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Jonathan F. Keiler
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June 12, 2020
America’s New Caste System?Black Americans are being elevated by the media, business and political elites to the country’s virtuous class, based upon a narrative of suffering due to historical and current abuses.
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May 20, 2020
Materiality is the Key to the Flynn ImpasseJudge Sullivan's insistence in dragging out the Flynn proceedings presents a danger for the Democrats in more ways than one.
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May 4, 2020
Undermining the Case Against ChinaThe left is all for circumstantial evidence when it suits their objectives.
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May 2, 2020
Biden's weakness has been his strength, so far"Flying under the radar" is a well known phenomenon and can be quite effective. We all know people who do it. It's basically been Joe Biden's strategy throughout this election cycle, and now, facing sexual assault allegations, it may be more important than ever.
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April 23, 2020
Suing ChinaInternational courts and tribunals historically are not much to America’s liking, but occasionally -- as at Nuremberg -- can serve important purposes.
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April 17, 2020
A Double Game behind the Biden Double Standard?What is behind the media's odd treatment of Tara Reade's accusations against Joe Biden?
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April 15, 2020
The Media Controls the 'Crisis'The coronavirus pandemic has been more a media event than anything else.
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March 25, 2020
Coronavirus containment: Choosing the least uncertain courseRegarding this fork in the road, one path is bad in a known way, and the other is bad in a quite unknown way.
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March 21, 2020
End the coronavirus warBefore too long, Trump should declare "victory" over the coronavirus, end this "war," and let America get back to business.
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March 1, 2020
Elizabeth Warren's dishonest and hypocritical Letter to the Cherokee NationDid Elizabeth Warren apologize to the Cherokees for gaming the system by pretending to be one of them? See for yourself.
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February 24, 2020
The Coming Bloomberg-Sanders Train WreckIf Bloomberg continues to attack Sanders as he has, he threatens to upend the whole Democrat apple cart.
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February 16, 2020
How Bernie might beat TrumpIt certainly appears that Trump would relish a run against Sanders. But let's not get cocky.
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February 11, 2020
After Three Years of Hate, the Dems Have Lost ItThe Democrats have a lot of problems. But their biggest one is their grip on reality.
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February 1, 2020
The Problem with BernieThere is a strong possibility Bernie will end up the party’s nominee, a frightening prospect for the Democrat establishment and the country as a whole.
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January 20, 2020
Why Trump’s Impeachment is Effectively UnconstitutionalPrevious impeachments went to the trial with witnesses for a simple reason: the impeaching party in the House was also the party controlling the trial in the Senate. Without one party dominating both Houses, or strong bipartisan support for an impeachment, conflict and gridlock is inevitable
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January 14, 2020
The Score: US 10, Iran 0If any Democratic president had achieved what President Trump has with Iran, he'd be praised to the high heavens by a fawning press and foreign policy establishment.
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January 7, 2020
Overwrought fear of IranIf the Iranian leadership is smart, the Islamic state will not substantially retaliate.
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September 17, 2019
Beto's BoastFor liberals, Beto's become a convenient stalking horse for their ultimate goal, which is repealing the 2nd Amendment.
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August 22, 2019
Virtue-Signaling Jewish Dems Betray Israel and ThemselvesPresident Trump has ripped the Band-Aid off a festering wound: the increasing division between Israel and American Jewish Democrats.
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August 19, 2019
The Authorities Should Assume that Epstein was MurderedAt the very least,federal authorities should pursue the Epstein case not as an accidental death, but as murder.
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August 3, 2019
Little StalinsAssessing the Democratic stable of candidates based largely on debate performances is fodder for all manner of analogy and descriptors.
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July 15, 2019
Jeffrey Epstein, Alex Acosta and an Elephant Named BillThe Democrats and the media saw the Epstein indictment as a direct attack on Clinton and thus the Democratic Party.
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July 13, 2019
Trump Clears Democrat Smokescreen with Removal of AcostaThe hysterical and almost totally unwarranted attack on Alexander Acosta was a way to divert attention from Bill Clinton's squalid relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
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July 3, 2019
African-American/not African-AmericanHow identity politics undercuts Democratic election efforts.
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June 29, 2019
Kamala Harris: Victim in chiefKamala Harris is not so much the anti-Trump as she is bizarro Trump.
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June 27, 2019
The Truth about ReparationsReparations are not about money. They are about a day of judgment for the United States.
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June 14, 2019
What a Toxic Rout Tells Us about Women's SoccerThe lack of competitive edge to the women's game affects it at all levels, from youth leagues to international soccer.
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March 1, 2019
The Democrats Embrace Not Making SenseNothing about the competing positions of Democratic candidates makes much sense — not just from a Republican or conservative perspective, but from a position of logic, consistency, and anything resembling sound judgment.
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February 8, 2019
Virginia Politics and the Death of 'I Believe Her!'Will Democrats stick to the "me too" narrative now that one of their own is in the crosshairs – and that the governorship of Virginia hangs in the balance?
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January 31, 2019
Howard Schultz -- What Difference Does it Make?Democratic activists see a Schultz candidacy as undermining an otherwise assured victory.
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January 22, 2019
Kamala Harris's Identity TicketKamala Harris has to be considered the odds-on favorite to win the Democrat nomination for 2020.
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November 6, 2018
Generals, Borders, and MilitiasThere could hardly be a more legitimate use of the military than defending the southern border.
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October 31, 2018
The Feds and the Pittsburgh KillerThe President’s actions as regards the Pittsburgh shootings are correct both morally and as a practical political matter.
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October 17, 2018
Warren's Clintonian Smoke SignalsWarren knows that in the long run, the #MeSioux movement is a loser for her.
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October 11, 2018
Defending the FBI ReinvestigationSince the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the left continues to question the legitimacy of his appointment.
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October 1, 2018
Blasey Ford's Redemptive LieFord has carefully reworked her own narrative to suit her own psyche and turn an embarrassing misjudgment into a heroic stand against a political foe.
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July 30, 2017
Trump's Trans MuddleWhat will actually come of Trump's abruptly fired off tweets? Probably nothing.
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June 17, 2017
The sacred, the profane, and the resistanceThe left's relentless attacks on the sacred, religious, social, and political have produced an ideological wasteland in their wake.
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June 8, 2017
Is Trump Regretful?It's an open question whether Donald Trump really wanted to be president. His behavior of late makes one wonder.
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May 14, 2017
Trump is acting like an innocent man, and it's hurting himShould the president just shut up already, or are his protestations of innocence on the Comey firing and the Russians endearing him to the American people?
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May 8, 2017
Maryland's Liberal Double Standard on RapeRemember the two illegal aliens accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in a public school bathroom? Montgomery County dropped the charges.
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May 7, 2017
Why Is James Comey Still Around?Comey is a creature of Washington and the self-interested hypocritical elites President Trump excoriated on his road to the White House.
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April 16, 2017
Some Perspective on the Syria StrikeYes, it was legally and morally worth intervening.
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April 11, 2017
Intersectional NonsenseWhat exactly does the liberal buzzword "intersectionality" mean? It's not pretty.
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March 27, 2017
Another First for the Israeli Military: Risks and OpportunitiesTypical of the Israelis, the latest successful showing of offensive and defensive strength prompted almost as much internal disputation as it did pride.
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March 27, 2017
A brief look at WaPo's latest book reviewsDo Post editors recommend to their reviewers that Trump be referenced in some negative way, or do the reviewers just assume it's a prerequisite?
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March 20, 2017
Mr. President(s), Meet Frau MerkelThe media are having a field day tarring Donald Trump for his relationship with the German chancellor. Let's look at how such things went with Obama, and with Bush before him.
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March 18, 2017
If You Set Out to Destroy ISIS, Destroy ISISTrump is right to give Mattis and his generals the reins in the battle against ISIS.
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March 9, 2017
Obama Used the Presidency; So Should TrumpIf there is one thing Trump should do in imitation of Obama, it is to use his presidential status to full advantage.
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February 28, 2017
The Israeli Approach to Women in CombatThe Trump administration might find the Israeli experience illuminating if it decides to roll back Obama’s policy.
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February 27, 2017
Fourth Circuit Sets the Stage for a New National Gun BanIt's incumbent on the Supreme Court to make the justices of the 4th Circuit pay for their gamble.
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February 18, 2017
Taking on the MandarinsThe federal bureaucracy has become dangerously corrupted by politics in a way that the civil service reforms of a century ago were meant to eliminate.
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February 13, 2017
Maybe It's Small Ball after AllThe president's hanging back on certain issues and campaign promises is not necessary deceptive. It could signal a better strategy.
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January 28, 2017
Why Obama Did Not Pardon BergdahlObama had little to gain personally from intervening in Bergdahl’s case in his final days in office.
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January 22, 2017
American Flag HijabSerious money is behind an image worth examining for its tricks and illusions as a cautionary example of how far the left can go, and how effective it can still be, in the age of Trump.
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January 14, 2017
Jerusalem Truck Attack Raises Some Interesting QuestionsSome hard lessons from the recent Palestinian truck attack in Israel.
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January 12, 2017
Obama's Phony War on ISISThere is a lot to be suspicious about regarding the Obama administration's lofty claims regarding American-inflicted ISIS casualties.
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January 6, 2017
Who Has More Privilege Than Barack Obama?Without his uniquely left-wing-inspired privileges, Obama would never have gotten anywhere.
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December 31, 2016
Divine Islamic Revelation Now International LawIt now appears that “international law” establishes East Jerusalem with the Temple Mount and its ancient Jewish Quarter as historical Arab territory.
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December 26, 2016
Germany’s ChoiceWhile individually Germans tend to be reserved and cautious, as a group they enjoy the grand gesture.
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December 21, 2016
How Will Russia React to the Assassination of its Turkish Ambassador?We cannot discount the possibility that Putin will take advantage of the situation to aggrandize Russia’s position in the region.
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December 12, 2016
Fake News: CIA Says Russia Preferred TrumpTrump is exactly the sort of president rival intelligence agencies do not want to deal with. So why would the Russian ones want him in office?
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December 5, 2016
Can Trump Push Islam towards Reform?How can the West ever expect Islam to change and reform itself if it is never pressured to do so?
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November 29, 2016
The Obama Apologists TourThe real crisis in this country is Obama’s presidency itself, both in terms of the real scandals during his term and his foreign and domestic policies
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November 26, 2016
An Empty and Posturing HamiltonCritics and self-styled sophisticates have imbued Hamilton with a transcendent social and political content that is, like so much of its ilk, mostly superficial and illusionary.
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November 21, 2016
How Trump Wins: Small BallIf Trump does nothing else but these things in four years, he will have a successful first term as president and likely win a second.
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November 11, 2016
Hubris, History, Hillary, and HysteriaHillary Clinton lost the election as much as Trump won it.
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November 4, 2016
Obama’s GambitWhile nobody can know what a Trump presidency will bring, it won’t bode well for either Hillary's or Obama’s legal exposure.
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October 30, 2016
Comey's MessComey was no stranger to Hillary's machinations. He was part of the team that investigated Whitewater only to recommend that no charges be filed.
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October 28, 2016
Clinton vs. Cartwright: Much Worse than a Mere Double StandardTwo high-ranking officials mishandled classified information. One is probably going to jail, and the other might be elected president in a few days.
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October 22, 2016
Why Should Trump Accept the Election Results?There is no reason for Donald Trump or any other citizen to "accept" a result in November that puts Obama's corrupt and criminal successor in power.
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October 10, 2016
Unworthiness, Shame, and Fear: BLM and the Slavery ComparisonThere's a new film out about Nathaniel Turner's slave rebellion, and Black Lives Matter wants to wrest the torch out of Turner's hands.
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October 3, 2016
Comey Should Resign. But He Won't.The FBI director has, more than any public official in recent memory, deliberately cultivated the image of the principled incorruptible official. It was all a scam.
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September 26, 2016
Behind the Clinton Immunity DealsHere is one halfway coherent explanation for James Comey's and the Department of Justice's bizarre behavior.
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September 19, 2016
Trump Negotiates a New Deal with American VotersIn the Republican primaries, he was the reality show star everyone expected. Now that he's pivoted to master negotiator, the Hillary camp is getting nervous.
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September 13, 2016
Unlike Obama, Putin Is a PatriotBy any traditional and rational standard of evaluation, decreasing a county’s international prestige, power, and influence is a bad thing. Obama has done all three.
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September 5, 2016
FBI's 302 Report Proves Complicity in Clinton Email ScandalThe biggest and most damning takeaway from Hillary Clinton's July interview with the FBI.
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August 29, 2016
Comey's Corrupt and Shameful Conduct RevealedThe last thin beam of support on which the FBI director's rationale for sparing Hillary rested has snapped.
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August 29, 2016
The burkini: Not a teenie-weenie issueThe problem with secularization is that you either have it or you don’t, and if one confessional group ignores that and authorities do not resist, inevitably that confessional group will simply dominate and take over.
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August 21, 2016
Colin Powell Goes under the Clinton BusColin Powell sups with the Devil, gets burned.
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August 17, 2016
How Elites Destroy ThemselvesWhat’s particularly frightening about today’s virtuous Western elites is how inherently destructive to society their virtues are.
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August 12, 2016
Trump's 2nd Amendment ProblemIt's not really his fault, but the silver-spoon culture in which he has always lived is showing.
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August 11, 2016
Honest Hillary and a Corrupted FBIThe FBI subverted itself in this investigation, something that Hillary’s claims of “honestly” make absolutely clear.
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August 7, 2016
Yes, the Descendants of Murdered Polish Jews Should Be CompensatedIs this a wise fight? Why wouldn't it be? The property (or its value) belongs to the heirs of Hitler's victims.
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August 5, 2016
Three Things Trump Must Do but Probably Won’tRepublicans who are not Trump devotees have needed and still need three basic things from Trump, which so far he is not providing.
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August 2, 2016
What Trump Should Have Said about Khizr Khan’s SpeechIn a campaign rife with silliness from all participants, perhaps nothing has been sillier than Trump’s attempt to compare the sacrifices of Khizr Khan and Khan's son to Trump's own.
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July 28, 2016
Whom Does Putin Really Want in the White House?Between the two U.S. presidential candidates, it's not Trump whose presidency would align best with the Russian strongman's interests.
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July 22, 2016
Democrats Will Not Be Asked in Philadelphia to Vote Their ConsciencesThe chief moral principle of the doctrinaire leftist, which is to say the Democratic Party in its current form, is achieving power and placing the levers of power in the hands of properly indoctrinated elites.
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July 20, 2016
Playing into Mosby’s HandsThere has never been much chance of Mosby dropping these prosecutions, no matter how many times she loses.
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July 17, 2016
An Armed Citizenry Can Frustrate and Deter Vehicle AttacksGun control can't stop self-radicalized jihadis from mowing down innocents with cars or trucks. But an armed citizenry can.
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July 16, 2016
Trump's Mistakes: PC Isn't among ThemConservative critics of Trump would have us believe that Trump’s verbal insensitivity only aids the left’s P.C. agenda.
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July 8, 2016
Comey Makes the Case for TrumpTrump is now the only hope of defeating Hillary, and at least the country has a chance with Trump.
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July 4, 2016
No, Loretta Lynch Was Not 'Ambushed' by Bill ClintonThe widely accepted narrative is wrong. Lynch had an agenda and an urgent warning that Hillary needed to know about.
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July 1, 2016
A Suspicious Meeting in Phoenix Probably Means FBI Charges against ClintonIt is likely that the investigation of Hillary’s email scandal is at or near completion.
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June 28, 2016
Bet on the Baltimore Police Show Trials ContinuingMaryland state attorney Marilyn Mosby has lost two of three cases surrounding the death of Freddie Gray so far, with a hung jury in the last. But she'll keep going.
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June 22, 2016
How Competitive is Trump?Trump appears full of fight, and that’s why his supporters love him, but that will not be enough to beat Hillary.
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June 18, 2016
Trump’s Wrong on Muslims and GunsThe gun-banning Democrats on the left are as wrong about limiting our 2d Amendment rights as Trump is about banning Muslim immigration.
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June 13, 2016
Armoring Clinton against the FBIWhat FBI director James Comey intends is perhaps the greatest conundrum in Washington these days. Is he a careful policeman, or is he a political hack?
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June 6, 2016
Transgender Privilege and the Americans with Disabilities ActThe rationale for allowing transgender students to use any bathroom they like is almost identical to the theory and practice of the ADA. Yet the LGBT movement adamantly denies that transgenderism is a mental illness or disability.
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June 1, 2016
Trump, Sanders and the End of IronyThe politics of irony and cynicism appear to have had their day, and have opened the door to Sanders and Trump.
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May 28, 2016
Hillary Clinton -- Career CriminalHillary simply has almost all the traits (and history) of a successful mob boss, including a close knit group of loyal confederates who operate under a code of omerta.
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May 25, 2016
Baltimore Police Officer Acquitted in Gray Case on Narrow GroundsIn acquitting the officer, Judge Barry G. Williams (who has consistently tried to help out the prosecution) did Baltimore’s State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby a huge favor by not throwing out her unprecedented and dangerous theory of the case
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May 21, 2016
The Redskins and Liberal LogicThe WaPo "Redskins" poll conclusively reveals that the opposition is nothing more than a tiny minority of Native American activists supported by mainstream leftist Democrat politicians.
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May 20, 2016
The Army Won’t Try Bergdahl on Obama’s WatchAs commander-in-chief, Obama is not supposed to interpose himself into military justice considerations. But in the Bergdahl case, he did just that.
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May 17, 2016
Trump Should Abolish the Department of EducationTrump ought to put out a formal position on education policy that includes a promise to abolish the Department of Education.
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May 13, 2016
Another Baltimore Show Trial CommencesIt’s as if the Black Lives Matter movement were running Baltimore and the judicial system.
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May 13, 2016
Interpreting the latest clinton email scandal tea leavesParsing the Cheryl Mills interview.
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May 10, 2016
Obama the FabulistMuch of the Obama presidency can be seen as nothing but fable making, especially, but not exclusively, in foreign policy.
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May 6, 2016
Conservatism on the Ropes?With Trump’s nomination, and Sanders pushing the Democrats even further into a statist authoritarian model, this is a tough time for conservatives.
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April 27, 2016
God, Comey, and the Clinton Email ScandalThose who think the FBI director will issue a recommendation that Hillary be prosecuted – let alone that Obama's Justice Department will go through with it – are deluding themselves.
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April 26, 2016
Finding Shakespeare and ConservatismHow William Buckley and Firing Line converted me on a number of things.
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April 18, 2016
The Perilous Politicization of the MilitaryWe are looking at a permanent structural change in the American armed forces that will not only weaken the nation’s ability to defend itself, but endanger constitutional principles.
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April 4, 2016
Hillary’s Fingerprints on Selection of Aides’ LawyerWhen it comes to corruption and pulling strings to escape the consequences, nobody tops the Clintons.
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April 3, 2016
The Problem with BelgiumBelgium unfortunately is a poor excuse for a country, made up of people who would mostly rather not be Belgian.
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March 29, 2016
Another Reveal into Obama’s Confused PsycheThat Obama is an odd psychological duck is a given, but when new facets reveal themselves it is often train-wreck fascinating.
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March 28, 2016
Yes, Let’s Carpet Bomb ISISThere are sound strategic and moral reasons for carpet bombing ISIS, and substantial legal justification for doing so under the laws of war.
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March 22, 2016
The Media’s Merrick Garland Kabuki DanceNominating Merrick Garland is a typically cynical Obama gambit.
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March 14, 2016
A Tale of Two ImmunitiesBryan Pagliano was offered immunity in the Hillary Clinton email scandal case. In the Black Lives Matter-fueled Freddie Gray cases, Officer William Porter had immunity forced on him.
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March 7, 2016
The last refuge of the scoundrel HillaryWaPo starts cracking up over Hillary's email scandal.
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March 5, 2016
What Pagliano’s Immunity Deal in the Clinton Email Scandal RevealsWhy it probably is only a matter of time before Loretta Lynch might be compelled to seat a grand jury, regardless of the political consequences.
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March 4, 2016
The Road to AutocracyThe American people, since the founding of our country, have been slowly getting used to the idea of being ruled by an autocrat.
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February 17, 2016
Neanderthal Lives Matter!Evidence suggests that I belong to that minority of Americans with Neanderthal DNA, a rather uniquely oppressed part proto-human minority, ignored, mocked, subjected to genocide (or whatever it you call it with Neanderthals), and in need of redress – um, I mean money.
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February 16, 2016
Our Once and Future CaudillosHistory demonstrates that once caudillos come to power, their most likely successors are other caudillos.
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February 14, 2016
War hero: The death of Avidgor Ben GalAvigdor "Yanush" Ben Gal directly contributed to the end of the Cold War and fall of the Soviet Union.
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February 8, 2016
Obama may be Ensnared in the Clinton Email ScandalThe very real possibility that Clinton has now enmeshed the President into her scandalous intrigues, with serious constitutional implications.
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February 3, 2016
Making Marines and PresidentsThe disconnect between the military and our political classes and the general populace has perhaps never been greater.
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January 29, 2016
Donald Trump -- Drama KingFor Trump, drawing drama and attention to himself is as natural as breathing.
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January 26, 2016
Hillary and the Law of the JungleThe law of the jungle only protects the strong. And as Hillary grows weaker politically, her vulnerability to the laws of the United States grows considerably.
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January 14, 2016
Sean Penn Sums Up the LeftExtrapolate Sean Penn’s self-absorbed thinking to left/liberal policymaking in general, and you have a good idea of how selfish and corrupt it is.
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January 11, 2016
An archaic presidential qualificationIs it time to move on from "natural born citizenship"?
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January 8, 2016
Baltimore Judge Guts the 5th AmendmentIn granting the prosecution’s motion in the Freddie Gray trial, Judge Barry Williams in a breathtaking display of judicial activism swept away the rights of an American citizen.
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January 3, 2016
Another 'Scientific Consensus' Bites the DustNow-discredited theory led to all manner of government policy making, regulation and just plain tsuris
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January 1, 2016
Failed Education Secretary's Chief Regret is Lack of Gun Control LegislationDuncan has plenty of reason to misdirect the public’s attention from his utterly failed tenure.
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December 26, 2015
Counting Bullets Doesn't Add Up to JusticeIt is only a matter of time before the mainstream media and leftist politicians start questioning the conduct of police in shootouts like the one in Redlands.
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December 21, 2015
Israel Captures, Releases and Kills a TerroristThere is nothing moral about allowing coldblooded murderers like to Samir Quntar to live on unrepentantly in jail, or even worse, freeing them.
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December 20, 2015
An Act against JihadSince Muslims will not excise the concept of jihad from their theology, we must simply outlaw it.
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December 11, 2015
The Obama Revolution Enters its Radical PhaseAmerica is a stable republic, populated by history’s most reasonable and moderate people. Nevertheless, this descent into radicalism is dangerous.
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December 11, 2015
The left tries, fails to discover an anti-Muslim backlashIf invented crises were stock in trade, the left's inventory would be overflowing.
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November 24, 2015
No News is Bad News in the Bergdahl CaseThe military’s mission requires that criminal cases be handled honestly but swiftly, lest good order and discipline disappear.
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November 20, 2015
The end of Native American greatnessThose few offended by things like the Washington Redskins and Apache helicopters should be careful what they wish for.
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November 19, 2015
Europe's Seven Deadly SinsMorally and intellectually incoherent social policies lie behnd Europe's inability to confront Jihadi terrorism.
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November 16, 2015
Comey Can Nail Hillary - But Will He?We can't know yet, but there are some very intriguing tea leaves to read.
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November 10, 2015
Why is the FBI Spending $80 Million on a New Gun?Not only doesn’t the FBI need a new firearm, it probably already has many more firearms (and rounds) than it needs, not to mention all the time and energy spent training agents that have a miniscule chance of ever using their guns
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November 7, 2015
Prominent Black Pundit Approvingly Links Black Lives Matter with Islamist Palestinian RadicalismColbert King aligned the African-American activists with murderous Islamist assailants.
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November 3, 2015
An increasingly dangerous gameWith America effectively out of the picture, Putin had been riding high.
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November 2, 2015
Obama's Corrupt and Immoral Abuse of the MilitaryObama is arguably worse than the most cold-blooded captains who have shed the blood of their men in history, or even in fiction.
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October 26, 2015
Migrants and the Fall of European CivilizationTo the ancient Romans and later Romance historians, the migration of Germanic tribes into the empire in the 5th and 6th centuries was a catastrophic foreign invasion. History may be repeating itself.
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October 18, 2015
An Islamist IntifadaThe history of phony Palestinian Arab nationalism inevitably leads back to this point.
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October 12, 2015
The Likely Bergdahl EndgameThe Army is not willing to risk a humiliating loss, bad press, or Obama’s ire.
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October 9, 2015
Russia Missile Attacks Embarrass Obama, Warn IsraelThe Russian attack is a clear signal to Israel.
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October 7, 2015
Politicizing LibertyObama is neither a student of history, a Constitutional scholar, nor particularly smart. And he is not much of a grownup either.
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October 1, 2015
Putin Plays Mideast Chess as Obama Looks OnIncompetence is too nice a word. Obama was never even in the game.
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September 23, 2015
Who's Really Guilty in the Bergdahl Case?Had Obama kept his nose out of it after the exchange and let the Army do its duty, then Bergdahl might now be long gone from the national consciousness.
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September 20, 2015
The Bergdahl Case Gets Curiouser and CuriouserThe uncomfortable but compelling suspicion arises that this entire fiasco is a setup that will allow the Army to escape the Bergdahl case without embarrassing President Obama.
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September 15, 2015
They're Baaaaack -- Russian Forces return to the Middle EastThanks to President Obama’s feckless leadership, the anarchic situation in Syria, and the Iranian nuclear deal, Putin sees an opportunity to reclaim Russia’s position in the Middle East.
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September 11, 2015
Baltimore's incredibly corrupt settlement of the Freddie Gray caseBaltimore usually caps its liability settlements at $400,000. Freddie Gray's family got $6.4 million.
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September 8, 2015
Jihad Street: 'Pro-Israel' organization shows its true colorsJ Street has elected the most absurd possible candidate to head its campus adjunct.
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September 1, 2015
Rock great Chrissie Hynde pilloried by left for making senseIt's time for them to stop all of their crying.
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August 21, 2015
Hillary -- Don't Look Down!The problem for Hillary and her supporters is that the email questions are not about politics, they are about law and legal jeopardy,
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August 15, 2015
Laughable Lists in Support of the Iran DealObama's acolytes are desperately trying to round up the public support of national “elites” to convince the unwashed masses the Iran deal is a good one. Unfortunately, the lists of supporters they offer are awfully thin.
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August 14, 2015
The Right Not to Keep and Bear Arms?The left is busy designing a new and seemingly absurd civil right, which threatens to undermine an actual right under the 2nd Amendment.
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August 4, 2015
Hamas' Black FridayBogus application of “humanitarian law” actually prolongs war and suffering by succoring terrorist groups like Hamas and preventing the IDF from concluding operations in a decisive fashion.
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July 23, 2015
America's Radical 'Foremost Intellectual'Is Ta-Nehisi Coates really America’s go-to intellectual on race for the liberal elite, or a convenient out for progressives who want to be politically correct and not think too much?
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July 12, 2015
D.C Metro Murder Undermines Liberal Talking PointsThe brutal killing of Kevin Sutherland in the Washington, D.C., subway on July 4, does much to undermine popular leftist tropes, in this case, race, crime, guns and drugs
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July 8, 2015
Say Hello to the 'Identity Person' and Goodbye to Your RightsIn “identity” Justice Kennedy created a constitutionally protected kind of person, impossible to either define, or effectively limit.
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June 25, 2015
Lower the Volume on Race and GunsAs things deteriorate, we need to talk more so that everything gets really bad, and liberals can discuss how terrible America is, feel self-righteously good, ruin more lives and property, cycle and repeat.
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June 8, 2015
Our Nightmare of ReasonKafkaesque logic is starting to reign supreme in liberal America.
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May 31, 2015
Hillary's Pathetic Road Back to the White HouseHillary just doesn’t fit the stereotype of the Hollywood villainess, and for too many people, Hollywood is reality.
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May 22, 2015
The Collapse of Arab NationalismArab countries are coming apart at the seams in large part because their populations don’t share a collective national identity. To the extent there is an authentic Arab national movement, it is a pan-Arab one, opening the door for ISIS.
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May 18, 2015
Obama Green-lights Anti-SemitismObama is only a part of the problem. But he is an important part of the rising anti-Semitic tide.
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May 11, 2015
The Clintons and the chronic miscreant passNo matter what a Clinton does, it’s already “old news.”
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May 9, 2015
Draw Mohammed and Reform IslamBlaming the victims of the terror attack in Texas instead of the perpetrators and their sympathizers gives Muslims little reason to reform their religion.
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May 6, 2015
The Left's Rejection of Good FaithThe left’s enemies cannot possibly ever operate in good faith, while the left’s heroic leaders don’t require good faith, because they operate within their own version of quasi-metaphysical righteousness.
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May 6, 2015
Freddie Gray's knife and the Mosby standard of probable causeBased on the standard Marilyn Mosby articulated in the Gray arrest, defense attorneys across the city can now claim that many drug arrests lack probable cause.
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March 30, 2015
Defining Terrorism DownWhen it comes to terrorism, the left tends to define it in tendentious ways that protect favored actors, which is why most mainstream media refer to terrorists variously as militants, gunmen, or fighters, and their acts those of resistance as desperation or workplace violence.
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March 25, 2015
The Bergdahl FiascoThe Bergdahl and Hasan cases provide clear evidence that the Obama administration is illegally influencing the military justice system.
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March 13, 2015
Obama's GeneralsObama seems to be in search of generals who share his strategic vision. But where Lincoln sought fighting generals who wanted to win, Obama has tried to create a politically sensitive and strategically befuddled military.
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March 3, 2015
Obama's Court Jews Raise the Dual Loyalty CanardThe return of an ancient and odious canard.
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February 20, 2015
Armageddon in Syria?The Syrian city of Da'ara may prive the key point in current Middle Eastern military operations.
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February 9, 2015
Islamist Fan-BoysWhile ISIS actively recruits often ignorant young Muslim men and women with promises of religious glory, earthly plunder, and martyrdom, Obama appears fixated by a different ideological blindness.
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February 1, 2015
Bergdahl and the Threat to American DemocracyThe failure to move on the Bergdahl matter has created the impression that the critical barrier between the military and civilian leadership has been breached.
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January 19, 2015
An Islamic Reformation?It would have to be very different from sixteenth-century Christianity's.
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January 10, 2015
Islamic Executions in ParisThe Charlie Hebdo massacre was not a revenge killing. It was not based on some anti-West grievance.
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January 1, 2015
Obama's Dangerous Iran GambitThe Obama administration's blueprint for reconciliation with Iran is a fool's game.
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December 23, 2014
Obama Comes Close to Withholding America's Veto at the U.N.Obama seems willing to use his veto promiscuously as a lame duck facing a Republican congress, but he seems set on setting a precedent for not doing so when it comes to Israel in the U.N.
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December 12, 2014
Barack Obama, Student of History?It is one thing to be weak in history, another to believe ignorance is expertise.
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December 2, 2014
Grand Juries and FergusonThe case against Robert McCulloch is that he did not abuse his office, like, say, Eric Holder might have been counted on to do, and thus produce an unjust result to satisfy the mob.
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November 26, 2014
How Jerusalem Became Islam's 'Third Holiest City'How do Muslims justify banning prayer on Judaism's聽first聽holiest site?
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November 16, 2014
<em>Fury for Real</em> -- Patton's Raid on HammelburgThe story of the ill-fated Hammelburg raid of March 1945 proves once again that truth outdoes fiction.
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November 3, 2014
Obama's Israel-Free Dream WorldA nasty slur from a "senior official" in Obama's administration (likely Obama himself) shows exactly where this president would like to see the Jewish State go.
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October 14, 2014
Obama's Way of WarThe current campaign against ISIS presents a complete disconnect between military necessity and political convenience.
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October 1, 2014
Oklahoma Terror and Gun ControlThe Oklahoma beheading doesn’t just undermine the Leftist narrative of Muslims as a persecuted minority -- it also presents a problem on the issue of gun control.
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September 3, 2014
Barack Obama and the Last CzarOutwardly, Nicholas II and Obama seem to share little in common, but there are nonetheless surprising commonalities in their behavior and backgrounds.
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August 13, 2014
The Army's Bergdahl ProblemThe final outcome of the Bergdahl case will not please those who think Bergdahl is a hero, or many veterans and other Americans, who see Bergdahl as a deserter and traitor.
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July 30, 2014
Israel Does Not Violate the Laws of War in GazaThe lestist attack on Israeli "war crimes" is in large part smoke and mirrors.
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July 23, 2014
Israel Must Not Repeat the Mistakes of LebanonIn 2006, facing off against Hizb’allah, Israel blinked and let Hizb’allah off the hook. Is the same thing happening in Gaza?
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July 12, 2014
Retribution Not Messaging is What Israel NeedsMuch of Israel’s problem in dealing with the Palestinians is that the Palestinians Arabs operate on tribal imperatives, while the Israelis try to address them in terms acceptable to modern Western sensibilities.
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June 6, 2014
Israel Not a Model for U.S. on Prisoner ExchangesOne defense of the prisoner swap involving Bowe Bergdahl is that Israel has done it, too, so that makes it okay. This is wrong on several counts.
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May 30, 2014
Liberals, Killers and Gun FetishesYou don’t have to be a psychiatrist to see that one of the best ways to attract a disturbed obsessive violent individual to an object is to glorify it.
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December 30, 2013
The Left and Holocaust DenialIsrael remains an obsession for the modern Left, and 21st century Leftists will let nothing stand in the way of delegitimizing the Jewish state.
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November 12, 2013
A Dangerous Time for IsraelForty years ago, Israel faced a decision not at all unlike what confronts her today.
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April 23, 2013
The Boston Bombings and the 2nd AmendmentSome overlooked lessons from the Boston terror incident.
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April 15, 2013
Maryland's Second Amendment Nightmare: Coming Soon to a State Near You?Conservatives in red states would be very unwise to think that they're safe from the encroachments now plaguing the so-called "Free State."
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November 28, 2012
How Not to Deter Hamas (and Iran)If Israel can't deter a thuggish terror outfit like Hamas, how is it going deter its larger and infinitely more dangerous sponsor, Iran?
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July 31, 2012
Supporting Israel is in America's Best Interest; Can Obama Do It?Should Obama win a second term, will he overcome his pro-Palestinian views and act in America's best interests, which will be to support Israel at the expense of the Palestinians?
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July 8, 2012
Does Morsi Really Intend to Uphold Egypt's Treaty with Israel?The correct question is not whether Egypt will honor the treaty, but simply when and how Egypt will abrogate it.
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June 6, 2012
Obama's Syria DilemmaObama's clear unwillingness to act militarily against the Assad regime almost certainly runs deeper than his famous preference for leading from behind. There is a reason that nobody has yet articulated.
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April 10, 2012
Chutzpah in the GrassNobel laureate in literature Gunther Grass wants to break taboos. Which taboos? Why the taboo against accusing the Jews of being genocidal maniacs.
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February 10, 2012
Israeli Deterrence and DolphinsIsrael appears to be in the process of creating the world's first nuclear counter-strike force based on small conventionally powered submarines armed with long range cruise missiles
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January 30, 2012
Lessons from Haditha's Quiet DenouementA legal fiasco and nightmare for brave Marines who did nothing wrong ended with a whimper, not a bang last week. It reveals deep problems in the way we fight our wars.
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January 1, 2012
Invented People or Invented History?Claiming a legitimate national identity is serious business, and it requires a legitimate historical basis. But the Palestinians can't seem to stick to one narrative.
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November 29, 2010
Carter's RazorUnwittingly, ex-President Carter has provided us a useful guide to foreign policy.
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August 5, 2010
Another Silly Education FadI am a conservative and a public school teacher. There are a few of us.
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July 25, 2010
Surprise! Why An Israeli Strike on Iran is UnlikelyIf Israel does launch a military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities it will be the most widely anticipated military operation in modern history
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May 24, 2010
Obama Speaks His Mind at West PointWhat he said, however dull and clichéd, represents not just the sometimes-flighty emanations from his remarkable brain, but also United States policy at large.
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March 30, 2010
Obama's Ire, Not U.S. Interests, Directs Israel PolicyObama, like any American, is entitled to his personal preferences and prejudices. However, President Obama has a duty to act in the best interests of the American people.
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February 15, 2010
The Last Shuttle and the Rise of ChinaConservatives who are pleased with any federal belt-tightening might think twice in the case of ending America's manned space program.
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January 6, 2010
Emperor Obama and the MobLike a Roman imperator, Obama watches a toothless Senate do his will...
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December 29, 2009
Hard to Explain Away This AttackBesides the fact itself, a bright spot can be found in Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's arrest.
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November 29, 2009
Justice for Accused Navy SEALs?While it is too early in the process to make a judgment as to the commandos' guilt or innocence, there is good reason to suspect that the military has overreacted in pressing criminal charges.
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November 17, 2009
A Double-Blow to the Laws of WarThe finely wrought effort to apply the rule of law to warfare is steadily unraveling in -- of all places -- Manhattan.