Most Clicked This Week
- Bret Stephen's Israel stint taught him "democracies rarely muster their full reserves of determination until they’ve been bloodied one time too many"
- Israeli Superstar Gal Gadot tries to cheer us up but the knives are out: “Nothing like rich famous people singing “imagine no possessions” in their mortgage free homes as the rest of society queue at Lidl for broken biscuits”
- “The Rafah Brigade has been defeated. Their four battalions have been destroyed, and we have completed operational control over the entire urban area”
- ‘Are you a Jew?’ Arab Attacks on Jews nothing new.
- "The explicit goal of the Palestinian Authority and Hamas is the elimination of the Jewish state, not the building-up of a Palestinian counterpart"
- Roman colonialists invented the word “Palestine” in order to insult the native Jewish population with the memory of their ancient enemies, the Philistines.
- Israel reaches out to France before resumption of Iran nuclear talks
- Rafah Egypt-Gaza border crossing "track record conclusively disproves the widespread fallacy that Hamas is primarily concerned with the Palestinian cause rather than the cause of global jihad"
Tag Archives: Poverty
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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The Great Society at Fifty, What LBJ wrought
THE WEEKLY STANDARD by Nicholas Eberstadt May 19, 2014 May 22, 2014, marks the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Baines Johnson’s “Great Society” address, delivered at the spring commencement for the University of Michigan. That speech remains the most ambitious … Continue reading
Why Poverty Is Still Miserable, Even If Everybody Can Own an Awesome Television, informative NY Times graph
SLATE By Jordan Weissmann May 1, 2014 How punishing is poverty in 2014? That depends. When it comes to consumer goods, low-income families might have it better than ever. The poor can now buy cheap cellphones and televisions that would have … Continue reading
Liberals: Exempt from Scrutiny. It doesn’t matter if you belong to the 0.1 percent as long as you say the right thing
NATIONAL REVIEW By Victor Davis Hanson May 6, 2014 The qualifications of a Tommy “Dude” Vietor or Ben Rhodes that placed them in the Situation Room during Obama-administration crises were not years of distinguished public service, military service, prior elected office, a string … Continue reading