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If Bernie Sanders runs for president, the war on the left has begun
Psst…something’s happening in the party. Extremists are taking over. If you don’t watch out, they’ll start throwing a monkey wrench…
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Science and Technology
Now they tell us: Difference between ‘airborne’ and ‘droplet’ spread of disease
Howard has covered the administration’s latest stumblebum approach to messaging on how Ebola is spread here. Let me add my…
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Foreign Affairs
Operation Hey, Don’t Blame Me
Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Overlord, Operation United Assistance (for the effort to help fight Ebola in West…
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Quick Takes
BOOK REVIEW: A Letter to My Congregation by Ken Wilson
A Letter to My Congregation by Ken Wilson Ken Wilson’s sweet, tight epistle to his evangelical church about his conversion…
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World War I: Still learning its lessons
Today, we mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I. Growing up, I learned, as did the…
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Foreign Affairs
Hamas’s child labor fatalities
Over the past few days, news of child labor fatalities in building the Gaza tunnels swept the blogosphere — or…
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Science and Technology
The anti-science left
What do the following have in common: the anti-vaccination movement, the anti-GMO movement, the pro-climate change action movement? They’re not…
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Religion
How Hobby Lobby protects liberals from the ‘religious right’
If I see one more social media placard with a message saying bosses should stay out of the bedroom, I…
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What difference does it make: GOP needs to answer that question
The IRS scandal, in which bureaucrats at the agency unfairly targeted conservative groups for special restrictive treatment as they applied…
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Law and Government
TX town to force Muslims to serve pork?
(Note: You must read to the end of this story for an important update.) In what civil rights activists are…
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Email Featured
University of Michigan students do the right thing
The BDS movement, which seeks to “boycott, divest and sanction” companies that do business in Israel, suffered a defeat at…
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Quick Takes
Vermont shuts out private students
If you want a picture of Progressive governance, look no farther than the deep blue state of Vermont. The legislature…
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Who’s responsible for no WH calls to Carter? The Jews, of course.
There was a curious exchange between former President Jimmy Carter and MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell in a recent interview. My…
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Religion
Five things to keep in mind about the Hobby Lobby case
The Sebelius vs. Hobby Lobby case goes to the U.S. Supreme Court this week, and social media, as well as…
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Media
Washington Post beclowns itself
In case you missed it, the Washington Post ran a story recently attempting to link the Koch brothers — the libertarian…
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Law and Government
Love is patient, love is kind…unless you disagree with this nun
There have been many very thoughtful pieces written on the issue of whether those with religious convictions that lead them…
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President admits ACA is not really that affordable
In case you missed it, Hot Air has the story of an appearance President Barack Obama made at a town…
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Quick Takes
Review: The Meaning of Hitler
The Meaning of Hitler by Sebastian Haffner (translated by Ewald Osers, Harvard University Press, 1979) I’ve read and reread a…
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Quick Takes
Book Review: The Poisoner’s Handbook
The Poisoner’s Handbook by Deborah Blum (Penguin Books 2010) Deborah Blum’s page-turning book about the rise of real forensic science…
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Quick Takes
REVIEW: Kate Atkinson’s “Life after Life”
The part I enjoyed the most about Kate Atkinson’s novel Life after Life was her note to readers after the…
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Social Issues
Hey, liberals, let’s imitate Europe…on abortion
Mandatory three-day waiting periods, abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy forbidden, women required to give “social reasons” for terminating a…
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Quick Takes
Union loses vote at TN VW plant
Auto workers in Tennessee nixed joining the United Auto Workers union at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga this week, in…
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Education
Teaching to the test is not a bad thing
James Samuelson, a teacher at the Queens Vocational and Technical High School, had an op/ed in the Wall Street Journal…
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Quick Takes
Ron Fournier – sob – wanted Obamacare to work
Boohoo. Pass a hanky to National Journal’s Ron Fournier who is now moaning about why he’s “getting sick of defending…
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Politics
Compassionate conservatism? No more true than compassionate liberalism
Count me as a Republican who bought into the “compassionate conservatism” lingo back in George Bush’s heyday (or maybe that…
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Politics
Voters might dislike Dems but still not love the GOP
Things are looking good for Republicans in the coming elections. So sayeth the pundits. I’m not linking to any stories…
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Poor Woody Allen: A script
Rainy afternoon. Manhattan office decorated with modern art and Eames-style furniture. Sterile. Gray. Woody, struggling TV and film writer, sits in front…
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Quick Takes
Woody Allen’s problem
In case you missed it, Dylan Farrow, daughter of Mia Farrow, has accused Woody Allen of sexually abusing her when…
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Quick Takes
REVIEW: Grumpy-pants Paul
Paul among the People by Sarah Ruden (Random House Image Books 2010) A week ago, the Sunday Epistle reading was…
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Media
MSNBC’s ‘sensibility’ in a nutshell: Hate (conservatives)
MSNBC has engaged in such offensive behavior in the past year that bloggers and media critics should just keep at the…
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Economy
Raise the minimum wage and help the poor (politician win votes)
In case you missed it — and apparently, many Americans did — the president gave his State of the Union…
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Education
Vermont: Taking the pesky public out of public education
For those who think school vouchers are a new idea, take a look at Vermont–a state that, for more than…
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Politics
Wendy Davis controversy is not a mommy-war story
In a short piece over at Hot Air, Kirsten Powers argues that there’s a double standard being applied to Texas…
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Politics
The country is becoming more libertarian, not liberal
“America is becoming more liberal,” a Washington Post opinion headline asserted this past week. The commentary, penned by a Democratic…
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