Three pieces.
Schumer dishonored the Senate by adopting Fetterman’s non-dress code (Official Washington Examiner editorial, Sept. 19): As if Democrats still needed to prove that they are obsessed with lowering or eliminating all standards, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) just scrapped the Senate dress code. There is no good reason to kill the dress code, and he should reinstate it.
Until last weekend, men were required to wear a jacket and tie on the Senate floor. The Senate likes to think of itself as the “world’s greatest deliberative body,” with just 100 men and women working there for the 335 million people who inhabit the greatest nation on Earth. They handle tremendous democratic responsibilities. Surely it is not too much to ask that they reflect the gravity of the office granted to them by dressing with dignity….
Media flat-out lie by calling Feinstein a ‘centrist’ (Sept. 29): May Diane Feinstein rest in God’s peace, but may the media not rest:
With the death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) on Thursday night, the liberal media has gone beyond bias into outrageously mendacious agitprop.
If one assumes they aren’t completely out of touch with reality, the only conclusion is that the media outlets are being willfully dishonest. If one assumes they don’t recognize their own astonishing inaccuracy, then they must be adjudged to be embarrassingly untethered to ordinary American life outside of their elitist, woke bubbles.
his is about media prejudice so horrendous as to be unethical. It involves the repeated, insistent use, by supposedly “straight news” reporters and outlets, of political labels that consistently disfavor conservatives while favoring liberals….[The AP, the WashPost, and the NYT all called Feinstein a “centrist.”}….
On China, Will Hurd deserves a listen (Sept. 21): Sometimes, long-shot presidential candidates deserve to have their policy prescriptions heard, regardless of whether they make headway in the polls. Witness, for example, the thoughtful focus on China by former Texas Rep. Will Hurd. ….
