A friend and colleague of mine used a debate tactic that he described as “pushing or forcing the antithesis.” The tactic is simple. Adopt the operating assumption of a person’s worldview and push them to live consistently with it. For example, if someone says, “There are no absolutes,” then point

Attorney General Eric Holder said that the federal government will recognize more than 1,000 same-sex marriages that were conducted in Utah “despite an earlier announcement this week from the state’s governor saying the state would not. The decision means those Utah couples will have access to federal benefits that are available

The moral descent around the world is moving at an accelerated pace. It seems that everywhere we turn moral degeneracy is front page news. It used to be, “If it bleeds, it leads.” That’s no longer the case. Perversion is the new headline grabber. Here’s a recent story that did

I’m no fan of NJ governor Chris Christie. He impressed me early on, but the more I read about his policies and political opportunism, the less I like him. Then there’s this thing about holding up traffic because he was ticked off that some local mayor who would not support

Don’t you just love tolerance? You do your thing, and I’ll do my thing, and as long as your thing does not interfere with my thing, all is right with the world, until you write a book evaluating the underpinnings of your thing, a thing that is now being forced

“Thanks to persistent unemployment and low availability of low-skill jobs,” Ben Shapiro writes, “Shenandoah Family Farms’ ice cream plant in Hagerstown, Maryland has received over 1,600 applicants for a grand total of 36 jobs.” How is it possible that with nearly a trillion (fake) dollars (it may be more) pumped

Lou Dobbs hosts “Lou Dobbs Tonight” on the Fox Business Network and is the author of the new book Upheaval: Winning Back the Country with Knowledge that Empowers, Ideas that Matter and Solutions that Work. Dobbs offers some good advice, for example, by following “a temperate foreign policy, a prudent

There’s never a lack of good material to write about for the Godfather Politics site. Some days there’s so much to comment on that I find myself overwhelmed with the collective stupidity of so many people. I consider myself fairly well informed on pop culture and the latest faux celebrities,

There are many times that I think back over my life and wish I had done some things differently. We all do it, and we try to pass on our successes and failures to our children. Here are a few things that I often recommend to parents with children. The

The attack on Mitt Romney and his family because of a picture of their grandchildren that includes a black baby was relentless and morally reprehensible. Why the attacks? For liberals, the adoption of a black baby by conservatives is in itself racist. I noticed that one of the Romney grandchildren

Spoilers ahead. No, I’m not going to cook meth in 2014. If you have not seen AMC’s Breaking Bad, let me give you a very brief introduction. Walter White is an under-fulfilled high school chemistry teacher who learns that he has cancer. When he dies, he will leave a wife

Adolf Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews. He failed. Now it looks like the Jews themselves could finish what Hitler started. Israel’s oldest daily newspaper Haaretz (‘The Land [of Israel]’) is reporting the following: “Israel will pay for abortions for women aged 20 to 33 regardless of circumstance starting next

Adolf Hitler once walked here. Dead bodies were stepped over here. Cities were burned to a crisp here. The Berlin Wall once stood here. I’ve always described myself as a short term-pessimist but a long-term optimist. The long march of history shows that once great civilizations have collapsed into the

I’m not a military type of guy, but I do follow politically correct trends. The military has been an incubator for every liberal cause. I’m OK with women wanting to join the military, but they should have to do everything their male counterparts have to do. If not, then it’s

A PSA is a Public Service announcement. A&E is going to run a series of PSAs in response to the flak it’s gotten from the pro-homosexual advocacy group GLAAD because the network reinstated Phil Robertson. Robertson, you may recall, made some graphic but accurate remarks about same-sex sex without ever

NY Magazine is reporting that “Before she was married to New York City public advocate and Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio, Chirlane McCray was a lesbian. “ How is this possible? “Once gay, always gay.” Isn’t this what we’ve always heard? “I was born that way. . .  Homosexuality

A Christian professor of philosophy posted the following: “Phil is back on a meaningless show. The Republic is saved.” It’s been said that “culture is upstream from politics.” Duck Dynasty is not high culture, but it’s become the flashpoint of what’s been lacking among conservatives. Not only are the schools,

When I first heard this story, I thought it was some nutty environmentalist. Maybe some tree hugger was upset with Sarah Palin because she and her family chapped down an oxygen-giving evergreen conifer only to burn it a few weeks later with the result that the gasses would end up