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Some advertisers say they are leaving conservative host Tucker Carlson's show following his remarks that immigrants could make the U.S. "poorer and dirtier." It's the latest example of sponsors leaving a Fox News Channel show after controversy, but experts say the flap is likely to blow over. So far, the show's biggest advertisers appear to be sticking with him and his prime-time show, "Tucker Carlson Tonight." Carlson said last Thursday that there's pressure from "our leaders" to accept immigrants "even if it makes our own country poorer and dirtier and more divided." He added Monday that in the Southwest, "thanks...

"Instead of open minds and lively debate, I found dogmatic progressive ideology and groupthink. One attendee told me that I, a former Hillary Clinton campaign staffer, am “no better than Roger Ailes” because my company aggregates both liberal and conservative commentaries and thereby is “pushing a right-wing agenda.” Someone else said: “Trump supporters are so stupid . . . they think the tax bill was a good deal because they got back—what, a few thousand a year?” I don’t claim to have the answers. I am, after all, a card-carrying member of the liberal elite. I went to high school...

The election is in 15 days. And the electoral map just keeps looking grimmer and grimmer for Donald Trump.... ...We’re also moving Utah — yes, Utah! — from “lean Republican” to “toss-up” as independent... ...we are adding Texas to our list of competitive states, rating it as “lean Republican.” ....how badly Trump is performing even in longtime Republican strongholds that the debate going forward won’t be whether Texas should stay on the list of competitive races but whether it should move to “toss-up.” ....Clinton now has 323 electoral votes either solidly for her or leaning her way. Trump has just...

Months after voters in the United Kingdom defied surveys and chose to leave the European Union — after pollsters had widely predicted the country would remain — Donald Trump is betting on the American electorate delivering another polling surprise. "Believe me, this is Brexit times five," Trump said in Pennsylvania last week. But experts say a polling upset on November 8th is incredibly unlikely, and that the Brexit comparison just doesn't hold water. The only real similarity is that British voters that opted to leave the European Union and Trump supporters are both driven by the same kind of anxieties...

There is a smug style in American liberalism. It has been growing these past decades. It is a way of conducting politics, predicated on the belief that American life is not divided by moral difference or policy divergence — not really — but by the failure of half the country to know what's good for them. In 2016, the smug style has found expression in media and in policy, in the attitudes of liberals both visible and private, providing a foundational set of assumptions above which a great number of liberals comport their understanding of the world. An American ideology...

It’s July 4, and you’re not very happy with your country. Specifically, you’re unhappy with your country’s Supreme Court, which ruled last week that the marriages of same-sex couples shall be legal in every state. Your bible tells you – and a lot of others – that homosexuality is a sin, and that marriage should be between a man and a woman. The justices – five of them, at least – believe the Constitution says otherwise. What can you do? You can believe the Court made a mistake, of course, and others should respect your right to those beliefs –...

In January 2008, my mission companion and I met up with two other missionaries at one of the biggest mega-churches in the country. Officially, the purpose of our trip was to better understand the religious culture in Dallas so that we could more effectively teach our investigators.Unofficially, though, we were there to satisfy our curiosity and maybe even find a little Sunday morning entertainment. Among the missionaries in the Texas Dallas Mission, Pastor T.D. Jakes and his church, the Potter's House, were legendary. The non-denominational church in west Dallas boasts a membership of 30,000 — and any missionary who had...

US President George W. Bush recently gave a speech in which he stated that the US would attempt to cap all Greenhouse Gas Emissions by the year 2025. A cynic observing recent US emissions trends may be tempted to opine. “That’s easy for him to say.” EPA data on US Greenhouse Gas emissions follows below.In 2006, total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions were 7,054.2 teragrams of carbon dioxide equivalents (Tg CO2 Eq.).1 Overall, total U.S. emissions have risen by 14.7 percent from 1990 to 2006, while the U.S. gross domestic product has increased by 59 percent over the same period (BEA...

<p>Impressed by the gas-electric hybrid's advertised mileage -- 49 miles per gallon in the city, 51 miles per gallon on the highway -- True plunked down $28,470, at least $7,000 more than for a comparable non hybrid Civic EX.</p> <p>But after 6,000 miles of driving, True said he averaged just 32 miles per gallon in mixed city/highway driving. So in March, True, an Ontario, Calif., professional jazz piano player, filed a class-action lawsuit in U S District Court in Riverside, Calif., in what appears to be the first legal challenge of the mileage claims of hybrid vehicles.</p>

Californians have an interesting question to ponder following last week's elections: Why have Republicans taken total control in Washington at the very moment Democrats have total power in Sacramento? California, despite what others might think, is not just one more state. We have 12.1 percent of the U.S. population, 14 million more people than the next largest state, Texas. Our gross domestic product is, by some measures, ahead of that of France. A regional state – Connecticut, say, or Iowa or Louisiana – out of step with national trends is merely a curiosity, but California is no regional state. We...

Should the Democrats have listened to Ann Coulter? After listening to the sobbing Democrats over the last few days, I wonder if their debacle could have been averted if they had listened to Ann Coulter. Didn't she tell them in her latest book, Slander, that the left and democrats lacked a message and tended to rely on name-calling, false moral superiority, and resentment?