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- Henry Kissinger, Cold War Foreign-Policy Visionary, Dies at 100 November 30, 2023Kissinger was the only person to simultaneously be secretary of state and hold the position of White House national-security adviser.
- ‘Go F**k Yourself’: Elon Musk Calls Out Corporate Brands for Pulling Ads from X November 30, 2023Musk’s comments come two weeks after Media Matters allegations, which prompted multiple advertisers to boycott X.
- Brown University President Omits Reference to Jewish Students after Heckling from Pro-Palestinian Activists November 29, 2023A Brown spokesman told NR that the change can be attributed to the protesters interrupting the university president’s remarks.
- Ten Israeli Hostages Returned on Sixth Day of Cease-Fire November 29, 2023The release coincided with the Israeli war cabinet meeting Wednesday night local time to discuss extending the cease-fire.
- Bank Investigator Flagged ‘Unusual’ Chinese Payments behind $40k Check to Biden, Raised Possibility of Influence Peddling November 29, 2023The investigator cited news at the time that indicated China had been targeting the children of politicians to buy influence.
- Henry Kissinger, Cold War Foreign-Policy Visionary, Dies at 100 November 30, 2023
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- Why Does the Intersectional Left Defend Hamas? November 28, 2023Sectarian morality arises from the concept of collective guilt.Julian Adorney
- Victim Blaming Revisited November 28, 2023Exploring biases and criticisms in the perception of crime victims, from robbery to rape.Richard B. Felson
- The Heckler’s Veto and the Right to Free Association November 27, 2023It's not just a matter of weighing up one group’s free speech against another group’s counter-speech. It’s also about one group’s freedom of association being impeded.Holly Lawford-Smith
- Why Does the Intersectional Left Defend Hamas? November 28, 2023
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- Cuts and Controversies November 29, 2023On Maria Callas, the centennial of whose birth is marked on December 2, 2023.
- Maria Callas: More Than a Myth November 29, 2023On the great soprano (1923–77) on the occasion of her centennial.
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- Cuts and Controversies November 29, 2023
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Category Archives: Politics
The Argentinian Election
The New York Times today published a fairly typical hit piece. Typical in that it does most of its work by innuendo and guilt-by-association. The object of the piece is Javier Milei, the victor in Argentina’s presidential race. The Times … Continue reading
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Hamas Has Declared War on the West
The savage attack Hamas launched on October 7 against Israel, like Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, was an attack on Western civilization itself. Perhaps even more shocking than the attack on Israel has been the response of cultural elites. Across the … Continue reading
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Natan Sharansky, Hamas and the Will to Power
In an interview published by the Wall Street Journal, Natan Sharansky, the famous Soviet refusenik and Israeli politician, made a telling point. Hamas terrorists displayed pride in their depravity by broadcasting their crimes on the internet using GoPro cameras. “…Even … Continue reading
The West and its Enemies
With the Israelis still sifting through the rubble looking for victims of Hamas’s savage attack, the global left has responded by backing the Hamas killers. In so doing they have stepped out from behind the mask to show their true … Continue reading
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Israel at War
The Hamas attack on Israel, an attack that deliberately targeted Israeli civilians, was fully backed by Iran. In fact. Iran continues to celebrate the attack, with posts on X like the one below. “God willing, the cancer of the usurper … Continue reading
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On Ukraine
In a front page story titled “Weary Soldiers, Unreliable Munitions: Ukraine’s Many Challenges”, the New York Times reports that the Ukraine war is essentially stalemated. That the war effort is turning into a quagmire should come as no surprise to … Continue reading
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The Supremes
For the progressive left, the last week in June was a tough one. Officially approved racism was thrown overboard; religious freedom and free speech were protected, and the separation of powers, inherent in the U.S, Constitutional structure, was reaffirmed. These … Continue reading
Notes From Indonesia
The incredible buffoonery, not to mention dishonesty, of the Biden White House cries out for a response. In spite of the fact that we are sailing through Indonesia, here goes. Let me ask this question. Do you believe, or know … Continue reading
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So Long 2022
Upon publication of Darwin’s “Origin of the Species” the Archbishop of Canterbury is reported to have said “Dear Lord please let it not be true, or at least not be widely known”. Today Progressives and their sympathizers have said essentially … Continue reading
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Here We Go Again?
Although less likely than before, it seems horrifyingly possible that the Republican and Democratic parties will contrive to inflict upon the body politic a rematch of the 2020 presidential contest in 2024. In that national embarrassment, Mr. Biden narrowly bested … Continue reading
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