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Some Amazing Coincidences
The U.S. Inflation rate is currently around 8%, a 40 year high. Homicides rose 29% in 2020, followed by an additional 7% rise in 2021. The U.S. Border Patrol reported more than 1.6 million migrants along the U.S. Mexico border … Continue reading
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Cui Bono?
In the wake of the leak of Supreme Court Justice Alito’s draft opinion that would, if finalized, overturn Roe and Casey, the commentariat has gone into overdrive. Conservative writers tend to describe the draft opinion with adjectives like “brilliant” “insightful” … Continue reading
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Ukraine, Russia and the U.S. — Now What?
It’s right there on the front page of the New York Times: “After Ukraine Visit, Pelosi Pledges U.S. Support ‘Until Victory is Won’”. Speaker Pelosi, of we-have-to-pass-this-bill -to-find-out-what’s-in-it fame, has yet to define what victory would look like other than … Continue reading
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Go Elon!
Elon Musk’s kinda, sorta bid to buy all of Twitter for about $43 billion has provoked an utterly predictable meltdown of the professional Left that manages to be both apoplectic and unintentionally amusing. Consider, for instance the sober reflections of … Continue reading
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Live Not by Lies
A little more than 48 years ago, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, released the text of “Live Not by Lies.” The following day he was exiled to the West. He did not receive a … Continue reading
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The Intelligence Community & the Russo-Ukrainian War
The conventional wisdom these days is that Vladimir Putin made a catastrophic miscalculation when he decided to invade Ukraine. There are plenty of reasons to buy this. Not only has Putin called the dissolution of the Soviet Empire the greatest … Continue reading
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The Continuing Assault on Freedom
Remember not so long ago when there was a constant (and often justified) outcry against the Trump Administration’s use of government power to quell dissent? Well, the use of government power to quell dissent has not ended. In fact it … Continue reading
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The Destruction and Destructiveness of Progressivism
As a consequence of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, certain hard truths* have emerged even as America busied itself with discovering the proper use of pronouns. Chief among them is that modern liberalism, let’s call it the American variant, is a … Continue reading
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What Ukraine Says About U.S. Politics
On January 20, 1961, President John F. Kennedy delivered his inaugural address after having won the Presidency by one of the smallest margins in U.S. History. In that address, undeterred by his margin of victory, he said “we shall pay … Continue reading
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Shen Yun–Go See It
As soon as you can. Shen means divine or divinity. Yun means feeling or rhythm. Shen Yun means “The beauty of heavenly beings dancing.” Shen Yun, based in New York, comprises 7 dance companies that perform all over the globe. … Continue reading
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