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Richard Butrick
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October 28, 2016
Who wants what in Syria?Current U.S. Mideast policy follows a pattern of failure by replacing the bad with the worse.
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August 16, 2016
Our guardians from global warmingModels do not make the science. The models model the underlying science.
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August 6, 2016
Diversity in our universities? Forget it.Our universities are producing students who can’t handle real diversity.
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August 3, 2016
A choice between two inveterate liars?A liar, to be a liar, must be deliberately telling falsehoods.
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July 26, 2016
And how about America, Mr. President?Something quietly telling about the Obama mindset.
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July 21, 2016
Bullied and harassed...poor thingIt is how the brutal madmen and their mullahs interpret Islam that counts.
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July 6, 2016
Behind the smileThe imposition of sharia is still the aim of the spiritual leaders of Islam.
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June 23, 2016
No, Mr. President: You are not who we areA recent poll shows that a plurality of Americans see Obama as the worst president since WWII.
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June 16, 2016
The Homo economicus fallacyHomo economicus is a stupid model for framing national policy.
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June 7, 2016
President Obama – Why are we over there?The Obama administration is proud that the U.S. is the 911 for the rest of the world.
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June 3, 2016
Trans-National CorporatismSince the '70s the nation-based comparative advantage theory of international trade has been supplanted by the view that the mission of corporate America is to make profits for its shareholders.
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May 20, 2016
Islam and the Four Horses of the ApocalypseWhile terrorists act, U.S. politicians concern themselves with bathroom etiquette.
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April 23, 2016
The Sweet Face of IslamThe rank and file and acolytes of Islam can be led to believe whatever their handlers at the time find it tactically expedient for them to believe.
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April 14, 2016
It's not a Matter of Blame but TrustBeing viewed with distrust is just what the Muslim community, in conjunction with statistics and ulema pronouncements, has earned.
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April 4, 2016
A Religion of Peace, Harmony, and Respect for AllMuslims defend themselves with the only language the malicious, reason-impaired kafirs understand -- the language of force, brutality, treachery, and terror.
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February 1, 2016
Islamic ‘instruction’ in our public schoolsThe idea that a fair-minded committee should feed the students the final distilled version of the truth is a recipe for indoctrination, not education.
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January 23, 2016
Immigration and Your Father’s OldsmobileThe immigrants who came to America knew they had to work hard to survive. Immigrants today know the U.S. is a fail-safe environment.
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December 18, 2015
Who is full of hatred?It seems that Muslims are not overly concerned about antagonizing America.
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September 1, 2015
Trump gets hit with Smoot-HawleyNavigating through Scylla (free trade) and Charybdis (protectionism) in developing economic policy is no mean feat.
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August 25, 2015
Obama unboundThe disconnect between his policy objectives and his policy initiatives is not simply astounding; it is troubling.
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August 20, 2015
The US as dumping groundOur open-borders birthright citizenship policy allows regimes from Venezuela to Mexico to Russia to pursue economic/social policies that have failed their own people.
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August 3, 2015
Reparations? How about ~7 trillion?If the $22 trillion spent on the War on Party isn't reparations, then what is?
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May 9, 2015
Obama Cheapens the Legacy of Our Fallen HeroesBy administrative legislation Obama is attempting to give the most precious right of citizenship -- the right to vote -- to illegals who don’t give a damn about the sacrifices of our fallen heroes.
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March 25, 2015
Obama's master plan for the Middle EastThe serenity of a man who knows he is on the right side of history.
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February 22, 2015
Hussein and Gaddafi Looking Better all the TimeBill Maher's stopped clock strikes.
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February 12, 2015
The Chickens are Coming! The Chickens are Coming!They want to straighten out the crusaders.
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January 20, 2015
Divorcing Islam from IslamismA Muslim writer pulls no punches in condemning the Obama administration’s unwillingness to identify Islamism as the driving force behind terrorism.
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December 10, 2014
The Obama DoctrineThe president has backed Muslim Brotherhood (MB) policy objectives in the Middle East and North Africa every step of the way.
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October 3, 2014
Obama Team Confronts the Axis of Islamic Supremacism with NuanceIgnoring the 500-pound gorilla.
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September 30, 2014
D'Souza to be Sent to Re-education CampComrade D'Souza is guilty of thoughtcrimes.
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August 31, 2014
The Two Faces of IslamIt seems to have gotten to the point that exonerating Islam is the primary concern of U.S. foreign and defense policy with regard to terrorist activity from ISIS to Fort Hood to Boko Haram.
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August 27, 2014
The Un-Islamic Delusion of Smart DiplomacyPresuming that Islam‘s faithful warriors and shamans will give up their supremacist mindset by stroking their egos and stifling all criticism of their holy book is a dangerous delusion.
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August 18, 2014
'The Insanity of Blaming Islam'As in the 40s and 50s with communism, and the 60s and 70s with the New Left, liberals are rushing to excuse Jihadi terrorists.
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July 26, 2014
Bursting With Pride (and Ignorance)Obama's five-year-plan goes from triumph to triumph... Well okay, make that six years...
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June 25, 2014
Government by TentacleMission creep, under the Obama administration, has become a pandemic.
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May 31, 2014
Kerry's Definition of 'Success'Kerry claims four major foreign policy successes for the Obama administration.
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February 9, 2014
The Mary Poppins PresidencyThe President will unleash his magic pen - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - and create jobs.
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January 22, 2014
The One-Note PresidencyHis Ferrari mind is beyond our comprehension and the petty squabble of politics..
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January 17, 2014
The Man from La ManchaThe humor of the President's Don Quixote approach to real-world problems has not been lost on world leadership.
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December 11, 2013
The Liberal 'Hypocritic Oath'What does the left really mean when they decry 'income inequality?"
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December 10, 2013
The Obama Legacy: A Cesspool of DeceptionOrwell's Ministry of Truth - Obama style.
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December 3, 2013
Hardcore Obama Supporters: Condescending, Patronizing - RacistHow Obama gets away with everything.
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November 29, 2013
Self-Aggrandizement on the Tax Payers' DimeA three day all expenses paid Air Force One ego trip.
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November 17, 2013
If You Like Your Religion You Can Keep ItUnless, of course, as it should be obvious to anyone of any intelligence, it is an inferior product.
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October 26, 2013
Why is the Obamacare website so screwed up?Look no further than the main contractor.
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September 9, 2013
'Sampan Kerry' Mans The RadarWhat does Kerry see in the gas attack that others don't?
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September 3, 2013
See Evil Punish Evil - How Hard Is That?The President needs to explain why punishing Assad for killing his own people by killing some more of his people is an effective policy
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August 15, 2013
The Democrat Party Puts Citizens at the Back of the BusEEOC to prevent "workplace discrimination" against illegals.
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August 7, 2013
Obama doublespeak on housingGet government out of the mortgage lending business - or maybe not.
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July 29, 2013
Obama's HUD to Expand Middle ClassThe way they will go about it will make your jaw drop.
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July 20, 2013
If Obama Had A City, It Would Look like Detroit50 years of governance by compassionate Obama community organizer types.
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July 15, 2013
The Zimmerman Trial? It's That SimpleIt all depends on your view of Zimmerman as a racist.
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June 18, 2013
For whom should we show 'compassion,' Mr. President?The American Dream is for sale for $1,000.
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June 10, 2013
McCain VS The Wacko BirdsSenator McCain, has called Senator Ted Cruz and his ilk in Congress "wacko birds." Ted Cruz's reply?
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May 28, 2013
Islamodupes and the Clinton-Bush-Obama DoctrineOne underlying common theme in the various versions of the three presidents' foreign policy doctrines is that Terrorism is un-Islamic.
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May 6, 2013
Down the Rabbit Hole with ObamacareSpecial regulations regarding appropriate treatment of injuries resulting from walking into lampposts?
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April 20, 2013
Obama Fizzles OutIt has became harder and harder for MSM to spin Obama as a visionary and unifier with transformational powers in domestic or foreign policy.
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March 28, 2013
The Bagman for the Muslim BrotherhoodUS foreign aid as "extracting jizya from infidels."
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March 23, 2013
Iraq: Two Bad Decisions and a Debilitating MetaphorCould the Iraq endeavor have had a better chance for success?
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March 11, 2013
The Great Jefferson Hotel Sandbag GambitThe President is cunningly setting up a fake reverse narrative with MSM.
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March 4, 2013
Robin From the HoodIf one's only tool is a hammer then every problem looks like a nail. Obama's skill set is that of the community organizer. He will always construe problems as at root social justice problems.
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January 29, 2013
What does the president mean by giving everyone a 'fair shot?'Empty rhetoric that he makes sound like a portentous insight.
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January 26, 2013
Jindal hits a nerve with speech before GOP governorsAnd all Salon Magazine sees is racial demographics.
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January 4, 2013
The Cowardice of the Christian LeadershipAtrocities are being committed against Christians all over the Muslim world and Christian leadership remains silent.
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November 27, 2012
Did Obama Cut a Faustian Deal with Morsi?Help with Hamas in exchange for a free hand to consolidate his power in Egypt?
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November 9, 2012
The 'Disparate Impact' Jobs KillerAn Obama-Holder 'social justice initiative' that will only exacerbate the unemployment situation.
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November 3, 2012
Islamophobia Is the Underlying Cause of Benghazi...So sayeth Ambassador Pickering, Hillary Clinton's appointee to head the "Accountability Review Board" for that disaster.
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November 1, 2012
The Vote of the Conflicted LiberalWaPo's Richard Cohen will hold his nose and vote for Obama.
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October 27, 2012
Obama Down the Rabbit Hole in DavenportWhen it comes to 4 more years, Alice said it all. "I've had nothing yet, so I can't take more."
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October 20, 2012
It's the Mullahs, StupidReaction to recent events in Benghazi as well as other attacks on American consulates only serve to bear out the Obama/Clinton fatal attraction to the meme that Islam-is-not-the-issue.
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September 8, 2012
Obama's Closed Conceptual UniverseEven though Obama purports to value open discussion of alternative views, it is really all just a parlor game to convince the American public that he has an open mind.
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August 31, 2012
An Islamic Festival to Jump Start the DNCPresiding imam: "Islam is better than democracy. Allah will cause his deen [Islam as a complete way of life], Islam to prevail over every kind of system, and you know what? It will happen."
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August 25, 2012
1001 Lies to Propagandize ChildrenMuslims invented flight 1000 years before the Wright brothers?
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August 21, 2012
Grading Obama's Foreign PolicyThe president thinks he can claim that his foreign policy is a success and merits his re-election. Huh?
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August 16, 2012
Our Transformational PresidentHailed as a transformational unifier and healer of America's fractured sense of self, the only thing that Obama has transformed is himself.
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August 10, 2012
Romney and the Future of AmericaRomney's has a sincere belief that America can recover economically and, more importantly, regain its confidence in itself and its future.
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August 2, 2012
The Man Is a SneakWhen it comes to Barack Obama, there is just no other word for it.
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July 25, 2012
Obama's Regulation ConIn his 2012 State of the Union speech, Obama claimed that "I've approved fewer regulations in the first three years of my presidency than my Republican predecessor did in his."
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July 24, 2012
The Real Basis for Republican Obama BashingHave you gotten the email yet? The one that Obama supporters are being urged to send to their friends who support Romney?
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July 22, 2012
Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies from the White HouseDo Muslims really "cherish family, friends and neighbors..." during Ramadan?
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July 19, 2012
Obama and the Big Non-Break-UpWhen Arthur Koestler broke from the Communist Party after the Hitler-Stalin pact, he broke big time. No similarities for Obama.
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July 15, 2012
The Trickle-Down HoaxThe trickle-down trope is not the justification for lower taxes. It never has been.
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July 1, 2012
ObamaCare, Social Justice, and Administrative OverheadThe risk pool concept has severe challenges when dealing with health care -- challenges not faced with fire, theft, liability and other insurance-risk pool strategies.
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June 27, 2012
Kerry Admonishes Colleagues not to Prejudge Muslim BrotherhoodThe tiger will not change its stripes.
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June 24, 2012
ShariaphobiaIs the initiative to block sharia law from influencing American courts a waste of time?
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June 19, 2012
Equating a High School Diploma with Service in the Military?President Obama has equated graduating high school (or obtaining a GED) with military service, in terms of justifying granting work permits to illegal aliens of a certain age.
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June 12, 2012
President Obama and the Herr Schultz SyndromeHerr Schultz was convinced that Nazi propaganda will not resonate with the German people. Now we hear the same argument from the Obama camp when it comes to Islamism.
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June 12, 2012
MadMuslimPhobiaPresident Obama's foreign policy team has it big time -- the fear of making Muslims mad.
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June 7, 2012
F.D.R. and George Meany Give Governor Walker the Thumbs UpThe former president and former union leader agree about public employee unions.
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June 5, 2012
President Obama and the Machiavellian FallacyThe President has put us on a trajectory in which the US will be neither loved nor feared.
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May 21, 2012
Panetta Uses Military Budget to Prop Up Green Energy FirmsBillions in defense dollars squandered on green energy schemes.
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April 28, 2012
The Collapsing Story Line on the Obama Take-down of OsamaIt looks like Obama had his fall guy if it went badly
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April 22, 2012
Muslim Fun and Games Part of Eid CelebrationsRecently two Muslim men were accused in a British court of abducting two teen age girls and repeatedly raping them claimed that the girls enjoyed it and that they were entitled by their culture to rape non-Muslims especially during Eid celebrations.
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October 25, 2011
Hanson's Take On OWSThe Classical scholar, turned social and political analyst, Victor Davis Hanson, has an interesting take on the mindset of the collegiate component of the OWS movement.
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October 22, 2011
US Kicked Out Of IraqPrime Minister Maliki gives Obama the boot as White House spin meisters gin up face-saving rhetoric for Obama to recite.
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September 19, 2011
The Michelle Obama Derangement Syndrome?Does it matter what Michelle Obama said during the flag ceremony on the 9/11 anniversary?
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September 11, 2011
Holding the UN AccountableImagine the untutored effrontery of proposing a bill that would undermine the "positive role" of the UN and "weaken the UN".
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July 13, 2011
Obama's Foreign Policy: Dithering or Stealth Postnationalist?Does President Obama have a foreign policy vision?
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July 12, 2011
Obama stiffs Egyptian democratic forcesJust as the forces of democracy were moving forward, Obama recognizes the Muslim Brotherhood.
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July 12, 2011
Obama Grabs Credit for South Sudan IndependenceThe new president of South Sudan wore a cowboy hat given to him by President Bush and crowds held up signs saying "Thank you, President Bush."
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June 10, 2011
Spewing Red Ink, Red Tape and Red PoliticsWhat's for show and what's for real in regulatory reform.
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June 3, 2011
Detroit's Death RattleThe Muslim call to prayer can be heard all over Detroit -- the baleful sound of the adhan -- what President Obama called "the most beautiful sound on earth."
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May 29, 2011
The Five Stages of IslamForget the Five Pillars of Islam. It is the Five Stages of Islam that threaten the fundamental freedoms of Western Democracy.
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May 27, 2011
The Obama DisconnectWhatever else is said of our President, he does not let his principles of governance interfere with the implementation of his policies.
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May 15, 2011
Friedman on Camus and the Arab SpringThomas Friedman sees the spirit of Albert Camus as the real force behind the Arab Spring.
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May 4, 2011
Obama waffled on the OBL mission?He Couldn't Say "Yes" He Couldn't Say "No." Leading from behind indeed.
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April 28, 2011
Trump Smells a Rat. Williams Smells a RacistJuan Williams says that it is hard not to see a pattern in the questions Trump raises about Obama.
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April 6, 2011
Obama envoy: Islam is the Solution not the ProblemI can't wait to see how Obama will pitch this.
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April 3, 2011
Islam, Zafar and the 4:34 DanceA Muslim tries to defend the Qur'an's passage on beating women.
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March 16, 2011
Imams, Dons and RICOThe RICO Act is an untapped tool that could be used to bring down jihadis, though it remains unused for that purpose.
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February 21, 2011
Robert Reich's pieMaybe the piemakers should have a say on how the pie is distributed.