BLOG WORLD...MISHANDLED.. CALLISTA GINGRICH


Afghan Women Betrayed


B


efore the U.S. invasion in 2001, Afghans lived under the Taliban’s oppressive enforcement


of Sharia law. Women were prohibited from getting an education or working outside of the home. Those who disobeyed could be publicly flogged or executed. In the 20 years that followed, women made


enormous strides, pursued goals, and achieved successes that were once unthinkable. As Americans, we must insist that their rights be preserved and protected.


CLARA DEL VILLAR


Social Security Shortfall


T


his summer, Social Security celebrated its 86th anniversary. In 2021, 65 million Americans will receive this


benefit. It is the principal income for 34 million households. Yet the trust funds that support Social


Security are facing shortfalls. In 1945, there were 42 workers for every Social


Security beneficiary; from 1970 until 2009 about three-and-a-half to three workers supporting beneficiaries. Since 2010 that number has declined to just two workers for each beneficiary.


DAN EBERHART


Net-Zero Benefi t to U.S.


or they don’t care. That combination of ignorance and arrogance


D


will have political repercussions for Democrats in 2022 and 2024. Inflation expectations are at their highest levels since 2013, gasoline prices are up more than 40 percent since January, and consumer prices in July rose 5.4 percent. Yet Biden continues to push for net-zero emissions. Energy analyst Kevin Book said it best, to


Bloomberg: “In my experience, high prices tend to usher out incumbent politicians faster than they usher in new technologies.”


34 NEWSMAX | OCTOBER 2021


emocrats either don’t understand the economic principle of supply and demand


MICHAEL DORSTEWITZ


proved this from Day One, right up to the Afghanistan fiasco. The Washington Free Beacon reported last year that Donald Trump’s


Perils of Negative Politics N


secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, established a new bureau to provide “aviation, logistics, and medical support . . . to protect American citizens overseas with overseas evacuations.” In June, as Taliban militants were making plans to take over


Afghanistan, the Biden administration disbanded the bureau, leaving the military and state department flat-footed. Biden’s entire administration is based on negative politics. On Day One he halted the southern border wall and dismantled the “remain in Mexico” policy so, each month, the number of illegal border crossings surpasses those of the previous month. You might ask who voted for this idiot. Very simply, it’s people who, in


large part, opted to practice negative politics. They voted against Trump, and Biden is what they got.


FRANK PAVONE


Defending Catholic Teachings A


fghanistan and trillion-dollar “infrastructure” bills pushed the Biden communion scandal out of the headlines. But if U.S. bishops


insist that public of icials who claim to be Catholic follow the teachings of the Catholic Church, the outrage machine will roar back to life. I recently wrote the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops


urging them to defend the Church, her teachings, and the unborn against the actions of government leaders who advocate and advance the killing of children by abortion, including politicians who call themselves Catholic: “The actions of people like Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi are about leaders deliberately, creatively, and energetically implementing the agenda of a political party that has embraced, strongly and explicitly, positions that violate the most fundamental rights of human life and freedom.”


MICHAEL CLARK


hell-on-earth battle near Saigon in 1966. After being separated from the two other platoons, Captain Jack Kelley and his 40 soldiers staved off an attack by more than 300 Viet Cong. For their eff orts and sacrifices, the 173rd Airborne received the Medal


Another Mishandled Confl ict A


of Honor, three Silver Stars, 10 Bronze Stars, six Army commendations, and more than 50 Purple Hearts. Thirteen soldiers were killed in battle and 40-plus were wounded. But no one was left behind. Coming after the botched exit in Afghanistan, no longer will the


Vietnam War be considered the worst or most mishandled conflict in our military history.


new documentary, My Father’s Brothers, available on demand, is a Vietnam accounting by men still living who survived a


egative politics — voting against someone rather than in favor of someone —always ends poorly. The Biden administration


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64  |  Page 65  |  Page 66  |  Page 67  |  Page 68  |  Page 69  |  Page 70  |  Page 71  |  Page 72  |  Page 73  |  Page 74  |  Page 75  |  Page 76  |  Page 77  |  Page 78  |  Page 79  |  Page 80  |  Page 81  |  Page 82  |  Page 83  |  Page 84  |  Page 85  |  Page 86  |  Page 87  |  Page 88  |  Page 89  |  Page 90  |  Page 91  |  Page 92  |  Page 93  |  Page 94  |  Page 95  |  Page 96  |  Page 97  |  Page 98  |  Page 99  |  Page 100