JERRY NEWCOMBE — It sounds like a cliche, but this may well be the most important mid-term election in our lifetime. On the ballot, at least indirectly, will be socialism. Will Americans choose so-called "free stuff" or freedom?... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Pittsburgh synagogue targeted in an anti-Semitic attack that left 11 people dead told CNN Thursday morning that he was "pleasantly surprised" by President Trump's visit Tuesday because he was able to witness the "warm and personal side" of the president that the rest of America often misses out on. "The president was very warm, very consoling," Rabbi Myers told "New Day" anchor Alisyn Camerota.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — The broadcast news media has not been kind to President Trump since he was elected. Consistent studies from the Media Research Center showed that, on average, 90 percent of the coverage of Mr. Trump has been hostile. Broadcasters now appear intent on creating a negative grand finale as the midterm elections loom, lashing out at the GOP as well.... (more)

REUTERS — Silicon Valley technology giants such as Facebook and Google have grown so dominant they may need to be broken up, unless challengers or changes in taste reduce their clout, the inventor of the World Wide Web told Reuters.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Forty-seven percent of registered voters say President Donald Trump deserves credit for the United States' booming economy, according to a Harvard-Harris poll released ­Wednesday. The survey was taken nearly a week after former President Barack Obama took credit for the economic gains made during Trump's time in office. Only 21 percent of respondents said they thought Obama was responsible for the current state of the economy.... (more)

JOE KOVACS — Despite a near complete blackout of national media coverage, the controversial film "Gosnell; The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer" has scored a 98% percent positive rating from movie fans on RottenTomatoes.com.... (more)

ART MOORE — President Trump's approval among black voters hit a record-high 40 percent a week ahead of the midterm elections, according to a Rasmussen survey. Typically, the Gateway Pundit pointed out, Democrats need about 85 percent of the African-American vote to win national elections.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — CNN anchor Don Lemon declared Tuesday night that the biggest terror threat the country faces today is "white men" and that something needs to be done about them. Mr. Lemon made the comments while speaking to fellow anchor Chris Cuomo about last week's killing of two black men at a Kentucky supermarket in an apparent hate crime. It came just days before Saturday's mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue and amid a rash of pipe bombs mailed to more that a dozen high-profile Democrats. All of the alleged perpetrators appear to be white men.... (more)

ANN COULTER — Having mastered fake news, now the media are trying out a little fake history. In the news business, new topics are always popping up, from the Logan Act and the emoluments clause to North Korea. The all-star panels rush to Wikipedia, so they can pretend to be experts on things they knew nothing about an hour earlier.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — The words "FBI investigation" have struck terror in the heart of many a wrong-doer over the years. Now, however, it could mean an investigation of the FBI. Specifically, whether its interaction with the secret court that must approve surveillance operations constituted illegal acts. The chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., is asking the head of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to determine whether the FBI engaged in misconduct, such as lying, to surveil members of President Trump's 2016 campaign.... (more)

CNN — The body of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was dismembered after he was strangled as soon as he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, the chief prosecutor's office in Istanbul said Wednesday. This was carried out as part of a premeditated plan, according to a statement by the chief prosecutor's office.... (more)

NPR — Marijuana, it seems, is not a performance-enhancing drug. That is, at least, not among young people, and not when the activity is learning. A study published Tuesday in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry finds that when adolescents stop using marijuana -- even for just one week -- their verbal learning and memory improve. The study contributes to growing evidence that marijuana use in adolescents is associated with reduced neurocognitive functioning.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — President Trump paid his respects Tuesday to the victims of a mass shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, while a coalition of liberal groups sought to gain partisan advantage by blaming the president for the tragedy and urging the public to "vote against anti-Semitism" on Election Day.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — House Majority Whip Steve Scalise literally had no words to describe his reaction to commentary on political violence by CNN's Don Lemon. The Louisiana Republican, the party's third-ranking House member, simply shared an image of shocked eyeballs on Tuesday after hearing Mr. Lemon's claim that Democrats aren't "killing people because of political [motivations]." "This is not equal," Mr. Lemon said Monday about political violence in the U.S.... (more)

DENNIS PRAGER — All my life I have reminded fellow Jews in America that we are the luckiest Jews to have ever lived in a non-Jewish country. I know what I'm talking about. I wrote a book on anti-Semitism, taught Jewish history at Brooklyn College, and fought anti-Semitism since I was 21, when Israel sent me into the Soviet Union to smuggle in Jewish religious items and smuggle out Jewish names.... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Nearly three-quarters of those in the caravan of Central American migrants traveling through Mexico to the United States are adult men, a senior Border Patrol official told the Washington Examiner.... (more)

ALAN KEYES — An article in America – The Jesuit Review purports to substantiate the notion that "homosexuality is not a risk factor for the sexual abuse of children." It purports to substantiate the conclusion that the victims of clerical abuse by Catholic clergy are mostly boys because boys are more available to priests, not because so many priests are homosexuals.... (more)

JOAN SWIRSKY — This past Saturday morning, 11 Jews were shot to death in a Pittsburgh synagogue by one of the millions of Jew haters who contaminate our world. To Jews like me, who know and appreciate Jewish history as I do, this is no surprise. Tragic, yes; shocking, no.... (more)

NEWSMAX — They were professors and accountants, dentists and beloved doctors serving their local community. A day after the shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue that left 11 dead, officials released the names of the victims. The oldest of them was 97. The youngest was 54. They included a pair of brothers and a husband and wife.... (more)

STEPHEN STONE — Those who doubt President Trump's claim that the media have stirred up "great anger in our country...by inaccurate, and even fraudulent, reporting of the news" should consider a vivid distortion the media got away with in June.... (more)

THE GUARDIAN — After dominating European politics for well over a decade, Angela Merkel has said her fourth term as Germany's chancellor will be her last. Speaking after disastrous regional elections in Hesse and Bavaria for her Christian Democrats and its Bavaria-only sister party, Merkel on Monday said she saw the results as a "clear signal that things can't go on as they are".... (more)

ROBERT KNIGHT — The idea of two distinct sexes has been acknowledged as fundamental reality for thousands of years by billions of people, biology and every major religion. The Trump administration agrees, which is why the Health and Human Services Department is circulating a proposal defining gender this way for purposes of interpreting Title IX of the Civil Rights Act:... (more)

CHERYL K. CHUMLEY — President Donald Trump is mulling an executive order that would stop the caravan in its tracks and send the thousands and thousands of people trying to cross America's borders back to their homes. That makes perfect sense. It's a viable solution that would lead to a redefining of asylum seekers -- a honing, of sorts, of the criteria that determines who gets into the country versus who gets refused.... (more)

BRYAN FISCHER — John Kasich was quick to condemn President Trump for being un-Christlike by seeking to stop the invading army of thousands of illegal aliens snaking its way across Mexico. After all, Kasich says, Jesus taught the story of the Good Samaritan to teach us that we as a nation should throw our borders and our arms open wide and welcome them to cross our sovereign border en masse.... (more)

DAILY MAIL — The suspected gunman who opened fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday morning, killing at least 11 people and injuring several others, has been named as 46-year-old Robert Bowers, a Trump-hating anti-semite who regularly complained on social media about the president and 'the infestation of Jews.' Bowers allegedly opened fire at the Tree of Life Congregation Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill area of Pittsburgh shortly before 10 am. The synagogue was busier than usual with Sabbath services and because of a baby naming ceremony that had also been scheduled.... (more)