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- “‘Lox and Loaded’ partnership comes as anxieties fuel interest in firearms”
- Former US officials blast decision to deny Pollard parole
- In Obama-speak, they're not "criminals" but "justice-involved individuals" (and Jack the Ripper was one of those “cutlery-involved folks”)
- "The great majority of Israelis, so violently awakened from Oslo’s delusions, have reconciled themselves to basic realities"
- “They amassed in Paris's Place de la République, carrying banners accusing Israel of massacring Palestinians and shouting 'dirty Jews' at their opponent”
- "President Joe Biden's Iran policy was conceived and is being implemented by the same people who negotiated the JCPOA under Obama, who argued in favor of empowering Iran"
- "A DC rally against Jew-hatred struck many of the right notes, but the poor turnout, combined with obvious divisions between left and right, illustrates the dismal Jewish crisis response"
- "The strategic paradigms that governed the Middle East for decades have shifted. Not all of them. Not fully. But the shift is real, larger than is yet fully understood, and Israel drove it"
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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Tagged Bolshevism, Jacobin, Jihad, Khmer Rouge, Maoism, Nazism, Poverty, terror, Terrorism
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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
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