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The Left’s Ongoing Epistemological Closure 27 Aug 2013 | 07:30 pm
I recommend you listen to this relatively short but highly illuminating interview (courtesy of Mediaite) between radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt and his guest, MSNBC’s Karen Finney. Mr. Hewitt opene...
Obama’s Three Options in Syria 27 Aug 2013 | 07:10 pm
A week truly is a lifetime in politics. Just a week ago–Tuesday, August 20–there was approximately zero chance that American airpower would be employed against the Assad regime in Syria. The following...
Why the World Thinks Jewish Blood Is Cheap 27 Aug 2013 | 06:30 pm
While visiting Israel this week, Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide grudgingly admitted that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s commitment to Israeli-Palestinian talks “sounds increasingly c...
The Real West Bank Terror War 27 Aug 2013 | 03:45 am
The Israelis have done it again. After Secretary of State John Kerry managed to drag both parties back to the peace table, the Israelis are doing their utmost to sabotage the talks by provoking the Pa...
The Disparate Impact of Holder’s War on Private Schools 27 Aug 2013 | 03:05 am
As we approach the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, the civil-rights milestone will continue to loom large in the ideological media. The right will talk about how much progress we’ve made,...
The South Carolina Test Case 27 Aug 2013 | 02:35 am
South Carolina conservatives smell blood. After a year in which Lindsey Graham has been identified with unpopular causes like immigration reform, opposing shutting down the government to defund ObamaC...
Remember Bashar the Reformer? 26 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm
Bashar al-Assad is in the running for the most dangerous man in the world. There are not too many world leaders who would acquire such reserves of chemical weapons and then seek to use them against an...
Will Obama Finish What He Starts in Syria? 26 Aug 2013 | 10:45 pm
The fact that United Nations weapons inspectors came under fire today in Syria as they attempted to visit the site of last week’s chemical weapons attacks didn’t do much to enhance the credibility of ...
For ObamaCare’s Enemies, the Law 26 Aug 2013 | 09:30 pm
In my discussion recently of the scourge of bureaucratic lawmaking during the Obama administration, I’ve generally focused on federal agencies enacting rules that could not be passed by Congress, thus...
Jody Bottum’s World-Weariness 26 Aug 2013 | 08:20 pm
Joseph Bottum, formerly the editor of the conservative-leaning religious journal First Things, has written an essay in Commonweal magazine titled, “The Things We Share: The Catholic Case for Same-Sex ...
