The Big Immigration Charade
By Roger L. Simon: With everything for propaganda and almost nothing for reality, I don’t see the logjam being broken any time soon.
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Populist Government Takes Power in Italy
By Soeren Kern: “Populism is the new organizing principle.”
Read MoreRepublicans Were Warned About Bruce Rauner. But in 2014, They Just Wanted to Win.
In 2014, Business Insider wrote about the fact that Bruce Rauner had an extramarital affair while his wife was pregnant with their third child. It was a messy situation to say the least —…
Read MoreThe Zettler Files: The Illinois Pension Scam
* THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION * Bill Zettler is the owner of a computer consulting company and an expert in public employee compensation. A dozen years ago Bill began an indepth investigation into…
Read MoreAdvice for ‘Extending Your Views Beyond Yourself’
A few articles to consider…(I’ll add to this list as I come across new ones) — newest are up top: C.S. Lewis and the Art of Disagreement The fact that Lewis could approve of…
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Paraphilias of the Day: Frotteurism and Toucherism
Before we briefly cover our next group of people who will soon be demanding acceptance, it is worth taking a minute to focus on Laurie Higgins’ excellent post on the Illinois Family Institute website….
Read MoreWhy the Left Has Been So Wrong About the Trump Boom
By Stephen Moore: The U.S. economic revival of 3 percent growth has already defied the predictions of almost every Donald Trump critic.
Read MoreHas American Policy Created a Monster in Iraq?
By Seth J. Frantzman: We can’t ignore Iran’s provocations and Baghdad’s attacks on our Kurdish allies forever.
Read MoreThe Steele Dossier Is Still Absurd
By Conrad Black: The central allegations of the Never Trumpers about Russia remain ridiculous.
Read MoreThe Left’s Sirens Are Already Hinting Our Culture Wars Will End In Another Civil War
By John Daniel Davidson: The radicalization of the Democratic Party is transforming everything that happens in America into another battle in our unending culture war.
Read MoreEurope: The Great White Death?
By Drieu Godefridi: There is a sub-group of the European population which is in the process of very efficiently wiping itself out of existence.
Read MoreThe Illinois Pension Scam: Unconstitutional and Corrupt
Before citing a few facts and linking to a few articles from the Illinois Policy Institute, let me outline reality in simple terms: the pensions systems cannot be fixed. They need to be shut down,…
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The left’s war on Christianity and why it hates Trump
Leftism is a religion. Here is Andrew Thomas writing at American Thinker about the left’s war on Christianity: Do you remember the video that was played at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, “Government is the…
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What is Socialism?
It’s time for a “what is socialism” page here at Dispatches. Can you believe that we have to teach people this? Talk about a failure in the information war on the part of Republicans,…
Read MoreTurkey: Record-Breaking Purge in Academia
By Burak Bekdil: Turkey suffered the largest decline in freedoms among 195 countries over the past year, according to Freedom House.
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