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Archive of posts published in the tag: The Weekly Standard

How Anti-Semitism fails

The ability of Arab and Muslim leaders to dominate the United Nations while celebrating their contempt for everything it stands for seems to confirm anti-Semitism’s success. Yet caveat emptor—early benefits of organizing politics against the Jews are inevitably outweighed by the

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How the UN Spreads Anti-Semitism

The organization of politics against Israel had moved from the Middle East into the world arena. Outrages became bolder year by year: Cuba, which jails people for circulating the Human Rights Declaration, became vice chair of the U.N. Human Rights

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Primary Volatility

For a smart businessman Donald Trump is a horrible politician. His campaign flamed out quickly because it was foolishly focused on the citizenship issue and was easily dispensed.  He has never held political office. He is all show and ego

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The Catch 22 of Anti-Semitism

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 Socialism of Fools

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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Hopes, Dreams, and 10,000 Missiles

From Benjamin Netanyanu’s speech at the UN on 9/23/11 per the Weekly Standard. These people say to me constantly: Just make a sweeping offer, and everything will work out. You know, there’s only one problem with that theory. We’ve tried it

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The Theater of the Absurd

From Benjamin Netanyanu’s speech at the UN on 9/23/11 per the Weekly Standard. Ladies and gentlemen, in Israel our hope for peace never wanes. Our scientists, doctors, innovators, apply their genius to improve the world of tomorrow. Our artists, our

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Crony Socialism and Jobs

The Obama Jobs Bill is just so awful that I predict many Democrats will not support it.  After the losses they faced in 2010 and the particular losses in the recent interim elections- especially Anthony Weiner’s seat in New York- support for

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Crony Capitalist in Chief

In the Weekly Standard.com The Obama Economy by Fred Barnes June 13, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 37 excerpt: Whether by design or happenstance, President Obama is the greatest proponent of crony capitalism since FDR proposed cartels under the National Recovery

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