VICTOR DAVIS HANSON — Much has been written -- some of it either inaccurate or designed to obfuscate the issue ahead of the midterms for political purposes -- about the border fiasco and the unfortunate separation of children from parents. Rich Lowry's brief analysis is the most insightful.... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — The national media have focused intense pressure on President Trump and the administration's "zero tolerance" border enforcement policy by weaponizing pictures and audio of distraught families in illegal immigrant detention centers.... (more)

DAVID FRENCH — I once had a pastor who never, ever delivered the Good News of the Gospel without first sharing the bad news. In fact, as he argued, the bad news is what helps us understand the enormous worth of the Good News. And what is that bad news?... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — The Trump administration finalized plans Tuesday to let small companies and the self-employed band together and buy health insurance outside of Obamacare's strict rules, moving to offer coverage to people priced out of the market by the 2010 health care law.... (more)

YAHOO — Just 13.9 percent of the US population smokes cigarettes, according to a US government report Tuesday which said the American smoking rate has reached "the lowest level ever recorded."... (more)

ALAN KEYES — A senator and a representative solemnly read a new pledge of allegiance today in a dramatic Flag Day ceremony on the Capitol steps. As a new flag donated by the American Legion was raised high over the Capitol dome, Sen. Homer Ferguson, R-Mich., and Rep. Louis C. Rabaut, D-Mich., intoned the words of the allegiance approved by Congress last week.... (more)

JOAN SWIRSKY — I remember as a young teenager going by myself to see "On the Waterfront" at the Whalley Theater in New Haven. I was so mesmerized by the performance of Marlon Brando (30 years old at the time) that it took a dozen more viewings – really, that's how many times I saw the film, maybe more – before I realized that the greatest actors of the day – Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger – were also featured in the movie.... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz said it was "obnoxious to our Constitution" to put former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort behind bars prior to a trial.... (more)

BYRON YORK — It didn't take long for defenders of the FBI's Trump-Russia investigation to claim that the Justice Department inspector general's report found no bias in the bureau's conduct of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, nor in the early days of the Trump-Russia probe.... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — In the run-up to Saturday's heavyweight matchup, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, took a quick break from trash talking late night host Jimmy Kimmel to play the expectations game. "It may be the biggest crowd assembled to watch the least talent in the history of basketball," Cruz joked to the Washington Examiner Friday night.... (more)

NATIONAL REVIEW — On Thursday, the Justice Department inspector general released a sprawling 568-page report on the handling of the Hillary Clinton emails investigation in 2015-16 by the FBI and DOJ. There's far too much in the report to detail here in one bite, as it covered (among other things):... (more)

REAL CLEAR POLITICS — Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton joins Tucker Carlson to talk about the Justice Department inspector general's report's findings in the handling of the Hillary Clinton investigation. Fitton said the 500-page I.G. report is "the beginning of the story" and "the connection between Peter Strzok, the Clinton emails, and the Russia investigation has yet to be investigated by the I.G."... (more)

FOX NEWS — President Trump broke his silence on the scathing inspector general's report with a vengeance Friday, first tweeting that the FBI boss he fired was the "worst" in the bureau's history, then crashing "Fox & Friends" for an impromptu interview where he ripped the "scum on top" of the Obama-era bureau and said the IG "blew it."... (more)

THE HILL — James Comey once described his position in the Clinton investigation as being the victim of a "500-year flood." The point of the analogy was that he was unwittingly carried away by events rather than directly causing much of the damage to the FBI. His "500-year flood" just collided with the 500-page report of the Justice Department inspector general (IG) Michael Horowitz. The IG sinks Comey's narrative with a finding that he "deviated" from Justice Department rules and acted in open insubordination.... (more)

FOX NEWS — The country is still digesting Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz's scathing report on the FBI and the DOJ's handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, but more bombshells could be looming from the same team of investigators.... (more)

FOX NEWS — Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, in a comprehensive and at-times scathing report on the handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, exposed extraordinary text messages by a top FBI official vowing to "stop" Donald Trump -- while calling then-director James Comey's actions in the case "insubordinate."... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — His administration has argued against providing abortions to illegal aliens who demand them and against taxpayer funding of abortion-business giants. He's worked to protect doctors who won't perform the procedure. And now the White House has moved a step further, reversing a trend at the Organization of American States to liberalize abortion laws.... (more)

CONRAD BLACK — The president's idiosyncratic methods conceal the strength of his effort to reverse the disintegration of America as a Great Power and a just force in the world. Beneath or with his almost avuncular comments on Kim Jong-un being "a nice guy," Trump has gained Kim's formal acquiescence to his definition of denuclearization in exchange for contemporaneous wind-down of sanctions and of the close presence of overwhelming military force.... (more)

NEWSMAX — The United States is committed to the complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday, after briefing his South Korean and Japanese counterparts on President Donald Trump's summit with Kim Jong Un.... (more)

MICHAEL BARONE — It has been a week full of wins for Donald Trump -- at least from the perspective of those who share Trump's view of the way the world works, and perhaps even for some who don't.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — It is known in the industry as a good get. Andrew C. McCarthy has joined Fox News Channel as a contributor. A network spokesperson confirmed to the Washington Times that Mr. McCarthy will provide legal analysis during daytime and prime-time programming on Fox News as well as Fox Business Network.... (more)

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — The House Intelligence Committee is investigating whether the government has used the Justice Department's awesome investigative authorities as a weapon against political adversaries. We learned yesterday that, in response to this very investigation, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein . . . threatened to use the Justice Department's awesome investigative authorities as a weapon against political adversaries.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Federal policy shifts that put a crimp in the Obamacare market are likely to drive up premiums for remaining policyholders next year -- especially those who are older and in poorer health, a report released Wednesday said.... (more)

THE NEW AMERICAN — Vermont will require all residents to have health insurance by 2020, despite the national backlash against ObamaCare's individual mandate that demanded the same requirement of all Americans. Just days after Vermont signed its individual mandate into law, New Jersey followed suit. The two states now join Massachusetts, which has had a similar mandate in place for years. The laws prove that the federal government is not the only government capable of overreach... (more)

THE NEW AMERICAN — When Abby Johnson quit her job as director of a Texas Planned Parenthood clinic in 2009, she had no intention of becoming a pro-life activist. Then Planned Parenthood tried to get a judge to slap a permanent gag order on her. The attempted silencing of Johnson not only failed in court but also spurred her to speak out.... (more)