Category Archives: Everything else

Best Poverty Cure: Escape From Baltimore

WALL STREET JOURNAL by William McGurn June 1, 2015 New evidence shows minorities now do better in the American South Of all the “solutions” for post-riot Baltimore, the best—at least for African-Americans trapped in poverty—appears to be the one that … Continue reading

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Assassinating The American Spirit Of Independence

POLITICALLY SHORT by Nick Short May 31, 2015 The American spirit has not yet been destroyed, but it cannot withstand the kind of relentless assault on its character that we are witnessing day after day. I cannot predict the form … Continue reading

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The “Speech-Denialists”

GATESTONE by Daniel Mael June 2, 2015 On college campuses, teachers, students and sometimes even administrators seem to have become ever more eager to block any idea with which they disagree. Often it appears as if their first impulse is to … Continue reading

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We Republicans Lost On Gay Rights. That’s A Good Thing.

POLITICO by Mark McKinnon June 1, 2015 Big business is bringing the GOP into the future I’m not among those Republicans who have “evolved” on the issue of gay rights. I didn’t need to. I’ve always been attracted to the … Continue reading

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Ferguson Effect: The New Nationwide Crime Wave

WALL STREET JOURNAL by Heather MacDonald June 1, 2015 The consequences of the ‘Ferguson effect’ are already appearing. The main victims of growing violence will be the inner-city poor. The nation’s two-decades-long crime decline may be over. Gun violence in … Continue reading

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Medal of Honor Lessons for Graduates

WALL STREET JOURNAL by Daniel Ford May 20, 2015 ‘Be courageous and appreciate courage in others who take action in the face of fear.’ On Saturday I attended my first commencement program in 61 years. The speaker drew me there: … Continue reading

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Mad Men’s Religion

AMERICAN THINKER by Rabbi Elliot B. Gertel May 24, 2015 At the close of the AMC TV series Mad Men, antihero Don Draper (John Hamm), an aloof and morally ambiguous mid-century Manhattan ad man interested only in captivating corporations and … Continue reading

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Lawless rioters feed bigotry against all blacks

NEW YORK POST by Deroy Murdock April 30, 2015 Dear Black Thugs: To each of you I echo what actor Terrence Howard’s character told his gangbanger brother in the film “Crash”: “You embarrass me. You embarrass yourself.” From Ferguson to Baltimore, … Continue reading

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O’s odd absence; 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s assassination

As luck would have it, I ended up booking an airbnb rental a block from Ford’s Theatre while in DC for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies conference (hotel rooms are crazy expensive this week perhaps due to Cherry Blossom mania). Tonight returning to … Continue reading

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Israel’s King of Blues, Lazer Lloyd, Coming to Chicago

ISRAEL’S KING OF THE BLUES LAZER LLOYD Chicago House of Blues 329 N. Dearborn St., Chicago IL, 60654 Israel’s King of the Blues, Lazer Lloyd, brings hot blues from the Middle East to Chicago’s House of Blues  2 dates  this spring : Monday, April 20 (8pm, 9:45pm and 11:15pm) Tuesday, May 19 (8pm, … Continue reading

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