Even In Its Third Century, America Is

Unhappy Voters Thought The Anemic Economy, Obamacare, The Collapse Of U.s. Foreign Policy, The Scandals In Government, And The Incompetent Handling Of Everything From The Islamic State To Ebola Were The Only Real Issues. Democrats'€™ Refusal To Acknowledge Them Did Not Make These Failures Go Away.

The President Who Is Most Slandered As Hitler Will Probably Prove To Be The Most Zealous Advocate Of Democratic Government Abroad, The Staunchest Friend Of Beleaguered Israel, And The Greatest Promoter Of Global Individual Freedom In Our Recent Memory.

Did Either The Nonexistent Or The Measured Response After A Series Of Attacks On Americans The Past Decade - In Lebanon, Africa, Saudi Arabia, New York, And Yemen - Suggest To Our Terrorist Enemies That It Was Wrong And Unwise To Kill Reasonable And Affable People, Or Did The Easy Killing Imply That Self-absorbed And Pampered Lotus-eaters Would Not Much Care Who Or How Many Were Butchered As Long As It Was Within Reasonable Numbers And Spread Out Over Time?

States Are Like People. They Do Not Question The Awful Status Quo Until Some Dramatic Event Overturns The Conventional And Lax Way Of Thinking.

California Is Now A Valuable Touchstone To The Country, A Warning Of What Not To Do. Rarely Has A Single Generation Inherited So Much Natural Wealth And Bounty From The Investment And Hard Work Of Those More Noble Now Resting In Our Cemeteries-and Squandered That Gift Within A Generation.