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VOL. 24, NO. 2 - WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2017 INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVE VOICE OF THE PALMETTO STATE Sessions Expected to Restore Police and DOJ Relationship By Bob Dill Eight Inches of Snow In Leftists and Liberals are gearing up to attack Senator UDC and Children Northern Greenville County Jeff Sessions as he goes before the United States Senate for of the Confederacy confi rmation this week as At- torney General in the Trump Share Joint Events Administration. Senate Democrats will like- ly bring up some long-ago debunked accusations against Sessions. Credible witnesses will prove their allegations false and he is expected to be easily confi rmed. Jonathan Thompson, Ex- ecutive Director of the Na- tional Sheriff ’s Association in a statement to The Hill, said: “Over the past few years law enforcement has been missing a key component to succeed PHOTO BY BOB DILL Large ß uff y snowß akes created a winter-wonder-land in their jobs – federal govern- ment support.” on shrubbery branches. “While this Administra- PHOTO COURTESY OF CAROL LEAKE Members of Caroline S. Coleman loved riding tion’s support is lacking, pub- in the Fountain Inn Christmas Parade. lic support of law enforcement By Carol Leake Glassy Mountain Fire Department remains very high. Law en- son 1850, members from both Members of Oliver Thomp- Chapters were able to hear the forcement is gratifi ed by the son 1850, United Daughters of outstanding program presented Honors FireÞ ghters support and with a new exec- the Confederacy, and Caroline by Laurens County Historian utive branch administration S. Coleman 537, Children of Sarah Jane Armstrong. Mrs. comes new promise.” the Confederacy, shared mul- Armstrong is a published au- In a statement released by tiple events in November and thor, who has been instrumen- the Trump Transition Team, December. At the November Thompson insisted that the 16th meeting of Oliver Thomp- See EVENTS, Page 5 Senate must confi rm Senator Sessions because law enforce- ment and the citizens they pro- The Titanic tect need his expertise, dedi- cation and honor at the Justice Has Set Sail Department. “The nation’s sheriff s and deputies know Sen. Sessions will support them because throughout his career he has been a crime fi ghter who seeks PHOTO COURTESY OF SHARYN ARNOLD Glassy Mountain Fire Department honors Þ reÞ ghters (l to r) Rookie of justice fairly. the Year FireÞ ghter Donald Blanchard; Cadet of the Year FireÞ ghter “He worked with Democrats Zachary Coates; Career FireÞ ghter of the Year Engineer/Paramedic and Republicans to pass im- Donald Jeff ers; Volunteer of the Year FireÞ ghter Hunter Ward; Fire Chief’s portant legislation like the Fair Award FireÞ ghter/Support Max Heim and Offi cer of the Year Sergeant Shawn Sentencing Act of 2010 that Jenkins with Chief Robert Staples. rectifi ed disparities in sentenc- LANDRUM, SC… Glassy fi ghter Zachary Coates (Trav- Hunter Ward (Travelers Rest) ing for drug crimes and the Mountain Fire Department hon- elers Rest) was named Cadet was named Volunteer of the fugitive Sex Off enders Act of ored its fi refi ghters during its of the Year; Firefi ghter Donald Year; Engineer/Paramedic Don- 2012 which helps law enforce- Annual Christmas and Awards Blanchard (Greer) was named Banquet in December. Fire- Rookie of the Year; Firefi ghter See HONORS, Page 13 See SESSIONS, Page 15 Major Mistakes in the Vietnam War PHOTO COURTESY OF JUDGENAP.COM/ Micromanaging and Ignoring Military Chiefs - Part 5 Judge Andrew P. Napolitano Over the New Year’s was an absence of scandal A sixth prominent mistake ed wisdom of military chiefs enemy sanctuaries, a U.S. weekend, President Barack in his administration. When in the Vietnam War was that and micromanaged military media-driven South Viet- By Obama’s chief policy adviser fi rst I heard this preposterous President Johnson and Sec- operations. This was an ex- namese regime change, the Mike and closest strategist, Valerie claim, I thought I had mis- disastrous military doctrine Scruggs retary of Defense McNamara acerbating factor in the fi rst Jarrett, told a talk show host heard it. Yet it is apparently continually refused to listen to fi ve mistakes covered in this that her boss would have a the experience and accumulat- series: appeasement, allowing See SCRUGGS, Page 12 happy legacy because there See THE JUDGE, Page 3 2 The Times Examiner Wednesday, January 11, 2017 County Council Remembers One of Their Own Civil Rights Leader Passes Lottie Beal Gibson was love her and let her know she Lottie for as long as we did and when not discussing issues in- She served on the council for born June 27, 1930, in Sen- doesn’t have to worry about we’re certainly going to miss volving civil rights. She could 24 years receiving more than 65 eca, SC, the daughter of her legacy because I’m going to her.” be a very charming, reasonable public awards. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. and fi ght tooth and nail to preserve it Councilwoman Xanthene ally or adversary.” She passed away in Decem- Pauline Harrison Beal. She and to continue it.” Norris said Gibson was a pi- Lottie was known for her civ- ber at the age of 86 to a stroke. was fi nishing her fi nal term Councilman Lynn Ballard oneer and trailblazer. “I will il rights fi ght with the NAACP, on County Council set to said about her, “If there is one miss her. Lottie was a person alongside her husband Bill Gib------end on December 31st 2016 word to describe Mrs. Gibson, that never gave up, who always son. She brought Dr. Martin : when she passed away Sun- it would be perseverance. She found ways to get things done.” Luther King to Greenville and The Community Informer News, day, Dec. 18, 2016. Ennis was an institution. She was an Bob Dill, editor of The also, Jesse Jackson in the fi ght LLC Dec. 28, 2016 Fant has assumed her coun- icon.” Times Examiner having cov- to honor Dr. King with a holi- www.wyff 4.com Dec. 19, 2016 cil seat. Upon replacing her Councilman Butch Kirven ered County Council meetings day. on council, Fant said, “I’m said, “County Council is cer- for many years, said of Lottie, She helped form the Rainbow going to let her know I still tainly better off for having had “Mrs. Gibson was a nice person Push Coalition. Lottie Gibson American Legion SC Dept. and Post 214 Awards

PHOTO BY STUART MCLURE PHOTO BY STUART MCLURE Dr. Herb Varn receives a CertiÞ cate Medal of Merit Award Post Adjutant Carroll Kelley receives a CertiÞ cate Medal and medal from American Legion SC Dept. Commander of Merit Award and medal from American Legion Post 214 Bob Schere, Post 214 Charter Commander Steve Zietz and current Commander Tony Dunn. current Commander Tony Dunn.

PHOTO BY STUART MCLURE PHOTO BY STUART MCLURE Fred Lee receives a CertiÞ cate General Award Don Whitehead receives a CertiÞ cate General Award and medal from American Legion SC Dept. Commander and medal from American Legion SC Dept. Commander Bob Schere, Post 214 Charter Commander Steve Zietz and Bob Schere, Post 214 Charter Commander Steve Zietz and current Commander Tony Dunn. current Commander Tony Dunn.

PHOTO BY STUART MCLURE Clyde Rector receives a CertiÞ cate General Award

and medal from American Legion SC Dept. Commander PHOTO BY STUART MCLURE Bob Schere, Post 214 Charter Commander Steve Zietz and A Plaque listing all the American Legion Post 214 current Commander Tony Dunn. Charter Members Wednesday, January 11, 2017 The Times Examiner 3

THE JUDGE consider arguments or evidence hotels where the president was not put to it. For instance, in an staying -- encounters that in- Teri Brinkman Appointed ... Continue from Page 1 automobile accident, if all eye- volved the loss of laptops and true that President Obama and witnesses state that a traffi c light itineraries and jeopardized the Executive Director of Strategic his team somehow can overlook in question was green at the president’s physical safety -- recent history and behave as if time of the collision, the court and two directors lost their jobs. Communications & Engagement events with which we are all fa- may not fi nd that it was red. Then came the Edward we have people all across this miliar never happened. Yet notwithstanding agree- Snowden revelations that the district that care deeply about Here is the back story. ment among the parties before government was capturing ev- serving children and helping them reach their potential.” When Obama became pres- the Supreme Court and notwith- ery keystroke of every person Mrs. Brinkman began ident in 2009 and enjoyed sig- standing the absence of any evi- using every computer and mo- her service with Greenville nifi cant Democratic majorities dence that the penalty was a tax, bile device in the United States County Schools in 2006 as in both houses of Congress, the Supreme Court made new yet was still failing to keep us the Board Liaison/Execu- tive Assistant to the Super- he and his colleagues devot- law by declaring this non-tax safe and that a senior Obama intendent, where her duties ed themselves entirely to an to be a tax and then ruling that offi cial had lied about this un- included assisting the su- issue nowhere in the Consti- Congress can tax anything it der oath. And all this was done perintendent with special tution -- health care. They did wants -- so Congress can force without the approval of Con- projects, communications, and problem-solving eff orts. not address other issues dear you to purchase a product you gress, using a secret court that She also served as the com- to them and their base, such as don’t want by taxing you if you rationalized its way around the munications liaison between guns, abortion, taxes, war, jobs fail to make the purchase. Constitution. the administration, Board of and civil liberties. Rather, they None of this is new. It is the While all this was happening, Trustees, and community. sought to alter radically the re- president’s known legacy. It is a the president was secretly using Prior to joining Greenville County Schools, Brinkman lationship of the federal govern- legacy of the colossal failure of drones to kill Americans and was the Assistant/Associate ment to every person in Amer- the central planning of one-fi fth others in foreign lands -- folks Sports Information Director ica by imposing upon each of of the economy. It has resulted never charged with crimes -- us- for Furman University. She us the obligation to purchase a in an expansion of federal pow- ing laughable legal authority as GREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOLS PHOTO also served as a sportswrit- er for the Starkville (Mis- product -- namely, health insur- ers and a reduction in the avail- justifi cation. Also, then-Secre- Teri Brinkman sissippi) Daily News and Teri S. Brinkman has been production, PTA support, Ser- ance -- whether we wanted it or ability of health care providers tary of State Hillary Clinton was spent 16 years in athletic appointed the Executive Di- vice Center, and staff recogni- not. and is yet another glaring rejec- exposing state secrets -- includ- media relations, where she rector of Strategic Communi- tion activities. The abominable statute they tion of the Constitution as the ing the names and whereabouts provided color commentary cations and Engagement for “I am so grateful for this for TV and radio broadcasts enacted, which has caused mil- supreme law of the land. of undercover American agents Greenville County Schools. opportunity,” said Brinkman. and worked multiple NCAA lions of folks to lose their prima- In this capacity, she is re- “After 11 years with Greenville While all of this was going on, -- to friend and foe alike, and Championship events. sponsible for supervising the County Schools, I have devel- ry care physician and millions the scandals Jarrett overlooked the FBI declined to recommend She holds a bachelor’s de- Communications team in the oped a great passion for the peo- more to see their premiums sky- were brewing. Operation Fast prosecution. And while Clinton gree in communications from areas of media and commu- ple and programs of our district. Mississippi State Universi- rocket and still millions more to and Furious, which began in the was under investigation, her nity relations, organizational We have outstanding employees ty and a bachelor’s in music see their full-time jobs become George W. Bush administration, husband, former President Bill communications, publica- who are experts in their respec- from Furman University. part-time, has acquired the nick- exploded under Obama, when Clinton, had a private meeting tions, graphic design, video tive fi elds, but most importantly, name Obamacare. the guns the feds intentionally on an airport tarmac with the at- Instead of reducing taxes or had let slip into the hands of torney general -- whom he had regulations or spending so more Mexican gangs were used to kill once appointed a U.S. attorney Local Students Graduate in folks would have better-paying one of their own. -- at which they claim they dis- jobs, the president and his folks Then came Libya, where cussed their grandchildren. NGU’s 2016 December Class were determined to tell us all heavy armaments the feds se- Which legacy is worse, fail- Tigerville, SC - North Green- Lauren Ann Ploof – Bachelor Bachelor of Science – Health how to stay healthy. Obamacare cretly had passed into the hands ure or scandal? Is it any wonder ville University graduated the fol- of Science – Outdoor Leadership Science passed on a party-line vote, with of terrorists masquerading as Donald Trump tapped into the lowing local students on Friday, Stephen Paul Roberts – Bache- Molly Jane Mosley – Master of lor of Science – Business Admin- not a single vote to spare in the rebels were used to kill the U.S. raw nerves of the folks the pres- December ninth. Education Baccalaureate degree students istration Garrett Raoul Roberge – Bach- Senate. ambassador and topple a friend- ident and the Democrats forgot whose cumulative grade point Marcus Lowell Sundberg – elor of Arts – Broadcast Media At the time it was enacted, ly government. about and rode their anger to average is at least 3.5 graduates Bachelor of Arts – Interdisciplin- Marion Levi Singleton – Bach- the president argued vocifer- Then came the seizure of victory? Americans today are cum laude; those with at least a ary Studies elor of Science – Business Ad- 3.75 graduate magna cum laude; Madeline Hope Taylor – Bach- ministration ously that the fi nancial conse- telephone records of journalists less free, less prosperous, less and those with at least a 3.9 grade elor of Arts – Studio Art Bolumani Sondah – Master of quence of not obtaining health critical of the administration safe and trillions more in debt point average graduate summa Emily Hannah Tyler – Master Education of Education insurance -- the penalty for dis- by the Department of Justice, than we were eight years ago. cum laude. T Alton Sterling Ward – Master obeying the law -- was not a tax. which secretly convinced a fed- Can Trump eff ectively change C Trent Alan Barbare – Bachelor of Business Administration He made that argument because eral judge that talking to a whis- course after so much damage Brittany Nichole Gilbert – of Science – Business Adminis- Bachelor of Arts – Spanish G tration he had promised Democrats -- tleblower and reporting on his has been done? We soon will Jacob Tyler Henson – Bachelor Amanda Joy Craig – Bachelor Jeremy Lee Barnette – Master many of whom lost their con- questionable behavior somehow know. of Arts – History of Arts – Interdisciplinary Studies of Music Education gressional seats for going along involved reporters criminally in Nestor Manuel Vargas Rojas – Gabrielle Marianna Fanelli Kelley Elizabeth Chapman – – Bachelor of Arts – Broadcast with his utopian experiment -- that behavior. ------Master of Business Administra- Bachelor of Science – Interdisci- tion Media plinary Studies that he would not raise taxes to Then came the targeting by Andrew Peter Napolitano is the Mary Elizabeth Fowler – Mas- C Elizabeth Joy Chisholm – accomplish his purposes. the IRS of conservative advo- Senior Judicial Analyst for Fox ter of Education Karen Rachel Clardy – Bache- Bachelor of Arts – Early Child- Meghan Lilly Heald – Bache- When the statute was chal- cacy groups by denying them News Channel, commenting on lor of Arts – Studio Art hood Education lor of Science – Interdisciplinary Laura Marbry Cook – Bache- lenged in the federal courts and tax-exempt status for political legal news and trials, and is a D Studies lor of Science – Interdisciplinary the various challenges were con- reasons. syndicated columnist whose Caroline Nicole Young – Mas- Brianna Marie Kellett – Bach- Studies – Cum laude solidated before the Supreme Then came the Secret Ser- work appears in numerous pub- ter of Business Administration elor of Science – Social Studies Pedro Benjamin Mateo – Bach- Education Court, the challengers did not vice scandal in which dozens lications, such as Fox News, E elor of Arts – Broadcast Media Jessica Danielle Bowers – Jessica Lorene McDonald – Joshua Miles McAda – Bach- dispute the claim that the penal- of agents were caught in sexual The Washington Times, and Bachelor of Arts – Elementary Bachelor of Arts – Interdisciplin- elor of Science – Outdoor Lead- ty was not a tax. A court cannot encounters on foreign trips in Reason. Education – Cum laude ary Studies ership Ashton Brooke Hawkins – Kayla Elizabeth Samoros – Elizabeth N. Poole – Master of Master of Education Bachelor of Science – Health Education Rebecca Ann Hughes – Master Science Ambria Nicole Shaw – Bach- Rep. Duncan Applauds Passage of Music Education Kayla Howard Stevens – Mas- elor of Science – Sport Manage- Devin Allen Kilgore – Bache- ter of Education ment of “Groundbreaking” REINS Act lor of Arts – Media Ministry Joshua Gene Talbott – Bache- Robert Isaac Therrell – Bache- Ashleigh Nichole Wyatt – lor of Arts – Broadcast Media lor of Arts – Broadcast Media WASHINGTON, D.C. view in the rebalancing of pow- agencies, and commissions Erika Christine Tranter – Bach- Bachelor of Science - Marketing T – The House of Represen- er in the federal government,” had 3,297 at various stages in elor of Science - Accounting tatives today passed legis- said Congressman Jeff Duncan, the regulatory pipeline. Un- G Stuart Chandler Davis – Bache- L lation to give Congress veto who is a co-sponsor of the bill. der the REINS Act, Congress Darius Diamonte Custard – lor of Arts – Youth Ministry Grace Elizabeth Welch – Bach- authority over high-cost “The outgoing Administration would have 70 legislative Bachelor of Science – Social T R elor of Arts – Intercultural Studies regulations that the Admin- broke Constitutional restraints days to decide whether such Studies Education Stephen Henry Cannon – Doc- Estelle Cherie Erdmann – istration has promulgated. time and time again. By fl aunt- regulations would move for- M tor of Ministry Bachelor of Arts – Studio Art The Regulations from the ing the immense power of ex- ward. Allison Ruth Cato – Bachelor Brandon Michael Clark – Kanisha Barr Farris – Master of Executive in Need of Scru- ecutive rule making, the outgo- “This legislation is his- of Science – Business Adminis- Bachelor of Science – Mathemat- Business Administration tiny (REINS) Act would re- ing administration shamefully toric. Legislators will now tration ics – Cum laude Hannah Elizabeth Henderson – quire that Congress vote on turned the pen and the phone be forced to focus more on Timothy Reuel Hogue – Bach- Sara Batson Howard – Master Bachelor of Science – Interdisci- elor of Arts - Music any major rule or regulation into a political weapon against their craft, while the exec- of Education plinary Studies – Cum laude Jennifer Neal Riservato – Mas- coming from the executive the American people. Without utive is restrained from the Paola Sarai Martinez Villatoro Alexandria Morgan Henson – ter of Education – Bachelor of Arts – International branch that is estimated by passing the REINS Act, the current practice. The people Bachelor of Arts – Interdisciplin- Business – Summa cum laude OMB to impact the econo- boundaries for administrative now have a say against these P ary Studies Joshua Brennan Smoak – Mas- my by $100 million or more. rule making are endless.” rules,” Duncan said. “It’s a Bronson Clint Brown – Bache- Shelby Alexandra Kelly – ter of Business Administration Currently, a veto-proof ma- In 2016, the Competitive win for all Americans. I call lor of Arts – Music Education Bachelor of Arts – Studio Arts Hannah Kristin Williams – jority is required to prevent Enterprise Institute released on the Senate to pass this ma- Matthew David McMinn – P Bachelor of Arts – Elementary an administration from going a report detailing the cost to jor upgrade in American gov- Bachelor of Arts – Christian Stud- Anna Grace Tribble – Bache- Education – Cum laude forward with a rule. America of federal regulations ernance, where the people ies lor of Science – Interdisciplinary “The House has just at $1.885 trillion – more than fi nally gain back a defense Caleb Parker Meahl – Bachelor Studies W passed a groundbreaking $15,000 per American house- against the costly attacks on of Arts – Intercultural Studies Joseph Walker Darnell – Bach- S elor of Arts – Youth Ministry piece of legislation that re- hold. At the time of the report, their ways of life by out-of- Leah Jordan Meahl – Bachelor Brad Daniel Fuls – Bachelor of Ryan Anthony Dunson – Bach- mains consistent with my some 60 federal departments, touch bureaucrats.” of Arts – Interdisciplinary Studies Science – Sport Management elor of Arts – Media Ministry – Summa cum laude Juliah Maegan Ghiglieri – 4 The Times Examiner Wednesday, January 11, 2017 Traveling With Terry ... Garden of the Gods

By Terry M. Thacker Garden of the Gods is a pop- visiting. I have taken to col- After touring Bent’s Old ular city park located within lecting those souvenir pennies Fort and Koshare Indian Mu- the city limits but is not your wherever I go that has such a seum and Trading Post and typical city park. The place is machine. I have amassed quite attending church in LaJunta, huge – over 1,300 acres (more a few over the years. Unfortu- I continued west on US 50 to- than two square miles). It is nately, the machine was not in ward Pueblo. My fi nal stop of big enough that, when you are operation that day. the day was Colorado Springs in the park you can’t see any I then drove a short dis- where I had a hotel room with signs of city life. You would tance to the big “Garden of my name on it waiting for me. think that you are in the wil- the Gods” sign near the visitor Long before I reached derness, miles away from civ- center. Several tourists were Pueblo, I noticed something ilization. also there getting pictures in sticking up over the horizon, There is no admission front of the sign. I was starting something that I had seen only charge to visit the park, which to get a bit impatient waiting once before. Several dozens of was quite well-attended that for the people to clear away miles in the western distance I late Sunday afternoon. I knew from the sign so that I could saw something that I had last that I wouldn’t have time to get a picture of it without any- seen 23 years before – the drive completely around the one in front of it.

Rocky Mountains. place so late in the day but I Another tourist noticed that PHOTO BY TERRY M. THACKER When you hear the name fi gured that if I toured some I had been waiting, camera in Balanced Rock at Garden of the Gods “Colorado” your fi rst thought of the park that afternoon then hand, for a few minutes and is probably the Rockies. Ac- I wouldn’t have to spend as off ered to take a picture of me tually, though, the fi rst two- much time there the next day. standing in front of the sign. fi fths of the state, as you travel I left the park while there Afterward I was able to take west, is Kansas-like plains, was still some daylight and re- the picture that I wanted – just cattle country and scrub land. turned to the interstate, head- the sign by itself. You have to drive quite aways ed north an exit or two and At another parking area I into Colorado before you even checked into the hotel. I asked came upon a group of two old- see the mountains, much less the clerk about buff et restau- er couples. One of the women reach them. rants in the area. She printed asked me if I would take their I connected with I-25 at out a map with directions to picture with her phone camera. Pueblo and then headed north the Country Buff et, which was She then graciously returned toward Colorado Springs. It several miles into town. the favor for me. I have come seemed a little strange after I debated whether or not across such tourist reciprocal spending two or three days to go all that way but I fi nal- hospitality on a number of oc- traveling the plains of southern ly decided to try it. I arrived casions during my travels. Kansas and eastern Colorado later in the evening and, even Returning to US 24, I con- to once again see along either though the food was okay, tinued west a couple more side of the interstate the signs they were starting to run out miles to my next destination, PHOTO BY TERRY M. THACKER of suburbia with which we are of some items as closing time the Manitou Cliff Dwellings Pikes Peak so familiar back east – Offi ce approached. located in nearby Manitou Max, Sears, Golden Corral, The next morning after Springs. I paid the $10.00 Home Depot and Sam’s Club, breakfast at the hotel’s break- admission at the gate, parked just to name a few. It’s a small fast bar, I made my way back and walked uphill a good 100 world. to the Garden of the Gods. I yards to the actual dwellings. While writing this article, I must have spent the better part I wended my way in and out got to thinking that all of those of two hours there making my of the various entrances to the businesses are just a mod- way around the loop drive and structures, exploring the an- ern equivalent of Bent’s Old stopping several times to snap cient Anasazi handiwork. Fort, that is, people starting pictures of the various red The dwellings were origi- businesses in order to make rock formations. nally located near Mesa Verde a living and perhaps even get While at the visitor center, I in southwest Colorado before wealthy, no matter what peri- noticed a penny-crushing ma- being dismantled a little over od of history. chine and decided to get a sou- a hundred years ago and trans- When I reached Colorado venir penny for Garden of the ported to Manitou Springs, Springs I still had some day- Gods. You have probably seen where they were reassembled. light left so, before checking those machines where you in- After touring the ruins and in at the hotel I pulled off on sert a couple of quarters and the adjacent museum I then PHOTO BY TERRY M. THACKER the US 24 exit and drove a a penny, turn the crank and, drove a few more miles far- few miles to the Garden of the voila, the penny comes out in ther west to the entrance of the Garden of the Gods Gods, which is a collection of an elongated shape bearing the Pikes Peak Highway. I did not red rock formations. likeness of the place you are drive to the top of Pikes Peak because I had done so once be- fore on my last trip to the re- gion in 1993, and also because

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EVENTS dall and Neely families provid- Thompson 1850 hosted an en- ed the musical entertainment joyable 7th Day of Christmas Strategic Communications ... Continue from Page 1 that night. Christiana Kendall, Party for the CofC members at tal in the publication of the fi rst member of Oliver Thompson the home of Chapter President and Engagement Department two volumes of Discovering 1850, was part of the musical Carol Leake. A wonderful time Greenville County Schools Laurens County. In December, ensemble, presenting both vocal of food and fellowship was has restructured and renamed its members of the Chapters had and instrumental numbers. At enjoyed by all! For informa- Communications Department. multiple joint activities. They the time of that event, the mem- tion about these organizations, The new name is the Strategic participated in the Fountain Inn bers of Caroline S. Coleman please contact Carol Leake, Communications and Engage- Christmas Parade on Decem- 537 donated the toys collected President of Oliver Thompson ment Department. ber 7, 2016. On December 16, by both Chapters to the Toys for 1850 at 864-414-5092 or Pam Superintendent Dr. Burke 2016 members of both Chapters Tots collection boxes placed at Evans, Chapter Director of Car- Royster announced the appoint- attended Christmas in Dixie the Museum by the U.S. Marine oline S. Coleman 537 at 832- ment of Teri Brinkman to the at the Museum and Library of Corps. On Saturday, December 867-9224. Executive Director of Strategic Confederate History. The Ken- 31, 2016, the ladies of Oliver Communications and Engage- ment position. Mrs. Brinkman will be responsible for supervis- ing the Communications team in the areas of media and com- munity relations, organizational communications, publications, graphic design, video produc- tion, PTA support, Service Cen- ter, and staff recognition activ- ities. As part of this restructuring, Beth Brotherton has been ap- pointed to Director of Commu- nications, where she provides

the department with leadership GREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOLS PHOTO in media relations and crisis Elizabeth (Beth) Brotherton management support, social media engagement, and expand- ed video production services. “In the 15 months since Beth joined Greenville County Schools, she has done a great job as the district’s primary spokesperson and has used her unique perspective and sto- ry-telling ability to add a new dimension to our communica- tions eff orts,” said Brinkman. PHOTO COURTESY OF CAROL LEAKE “We look forward to her leader- Members of Caroline S. Coleman 537 enjoyed the ship in this new role.” Addition- 7th Day of Christmas Party given for them by their ally, Whitney Hanna, Coordina- tor of Community Collaboration sponsoring UDC Chapter, Oliver Thompson 1850. and Institutional Advancement, will join the newly restructured department. Hanna’s responsi- bilities include working with District leadership and schools to develop relationships and collaborate with community partners to support the Strategic Education Plan and augment students’ educational experienc- es. “In just eight short months, Whitney has already estab- GREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOLS PHOTO lished herself as a crucial cog in Greenville County Schools’ Whitney Hanna community outreach and part- rally into the newly restructured energy, creativity, and knowl- nership development eff orts.” department’s responsibilities edge on our team.” Brinkman added, “She fi ts natu- and we are thrilled to have her

Write us a letter-to-the-editor and tell us and our PHOTO COURTESY OF CAROL LEAKE readers what you think. See page 6 for details. Members of Caroline S. Coleman enjoyed a time of food, fun and fellowship at the 7th Day of Christmas Party on December 31, 2016.

PHOTO COURTESY OF CAROL LEAKE On December 16, 2016, members of Caroline S. Coleman 537 donated the many toys collected by their CofC chapter

PHOTO COURTESY OF CAROL LEAKE and their sponsoring UDC Chapter at the Toys for Tots Members of Caroline S. Coleman prepare for the collection box provided by the U.S. Marine Corps at the Fountain Inn Christmas Parade. Museum and Library of Confederate History. 6 The Times Examiner Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Opinion We want to stimulate the mind to hear by Bob Dill from you!

Welcome Judge What do you think Andrew Napolitano about current, national or local events? Send us a e have not had a change in our lineup of writers for letter-to-the-ed- some time, However, we recently lost two of our W itor. Please keep best, Phyllis Schlafl y, who passed and Thomas Sowell, who retired. Neither of these remarkable people can be replaced, letters to under however, we have done our best to fi ll the void with writers, 500 words. you, our readers will welcome. Letters more For the time being, we are fi lling the Schlafl y slot with than 500 words columns by her sons. We put some eff ort into fi nding a suit- may be rejected. able replacement for Dr. Sowell, a brilliant writer. Finally, we decided on former New Jersey Judge and Fox News Per- sonality Andrew Peter Napolitano, a Libertarian, pro-life conservative, who in many instances is compatible with the editorial positions of this publication Napolitano is a well-known libertarian who is a strong Letters to the Editor ... advocate of constitutional protections against government encroachment on natural and legal rights, as well as a strong advocate of strong constitutional liberties themselves. He has demonstrated an affi nity for many libertarian thinkers, Making Things Right in South Carolina such as John Locke, Ayn Rand, Ludwig von Mises, and a Dear Editor, broad array of libertarian ideas aimed at a minimal state In the past year we have Now let’s consider what er in SC promising that he can be removed from offi ce, aimed at the preservation of personal liberty. witnessed many mighty mir- Mr. Trump has done for the would appoint Nikki Haley of which Senator Lindsey He believes life begins at conception, abortion should be acles performed by God in state of SC. At the present to serve in his cabinet and Graham would be the fi rst prohibited because the rights of the fetus exceed the desire our country, and especially time our governor is in the creating the governor’s po- for his many betrayals and of the mother during the period of gestation. Many readers in our state. One of these process of moving to New sition for McMaster to step embarrassments to our state. will disagree with his opposition to capital punishment. being that God has raised up York to assume her respon- into. Thank you, Donald and Our “Mr. One Percent” not Napolitano released a book titled Lies the Government a courageous leader in Pres- sibility as Ambassador to the Henry! Out with the bad and only failed to keep his oath to Told You, in 2010. ident-elect, Donald Trump. United Nations, vacating the in with the better! If we fail support the republican nom- In February 2014, he expressed disdain for Abraham Lin- coln on Fox News, according to Wikipedia. Mr. Trump’s accomplish- governor’s mansion for Lt. to give God the glory and inee for president, but open- “l am a contrarian on Abraham Lincoln.” Napolitano ex- ments are second to none in Governor, Henry McMaster praise for these miracles that ly and dramatically opposed plained that slavery in the United States, while one of the our present political climate. to move in. have been worked in our na- him. Senator Graham will most deplorable institutions in human history, could have On the national scene Mr. Henry McMaster would tion and state, He will sure- be as eff ective as a porcupine been done away with through peaceful means, which would Trump has scored a tremen- most likely have been elected ly remove us from under the with one bristle in Washing- have saved the bloodiest confl ict in American history. At dous victory in eliminating governor six years ago had it spout where the glory runs ton DC. Mr. Graham’s be- the same time Napolitano also argued that states in which two of the most powerful not been for the very popular out. trayals are so commonplace slavery was legal did not secede out of fear of abolitionism: families in America. In a sin- Sarah Palin’s endorsement I believe this is a call to that they are expected every- “largely the impetus for secession was tariff s.” gle campaign Mr. Trump has of then little-known Nikki duty and that we now have day. How much more will In his book Suicide Pact, Napolitano focused his criticism removed from center stage Haley. This endorsement much more responsibility we take? of Lincoln on the precedent set by his specifi c constitution- the Bushes, into total obscu- brought Haley from the rear than before Nov. 8th. The Folks, let’s not miss this al violations, such as his unilateral suspension of the right rity, while bringing the Clin- of the pact to the front that greatest thing we can do in opportunity while the water to habeas corpus and his unconstitutionalization of military tons under the microscope eventually led to her being SC for our God, country, and is hot. Let’s cook “Brer Rab- commission systems for civilian crimes. of truth. Their corruption elected governor. Yes folks, state is to petition our legis- bit!” Judge Napolitano prescribes to a natural law jurisprudence will continue to be heavily it is obvious that Mr. Trump lators to develop a recall sys- that is infl uenced with a respect for original ideas and meth- studied between now and the recruited our Lt. 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photos of students from other -- such as “leadership” -- used Minority fairs in a facility designated for ality -- namely, genetic physio- Opinion parts of the country, rather than to admit students to colleges XX (female) individuals, such logical and biomechanical char- Review Column from the east coast, from which and universities according to as a ladies’ room. You can sat- acteristics -- that causes blacks Harvard already received more their group membership, rather Walter isfy your desire by claiming that to excel in certain sports (e.g., Thomas than enough applicants. The than according to their individ- Williams you are transgender -- that is, basketball, football and track) Sowell idea was to encourage appli- ual qualifi cations. you’ve switched from one gen- and spells disaster for those who cations from places that would This is not something new. e will never under- der to another. Therefore, if one have aspirations to be Olym- othing so epitomizes the produce a geographically di- Nor is it something confi ned to Wstand liberals and pro- has XY chromosomes, he can pic-class swimmers. Npolitically correct gull- verse student body. the United States. Very similar ibility of our times as the magic patterns were found more than gressives until we recognize behave as if he were an XXer. Somehow liberals and pro- It struck me as an odd idea at word “diversity.” The wonders the time, but I was being paid a decade ago, when doing re- that they often see reality as a Plus, there is the expectation of gressives manage to cope with of diversity are proclaimed from to take pictures, not make uni- search for my book “Affi rma- social construct subject to be- being addressed according to some realities but go ballistic the media, extolled in the acade- versity policy. Moreover, I had tive Action Around the World.” ing challenged and changed. one’s chosen gender. The Min- with others. They cope well my and confi rmed in the august no idea how such a policy had In India, the courts’ attempts For example, throughout the neapolis Police Department has with black domination of bas- chambers of the Supreme Court originated and, by the 1950s, it to rein in some academic quo- world, boys and girls have dif- a new rule that requires offi cers ketball, football and track and of the United States. But have might have been continued from tas were met by a proliferation ferent toy preferences. Typical- to address transgender people with the near absence of black you ever seen one speck of hard inertia, for all I know. Mean- of new, and wholly subjective, ly, boys like to play with cars using their preferred names and performers in classical concerts. evidence to support the lofty while, I could enjoy seeing pub- admissions criteria. Individuals and trucks, whereas girls prefer pronouns. When an XYer is ar- They also accept the complete claims? licity photos I took appearing from groups that were not as Although diversity has be- qualifi ed by objective criteria dolls. Liberals explain this with rested but claims he is a woman, absence of women in the NFL in newspapers in Chicago and come one of the leading buzz- elsewhere beyond the east coast. were simply ranked higher on the assertion that boys and girls I wonder whether the police will and NBA. They even accept words of our time, it has a Fast forward to today. It is subjective criteria and admitted. are socialized and encouraged place him in a cell with XXers. geographical disparities. For history that goes back several common, at colleges and uni- In the United States, the Su- to play with diff erent types of Just how far the Minneapolis example, not a single player in generations. In the early twen- versities across the country, for preme Court itself has long been toys by their parents, peers and authorities will go is in ques- the NHL’s history can boast of tieth century, the principle of the test scores of Asian Amer- part of such game-playing when “society.” Growing scientifi c tion; maybe they, too, believe having been born and raised in geographic diversity was used ican students who have been it comes to affi rmative action. evidence suggests that toy pref- that reality is optional. Hawaii, Louisiana or Mississip- to conceal bias against Jews admitted to a given college to Back in 1978, an opinion by erences have a biological or- Another part of reality that pi. The reality that they go bal- in the admission of students to be higher than the test scores of Justice Lewis F. Powell banned igin. Even studies of male and liberals and progressives fi nd listic on is the reality that we are Harvard and other leading aca- whites or of blacks or Hispan- racial quotas with one hand and demic institutions. created “diversity” as a criterion female primates fi nd that they diffi cult to accept is the fact not all equally intelligent. There ics. Because the Jewish popula- That may not seem strange, with the other. In other words, exhibit similar toy preferences. that equality among humans are many more male geniuses tion was concentrated in New since that is true of test scores colleges were told in eff ect that Despite the growing evidence of is the exception and inequality than female, and median male York and other east coast com- in general. But, at any given they can have racial quotas, but biological determinism, liberals the norm. If one were to list the IQ is higher. Liberals might ar- munities at that time, quota institution, applying the same they just can’t call them racial have managed to intimidate toy world’s top 30 violinists of the gue bias in the testing. Men are limits on how many Jewish stu- standards to all, the test scores quotas. sellers into getting rid of the la- 20th century, at least 20 of them taller on average than women. dents would be admitted were of students at a particular insti- According to the Constitu- bels “toys for boys” and “toys would be of Jewish ancestry. If liberals don’t like that, would concealed by saying that Har- tution would tend to be similar. tion, “We the People” are sup- for girls.” Jews constitute no more than 3 they accuse the height-measur- vard wanted a diverse student More Asian Americans would posed to decide what laws and Another reality issue that’s percent of the U.S. population ing device of being biased? body, consisting of students be admitted to higher ranked policies we live under. But not from around the country. if we can be so easily fooled by extremely annoying to liberals but 35 percent of American No- The lesson liberals need to colleges and universities, how- Therefore some highly qual- ever, if the same standards were courts using slippery words like and progressives is chromosom- bel Prize winners. One wonders learn is that despite their ar- ifi ed Jewish applicants could applied to all. “diversity.” al sex determination. The XX/ what liberals would propose to rogance, they do not have the be passed over, in favor of less In short, something very ------XY sex determination system promote equality in violin ex- power to alter reality. qualifi ed applicants from the much like the quota limits that Thomas Sowell is a senior fel- is found in humans. Females cellence and winning a Nobel ------midwest or other regions of the were applied to Jews in the past low at the Hoover Institution, have two of the same kind of Prize. By the way, liberals and Walter E. Williams is a profes- country. are now being applied to Asian Stanford University, Stanford, sex chromosome (XX), where- progressives love to attend clas- sor of economics at George Ma- My own fi rst encounter with Americans -- and, once again, CA 94305. His website is www. as males have two distinct sex sical concerts, where there is a son University. To Þ nd out more the idea of geographic diver- are being justifi ed by diversity. tsowell.com. To Þ nd out more chromosomes (XY). This chro- virtual absence of racial diver- about Walter E. Williams and sity occurred more than half But what justifi es diversity? about Thomas Sowell and read a century ago, when I was an features by other Creators Syn- mosomal reality is seen as lim- sity. read features by other Creators Nothing but unsupported asser- undergraduate at Harvard, and tions, repeated endlessly, pious- dicate columnists and cartoon- iting, annoying and an artifact Year after year, blacks of West Syndicate writers and cartoon- worked as a photographer for ly and loudly. ists, visit the Creators Syndicate of a patriarchal, chauvinistic African descent walk away with ists, visit the Creators Syndicate the university news offi ce, in or- Today, as in the past, diversi- Web page at www.creators.com. society. So liberals and progres- all of the prizes in the Olympic Web page at www.creators.com. der to help pay the bills. ty is essentially a fancy word for COPYRIGHT 2017 CREATORS sives want to change it. Say you 100-meter run. The probability COPYRIGHT 2017 CREATORS The instructions I was given group quotas. It is one of a num- .COM are an XY (male) individual but of such an outcome by chance .COM were to concentrate on taking ber of wholly subjective criteria would like to conduct your af- is all but zero. It must be a re- Is Liberal Democracy an Forensic Nightmare: Endangered Species? Opinion the French election is likely to does not repudiate secularism, The Perils of Touch DNA come down to a choice of Ma- but believes that the France that Column rine Le Pen or Francois Fillon. was “the eldest daughter of the Opinion Detection methods involving nation, interpretation and rep- Pat Le Pen is the “let France be church” should also be heard. France” candidate of the Nation- Together, what do the Le Pen Column tinier and tinier DNA samples licability/reliability problems Buchanan have advanced rapidly during with the DNA evidence, the al Front. Fillon is a traditionalist and Fillon candidacies tell us? Catholic from northwest France, France and Europe may be Michelle the last three decades. Italian Supreme Court threw home to the martyred resistance moving inexorably away from Malkin But the mere presence of out the convictions eight years As we begin 2017, the most ur- of the Revolution -- the legend- a liberal democratic, de-Chris- DNA does not prove a crime after the killing. gent threat to liberal democracy is not autocracy, writes William ary Vendee. tianized and militantly secular- happened. It does not tell you At the annual American Galston of The Wall Street Jour- Fillon won practicing and ist America. If we are the future, ave you heard of “touch how or when the material got Academy of Forensic Scienc- nal, it is illiberal democracy. nonpracticing Catholics alike less and less do France and Eu- H DNA?” to its discovered location. es conference last February, alston’s diagnosis is not by a landslide, and took 3 in 5 rope appear to want that future. This mundane, yet menac- Contrary to Hollywood crime experts spotlighted the case of Gwrong, and his alarm is votes of those professing other While our elites welcome the ing phenomenon exposes the show oversimplifications, a homeless man charged with not misplaced. faiths. Third World immigration that is double-edged sword of foren- DNA is not a synonym for murdering a Silicon Valley Yet why does America’s Le Pen wants France to se- changing the face of America, sic science. With just an in- “guilty.” mogul at his mansion -- despite great export, liberal democracy, cede from the EU and move France and Europe are recoiling nocent handshake, an indirect You may be familiar with a the accused being hospital- which appeared to be the future closer to Vladimir Putin’s Rus- from and reacting against it. The transfer of epithelial cells, you few high-profi le cases where ized, nearly comatose and un- of the West if not of mankind at sia. The fi ve million Arabs and French wish to remain who and could fi nd yourself suspected touch DNA led investigators der 24/7 medical supervision the Cold War’s end, now appear Muslims currently in France, what they are, a land predomi- of heinous crimes, charged astray. Trace amounts of DNA the night the crime occurred in to be a church with a shrinking the prospective arrival of mil- nantly of one language, one cul- with rape or convicted of mur- on a knife and bra clasp in 2007 2012. As ScientiÞ c American congregation? lions more, and recent Islamic ture, one people. der. were key to American student reported, the defendant’s DNA Why is liberal democracy terrorist atrocities have all pro- America preaches that all re- This year, I’ll be using my Amanda Knox’s prosecution had been transferred inad- losing its appeal? pelled her candidacy. ligions are equal and should be Fillon succeeded in his pri- treated equally. France does not syndicated column and new and conviction on charges of vertently by paramedics who A front-page story about mary by identifying himself as a seem to share that liberal belief. investigative show on CRTV. murdering her roommate in It- had touched and treated him France’s presidential election, in the same day’s Journal, sug- man of Catholic beliefs and val- And just as the Middle East com to shed light on the use aly. But when American foren- three hours before arriving at gests an answer. ues and an opponent of same- seems to want no more church- and abuse of touch DNA in sic expert Dr. Greg Hampikian In the fi nal round next May, sex marriage and abortion. He the criminal justice system. and others exposed contami- See MALKIN, Page 12 See BUCHANAN, Page 12 8 The Times Examiner Wednesday, January 11, 2017 SYNDICATED COLUMNISTS “Stay Engaged: The Battle Resumes on Jan. 20”

the opposition is the Center for by a 1983 decision of the U.S. Su- Schlaß y American Progress (CAP), which preme Court. Report employs hundreds of staff ers and Unlike Phyllis Schlafl y, who enjoys a budget of $50 million. frugally managed small dona- Andy “Our goal is to be the central tions from thousands of support- Schlaß y hub of the Trump resistance,” ers, Neera Tanden enjoys millions CAP’s president recently an- of dollars in grants from major s soon as the election re- nounced. It has just hired retiring corporations and foundations. Asults sank in, sleepy fed- Senate Majority Leader Harry Among the household names that eral bureaucrats woke up and Reid’s deputy chief of staff , who have given fi ve- to seven-fi gure shifted into high gear, furious- said, “I hope to bring a relentless- donations to CAP are Walmart, ly fi nalizing regulations that ly aggressive attitude” to the or- AT&T, Microsoft, Facebook, Citi- could be issued before President ganization whose website prom- bank and Bank of America. Obama leaves offi ce. According ises to “push back rapidly and With major corporations fund- to The New York Times, Pres- forcefully” against the incoming ing the opposition to Trump, and ident Obama “is using every Trump administration. with the U.S. Chamber of Com- power at his disposal to cement Founded in 2003 by John Po- merce openly opposing Trump’s We Don’t Need America, his legacy and establish his pri- desta, who took a leave of ab- popular positions on trade and orities as the law of the land,” sence to run Hillary Clinton’s immigration, the Trump admin- We Have God and the new rules are “intended failed presidential campaign, istration will have to fi ght on ev- to set up as many policy and CAP is now run by a former Hil- ery front to accomplish what his settlement activity in the so- Focus are in the hands of the Lord, ideological roadblocks as possi- lary aide named Neera Tanden. supporters are expecting. Many on Israel and we can count on no one called West Bank, including ble before Mr. Trump takes his Since 2011 she has been president of the same corporations that but the Lord,” continued Yo- the eastern side of Jerusalem. oath of offi ce on Jan. 20.” of both CAP itself, which claims fund the Left to oppose Trump Dr. Al sef. Obama had signaled that he Some of these last-minute reg- to be a nonpartisan think tank, are also funding the Republican Snyder Statements from other Is- would take the unusual step of ulations can be revoked by Pres- and its affi liated “action fund,” Congress, where they will try to raeli offi cials concerning the not using an American veto in ident Trump on his fi rst day in which shares the same offi ce and enact Speaker Paul Ryan’s agen- rabbi’s statements included: “I the Council to quash the res- offi ce. Others can be overturned staff . da instead of President Trump’s. srael’s Sephardic chief rab- olution. “All the signs show by Congress under the Congres- In the 1970s, Phyllis Schlaf- President-elect Trump is pre- Ibi, Yitzhak Yosef, gave a agree, Rabbi. However, Amer- sional Review Act, a process that ly pioneered the idea of having paring for the coming battle by divine response to the Obama ica has a new Commander in that this was a diplomatic hit requires only 51 Senate votes if (c)(3) and (c)(4) organizations keeping “the two Steves” on administration’s gross be- Chief who is a believer in the by Obama against Prime Min- the Senate acts within 60 legis- work together under one roof, board. While the media focuses trayal of the Jewish state last One True God of Abraham, ister Benjamin Netanyahu and lative days after the rules were each with its own separate board on the parade of people being week. Days after US President Isaac and Jacob, and he will the settlements,” a government published. and tax status, but with common nominated for various cabinet Barack Obama instructed his stand with Israel. The outgo- source told Channel 2 News. Washington’s permanent gov- leadership and staff . For decades, secretaries, the President-elect’s representative at the United ing president is an anti-Semit- Knowing it could not rely erning class is also preparing to her organizations were the only most important appointments Nations not to veto a danger- ic Muslim. January 20 can’t on Obama, Israel turned to fi ght the new president in every major interest group to adopt that ous anti-Israel resolution, Yo- come soon enough.” Trump. And Trump delivered. possible way. Ground zero of dual structure, which was blessed See SCHLAFLY, Page 12 sef exploded on the bright side Another stated: “God will Egypt suddenly pulled the of the situation. come and annihilate every en- resolution just hours before Tired of Liberal Columnists? “Sometimes we need to be emy who comes against His the vote. What changd their reminded from above that we beloved Israel one day in the minds? A phone call from Try these Michelle Malkin Walter Williams can count on no one but our not too distant future. Palis- Trump to Egypt President Ab- Pat Buchanan Thomas Sowell Father Who art in heaven,” tinians will cease to exist at del el-Sissi. out ... Read Them in The Times Examiner Yosef told a gathering at the that moment, along with the Israel’s Ambassador to Western Wall. “Even America, hordes of the devil who have the United States, Ron Der- who forsook us last week at participated in the attempts of mer, expressed the Jewish The Real Obstacle to Peace the UN.” He added, “We don’t destruction of God’s chosen state’s “deep appreciation” for need America. We have God.” people and His Holy City Je- Trumps’s eff ort. According to the resolution, rusalem.” Opinion ic last week when the U.S. ab- true peace treaty negotiated with Jews do not belong in the so- Israeli offi cials have thanked ------Column stained from voting on a reso- any of the countries that fought US President-elect Donald Dr. Al Snyder is a former pro- lution condemning Israel for its in the 1967 war was the Camp called West Bank or on the Trump for saving the Jewish fessor of Communications at Mona settlement activity while giving David Accords, agreed to by Is- eastern side of Jerusalem. And Charen only lip service to condemnation rael and Egypt in 1978. With the that includes the Western Wall, state from one fi nal jab from Liberty University in Virginia of terrorist activity against Isra- signing of the accords at a White Judaism’s holiest site, where a spiteful President Barack and North Greenville Univer- Editor’s Note: Mona Charen is el and its citizens. That Obama House ceremony that I was priv- hundreds of Jewish Israelis go Obama. Earlier in the day sity. He has done extensive off this week. The following col- waited until the eleventh hour of ileged to attend, Israel returned to pray every day. Egypt tabled a resolution at the missionary work in Israel and umn is by Linda Chavez. his presidency to seek revenge land seized in Sinai from Egypt “We must not forget that the UN Security Council demand- Africa. against Israel for not bending and dismantled settlement there hearts of kings and captains ing that Israel halt all Jewish hortly after Benjamin Ne- to his ambition to broker peace in 1982. In 2005, Israel disman- S tanyahu won his bid for speaks volumes not just about tled all settlements in Gaza and reelection as prime minister of his anti-Israel instincts but about four in the West Bank. FAMOUS QUOTES ... Israel in March 2015, I wrote his self-serving ambition to cur- In return, Israel has been the a column describing President ry favor with the left, U.S.-Israel target of repeated Palestinian ter- “All the perplexities, Barack Obama as being “on relations and even the Dem- rorist attacks against its citizens track to go down as more hostile ocratic Party’s future support -- and Palestinians have refused confusion and distress toward Israel than any president from the pro-Israel community to negotiate in good faith. From in America arise, in the past 68 years.” I warned be damned. September 2015 through No- that President Obama was so an- First let’s be clear: The U.N. vember 2016, 42 people were not from defects in ti-Netanyahu that administration resolution and the support for killed by terrorists in Israel and their Constitution or offi cials were signaling the pres- it is not really about settlement another 602 wounded. Israeli re- ident might change U.S. votes policy. Israel, under succes- straint in the face of such unbri- Confederation, not from at the United Nations Security sive governments, has had an dled viciousness is remarkable. want of honor or virtue, Council, “perhaps not opposing on-again, off -again policy on Although peace talks have oc- U.N. resolutions condemning building settlements in disputed curred under the auspices of the so much as from the the Jewish state on settlements territory, which has had little ef- United States and other nations, downright ignorance of and other issues,” for example. fect on the prospects for a com- Those words proved prophet- prehensive peace deal. The only See CHAREN, Page 13 the nature of coin, credit and circulation.” WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU ~ John Adams Write us a letter-to-the-editor and tell us and our readers what you think. See page 6 for details. www.timesexaminer.com Wednesday, January 11, 2017 The Times Examiner 9 LOCAL COLUMNISTS As We View Things On The Left, Reality Is Optional

Summit now; and of what good are wealth or recognition, will Opinion men who previously were PO- made every eff ort to do so. View the material possessions once be disappointed in the eter- Column TUS. And the reality of the There remain less than 50 at held in his trust?” nal realm; for his success will massive burden and what it this writing, from a high of Don A question similarly is often have wilted as the fl ower and David does to the future of this coun- more than 700 when Obama Lowry Thompson asked when a man of some the grass do under the rising try is completely lost on the took offi ce. Every time Obama “means” is deceased: “What sun. left. releases an inmate from GIT- ike many, I enjoyed a was he worth?” When you become discour- r. Sebastian Gorka is Then there is the reality of MO the opportunity they L visit during the recent The common man of the aged and disheartened, think- Dan author and expert on Obamacare, the misnamed would return to the battlefi eld holiday season to the Biltmore street often values a man by ing of the success of others, ISIS and terrorism. He is a Aff ordable Care Act. It is in- presents itself. While hard data House. I have been present an estimation of what that just remind yourself that man’s frequent commentator on Fox comprehensible that Dem- is diffi cult to confi rm, the real- on the estate many times and man has in terms of wealth or successes are but shadows for News as well as CNN. He re- ocrats who passed the ACA ity appears to be that at least 30% of the former occupants have always enjoyed the gran- success. the moment on the sundial of cently articulated the quote with no Republican votes, still of GITMO are again out there deur represented throughout The apostle James was a time. that is the title of this column, believe the issue is a winner for them. What the ACA has trying to kill people, especial- the four acres of the house. I man familiar with what we Only the Lord knows the “On the left, reality is option- al.” With the inauguration of actually done is wreak hav- ly Americans. especially enjoy the beauty of might designate “the common present whereabouts of Mr. Donald J. Trump as the 45th oc on the healthcare industry, The reality is that terrorism the gardens and am awed at man.” He referred to himself Vanderbilt, so I make no judg- POTUS just days away, the depress the health care insur- is now the “new normal.” The the expansive lands that are as a “servant” (James. 1:1). He ment of that matter; but I do left is intent on proving the ance business and drive the fact is we have had more than now, and once were, part of also spoke much about work know that the material assets accuracy of Dr. Gorka’s com- cost of healthcare through the 160 violent terrorist events the estate. The continuing pro- and its relationship to faith and the success he once knew ment. roof. The ACA was a huge in the USA since Obama was ductivity that maintains much (James 2). James encouraged are of no present value to him The moniker of “the left,” issue in the last two election elected. And yet the worst PO- of the estate also represents the workman, who served as a no matter where he resides includes what we frequently cycles, both of which were TUS in history won the Noble a fascinating business enter- husbandman, to be patient in eternally refer to as “liberals” and “pro- utter disasters for the Demo- Peace Prize after two weeks prise. his work; for the laborer will That’s the way we view gressives.” It is those people crats…and yet they persist in in offi ce…talk about reality There is a question that al- receive just pay in due time things. who have no attachment to the belief that Obamacare is a being optional. Obama is the ways surfaces in my mind, when the Lord of the harvest ------facts or logic. There are myr- winner. The fact is Obamacare father of ISIS, he spawned it however, as I visit the gran- comes (James. 5:7-9). Summit View Baptist Church is iad ways to demonstrate the raised health insurance pre- by his decisions to provide The rich on the other hand, located at 31 N. Highway 25 deur, beauty, and fi nancial validity of Dr. Gorka’s asser- miums signifi cantly this year, them with weapons and to enterprise that is Biltmore. It who has counted his success Bypass, just south of Furman tion, allow me to trot out a few for example, in Arizona they allow them to grow unchal- is: “Where is Mr. Vanderbuilt presently either in terms of University’s golf course. of them. This is of course by went up 116%. In addition, de- lenged. The Islamic State in no means an inclusive list, for ductibles rose into four fi gures Syria (ISIS) is now in dozens the left, reality is an endless and made basic care both less of countries and is committed Tired of Liberal Columnists? stream of make-believe. available and coverage more to killing infi dels and destroy- The United States of Amer- restrictive. ing the United States. Obama Try these Michelle Malkin Walter Williams ica is currently some 19.5 tril- The ACA negatively aff ect- leaves offi ce with the world in Pat Buchanan Thomas Sowell lion dollars in debt. One of ed about 1/6th of the economy, chaos and Americans at risk, the reasons that we don’t have and the SCOTUS declared it and yet the reality of that epic out ... Read Them in The Times Examiner a strong visceral reaction to was a tax. Indeed, mandato- failure is repudiated by the that fact is we have a very real ry taxes that numbered in the left. diffi culty understanding both hundreds. Your fi rst clue that Liberalism is a disease. Its the number itself and its im- Obamacare would stick it to central feature is that facts The Right Premise for plications. How does one put you was the name. If Demo- and logic are unknown to its almost 20 trillion dollars in crats allude to the cost factor adherents…as Dr. Gorka cor- Homeschooling perspective, how do we make by naming it “aff ordable,” you rectly said, “On the left, reality it seem real on a human level? knew it was anything but. is optional.” Home- public school. if that weren’t enough, God Suffi ce it to say that Barack Democrats have another school Education may help chil- commands parents to have Obama is the king of our na- cute slogan for you though, ------dren learn to express them- visible symbols of His Word tional debt. When Obama took Republicans, they say, now David W. Thompson worked Heather selves, but biblically that is not in the home. This is not mere- offi ce in 2009 the debt stood want to “Make America Sick in government, education and Sheen a parent’s primary reason for ly sending the kids to Sun- at just over 10 trillion dollars, Again.” So juvenile, we can’t the non-proÞ t sector for more education. The best premise day school for an hour each and he had mocked his pre- wait for President Trump and than forty years. A graduate of Premise: All dogs are green. on which to base your homes- week—this is intensive, inter- decessor George W. Bush for the adults to take over. Westminster College and Har- Statement: I have a dog. chooling is this: God designed active, rigorous instruction! accumulating trillions in debt, Then there is GITMO. vard University, he resides in Conclusion: My dog is green. and commanded parents to be But someone might say, “all by his lonesome.” Obama Obama pledged to close the Easley, SC. You can follow him the primary instructors of their “Well, yes, God wants us to then proceeded to add almost facility that houses known on his blog, Smokealarms oesn’t that sound illog- children, with the purpose of give our children religious in- as much debt as the fi rst 43 terrorists in Cuba, and he has 2015.com. Dical? But you know teaching their children to fol- struction throughout the day. what? That series of state- low and glorify God. But that doesn’t include secu- Ideal Gift for Military Personnel ments is completely logical! Some of the fi rst “education- lar subjects.” But is not God Online Subscription to If all dogs are green, then it al philosophy” verses in the the author of all subjects? Is logically follows that my dog Bible are found in Deuteron- He merely the God of religion The Times Examiner! is green. The problem with omy 6:6-9. These command- and ethics and not the God the above reasoning is not that ments that I give you today are of science, history and math? Weekly news from home for only $20 a year. it is illogical, but rather that it to be upon your hearts. Im- God created and is sovereign Go to timesexaminer.com or send a check by mail for $20 with your is based on a faulty premise. press them on your children. over all things, so true godly email address to 44 E-2 Pine Knoll Dr., Greenville, SC 29609. There are many great rea- Talk about them when you sit education must include every sons to homeschool. But if at home and when you walk school subject that was ever Parents are commanded to do every day to someone else for school graduate who has nev- we chose the wrong ones as along the road, when you lie invented. this work, not teachers or pas- education. er had a TV or video games our main premise for home- down and when you get up. However, another debater tors. So our conclusion is now and would love to have more schooling, we can easily wind Tie them as symbols on your might observe, “Okay, I agree The only biblical stories we not only a logical argument, free time. She currently teach- up with faulty, though logical, foreheads. Write them on the that all subjects must be taught have of children being educat- but also a truthful one. Ahem: es harp lessons and operates conclusions. For instance, let’s doorframes of your houses from a Christian worldview. ed by someone other than their Premise: God commanded Creative Cockades, a histori- look at this argument: and on your gates. But my children are getting parents (or guardians) are neg- parents to be the primary in- cal research and reproduction Premise: Education is help- A primary principle in this godly education at their Chris- ative ones: for example, the structors of their children. company. If you’d like to read ing children learn to express passage is that God wants par- tian school!” But the entirety Hebrew children being forced Statement: You are a home- more articles by the Sheen themselves. ents to be actively teaching of Scripture presents another to study the pagan Babylonian schooling parent. family, check out www.Home- Statement: My daughter their children all the time. In picture. Impress (these com- culture, or Samuel being edu- Conclusion: You are doing schoolFamilyForum.com. expresses herself better at the the home, on the road, bedtime mandments) on your children. cated by Eli to, among other exactly what God has com- public school than at home. and morning—that covers just Not “on your pupils,” or “on things, emulate Eli’s poor fa- manded you to do! The Times Examiner Conclusion: My daughter about every time of day and the students in your Christian therly skills. God never com------timesexaminer.com should be educated via the every activity in the day. And school”—on your children. mands children to be sent off Heather Sheen is a home- 10 The Times Examiner Wednesday, January 11, 2017 President-Elect Donald J. Trump Transition Builds Out White House Policy Team (New York, NY) – The Ja’Ron Smith, Urban Af- of Law and has worked at the a member of then-Congressman Alexander Gray, Deputy Presidential Transition, Mr. Trump-Pence Presidential Tran- fairs and Revitalization – Federal Trade Commission and Pence’s Capitol Hill offi ce, he Director of the National Trade Lundberg worked underneath sition Team today announced Ja’Ron K. Smith has served the Federal Communications handled a variety of issues in- Council for the Defense Indus- Stephen Miller and Peter Na- the build out of the White House as a Congressional staff mem- Commission. Most recently, cluding foreign aff airs, and later trial Base - Alexander Gray is varro, and focused his eff orts on policy team. ber for nearly a decade. Smith Mr. White served as Legislative served Pence in his capacity as currently a member of the U.S. policies to reverse the economic The Domestic Policy Director served the House Republican Counsel for Congressman Mo Governor of the State of Indiana Department of State Landing injustice of off shoring and used and Council will report to the Conference legislative staff un- Brooks. Licensed to practice as Policy Director for Veterans Team for the Presidential Tran- his experience and insights to Senior Advisor to the President der then-Chairman Mike Pence law in the District of Columbia, Aff airs and most recently as sition, focusing on Asia-Pacifi c challenge special interests and for Policy, Stephen Miller. All prior to joining the Republican Mr. White is an active member members of the policy team will Study Committee to serve on of the Federalist Society and Speechwriter. During the cam- issues. Previously, he served as support the President-elect’s be required to accept a fi ve-year the professional policy staff un- performs pro bono legal work paign, Mr. Jarmula worked on Senior Defense Advisor to the “Buy American, Hire Amer- ban on lobbying after the con- der Congressman Jim Jordan. for the Washington Legal Clinic Stephen Miller’s staff and had Trump-Pence campaign, on Ste- ican” project. Mr. Lundberg clusion of their service as well He later served as Economic for the Homeless. an active role in policy develop- phen Miller’s policy staff and was Senior Vice President for as a lifetime ban on becoming Advisor to Senator Tim Scott ------ment. Mr. Jarmula is a graduate working with Peter Navarro, Congressional and Public Af- registered lobbyists for a for- and currently works as the Di- Additionally, the following of Indiana University and com- helping to craft the campaign’s fairs at the U.S. Chamber of eign government. rector of External Aff airs for team members are joining the pleted his B.A. while majoring plan to rebuild the U.S. military Commerce, after serving as “These knowledgeable, Generation Opportunity. Mr. Offi ce of the Senior Advisor in political science in 2007. and the defense industrial base. Assistant General Counsel and skilled and talented experts will Smith was born in Cleveland, to the President for Policy, and Robert Gabriel, Special As- Mr. Gray has also served as Se- Vice President for Internation- make enormous contributions Ohio and is a double graduate will help to develop all policy sistant to the Senior Advisor - nior Advisor to U.S. Congress- al Relations with Marriott In- to the President-Elect’s Ameri- of Howard University with a and administer all functions un- Robert Gabriel served as policy man J. Randy Forbes, a senior ternational, Inc. Mr. Lundberg ca First agenda,” said incoming BBA in Finance and a Masters derneath the umbrella of the Of- White House Chief of Staff Re- in Divinity. fi ce, such as the formulation of a advisor on the President-elect’s member of the House Armed served as Legal Counsel for Tax ince Priebus. Rob Goad, Education Poli- pro-worker agenda – including campaign and assisted the Na- Services Committee, focusing and International Trade to Sen- The White House Domestic cy - Rob Goad currently serves support for aff ordable childcare tional Policy Director in policy on defense industrial base issues ate Majority Leader Trent Lott, Policy Council will oversee is- on the Presidential Transition and family initiatives. development, speechwriting and Asia-Pacifi c security. Mr. International Trade Counsel to sue areas including judiciary, as the education lead for the O S functions, and staff manage- Gray’s writings on defense and Senate Majority Leader Bob budget, public safety, education implementation of the Presi- A P ment. He received a B.A. in national security topics have ap- Dole, Deputy Assistant Secre- and immigration policy, and will dent-elect’s education policy P, S Economics with a concentration peared in Foreign Policy, Naval tary of Commerce for Import focus its eff orts around the goal agenda. Prior to developing A: in Policy from New York Uni- War College Review, Strategic Administration in the George of increasing economic prosper- education policy for the Pres- Carlos Diaz-Rosillo, Direc- versity. Studies Quarterly and the U.S. H.W. Bush Administration and ity and protecting and defending ident-elect’s successful cam- tor of Policy and Interagen------Naval Institute’s Proceedings. International Trade Counsel the American worker and wage paign, Mr. Goad served as a cy Coordination - Carlos Di- earner, particularly those who The following names are also He was educated at the Elliott to the U.S. Senate Commit- Senior Policy Advisor to House az-Rosillo brings a wealth of have been underserved. being announced to join the Na- School of International Aff airs tee on Finance. Mr. Lundberg Policy Committee Chair Luke experience on presidential pow- tional Trade Council (NTC); at George Washington Universi- is a graduate of the University D P C, Messer focusing on education er, administrative action, exec- Economist Peter Navarro is ty and the War Studies Depart- of Virginia College of Arts & S A: issues. He also played a pivot- utive leadership and the poli- the Director of the NTC, which ment of King’s College London. Sciences, the University of Vir- Andrew Bremberg, Direc- al role advancing school choice cymaking and executive action tor of the White House Do- policies as Director of the Con- process to this key role. Mr. Di- works collaboratively with the Rolf Lundberg, Deputy Di- ginia School of Law, The Johns mestic Policy Council - An- gressional School Choice Cau- az-Rosillo has been serving on other Councils in the White rector of the National Trade Hopkins University School of drew Bremberg worked at the cus. Mr. Goad received a bache- the President-elect’s Transition House. Council for “Buy American, Advanced International Studies U.S. Department of Health and lor’s degree in political science Team as Policy Implementation N T C, Hire American” - During the and Phillips Andover Academy. Human Services from 2001 to at Indiana University. Executive Authority Advisor S A: President-elect’s campaign and 2009, including serving as the John Zadrozny, Justice and and White House Lead. He is Chief of Staff for the Offi ce of Homeland Security Policy - fl uent in Spanish, and graduat- Public Health and Science. He John Zadrozny has worked for ed summa cum laude with de- later served as Policy Advisor the past six years on the House grees in International Relations SEEK THE OLD PATHS and Counsel on Nominations Committee on Oversight and (B.A.) and Civil Engineering for Senator Mitch McConnell. Government Reform, the Sen- (B.S.C.E) from Tufts University He worked as the Policy Direc- ate Committee on Foreign Rela- and Public Policy (M.P.P) and PRO FAMILY RALLY tor for the 2016 Republican Par- tions, and the Senate Committee Government (A.M., PhD) from ty Platform. He now works in on the Judiciary for Senator Ted Harvard University, where he Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at 11:45 a.m. a lead policy and administrative Cruz. Prior to working on Cap- has been a member of the facul- role on the Presidential Transi- itol Hill, he served in the Offi ce ty of government for more than tion Team. Mr. Bremberg re- of National Drug Control Poli- eight years. South Carolina State House ceived a J.D. from the Catholic cy and the Department of State. Vince Haley, Advisor for University of America Colum- Mr. Zadrozny has a J.D. from Policy, Strategy and Speech- First Floor, right outside Governors’ Offi ce bus School of Law and a B.A. Catholic University’s Columbus writing - Vince Haley is a long- from the Franciscan University School of Law in Washington, time associate of former U.S. We ought to obey God rather than men. of Steubenville. D.C. and a B.A. in History from House Speaker Newt Gingrich. ~ Acts 5:29 ~ Paul Winfree, Deputy Di- Fordham University in Bronx, He served as policy director rector of the Domestic Policy where he graduated magna cum and later campaign manager of Council and Director of Bud- laude. Gingrich’s 2012 presidential Pastor Stephen Williamson - Gethsemane Baptist Church, Lex- get Policy - Paul Winfree was Zina Bash, Regulatory Re- campaign. Mr. Haley holds an ington, SC and Pastor Johnathan Mixson, Sr. - Community Bap- Director of the Thomas A. Roe form, Legal and Immigration undergraduate degree from the tist Church, Lodge, SC will be speaking for us. Calling South Institute for Economic Policy Policy - Zina Bash has held a College of William & Mary, variety of positions in business, Carolina patriots to come stand with us for a free republic under Studies, the Center for Data a law and Master’s degree the authority of God. May God deliver us from our present Tyr- Analysis and the Richard F. As- law and government, and cur- from the University of Virgin- ter Research Fellow, all at The rently serves as the Executive ia, and a Master’s of law from anny. Please stand with us in defense of all of our unborn children Heritage Foundation. Prior to Vice President of Operations the College of Europe. During demanding that their lives be protected by South Carolina law. joining Heritage, Mr. Winfree and Business Development at the President-elect’s successful This right is written in the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment to was the Director of Income Se- Doctors’ Hospital at Renais- campaign, Mr. Haley developed our U.S. Constitution. The Tenth Amendment gives South Car- sance. Her previous positions curity on the U.S. Senate Com- ethics reform policies. olina the right to implement this law and to defi ne marriage be- mittee on the Budget. He has include Deputy Director of Pol- Ross Worthington, Advi- tween one man and one woman. Please stand with us for Biblical a Master of Science degree in icy and Communications for sor for Policy, Strategy and economics and economic his- Senator Ted Cruz’s presidential Speechwriting - Ross Worth- marriage between one man and one woman. tory from the London School campaign and Senior Counsel to ington was a longtime aide to Senator Lee Bright and Representative Bill Chumley have in- of Economics and a Bachelor the Senate Judiciary Committee former U.S. House Speaker troduced S-719 and H4093, “Personhood Constitution Amend- of Science degree in economics in Senator John Cornyn’s offi ce. Newt Gingrich. He served as ment” Resolution. This amendment will allow our voters to de- Ms. Bash also practiced law as from George Mason University. research director for Gingrich, cide “yes” - or “no” to protecting our unborn children. We hope Katy Talento, Healthcare an appellate attorney at interna- deputy communications direc- you vote “yes!” Policy - Katy Talento, an in- tional law fi rm Gibson Dunn, tor for Gingrich’s 2012 presi- fectious disease epidemiologist & Crutcher LLP. Fluent in dential campaign and later as Representative Bill Chumley has introduced H3022, “Mar- with nearly 20 years of experi- Spanish as a native speaker, she Gingrich’s primary writer. He riage-Protection Act.” This bill defi nes marriage between one ence in public health and health earned a bachelor’s degree from is a graduate of Brown Univer- man and one woman as God instituted in His Word. policy, as well as government Harvard College, a J.D. from sity, where he concentrated in Please come to the State House, January 24, 2017 at 11:45 a.m. Harvard Law School and an oversight and investigations and Political Theory. During the Thank you in advance. program evaluation, served on M.B.A. from Wharton Business campaign, Mr. Worthington, the campaign since July 2016. School. Ms. Bash also served together with Mr. Vince Haley, Ms. Talento has spent 12 years as a law clerk to Justice Samuel worked to formulate and com- For more information contact in the U.S. Senate, working for Alito of the U.S. Supreme Court municate policies that advanced fi ve Senators and two commit- and Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the Trump agenda. Voice of the Unborn tees. A graduate of Harvard the U.S. Court of Appeals for Ryan Jarmula, Advisor Johnny Gardner - Director School of Public Health and the D.C. Circuit. for Policy Development and 120 Amsterdam Drive, #G - Columbia, South Carolina 29210 the University of Virginia, she Peter J. White, Senior Policy Speechwriting - Ryan Jarmu- (803) 731-0062/cell (803) 760-0868 Analyst - Peter White received has also worked in the fi eld on la served as a member of Vice [email protected] disease control programs in the his J.D. from American Uni- President-elect Mike Pence’s U.S. and in Africa. versity’s Washington College staff for a number of years. As 01-18-17 Wednesday, January 11, 2017 The Times Examiner 11 Next Week on Nite Line Dove Broadcasting NITE LINE broadcasts live Monday through Friday on WGGS TV- 16 from 8:00 pm until 9:30/10:00 pm. Th e program features local and/or nationally known guests who share their testimonies and tal- ent. Our goal is to be an inspiration to our viewers as well as inform them of Christian and community events in the Upstate.

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MALKIN A growing body of peer-re- had realized at trial, told me: tions and actions.” BUCHANAN curbed their enthusiasm. Free elections in Palestine and Leb- viewed scientifi c literature “When people invest them- ... Continue from Page 7 ... Continue from Page 7 anon produced victories for says otherwise. Unfortunate- selves in a belief, it can be ------es or Christians, France and Hamas and Hezbollah. the businessman’s home. The ly, many state crime labs and easier to ignore evidence that Michelle Malkin is author Europe appear to want no more Though Galston chastises the EMTs used the same oxygen police departments haven’t conß icts or challenges that of the new book Who Built mosques or Muslims. Polish and Hungarian govern- monitor on both men’s fi ngers, caught up. belief. Admitting that non-in- That: Awe-Inspiring Stories of Where America’s elites may ments as illiberal democracies, celebrate same-sex marriage they seem to remain popular at unknowingly transferring skin In my own investigation of timate skin cell DNA transfer American Tinkerpreneurs. and “reproductive rights,” more home. cell DNA from the homeless the case of former Oklaho- is a reasonable explanation for Her email address is malkin- and more Europeans are iden- What, then, does the future man to the multimillionaire he ma City police offi cer Dan- the DNA evidence in Daniel’s [email protected]. tifying with the social values hold? had never met. iel Holtzclaw, who was sen- case may make a lot of people COPYRIGHT 2017 CREATORS. of Putin’s Russia. Pro-Putin The present crisis of Europe The case provided a defi ni- tenced to 263 years in prison in the media question (and ev- COM parties are surging in Europe. has been produced by the mi- tive example of “a DNA trans- for alleged sexual assaults, erywhere else) their assump- Pro-America parties have been gration of tens of millions of facing losses and defections. Third World peoples never be- fer implicating an innocent I’ve encountered fi rsthand an “Because human beings are fore assimilated in any Europe- person,” the journal noted, and alarming ignorance of the pit- equal, any form of ethnocen- an nation, and by the pollution illustrated “a growing opin- falls and limitations of DNA trism that denies their equal- and poisoning of these nations’ ion that the criminal justice evidence. That ignorance has The Times Examiner ity must be rejected,” writes traditional culture. system’s reliance on DNA ev- been compounded by the stub- www.timesexaminer.com Galston. This has caused millions That may well be what liberal idence, often treated as infalli- born unwillingness of ill-in- to recoil and declare: If this is democracy commands. what liberal democracy produc- ble, actually carries signifi cant formed police detectives and But the 24 nations that es, then to hell with it. risks.” prosecutors to acknowledge emerged from the disintegration And if Europe is moving SCHLAFLY ter. The ability to stand fi rm under Secondary transfer and their scientifi c shortcomings. of the USSR, Czechoslovakia away from what America has fi re. For Bannon and Trump, get- contamination problems with As a racially charged mob of ... Continue from Page 8 and Yugoslavia were all built become and has on off er, what is ting America back on track took touch DNA were most fa- Black Lives Matter activists on ethnonational foundations -- there to cause Europeans to turn were for his White House staff : precedence over hurt progressive Croatia and Serbia, Estonia and around and re-embrace liberal mously revealed by the “Phan- demanded social justice and Stephen K. Bannon as chief strat- feelings. They did not back down Latvia, Georgia and Armenia, democracy? Why not try some- tom of Heilbronn,” a case in- threatened riots in the volatile egist (formal title: senior counsel- under even the heaviest left-wing Azerbaijan and Moldova. thing else? volving skin cell DNA from a summer of 2014 (the summer or to the president) and Stephen fi re.” And was it not their unique In Brexit, the English were “mystery” female serial killer of Ferguson), Holtzclaw was Miller as chief speechwriter (for- In his own year-end interview ethnic identities that caused voting against the diverse liber- South Ossetia and Abkhazia to al democracy that their capital and thief in Germany -- which charged, tried and convicted mal title: senior adviser to the with his former colleagues at break free of Georgia? of Londonistan had become. police years later acknowl- despite a mountain of reason- president for policy). Breitbart News, Stephen Bannon Indeed, if what America has Donald Trump’s victory rep- edged most likely belonged to able doubt. The value of Steve Bannon can promised: “I think 2017 will be, on off er is a liberal democ- resented a rejection of Barack a lab or factory worker who be judged by testimonial pub- During my two-hour in- actually, more exciting than 2016 racy of 325 million, which is Obama’s America. And wheth- had handled cotton swabs terview with lead detectives lished last week by the great Da- was.” But he cautioned Trump multiracial, multiethnic, mul- er he succeeds, what is there used by investigators across Rocky Gregory (now a homi- vid Horowitz, who has chronicled supporters to “stay engaged” in ticultural, multilingual, which to cause America to look back Europe. cide detective) and Kim Davis a lifetime of battling the Left in a order to “hold people account- celebrates its “diversity,” then with nostalgia on the America series of books including Radical where in Europe can one fi nd a Obama came to represent? Touch DNA is also central (now retired and hailed as a able.” Son. Horowitz, who also helped great party preaching this as the Our Founding Fathers be- to the murder case of Colora- social justice champion) of the “The Hobbits and the Deplor- Stephen Miller start a conserva- future their country and conti- lieved that democracy repre- do toddler JonBenet Ramsey. ables had a great run in 2016,” Oklahoma City police depart- nent should embrace? sented the degeneration of a re- tive student club at Duke Univer- Bannon continued. “Everybody Thanks to joint reporting by ment, both adamantly insisted European peoples are largely public; they feared and loathed sity, nominated Stephen Bannon mocked them and ridiculed them, Denver’s 9News and the Boul- that transfer DNA “never hap- fl eeing from the future America it, and felt that it was the precur- for “man of the year” because of and now they’ve spoken. I think der Daily Camera, current pens.” Davis said it was “hard preaches and promises. sor of dictatorship. They may Bannon’s indispensable role in people are engaged; they feel like Boulder County district attor- Europe’s nations are rising up have been right again. to get.” Gregory claimed it guiding Trump to victory. they have a voice. It’s going to be against what liberal democracy ------ney Stan Garnett announced was “very rare” and “almost Horowitz sees in Bannon what a great year. Stay engaged.” has produced in the USA. Patrick J. Buchanan is the au- three weeks ago that he is impossible.” Prosecutor Gay- Bannon saw in Trump: someone ------Galston contends correctly thor of the new book The Great- reopening the DNA portion land Gieger similarly mocked with “an affi nity for the blue-col- that, “few leaders and move- John Schlaß y and Andy Schla- est Comeback: How Richard of the investigation initially lar voters who eventually put ments in the West dare to chal- the touch DNA phenomenon ß y are sons of Phyllis Schlaß y Nixon Rose From Defeat to lenge the idea of democracy conducted by his predeces- at trial and possibly misled the Trump over the top. Instinctively (1924-2016). itself.” Create the New Majority. To sor, Mary Lacy. In 2008, she jury about the DNA sourcing. combative, Bannon understood ------True, so far. 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SCRUGGS military or naval offi cer was mous advice of CinCPAC Ad- that, far from inducing negoti- military aviation in a careful- was consistently ignored until ... Continue from Page 1 included in the planning, not miral Sharp and the JCS ations, another bombing pause ly controlled, restricted and Nixon fi nally made full use of of “gradualism,”and failure to even the Chairman of the JCS, On October 14, in a memo- will be regarded by the North graduated build-up of bomb- Air Force and Navy airpower utilize our strategic supremacy until late 1967. The targets, randum to McNamara, which Vietnamese leaders, and our ing pressure which discounted in 1972. in Air and Naval power. Not the dates, the hour, the number they explicitly urged to be allies, as renewed evidence of the professional judgments of listening to military experi- and type of aircraft, the bomb passed on to the President, the lack of U.S. determination to our best military experts and ------ence and advice was also an loads, and many of the tactics JCS reacted strongly: press the war to a successful substituted civilian judgment Mike Scruggs is the author of two books: The Un-Civil important debilitating factor were specifi ed in Washington “The Joint Chiefs of Staff conclusion.” in the details of target selec- War: Shattering the Histori- in providing eff ective political and passed through each in- do not concur in your recom- By August 1967, Mc- tion and the timing of strikes. cal Myths; and Lessons from leadership in war. Some cru- termediate headquarters to the mendation that there should Namara’s disputes with the We shackled the true potential the Vietnam War: Truths the cial leadership mistakes will USAF squadrons and Navy be no increase in the level of JCS came under investigation of air power and permitted the Media Never Told You, and be covered in another article carriers aff ected. Thus, John- bombing eff ort and no mod- by the Senate Armed Forces build-up of what has become over 600 articles on military in this series. son super-centralized even ifi cation in areas and targets Committee. The Subcommit- the world’s most formidable history, national security, in- From the beginning of Roll- tactical decisions and micro- subject to attack. They be- tee on Investigation chaired antiaircraft defenses.” telligent design, genealogical ing Thunder to late 1967, all managed the air war. lieve our air campaign against by conservative John Stennis On September 1, Johnson genetics, immigration, current political aff airs, Islam, and the the planning for air strikes was On one occasion Johnson North Vietnam to be an inte- (D, MS) found fault with Mc- called a press conference to Middle East. done at a Tuesday luncheon in bragged, “I won’t let those gral and indispensable part Namara’s policies. distance himself from Mc- He holds a BS degree from the Washington. Those attending Air Force Generals bomb the of our overall war eff ort. To “In our hearings we found… Namara’s policies and to deny University of Georgia and an were Johnson, McNamara, smallest outhouse without be eff ective, the air campaign the roots of the persistent dete- any confl ict between military MBA from Stanford Universi- Secretary of State Rusk, checking with me.” On anoth- would be conducted with only rioration of public confi dence and civilian authorities. Mc- ty. A former USAF intelligence Presidential Assistant Walt er occasion he said, “I spent those minimum constraints in our air power because the Namara soon resigned. offi cer and Air Commando, Rostow, and the Presidential ten hours a day worrying about necessary to avoid indiscrim- plain facts, as they unfolded Until Nixon became pres- he is a decorated combat vet- eran of the Vietnam War, and Press Secretary, initially Bill all this, picking the targets one inate killing of the population. in the testimony, demonstrated ident in 1969, the war was holds the Distinguished Flying Moyers. Assistant Secretary by one, making sure we didn’t The Joint Chiefs of Staff do clearly that civilian authori- micromanaged by Johnson, Cross, Purple Heart, and Air of Defense John McNaugh- go over the limits.” not concur with your proposal ty consistently overruled the McNamara, and his civilian Medal. He is a retired First ton, a former Harvard faculty After a brief visit to South that as a carrot to induce ne- unanimous recommendation advisors in the Defense De- Vice President for a major na- member and mathematical Vietnam in early October gotiations, we should suspend of the military commander partment. The Joint Chiefs of tional Þ nancial services Þ rm game theorist, was not an 1966, McNamara recom- or reduce our bombing cam- and the Joint Chiefs of Staff Staff (JCS) continually urged and former Chairman of the offi cial member of this lun- mended to President Johnson paign against North Vietnam. . for a systematic, timely and President Johnson and Sec- Board of a classical Christian cheon committee but wielded that the U.S. should avoid any . Additionally, the Joint Chiefs hard-hitting integrated air retary McNamara to bomb school. Click the website below to or- enormous infl uence on Mc- bombing escalation and seek a of Staff believe that the likeli- campaign against the vital strategic targets in North der books. http://www.univer- Namara, who considered him negotiated peace with Hanoi. hood of the war being settled North Vietnam targets. In- Vietnam and mine the harbor salmediainc.org/books.htm. his most trusted advisor. No This was against the unani- by negotiation is small, and stead…we have employed at Haiphong, but their advice Wednesday, January 11, 2017 The Times Examiner 13

CHAREN der Ottoman rule, along with all by a complete refusal to make American Conservative Union ... Continue from Page 8 Jordanians. After Allied forces real peace, interspersed with it’s the Palestinians’ balking at defeated the Ottomans in WWI, wars against Israel by its neigh- Statement of Support for accepting demands that Israel the League of Nations created bors in 1948, 1967 and 1973, as have the right to exist that has the British mandate over the well as a continuous campaign Obamacard Repeal Resolution been the main impediment, not area, empowering Britain to es- of terrorism against the Jewish refusal of Israel to cede some tablish a “Jewish national home- state and its citizens. (S.Con.Res 3) land acquired in the 1967 war. land” while respecting the rights With a new administration By Dan Schneider all Americans, not just spe- ters that do not perform Clearly, the fate of Jerusalem has of the resident Arab population. taking offi ce in Washington on Executive Director, Amer- cial interests and empowered abortions. been a stumbling block for both Winston Churchill, who was Jan. 20, one can only hope that ican Conservative Union government bureaucracy. • Eliminate new and/or sides, but if the Palestinians and then Britain’s colonial secretary, the U.S. will do more to tackle It is not often that the We understand that the cur- higher taxes. the Arab world in general were divided the lands under British the real obstacles to peace in the Senate is presented with rent Obamacare Repeal Res- not so hostile to the very exis- control, giving the country’s disputed territories by pressur- such a clear opportuni- olution under debate will We believe passing the tence of a Jewish state, peace Hashemite Arab allies the East ing the Palestinians at least as ty to roll back a destruc- likely conclude next Wednes- repeal resolution will be would have been possible by Bank of the Jordan River to es- hard as the Israelis. A two-state tive regulatory program day and be followed by a the fi rst step in the process now. tablish the Hashemite Kingdom solution is possible only if both like Obamacare, which vote. Passing this resolution of eradicating the onerous The very notion that Pales- of Jordan in 1922. parties are equally committed to has not only subjugated is the fi rst step in using bud- regulatory overreach of tinians have a right to land over In November 1947, the U.N. living side by side peacefully, the American healthcare get reconciliation to allow a the Obama Administra- which they have never in history voted to partition the remaining and so far, the Palestinians have system to the command vote that will strip out a mas- tion and allowing a plat- exerted control seems a stretch, territory to establish two states, a yet to prove they are. and control of the feder- sive portion of Obamacare. form for the conservative but it’s one that much of the Jewish Israel and an Arab Pales------al government, but also Removing that selection will value of reducing the role world, including the U.S. under tine. It was the Arabs’ refusal to Linda Chavez is the author of eliminated the ability of do the following: of excessive government both Democratic and Republican accept the establishment of any An Unlikely Conservative: The millions of American con- in our lives. Americans presidents, has accepted at face Jewish state in the territories that Transformation of an Ex-Liber- sumers to freely choose • Eliminate the mandate deserve a healthcare sys- value. Prior to World War I, the began what has now been a near- al. To fi nd out more about Linda their own health plan and penalties. tem that puts patients people we now call Palestinians ly 70-year stalemate on the cre- Chavez, visit the Creators Syndi- doctors. As we embark • Eliminate the exchange and doctors in control. -- and others in what are now the ation of a Palestinian state. That cate webpage at www.creators. on a new era of public subsidies. The repeal of the Aff ord- disputed territories -- lived un- recalcitrance has been marked com. policy, we must swiftly • Repeal Medicaid expan- able Care Act will begin ------move beyond the failed sion. the end to big govern- Mona Charen is a Senior Fellow practices of the past and • Defund Planned Parent- ment control and restore at the Ethics and Public Policy boldly pass legislation hood and redirect funds to the principles this great Center. To read features by other that positively impacts Community Health Cen- nation was founded on. Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.cre- WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU ators.com. COPYRIGHT 2017 CREATORS. Write us a letter-to-the-editor and tell us and our COM readers what you think. See page 6 for details. Abstinence Education for Teens The Times Examiner timesexaminer.com HONORS Alarm Responses; Firefi ghter Length of Service Awards ... 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