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The withering-away of freedom in Hungary and the hopeless EU
January 27, 2011Everyone who cares about democracy in the world – except those with clinically meaningful depression – should be reading the wonderful blog by Eva Balogh, Hungarian Spectrum ( http://bit.ly/fui2mH ) who covers what’s happening in that sad country. Ms. Balogh had great hopes that the Fidesz government would be forced to modify its odious [...]
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The U.N. at it again
January 27, 2011So, a U.N.-appointed expert on Palestinian rights alleged a cover-up by U.S. authorities involving the Sept. 11 attacks and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the charges preposterous. Of course they’re preposterous, but that’s not what strikes me about this story. The fact that terrorists and their apologists have twisted into unnatural knots to find ways [...]
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A hero passes and few notice
January 25, 2011One of the greatest of America’s heroes in the Vietnam War has died. His name was Vang Pao. He was 81 and he led a remarkable life. He died in California’s San Joaquin Valley, where he had made his home and was the leader of thousands of the Hmong people who had fought for the [...]
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ORGANized Crime Part IV: Smug Smugglers, Our Gang
January 25, 2011“The United States of America and the Kosovo Liberation Army stand for the same human values and principles’
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Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, Mr. President
January 23, 2011Last year, at the height of the debate over ObamaCare, abortion became a central issue. Would the ObamaCare legislation allow taxpayer-funded abortions? Obama desperately wanted—needed—the bill to pass and could not allow a sideshow over abortion to derail it. He signed an executive order that at least theoretically banned taxpayer money from funding abortion. With [...]
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Government & Medias Propagated Fear
January 21, 2011It has been a busy week for the LAPD with two school shootings; one in Gardena and one in Woodland Hills. On Wednesday, a lone gunman opened fire on A Los Angeles Unified School District police officer, just outside El Camino High School in Woodland Hills. Just a day earlier, a student at Gardena High, [...]
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Mixed seating only blurs needed distinctions
January 19, 2011As I write this, I have no idea how many members of Congress will scooch over to the opposing side to sit next to their counterparts in six days for the president’
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The Infirmity Of Old Age
January 17, 2011In King Lear, one of the supreme works of the English language, William Shakespeare details the tragic plight of the impaired elderly as they exit the public stage. Lear, the formerly powerful fictional king, has divided his kingdom unwisely in ‘
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Casting stones
January 15, 2011Let’s consider the case of the alliance between the Canadian Jewish Defense League and the Britain-based English Defense League. Evidently, a police officer was injured and four protesters arrested during a recent demonstration in Canada by so-called anti-racist groups opposing the alliance. These two ‘
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An Open Letter…
January 13, 2011Dear Friends, In light of the tragic shooting in Arizona this week, please join me in prayer for the families of the victims and wounded whose lives will be forever changed. Several family members of the victims have come forward to express their feelings of guilt for inviting their loved ones to an event where [...]
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Hillary Strikes Again
January 13, 2011Simply by virtue of being married to Bill, being a woman, and being as left-wing and progressive as Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton gets a pass on pretty much everything. The media swoon over what a trailblazer she’s been, how brilliant she is, and what a spectacular job she’s doing as Secretary of State. None of [...]
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IF CHINA OFFERS AID TO EURO, CAN JAPAN REMAIN BEHIND?
January 11, 2011The Asian Cold War is heating up. On Jan. 7 China offered Europeans its services as a white night to the Euro. A mere 3 days later Japan upped the ante for as Lisa Twaronite writes from Japan, Whenever China says it will lend a helping hand, Japan is sure to offer an arm or [...]
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Racial Component of Conflict in Sudan: “To Them, a Black Person … is an ‘Abid,’ which is a Slave”; Boston Jewish Columnist on the Ground to Free Slaves
January 11, 2011Fighting in Southern Sudan’s disputed Abyei region claimed the lives of more than 30 people over the weekend. Despite this outbreak, voting that will allow the country’s Southerners–mostly Christians and tribal peoples–to separate from the Arab Muslim North if they choose, proceeded apace. And human rights groups including Christian Solidarity [...]
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Americans Should Support Today’s Referendum – and Democracy in South Sudan
January 10, 2011Today, Sunday January 9th, the people of Southern Sudan will have the chance to vote for independence. Americans of all persuasions should support the democratic process of this long-anticipated vote. The product of a 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) between Sudan’