Category Archives: Politics

Hillary endorses nuclear deal

POLITICO by Michael Crowley July 14, 2015 The success of the accord may now rest with the former secretary of state and Democratic frontrunner, who has long been more hawkish on Iran than Obama. During their 2008 battle for the … Continue reading

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Rep. Dold Calls On Congress To Reject Historically Bad Iran Deal, Senator Kirk issues statement

Dold On Iran Nuclear Deal Kirk Statement on the Iran Nuclear Agreement WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) issued the following statement today after the United States and other world powers announced the completion of a nuclear agreement with Iran: … Continue reading

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Battling Obama in Congress shaping up as lose-lose proposition

Do Democrats have the backbone to step forward and oppose their president ? Without their assistance in overiding the Obama veto, this deal surely moves forward JERUSALEM POST by Herb Keinon July 14, 2015 Will Israel be more or less likely to … Continue reading

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Can States Fund BDS?

TABLET MAG by Eugene Kontorovich July 13, 2015 Abe Foxman says that banning the use of public money to support companies that boycott Israel is unconstitutional and illegal. Is he right? In the latest act of a decades-long fight against … Continue reading

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Obama’s silence on Kathryn Steinle killing is deafening

Guess it’s not yet time for a “conversation” on this subject WASHINGTON POST by Marc A. Thiessen July 13, 2015 After Trayvon Martin was killed, President Obama spoke emotionally about his death, declaring “this could have been my son.” After Michael … Continue reading

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‘Legacy Of Slavery’ Didn’t Cause Social Ills

INVESTORS BUSINESS DAILY by Thomas Sowell July 7, 2015 Discussions of racial problems almost invariably bring out the cliche of “a legacy of slavery.” But anyone who is being serious, as distinguished from being political, would surely want to know if … Continue reading

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The Iranian Nuclear Paradox

WALL STREET JOURNAL by Reuel Marc Gerecht and Mark Dubowitz July 8, 2015 Once an agreement is reached, a U.S.-Iran confrontation becomes more likely, more quickly. …But hawks who believe that airstrikes are the only possible option for stopping an … Continue reading

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Hillary’s E-mails Indict the Self-Regarding Culture of Washington

NATIONAL REVIEW by Matthew Continetti July 4, 2015 So she doesn’t know how to use a fax machine. Big whoop. If there is a “smoking gun” in the 3,000 pages of Hillary Clinton e-mails released by the State Department this week, … Continue reading

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Marco Rubio: Obama’s Faustian Bargain With Cuba

NEW YORK TIMES by Senator Marco Rubio July 8, 2015 WHEN President Obama announced the formal re-establishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba last week, he criticized the supposed failures of United States policy toward Cuba, which, Mr. Obama said, “hasn’t worked … Continue reading

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Poverty Isn’t the Root Cause of Jihadist Terrorism. Here’s What Is.

DAILY SIGNAL by Waller Newell July 7, 2015 …In my essay “Understanding Tyranny and Terror: From the French Revolution to Modern Islamism“, I argue that terrorists must be understood as motivated by a utopian vision that seeks to impose, by … Continue reading

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