Category Archives: Everything else

Co-founder of Greenpeace explains why he is a climate skeptic

AMERICAN THINKER by Rick Moran March 21, 2015 …The co-founder of the granddaddy of green groups, Greenpeace, explains in a Heartland editorial why he is a climate skeptic.  Patrick Moore, who left Greenpeace in 1986 because, in his words, it “took … Continue reading

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In College and Hiding From Scary Ideas

NEW YORK TIMES by Judith Shulevitz March 21, 2015 ….A few weeks ago, Zineb El Rhazoui, a journalist at Charlie Hebdo, spoke at the University of Chicago, protected by the security guards she has traveled with since supporters of the … Continue reading

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Before I Go: A Stanford neurosurgeon’s parting wisdom about life and time

WASHINGTON POST by Paul Kalanithi March 12, 2015 In residency, there’s a saying: The days are long, but the years are short. In neurosurgical training, the day usually began a little before 6 a.m., and lasted until the operating was … Continue reading

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The harm incurred by a mushrooming welfare state

WASHINGTON POST by George Will January 21, 2015 ….Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a lifelong New Deal liberal and accomplished social scientist, warned that “the issue of welfare is not what it costs those who provide it but what it costs those … Continue reading

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1,700 Private Jets Will Fly to Davos to Discuss Global Warming

FRONTPAGE MAG by Daniel Greenfield January 20, 2015 Don’t worry. I’m sure these will be non-polluting private jets powered by carbon offsets and unicorn magic. They will not in any way add to the heat death of the earth. Unlike … Continue reading

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Why American Sniper Is One of the Greatest War Movies Ever

PJ MEDIA by David Forsmark January 19, 2015 With all due respect to Lone Survivor and Zero Dark Thirty (and I have paid mad respect to both), Clint Eastwood’s amazing American Sniper is the film for the war on terror. But … Continue reading

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Planes Filled the Sky: Remembering the Battle of the Bulge

WEEKLY STANDARD by Warren Kozak January 5, 2015 Exactly seventy years ago, Allied forces in Europe experienced an all-too-common occurrence in war: a huge intelligence failure that led to a surprise attack, followed by a horrific battlefield disaster. That it … Continue reading

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That’s rich! Why so many wealthy Americans think they’re middle class

SALON by David Sirota December 21, 2014 By Treasury Secretary Jack Lew’s reckoning, being a millionaire does not constitute living high above the ranks of ordinary people. Lew said last week that back when he was in the private sector … Continue reading

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Ayn Rand Reviews Children’s Movies

THE NEW YORKER by Mallory Ortberg December 18, 2014 “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”. An industrious young woman neglects to charge for her housekeeping services and is rightly exploited for her naïveté. She dies without ever having sought her … Continue reading

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Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Joins Startup with Israeli Roots

THE TOWER by Israel 21c November 25, 2014 Data virtualization company Primary Data has announced that Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak will serve as chief scientist of the Israeli-American data virtualization company. Wozniak, who is fondly known as ‘Woz’, will counsel … Continue reading

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