The First Five On this Memorial Day weekend, Debbie takes up Obama’s visit to Hiroshima. He voices the standard leftist worldview that is premised on the moral equivalency of all things. But the moral rationale for dropping the bomb was to end a war started by Japan, Italy and Germany--who had the...
The First Five Debbie takes up the case of Ben Rhodes and the Iranian nuclear deal. Ben Rhodes, graduate student in fiction writing becomes a national security advisor to Obama, despite no military experience, no foreign service experience, no foreign policy experience whatsoever. But a writer with the ability to manipulate...
The First Five Debbie takes up the case for #NeverHillary; it is compelling and is far more serious than anything the #NeverTrump crowd is talking about. “Congenital liar” Hillary is showing her character again, with her IT assistant Brian Pagiliano now denying the existence of any emails between the two during...
The First Five Debbie takes up the reality of presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump. Person, party and principles: where will Americans turn now? This GOP campaign has been so disturbing…an analogy to Ty Cobb and the repetition of lies is instructive. Donald Trump is a dangerous ‘person’ to latch onto; principles...
The First Five Debbie takes a look at just how revealing John Boehner’s recent comments about Ted Cruz (referring to him as Lucifer) really are. Boehner has never worked with Cruz; he only knows that Cruz did as he promised his constituents he would do—he acted to stop Obama’s agenda. And...
The First Five Debbie takes a look at Earth Day—it’s origin, history, positives and negatives. When it started in 1970, the ‘scientific’ ‘experts’ made predictions that have proven to be not only wrong, but ridiculously wrong. There’s a mindset behind radical environmentalism that is truly not about preserving clean air...
The Opening Segment Debbie turns first to the Colorado delegate kerfuffle; these baseless accusations hurt the political process—and that’s true whether you support Donald Trump or Ted Cruz (or any other candidate). The ‘raddled’ state of delegate selection gets a little more attention. America is not and was never intended to be...
The First Fifteen Debbie takes up the subject of race relations in America. Respect for the existence of truth is a good starting point. The recent play called “Ferguson” uses unedited grand jury transcripts to bring to light exactly what the witnesses to the Michael Brown shooting said to the grand...
The First Fifteen Debbie speaks up about the need to recognize the unappeasable nature of the left in America. Examples ought to make it clear for anyone paying attention. Yet another bed & breakfast (this time in Illinois) is ordered to pay damages and attorney’s fees to a same sex couple, and...
First Fifteen Today is Easter Sunday, an appropriate time to dig in to the substance of America’s challenge with Islam. Debbie reviews important commentary from former US Attorney Andy McCarthy and moderate Muslim activist Dr. Zuhdi Jasser about the critical distinction between the teachings of Islam and individual people who identify...