who served over 20 years in the Center. Now in her 80s and living in a
cause they rested in cemeteries overseas. Marine Corps, and had been awarded the nursing home, Guyton is disturbed that
In 1925 the American Legion and the Medal of Honor for his service in Samoa. the memorial may be dismantled. “I’m
Gold Star families commemorated their In the summer of 1918, as General John shocked they would even think about that.
loved ones by dedicating a 40-foot memori- J. Pershing arrived at an American en- It’s been there all my life.”
al in Bladensburg, Maryland. The memorial campment on the Marne River to bestow The monument stood undisturbed until
was in the shape of a cross, with the Ameri- medals for heroism, he asked why Hulbert 2015, when the American Humanist Asso-
can Legion’s star emblem in the center and appeared before him soaking wet. Hulbert ciation demanded its removal as an uncon-
the words “Valor,” “Endurance,” “Cour- answered that he had been on the other stitutional establishment of religion.
age,” and “Devotion” on the four sides of side of the river and, not wanting to be late In 2015, Federal District Judge Deborah
the base. for the general, swam across. K. Chasanow ruled that the Bladensburg
At least two were African-Americans. cross may remain because it has a secular
John Eidsmoe, a retired Air Force judge advocate, John Henry Seaburn enlisted at age 16, purpose, does not have the primary effect
is senior counsel for the Foundation for Moral Law. died in battle from gunshot wounds, and of advancing or inhibiting religion, and
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does not constitute excessive government government with religion. If the practice Like legislative chaplains and legislative
entanglement with religion. fails any of these three tests, it is struck prayer, the public display of crosses and
But in October 2017, the Fourth Cir- down as an establishment of religion. other arguably religious symbols is an
cuit U.S. Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to But other cases suggest that the Lemon unbroken tradition that predates the First
reverse Judge Chasanow’s ruling and test is not appropriate for cases such as the Amendment, and nothing in the language
held that the cross does violate the First Bladensburg cross. or history of the First Amendment evinces
Amendment. The American Legion and In Marsh v. Chambers (1983), the Su- any intent to alter or abolish that tradition.
others filed a petition for writ of certio- preme Court upheld the Nebraska Legis- Let’s examine the history of that tradition.
rari with the U.S. Supreme Court, and in lature’s practice of opening each day with
November 2018 the High Court agreed to a prayer by a chaplain paid by the state. Display of the Cross
hear the case. Noting that legislative chaplains and leg- in American History
This is encouraging because the court islative prayers were a common practice During the Age of Discovery, the planting
accepts less than one percent of all ap- in the American colonies and in the states of a cross was associated with discovery
peals. But what will the court do with this after independence, that the Continental and claims of ownership. As the historian
case? Oral arguments before the court took Congress had prayers, and that Congress Dr. B.A. Hinsdale explained,
place on February 27, and a decision is itself in 1789 instituted congressional
expected before the end of June. As Jus- chaplains, the court held that “historical A cross reared on an island or coast
tice Brett Kavanaugh has replaced swing evidence sheds light not only on what would be evidence that it had been vis-
Justice Anthony Kennedy on the court, the the draftsmen intended the Establish- ited and appropriated by a Christian
decision it reaches could indicate whether ment Clause to mean, but also on how navigator.... John Cabot raised on the
the court is ready to move in a new direc- they thought that Clause applied to the shore of North America crosses sur-
tion on Establishment Clause cases. practice authorized by the First Congress mounted by the flag of England and
Embodied in the First Amendment — their actions reveal their intent.” The the banner of St. Mark, and Cartier
of the Constitution, the Establishment court concluded: raised crosses crowned with the fleur
Clause states that Congress shall make de lis on the shores of the Gulf and
no law “respecting an establishment of In light of the unambiguous and River St. Lawrence. St. Lusson stood
religion.” The intent was not to remove unbroken history of more than 200 near a cross at the Sault Ste. Marie
religion from the public square, but to years, there can be no doubt that the when he took possession of the Great
prevent Congress from establishing a practice of opening legislative ses- Lakes in the name of the redoubtable
state-sponsored church along the lines sions with prayer has become part of monarch, Louis XIV of France, as
of the Church of England. Over time, the fabric of our society. did La Salle when, at the mouth of
however, the Supreme Court began mak-
ing parts of the Bill of Rights, including
the Establishment Clause, applicable to
the states through a legal theory called
the “Incorporation Doctrine,” which
incorporates the Bill of Rights into the
14th Amendment. Also, the court has ex-
panded the definition of “an establish-
ment of religion” way beyond that of a
state-sponsored church. By the 1960s,
for example, the court had claimed that
official prayers in public schools consti-
tuted the establishment of religion and
therefore were unconstitutional. Step by
step, the court has imposed “the separa-
tion of church and state,” even though
that phrase is nowhere found in the
Constitution.
Since 1971, the court has sometimes an-
alyzed the so-called Establishment Clause
using the three-prong test of Lemon v.
Kurtzman, which asks whether the prac-
tice in question (1) has a secular purpose, AP Images
(2) has a primary purpose that neither ad- Now in the hands of the justices: The Supreme Court has now heard arguments for and against
vances nor inhibits religion, and (3) does the Bladensburg cross remaining on public land. A ruling is expected by June. Here the niece of
not involve excessive entanglement of one of the soldiers commemorated by the cross speaks on the fate of the cross.
Ludington, Michigan, on May 18, 1675, this author can attest from leading tours operated by the American Battle Monu-
and in 1955 a cross was erected on the of Arlington Cemetery, these include the ments Commission. Accordingly, the Es-
place where he is believed to have died. Argonne Cross, erected “in memory of our tablishment Clause is no less applicable to
In 1830, the Slovenian “snowshoe men in France 1917-1918” (13 feet tall), these cemeteries than to those within the
priest” Father Frederic Baraga came to the “Cross of Sacrifice” behind the Tomb United States.
northern Minnesota to minister to the of the Unknowns, the Canadian Cross of Nor are crosses unique to American
Ottawa and Ojibwe tribes. Grateful for Sacrifice (24 feet tall), the Spanish-Amer- military cemeteries. To promote unifor-
safe passage across Lake Superior, Fa- ican War Nurses Monument (Maltese mity in British Commonwealth military
ther (later Bishop) Baraga erected a small cross), and others. The more limited use cemeteries, the Imperial War Graves Com-
wooden cross at the mouth of the Cross of crosses is a later restriction impelled mission (now the Commonwealth War
River, later replaced by a granite cross and by the need for uniformity with the cem- Graves Commission) determined that all
plaque, which still stands near Schroeder, etery’s growth. but the smallest cemetery would have one
Minnesota. And crosses are more prominent in prominent cross, to be called the Cross of
In an amicus brief to the Supreme Court U.S. military cemeteries overseas. Ac- Sacrifice.
submitted on behalf of the Foundation cording to the official website of the On June 12, 1925 Canadian Prime
for Moral Law, this author cites 32 other American Battle Monuments Commis- Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King
crosses erected in public places in the sion, which created and maintains the requested that a Cross of Sacrifice be
19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. These may overseas military cemeteries, erected at Arlington National Cemetery in
be viewed in public parks and public cem- Virginia to memorialize Americans who
eteries, and in front of public buildings. Each grave site for the World War died in World War I while serving in the
The brief, complete with full citations, I and World War II cemeteries is Canadian armed forces. President Calvin
may be found on the foundation’s web- marked by a headstone of pristine Coolidge approved the request, and the
site, www.morallaw.org. And these public white marble. Headstones of those of Cross of Sacrifice was dedicated at Ar-
crosses are only a sampling of those that the Jewish faith are tapered marble lington on Armistice Day, 1927.
may be found across the nation. shafts surmounted by a Star of David.
And the tradition continues. The Try- Stylized marble Latin crosses mark Military Medals
lon of Freedom Monument outside the E. all others. Except for the Congressional Medal of
Barrett Prettyman United States Court- Honor, the highest award a member of
house in Washington, D.C., depicts, at Although these cemeteries are located the U.S. Army can receive is the Distin-
the top of the southwest side, religious overseas, the land is given in perpetuity guished Service Cross — a gold cross
liberty symbolized by a cross and the Ten for the use of the U.S. government and is with an eagle on the front that is given
Commandments.
Under the Marsh v. Chambers analy-
sis, as amplified by Van Orden v. Perry
(2005) and Greece v. Galloway (2014),
the long, uninterrupted tradition of cross-
es in public places must be considered in
determining the meaning of the Establish-
ment Clause. As Judge Kennedy wrote in
Greece, “The Establishment Clause must
be interpreted ‘by reference to historical
practices and understandings.’” The pub-
lic display of crosses was a common prac-
tice long before and long after 1789, and
nothing in the language or history of the
First Amendment indicates any intent to
change that practice.
crosses carved into the headstone, the Not upholding the Constitution: Though the American Humanist Society wants this cross taken
cemetery also contains much larger cross- down under the auspices of the First Amendment, nothing in U.S. history suggests that the
es, especially among the older graves. As Founding Fathers wanted to take religion from the public sphere.
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Only a stroke of luck (Washington gave ring, Robert Townsend, who worked in
ix spies who were enlisted in the the credit to the providential hand of God) Rivington’s coffeehouse, which was often
“Culper” spy ring as desired by in the form of a thick fog allowed the Con- frequented by British officers, who were
George Washington — a Quaker tinental Army to escape the trap. sometimes too loose with their tongues.
merchant, a tavern keeper, a longshore- After beating a retreat into Pennsylva- Townsend’s code name was Culper, Jr.
man, a Long Island bachelor, a coffee- nia, and placing the Delaware River be- His real identity was not known until
house owner, and a mysterious woman — tween his army and the Redcoats, Wash- 1929, when Long Island historian Morton
may have saved the infant United States’ ington wrote to one of his brothers, using Pennypack matched the handwriting of
war for independence from the mighty the ominous words, “I think the game is Culper, Jr. with Townsend.
British Empire. pretty near up.” But John Honeyman, one One British officer who often visited
And Washington did not even know of America’s spies who was not in the the coffeehouse was John Andre. Andre
all their names, the operation was such Culper group, was able to convince Hes- was the chief intelligence officer for Brit-
a well-kept secret. In fact, one of the six sian Colonel Johann Rall at Trenton that ish General Henry Clinton, and during a
— the woman known simply as Agent the Americans were disheartened and un- stay in Philadelphia, he became friends
355 — is still not known, while another able to mount an attack. This disinforma- with Peggy Shippen, a teenage beauty and
member of the ring’s identity was not dis- tion caused the German soldiers to throw a daughter of a well-known Loyalist fam-
covered until 1929. Benjamin Tallmadge big party on Christmas night, contributing ily, which turned out to be quite important
formed what was known as the Culper to Washington’s victory at Trenton after when she later married Benedict Arnold.
Love Letters From Dogs each hour and mail by the truckload,” said ing told WTVR of his interaction with the
Seven-year-old Emma Mertens of Hart- Geoff. “I think that says a lot about dog children. “When I got into this job, I knew
land, Wisconsin, Emma received a devas- lovers, that they want to take care of more there was something different, other than
tating diagnosis, and so people all over the than just themselves.” just writing tickets and being the bad per-
country are doing their best to cheer her up. In addition to the amazing outreach son all the time. I figured if I could be that
Little Emma is an avid dog lover, so from strangers all over the world, a Go- bright spot in someone’s day then that’s all
when a family friend posted on social FundMe campaign has been set up for Em- that mattered.”
media that Emma was diagnosed on Janu- ma’s family to help pay medical expenses Roper-Boswell says that Fleming is
ary 23 with an aggressive and very rare and provide income while Emma’s mother “amazing” and “awesome.” The children
type of tumor called diffuse intrinsic stops working to care for her daughter. trust him and know to call him directly if
pontine glioma (DIPG), she asked social- With a goal of $100,000, the page raised ever they feel unsafe. They refer to him
media users to send Emma letters and dog $128,000 by the middle of March, in just as Batman.
photos. The response has been incredible. about one month.
Initially, about a dozen friends sent pic- Emma and her family are touched by
tures of their dogs to Emma, but the social- the show of support from total strangers. Teacher Sets
media post was shared over and over, and Appearing on Good Morning America,
before long, Emma received 100,000 dog Geoff remarked, “To see so many people Great Example
love letters, her father Geoff told the Mil- take a few minutes out of their day to put a When kindergarten teacher Shannon
waukee Journal Sentinel. smile on her face is overwhelming.” Grimm of Willis, Texas, learned that her
In fact, the response was so overwhelm- Amazingly, the family still has no idea student was being bullied over a haircut
ing that the family had to set up a new post who posted the initial message. that she received, the teacher wanted to
office box and an e-mail address. “I’ve make her feel better.
stopped counting, but we were at 20 differ- Grimm noticed that five-year-old Pris-
ent countries at one point and every state,” Batman Plays Dolls Too cilla Perez had become increasingly quiet
Geoff told the news outlet. “We’ve gotten Corporal C.B. Fleming is a police officer and sad, prompting Grimm to approach
pictures from Australia, Venezuela, Japan, in South Hill, Virginia, who was captured her to find out what was wrong. She
Italy, Russia — and actually a lot from Scot- on video in a very vulnerable position: learned that the students were making fun
land and the Netherlands for some reason.” lying on the ground and playing dolls with of Priscilla because her new haircut made
One letter features a dog wearing a the local neighborhood kids. her “look like a boy.” Priscilla even began
bow tie with a note that reads, “Hi Emma, Fleming was called for an emergency at wearing a hat to class and refused to take
my name is Parker. We live in Woodland, Iesha Roper-Boswell’s house in response to it off.
California. It’s raining buckets here right a suspected gas leak on February 14. The Grimm felt awful for Priscilla and want-
now! Our Mom told us what a brave and residence was determined to be safe, and ed to do something to help, and what she
feisty girl you are ... and we appreciate Fleming struck up a conversation with Rop- did went above and beyond the call of duty
those amazing qualities!! We are sending er-Boswell. She mentioned that her daugh- for a teacher. She cut off her very long
you oodles of kisses and hugs. Children ter, niece, and neighborhood friend were hair, to give herself a haircut that matched
are one of our favorite things and we think outside and were afraid of police officers. Priscilla’s. When she returned to school
you are one in a million!!!!” Naturally, Roper-Boswell was very sur- following winter break, the students were
Another features a very adorable golden prised when she later glanced outside and astonished by her transformation.
retriever named Max from Ohio, who tells saw Fleming lying on the ground with the “I told them, ‘I think I look beautiful.
Emma, “My family will be thinking and children and playing dolls. The children, Don’t you think I do?’” Grimm told Today
praying for you.” she said, appeared to be happy to have an- Style. “I had to show them boys have long
According to Emma’s father, the mes- other playmate. hair like girls and girls have short hair like
sages have been a major source of com- She decided to capture a brief video of boys.”
fort for the little girl. “You should see the heartwarming scene and uploaded it to Grimm even bought several matching
her smile or giggle,” Geoff told the Mil- Facebook. It’s been shared over 180,000 bows so that she and Priscilla could wear
waukee Journal Sentinel. “When a dog is times. matching ribbons to class every day.
doing something silly, she just lights up.” But while Roper-Boswell was moved For Grimm, the decision to cut her hair
Eventually, Emma and her family were by what she saw, the encounter with the was a difficult one, but she knew it was
so overwhelmed by the letters pouring in children came naturally to Fleming. A fa- something she “had to do.”
that they had to set up a Facebook page ther of four biological and two adopted Grimm told Today that Priscilla’s con-
for people to post messages to Emma with children, Fleming said it was his goal to fidence improved dramatically following
photos of their dogs. be a positive part of his community. “It’s Grimm’s haircut. n
“We’re getting about 2,800 e-mails something I’ve always tried to do,” Flem- — Raven Clabough
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HISTORY— PAST AND PERSPECTIVE
Older and wiser? The “Let Me Grow Up!” message on the back of the little girl shown here was An Earth Day in the Life
representative of just how little time many believed we had left when they observed the original This writer was in high school during
Earth Day on or around April 22, 1970. This photo shows an Earth Day event in Philadelphia.
the original Earth Day, which was held
on April 22, 1970, more than 19 years
by Gary Benoit impending disaster. That, of course, is prior to Ocasio-Cortez’ birth. During the
why she is frantically imploring America buildup to that big event, I received from
“M
illennials and people and you to buy into her “Green New Deal” without my biology teacher a copy of The Envi-
know Gen Z and all these fretting about the cost. AOC’s “deal” calls ronmental Handbook: Prepared for the
folks that come after us are for a “10-year national mobilization” ef- First National Environmental Teach-in,
looking up, and we’re like, ‘The world is fort to (among other drastic actions) meet as “Earth Day” was then called. Published
going to end in 12 years if we don’t address “100 percent of the power demand in the by Ballantine Books and edited by Gar-
climate change, and your biggest issue is United States through clean, renewable, rett de Bell, the Handbook was comprised
— your biggest issue is how are we gonna and zero-emission energy sources” — of a collection of essays warning against
pay for it?’” This rhetorical — some would meaning zero percent from oil or natural environmental devastation and served as
say hysterical — question was posed by gas. It also requires “upgrading all existing an Earth Day manifesto. “1970’s — THE
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez buildings in the United States” to maxi- LAST CHANCE FOR A FUTURE THAT
(D-N.Y.) during an interview at a January mize their energy efficiency. MAKES ECOLOGICAL SENSE,” the
21 event in New York City honoring Mar- No one could credibly accuse AOC of Handbook blasted on its back cover. In-
tin Luther King, Jr. not thinking big. “Like this is the war,” she side, a prologue claimed: “At most we
Taking her at her word, the 29-year-old said in her January 21 interview. “This is have a decade to deal with some of the
lawmaker really believes that anthropo- our World War II.” problems. In many cases we have already
genic (man-made) global warming will AOC believes that she and her fellow damaged the environment beyond repair.”
destroy our planet by the time she reaches “millennials ... and you know Gen Z” un- The book foretold the fall of man be-
middle age, unless drastic measures are derstand the urgency of launching an all- cause of man’s devastating effect on the
immediately undertaken to head off the out mobilization effort to combat climate environment through deforestation, over-
flicker/Senate Democrats
has long since been replaced by the global-
warming scare. On June 29, 1989, just a
few months before AOC’s birth on Octo-
ber 13 of that year, the Associated Press
reported in a story entitled “U.N. Predicts
Disaster if Global Warming Not Checked”: New face, old scares: Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has claimed that “the world is
going to end in 12 years if we don’t address climate change.” But such predictions of imminent
A senior U.N. environmental official doom were issued decades before she was even born.
says entire nations could be wiped off
the face of the Earth by rising sea lev- matic turn of events that few could have Watts also pointed to the Club of Rome’s
els if the global warming trend is not imagined in the 1970s when our country 1972 Limits to Growth report, which used
reversed by the year 2000. was dangerously dependent on foreign oil computer simulation to project when finite
Coastal flooding and crop failures for our energy needs. resources would be depleted as a result of
would create an exodus of “eco-ref- Oil was not the only resource that growing population and consumption.
ugees,” threatening political chaos, would supposedly be depleted long be- As summarized by Watts, the study “pro-
said Noel Brown, director of the New fore today as a consequence of consump- jected the world would run out of gold by
York office of the U.N. Environment tion combined with growing population. 1981, mercury and silver by 1985, tin by
Program, or UNEP. Meteorologist Anthony Watts, founder 1987, zinc by 1990, petroleum by 1992,
He said governments have a 10- and editor of the popular climate website and copper, lead and natural gas by 1993.
year window of opportunity to solve WattsUpWithThat.com, assembled a large It also stated that the world had only 33-49
the greenhouse effect before it goes number of embarrassing forecasts in his years of aluminum resources left, which
beyond human control. 2013 article “Great Moments in Failed means we should run out sometime be-
Predictions.” Regarding “exhaustion of tween 2005-2021.”
Depletion of resources: On April 18, 1977, resources,” Watts noted: ***
President Jimmy Carter gave a major en- Admittedly, the failure of past predictions
ergy address in which he claimed that “we • In 1865, Stanley Jevons (one of the of eco-catastrophe does not necessarily
are now running out of gas and oil” and most recognized 19th century econo- mean that current or future predictions will
that “we could use up all the proven re- mists) predicted that England would fail as badly. But knowledge of these fail-
serves of oil in the entire world by the end run out of coal by 1900, and that ures should at least cause AOC and her fel-
of the next decade” — that is, the end of England’s factories would grind to a low Chicken Littles to take a deep breath
the 1980s. standstill…. and ask themselves: “Should we really
At the time, many “experts” believed • In 1939 the US Department of the radically transform America via the ‘Green
that the United States had passed “peak Interior said that American oil sup- New Deal,’ regardless of the cost, based on
oil” production in 1970. But after a dec plies would last only another 13 the assumption that the world will end in
ades-long decline, U.S. oil production years. 12 years if we don’t?” There is plenty of
has rebounded spectacularly. In fact, as • [A] 1944 federal government re- evidence showing that man-made climate
The New American recently reported, view predicted that by now the US change is a non-problem, and we encourage
the United States is expected to “surpass would have exhausted its reserves of anyone concerned about climate change to
Saudi Arabia later this year in exports of 21 of 41 commodities it examined. take a hard look before proclaiming the end
oil, natural gas liquids, and other petro- Among them were tin, nickel, zinc, is near. (See, for example, the cover story
leum products, such as gasoline” — a dra- lead and manganese. in this issue.) n
www.TheNewAmerican.com 39
EXERCISING THE RIGHT “... the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
Houston Shootout defended himself…. We have multiple, Linegar has the same sticker on many
multiple shell casings from several dif- of his trucks and says they’re about gun
With an AK-47 ferent types of guns.” safety and “Second Amendment aware-
The British Daily Mail reported on Janu- ness.” “I was like, man, I can’t let that
ary 22 about a shootout in Houston that slide,” Linegar told the Associated Press.
showed that a firearm can make all the Uproar in Alaska Linegar posted the picture of the Human
difference when it comes to evening the The Associated Press reported on March 15 Rights Commissioner’s note on social
odds, which were lopsided indeed — five about an incident that illustrates how quick media, and supporters of both him and
to one. The story involved a 20-year-old leftists are to smear people when they dis- the Second Amendment rallied to his de-
homeowner who was the victim of a home agree with them, and this particular smear fense. The Facebook page for the Human
invasion wherein two of the miscreants, job had to do with gun rights. Marti Busca- Rights Commission was inundated with
wearing ski masks, forced their way into glia, executive director of the Alaska Com- comments from his supporters, which led
his house in the early hours of the morn- mission for Human Rights, saw a bumper to Buscaglia’s original post being taken
ing. The homeowner had expensive jew- sticker on the back of a truck in the parking down. Linegar was outraged by the reck-
elry at the house, and the suspects made lot outside the commission’s building that less actions of the high-ranking state of-
it clear that they were there to rob him of she considered “hate speech.” The stick- ficial, who seemed all too willing to slan-
it. The situation quickly turned violent er that got her worked up had the words der a private citizen and business owner
when the homeowner said he would re- “Black Rifles Matter” written on it with a who employs multiple employees. “To be
trieve the jewelry but instead grabbed a silhouette of a black long gun. Buscaglia blasted on Facebook, that myself or any
“fully-loaded AK-47” and started firing at immediately took it upon herself to lead a of my employees are racist, coming from
the suspects, who returned fire. (The com- crusade against the truck’s owner. that commission specifically is extremely
mercially available AK-47 semi-automatic Buscaglia wrote a note on her business concerning…. We feed 12 families out of
rifle is similar to the AR-15 in that it is a card, which she placed on the windshield this company,” Linegard told Alaskan
rapid fire rifle that is extremely useful in a under one of the wiper blades, that instruct- news station KTUU.
high pressure self-defense situation.) ed the driver to not park his truck in the lot Buscaglia tried to defend her initial
The suspects and the homeowner ex- anymore. Buscaglia did not just stop there, actions, and her rationale gives us a
changed gunfire, resulting in a hail of though, and she proceeded to e-mail the good insight into the totalitarian mind-
bullets both inside and outside the house owner of the building to complain about set of leftists who view dissenting opin-
as the suspects fled to a getaway vehicle the truck and demand that the truck owner ions as amorphous “hate.” “I think the
parked outside. Other suspects were al- be banned from the property and not be al- line between being protected by the First
ready in the getaway vehicle when their lowed to conduct business there anymore. Amendment and hate speech is very
accomplices came fleeing from the house Going even one step further, Buscaglia also fine…. And frankly [referring to the
with guns blazing, as they traded shots posted an image of the bumper sticker to bumper sticker] I wasn’t sure which one
with the homeowner. The homeowner the state’s Human Rights Commission offi- this was,” Buscaglia told the Associated
apparently was the better shot; he sus- cial Facebook page and asked the rhetorical Press. So she admits to being confused
tained no injuries in the shooting, but the question, “In what world is this OK?” The by the sticker, with its comedic aspects
suspects certainly did. One injured sus- question wasn’t meant to be answered, and going over her head, yet she rushed to
pect collapsed outside the house and was instead was simply Buscaglia’s way of fur- publicly condemn the vehicle’s owner as
later pronounced dead. The getaway ve- ther maligning both the sticker owner and a racist and immediately sought to cause
hicle drove off, but did not get far before anyone who dared to defend it. harm to both him and his business.
crashing into a pole. Authorities respond- But this is Alaska, and not some college We can take comfort, though, in that
ing to the 911 call discovered the dead campus where crybaby progressives get it appears Buscaglia might be the one
body of a suspect in the crashed SUV. the final say, so the story didn’t end with facing a comeuppance over her actions,
A third injured suspect, who fled from Buscaglia’s unwarranted attack. Instead as Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy has
the SUV, collapsed nearby, where his the truck’s owner, Brent Linegar, who called for an investigation into the com-
body was found by responding officers. has his own plumbing and heating com- mission’s handling of the incident. The
The two remaining suspects were seri- pany and was performing work at the site, governor’s office released a statement
ously injured and taken to a medical made his own social-media post wherein that the Alaska Department of Law is
facility for treatment. The homeowner he asked friends to explain to him this actively investigating the post made
later confirmed that he knew some of woman’s outrage. Linegar was shocked by the Alaska State Commission for
the deceased suspects, once they were by the woman’s behavior, especially the Human Rights Facebook page to ascer-
unmasked. Houston Police Department posting on the state commission’s official tain whether her actions broke any state
homicide detective Travis Miller told Facebook page that used a state-run ac- laws. n
the news, “The homeowner it appears … count to unfairly smear him as a racist. — Patrick Krey
AP Images
promises an eco-heaven on Earth. As
summarized by Chris Edwards of the
Cato Institute, it will Playing to their passions: On March 15, thousands of kids from around the world skipped
school to protest a lack of climate action. Youth are the conduit through which leftists hope to
push the nation to reach zero green- advance their agenda of using climate change to fasten socialism on the country and the world.
house gases, upgrade all buildings,
generate all power with zero emis- it’s surprising these verdant New Dealers caps, ocean levels will rise by up to
sions, overhaul transportation, and didn’t mandate an antidote for the heart- three feet, enough to cover the Mal-
generate “massive growth” in clean break of psoriasis. dives and other flat island nations,
manufacturing. It would supposedly The socialist GND, with its “10-year Brown told The Associated Press in
provide all people education, train- national mobilization” goal, is arguably an interview on Wednesday.
ing, a good job, high-quality health twice as presumptuous as the Five-Year Coastal regions will be inundated;
care, affordable and safe housing, Plans in the USSR, which failed to achieve one-sixth of Bangladesh could be
economic security, clean water, clean their goals every five years. flooded, displacing a fourth of its 90
air, healthy and affordable food, and The greenies say this immense power million people. A fifth of Egypt’s ar-
access to nature. play is necessary because, well, otherwise, able land in the Nile Delta would be
It would do all this with spending, there will be worldwide catastrophe. True flooded, cutting off its food supply,
regulations, and government “owner- enough, we did read that in the paper not according to a joint UNEP and U.S.
ship stakes.” long ago — so it must be true. Here’s the Environmental Protection Agency
word, via the Associated Press — sourced study....
The plan’s promoters don’t like to talk through the United Nations, which gives it Shifting climate patterns would
about expenditures, in large part because a universal imprimatur: bring back 1930s Dust Bowl condi-
this panacea can supposedly be covered by tions to Canadian and U.S. wheat-
simply printing more money (the linchpin A senior U.N. environmental official lands, while the Soviet Union could
of Modern Money Theory). On the other says entire nations could be wiped off reap bumper crops if it adapts its ag-
hand, a columnist for the Wall Street Jour- the face of the Earth by rising sea lev- riculture in time, according to a study
nal has pointed out that this “plan to so- els if the global warming trend is not by UNEP and the International Insti-
cialize and reorganize much of the U.S. reversed by the year [xxxx]. tute for Applied Systems Analysis.
economy” really would not be free, with “a Coastal flooding and crop failures
cost that by one estimate could approach would create an exodus of “eco-ref- Perhaps you noticed that odd “xxxx” in
$100 trillion in the first decade.” ugees,” threatening political chaos, the above first quoted sentence. (We did
It’s a socialist grab bag, salted with said Noel Brown, director of the New alter that to add suspense). That mention
“social justice,” including a demand to York office of the U.N. Environment of the Soviet Union might have given you
“promote justice and equity by stopping Program, or UNEP. a clue about the age of the wire-service
current, preventing future, and repairing He said governments have a 10- dispatch. Here’s the kicker: The date on
historic oppression of indigenous commu- year window of opportunity to solve the apocalyptic AP account was June 29,
nities, communities of color, migrant com- the greenhouse effect before it goes 1989. The augured “xxxx” deadline was
munities, deindustrialized communities.” beyond human control. set at the year 2000 — so millions of us
With such a magic potion available, As the warming melts polar ice- must be under water by now.
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THE LAST WORD
by William F. Jasper
Unplanned: Could Roe v. An Open Letter to Rescuing Our Children Deep State in Action Deep State:
Wade Be Overturned Soon? Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez American children Censoring the Web: Pulling Strings From
With growing opposition to Democrats, led by Rep. are prog ressively Who’s Next? Behind the Scenes
late-term abortion laws, the Ocasio-Cortez, want to stop doing worse in math, America’s Big Tech Many Americans have
popularity of several new the use of fossil fuels and reading, and other social-media organs noticed the concerted
anti-abortion movies, and the the operation of nuclear subjects, while being have declared war on efforts to vilify Trump
appointing of new pro-life power plants — and go indoctrinated with conservatives, trying and stop his agenda
Supreme Court justices, both all-in on renewable energy. leftist pablum — to exile them from the — for the first time
liberals and conservatives are We explain the costs and the cause and the Internet. But several noticing the Deep State.
predicting that Roe v. Wade could consequences of making prognosis. (February 4, possible routes exist to (January 8, 2018, 48pp)
be overturned. (April 8, 2019, their green dream come 2019, 48pp) TNA190204 fight back. (September TNA180108
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