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Michael Widlanski
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April 22, 2024
How Columbia and America have changedColumbia’s challenge is to get back to where it was and where it might yet be; that’s also the challenge for America.
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March 21, 2024
Following Biden’s Lead?Well-meaning but clueless Westerners -- from Washington to Hollywood to the UN -- urging Israeli “restraint” or open-ended “ceasefire,” should understand why nearly all Israelis will go elsewhere for advice.
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November 24, 2023
Taking Pride in MurderMost Palestinian Arabs get that warm and fuzzy feeling from the brutally successful terror attack of October 7, 2023.
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November 16, 2023
Why Palestine FailsBefore creating another “Palestinian state,” let’s consider its chance of success.
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November 9, 2023
Remaking Gaza: A Harsh And Necessary Road MapWe must look at the Palestinians and Gaza honestly, without wishful thinking which is the worst enemy of intelligence and strategic planning.
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November 2, 2023
Life as a horror movieCan the average English-speaker understand HAMAS, ISIS, Al-Qaeda and other Islamist terror groups? Yes -- just go to the movies.
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October 21, 2023
Naming Names in the Middle EastMilitants stage sit-ins in college libraries. Terrorists cut off the heads of babies.
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April 24, 2023
Appointment in Chicago -- Democrats and DestinyWe, destiny, and the Democrats have an appointment in Chicago for a presidential convention.
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March 30, 2023
Israel’s Judicial CoupIsrael is teaching us all a new lesson in modern western democracy as checks and balances are thrown out the window.
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April 13, 2020
An obituary for The New York TimesI recently read a New York Times obituary that accidentally summarized the last years of The New York Times, a once great newspaper.
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July 17, 2019
The Exceptional TrumpIn many respects, Trump is a fulfilment of the vision of America by the French historian Alexis De Tocqueville, who studied and described American exceptionalism almost 200 years ago
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November 9, 2018
Reporters and good questionsA good question should challenge the person being asked, but it also should be a good-faith effort to get at the truth.
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October 15, 2018
Democrats vs. democratsIt is time for democrats of every party (or no party) to fight back against the Democrats.
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January 7, 2017
Obama's Last ChanceAfter so many failed lies, so many treacherous talking points, will another Obama speech tour or late diplomatic flurry change the real results of eight years at this hour?
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October 30, 2016
America’s Cartoon ElectionThis year’s cartoon election brings us the Democrat smartass versus Dumbo the Elephant.
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September 23, 2016
Trump and the Anti-Elite ‘Intellectual’ MomentMany of the “intellectual class” are dumb indeed, so smugly sure of themselves that they simply insult those with whom they disagree.
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January 17, 2016
Obama’s IslamophiliaTo fear the very real results of Islamist aggression is not Islamophobia, but to live in a state of denial of Islamist actions and plans is a dangerous delusion.
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September 6, 2014
Islamism: The Allure and the CureIslam may like to be called “the religion of peace," but it was advanced by the sword.
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August 6, 2014
Understanding Gaza: The Knife and the BombCynicism is Gaza's number one resource, terrorism its main export.
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July 13, 2014
Naming and Fighting TerrorWestern media and politicians try to play word games with the true nature of Islam, an ideology basedon the premise sabil allah fi-al-seyf -- the path of Allah is by the sword.
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July 5, 2014
Making Sense of 'Senseless' TerrorPresident Barack Obama thinks terror is "senseless," but the terrorists disagree.
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June 17, 2014
Obama's Magical SymbolismLike Osama Bin-Laden, Barack Obama lives in a symbolic universe, thinking he is its center.
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May 8, 2014
National Security Dudes and DudettesIf you're a really cool guy like the president or one of his top advisors or the Secretary of State who wants to become president of the U.S., then it is perfectly okay to act cool and go into pretend-and-deny mode.
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March 20, 2014
Prophetic Leaders and Pathetic LeadersIt is extraordinary how remarkably hollow the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize citation sounds in 2014 amid international events that Obama's policies allowed or caused
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December 1, 2013
ObamaCare for Iran?There are several clear parallels between Barack Obama's health care program and the deal the president made with Iran about its nuclear program.
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August 28, 2013
Staying Home or Getting InvolvedImagining that America can stay home, ignore the world, and be safe is not using one's imagination. It is simply pretending.
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August 7, 2013
Obama's 'Victory' Over TerrorPresident Obama see-saws between apathy and frenzy, between stony denial and feverish response.
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July 18, 2013
Hawks, Doves -- and OstrichesThere are three dominant groups involved in the Mideast peace process. Only one gets results.
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May 31, 2013
Barack Obama, George Orwell, and TerrorA classic case of using debased language to distort perception of the real world.
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December 6, 2012
Europe Prays to Paper Peace, Paper GodThe Europeans have learned nothing from declarations of "peace in our time."
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November 21, 2012
Blood and TribalismTribal blood-dipping, like "honor killings" of women suspected of "improper behavior" is not really an Islamic ritual but a vestige of pre-Islamic tribalism.
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October 29, 2012
Presidential decisions - right and wrongObama is no Harry Truman and no Jack Kennedy.
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September 29, 2012
Killing the Messenger, Obama's WayPresident Obama thinks critics and foes need not only to be defeated, but to be crushed and shamed in the public square.
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September 1, 2012
Introducing the UJR - The United Jihadi RepublicThe Arab Spring went by fast. Start singing "Stormy Weather."
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August 2, 2012
Obama's Body CountBarack Obama and Hillary Clinton feel that Osama bin Laden's death and the drone attacks show that they have mastered national security and foreign policy. They are wrong.
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July 13, 2012
Far-Reaching Changes Threaten Israel And Western Interests in MediterraneanThere are dramatic changes in the security picture on Israel's southern border, but you would not know it by reading, listening to, or watching most of the American press or listening to press briefings at the White House or the State Department.
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May 20, 2012
Losing Egypt, Losing the Mid-EastWe're still paying for Jimmy Carter's mistakes in Iran. For how long will we wind up paying for Obama's in Egypt?
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May 5, 2012
National Security Is No Place For Double StandardsDemocrats and their media allies harm the United States when Republicans holdthe presidency.
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February 13, 2012
CNN Tilts East, Fires 4 Jewish Journalists in JerusalemCNN has reportedly fired most of the Jews in its Jerusalem bureau, cutting half the bureau but leaving Arab workers and reviving charges of CNN's pro-Arab slant.