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Some VERY GOOD NEWS from overseas:
“(Reuters) – Dutch populist politician Geert Wilders was acquitted of inciting hatred of Muslims in a court ruling on Thursday that may strengthen his political influence and exacerbate tensions over immigration policy.”
Read MoreMany people, including me, tried to warn voters in 2008 that Barack Obama is an idiot. This from Mike Brownfield at the Heritage Foundation is just one more bit of proof – albeit too late…
Read MoreDispatches recommended … by Stanley Kurtz:
I recently called “for a new Republican foreign policy,” arguing that events in the Middle East would render the democratization strategy obsolete, while giving birth to a more realist brand of hawkishness in its place. Since, in this view, the Arab Spring may be giving way to a dangerous mix of failed-statism and Huntington-style civilizational clash, it’s worth revisiting Robert Kaplan’s extraordinary 1994 essay, “The Coming Anarchy.”
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Read MoreBoth Victor Davis Hanson, writing from Rome, and Jonah Goldberg, writing from who-knows-where, have some excellent observations.
VDH: “Europe is Warning Us”
JG: “Congress’ Bi-partisan Vice is Cowardess”
Both are posted on the National Review website. Open this article for both links.
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Editor's note: The title used above is that of Michael Barone's latest column which is worth reading. The excerpt below is from a James Carafano article at the Heritage Foundation website. Follow the link at…
Read MoreEditor's note: The good news is that last night in his remarks President Obama used the word “we” a few times, as he did the word “they” in reference to the brave and…
Read MoreEditor’s note: As usual the Drudge Report has the best coverage from many sources. Below are a few of his red headlines at 4:45pm Central Time. Visit the Drudge Report for more. …
Read MoreRobert Knight, a senior fellow for the American Civil Rights Union and a columnist for The Washington Times, is one of the best national voices on cultural issues. His latest article is titled Marching…
Read MoreThe old line press typically ignores the fact that we’re at war. But when President Obama fired one general and brought in the man credited with turning the tide in Iraq, General David Petraeus, the War in Afghanistan made the news.
Read MoreDuring the past fifteen months we’ve endured the Obama Administration’s disastrous domestic policy, and now its bad foreign policy moves are more numerous than the president’s bows to foreign leaders.
Read MoreThe Heritage Foundation’s Matt Spalding had a great post over the holidays at the Heritage blog. The title: “Remembering the Providential Gift of America.” Below I quote it at length because it doesn’t need to be improved upon.
In it he notes the revolutionary founding of the United States and its monumental success since then. He writes that this nation’s beginning was not about –
Read MoreLast week I put forward the argument that economic and social policies are joined at the hip. The same premise that points at the desirability of limited government recognizes that traditional values must provide the foundation if Americans are going to enjoy a relatively stable society.
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To fight – or not to fight. Is the War in Afghanistan a necessary war or not? Barack Obama doesn’t seem to be sure. Was the Iraq War necessary? You’ll find people on both sides of the political divide with different answers.
One thing is certain – and our founders knew it – that mankind was – and is – problematic. And so too are the forces unleashed by the nations that man creates.
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There are fewer than 50 days until petitions get filed, and candidates and soon-to-be candidates are everywhere. Also in motion are the politicians who now hold one office but prefer a different one. At least six members of the 22-member GOP caucus in the state senate are seeking to escape that body, either running statewide or for Congress.
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