Both parties seem to have elements that the other party considers extreme. For the Democrats it is union thugs, liberal anti-Semites, environmental zealots, and blatant socialists. For the Republicans it is creationists (considered anti-science), fundamentalist Christians, pro-lifers, and the ethnocentric.
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In her blog Caroline Glick writes An Ally No More, 12/6/11: Excerpts: The same Secretary of State that has heralded negotiations with the violent, fanatical misogynists of the Taliban; who has extolled Saudi Arabia where women are given ten lashes
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Ruth Wisse writes The Suicidal Passion – Who is damaged more by anti-Semitism- Jews, or those who organize politics against them, in The Weekly Standard 11/21/11 Excerpt: Anti-Semitism, or the organization of politics against the Jews, is at once the
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The Arab Spring may throw off the yoke of dictators, but unless they also dispose of the foolish beliefs that these dictators used to hold on to power for decades their societies will continue to decline. At Bloomberg.com Jeffrey Golberg
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Wall Street was targeted presumably because the marchers think that they are getting away with crimes against the people and they profit at the expense of others’ misery. Bernie Madoff was sentenced to 150 year in prison. Jeffrey Shilling from
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How much is being broadcast about the various anti-Semitic episodes at various OWS and its offshoots in other cities? The ADL made a timid response here. The Wiesenthal Center published a better analysis: Excerpts from an essay from Rabbi
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I discounted much of what was happening on the Occupy Wall Street rallies and its sister rallies in other cities. The movement seemed shallow and unserious. Many of the marchers just sound like idiots: it was hard to find any
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Jeff Jacoby writes A Palestinian state? Don’t count on it for the Boston Globe, 9/21/11. Excerpts: …the Arabs of Palestine have consistently said no when presented with the chance to build a state of their own. They said no in
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The special election in New York to replace Twitter pervert Anthony Weiner is proving interesting. It is not surprising that in a heavily Democratic district in New York that the Jewish vote would come to play. It may be surprising
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Those that have identified themselves in their fight against racism, sexism, and prejudice have become victims of their own success. Young blacks are better educated and getting better jobs and have not grown up to news reels of black protesters
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In recent news headlines: San Francisco will have a ballot initiative to ban circumcision. While one could make an argument for this on other grounds those who support this initiative have used a comic book format featuring a blond muscled
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I confess that I do not count myself among the Thomas Friedman sycophants. I have read some of his books and I just find him trying so hard to be “intellectually balanced” that he often ignores the obvious and the
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In the course of the Middle East controversy there are a few points that while obvious seem worthy of repeating. There is only one Jewish state in the world. One. It is surrounded by dozens of Islamic states where freedom
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Written by Alan Dershowitz post 911, Why Terrorism Works, gives a simple answer: because we reward it. Terrorism has earned the Palestinians recognition and legitimization. Our response to terrorism has centered on fallacies that perpetuate the problem. We have believed
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The trial of Alfred Dreyfus in France in 1895 was a pivotal event. Dreyfus was a Jewish captain in the French military, accused of selling military secrets to the Germans. He was tried and convicted. Rumors that he had been
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This is a critical chapter in Hayek’s 1944 classic, The Road to Serfdom. The books is a deeply thoughtful examination of why planned economies lead to despotic rule. In several different parts of the book Hayek explains that the motivation
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I conducted a survey this morning. I went into my office in Macon, Georgia and interviewed all 15 or so office workers. They are engineers, sales people, accounting personnel, and purchasing agents. All of them are at least high school
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Jeff Jacoby writes a great and insightful summary of The Triumph of Chanukah excerpt But Chanukah isn’t about political power. It isn’t about military victory. It isn’t even about freedom of worship, notwithstanding the fact that the revolt of the
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This clip of Milton Friedman is a great insight into the ancient tradition of surviving is spite of governmental authority vs those who seek protection from that authority. tips to Bob Cain
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