Capitalism + Government + Chick-fil-A + Climate + More

A CURE

Neither authoritarians nor the world's democracies seem to have found a cure for the maladies that afflict our world's unhappy citizens. --Patrick Buchanan, Drudge Report, 11/19

CAPITALISM

Capitalism is not a rival to the common good. Capitalism, meaning security in one’s own property and in the right to work and to trade, is the common good that governments exist to secure. --Kevin Williamson, National Review Online, 11/19

IS LIFE SACRED?

As a society, we need to answer one question: Is life sacred, or is it not? And if it is sacred, we need to do something about it. We need to stand up for these precious children and support politicians who are willing to stand for life. --James Gottry, Townhall, 11/19

IS GOVERNMENT THE SOLUTION?

If government is the solution, how much more money does it need to solve problems and why haven't those problems been solved by now? --Cal Thomas, Townhall, 11/19

RATIONAL THINKING

Lasting victories for conservatives and progressives aren’t measured in election returns; they’re measured in what voters expect politicians in both parties will do once elected. Moving those expectations rightward (or leftward for progressives) is far more important than getting Republicans (or Democrats) elected. But that requires rational thinking, which is in short supply these days. --Jonah Goldberg, NRO, 11/20

IMPEACHMENT

Each day that is wasted is another day that the new House majority did not, as it promised, address substantive issues. Since January 2018, it has not talked of infrastructure, recalibrated trade deals, budgetary compromises, drug prescription pricing, or anything else other than one iteration after another of attacking Trump. Certainly, if they really believed that Trump was an incompetent buffoon, the better strategy would have been to step aside, let him ruin the economy, and then run in 2020 against his incompetence. --Victor Davis Hanson, NRO, 11/20

CHICK-FIL-A

Chick-fil-A has continued to receive blowback -- and the blowback has widened, helped along by a hostile media. So Chick-fil-A decided to back down and announced publicly that it will no longer donate to traditional Christian charities such as The Salvation Army, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Paul Anderson Youth Home. Chick-fil-A President and Chief Operating Officer Tim Tassopoulos explained, "as we go into new markets, we need to be clear about who we are." Well, now they're clear. They're chickens. --Ben Shapiro, Townhall, 11/20

CLIMATE

You can take a look at all the hurricanes around the planet. We can see them since 1970, because we've got global satellite coverage. We can measure their power... There is no significant increase whatsoever -- no relationship between hurricane activity and the surface temperature of the planet!" --John Stossel, Townhall, 11/20