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DEMS, GOP SPLIT ON HANDLING MONEY
A recent report on campaign fundraising reveals an important distinction between the two major parties when it comes to handling money. In the last nineteen months, the Democratic National Committee raised a bit more than the Republican National Committee—$ 61 million, compared to $60 million for the GOP.
At the same time that they raise more money, the...
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DEMS, GOP SPLIT ON HANDLING MONEY
A recent report on campaign fundraising reveals an important distinction between the two major parties when it comes to handling money. In the last nineteen months, the Democratic National Committee raised a bit more than the Republican National Committee—$ 61 million, compared to $60 million for the GOP.
At the same time that they raise more money, the...
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HAMAS AND THE HOLOCAUST
Leaders of Hamas repeatedly describe the situation in Gaza as “genocide” and compare Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to Hitler. These inflammatory charges ignore both dictionary and legal definitions of “genocide,” which international law describes as brutal acts “with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious...
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HAMAS AND THE HOLOCAUST
Leaders of Hamas repeatedly describe the situation in Gaza as “genocide” and compare Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to Hitler. These inflammatory charges ignore both dictionary and legal definitions of “genocide,” which international law describes as brutal acts “with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious...
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And Justice for None in Ferguson
In what’s perhaps the best book written on the subject of race, intolerance, and mob justice, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird homes in on the trial of a black man, Tom Robinson, falsely accused of rape by a white girl and her family. A white lawyer in town — Atticus Finch — steps up, and to the dismay of his white neighbors, takes Robinson’s case....
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Yes, Police Are the Good Guys
If an American institution inspires public confidence through conspicuous, consistent progress over the course of many years, why seek to change or challenge its direction? That’s the question for politicians and activists who denounce alleged “militarization” of local police departments despite their recent achievements in slashing rates of...
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Yes, Police Are the Good Guys
If an American institution inspires public confidence through conspicuous, consistent progress over the course of many years, why seek to change or challenge its direction? That’s the question for politicians and activists who denounce alleged “militarization” of local police departments despite their recent achievements in slashing rates of...
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On the Death of My Father
My father, Max Prager, died last week. Here are some thoughts on the death of a parent. 1. Longevity Parents who live long are very lucky. Not only for their longevity, and not only because they get to see their children grow into adulthood, and not only because they may see grandchildren, but for all […]
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Rand Paul’s Losing Bet
On “Police Militarization”: Bad Policy, Worse Politics
Rand Paul’s criticism of the “militarization” of local police departments may represent a sincere initiative by one of the Senate’s more thoughtful members but it also amounts to bad policy and worse politics. As with his calls for defense cuts and a pullback from America’s global...
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Rand Paul’s Losing Bet
On “Police Militarization”: Bad Policy, Worse Politics
Rand Paul’s criticism of the “militarization” of local police departments may represent a sincere initiative by one of the Senate’s more thoughtful members but it also amounts to bad policy and worse politics. As with his calls for defense cuts and a pullback from America’s global...
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Republicans need to be ready for Democratic election lawfare
Could Mike McFadden, the GOP nominee for Minnesota‘s U.S. Senate seat, best Democratic incumbent Al Franken on Election Day, Nov. 4, and lose the race in overtime?
The last Republican to face Franken, former Sen. Norm Coleman, did just that, losing a recount battle that was, according to most observers, a well-run Democratic legal and media blitz against...
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The Islamic State of the World
by Brian Fahy & Garrett Fahy
The American people have learned that once again, they were not told the truth. We were told that by the fall of 2012, Al Qaeda was purportedly on the run, finished off by a diplomacy that exchanged bullets for talking points, kinetic warfare for bridge-building conciliation. None of it was true. These talking points...
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Robin Williams, A Sense Of Purpose, And Media’s Religious Blind Spot
The media blind spot toward religion’s role in American life distorted coverage of the Robin Williams suicide even while it slanted reporting on an important new study about health advantages of a personal sense of purpose.
That research, conducted at Carleton University in Ottawa, relied on data from the National Institute on Aging in the United States. More...
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Robin Williams, A Sense Of Purpose, And Media’s Religious Blind Spot
The media blind spot toward religion’s role in American life distorted coverage of the Robin Williams suicide even while it slanted reporting on an important new study about health advantages of a personal sense of purpose.
That research, conducted at Carleton University in Ottawa, relied on data from the National Institute on Aging in the United States. More...
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POLICE AREN’T THE PROBLEM; THEY’RE THE SOLUTION
“It’s easy for a black male to keep himself from being shot by a white cop,” the Wall Street Journal’s Jason Riley said on my radio show. “It’s much harder to keep from getting shot by other black men.” Riley’s point is that if you defer and don’t try to challenge a police officer he may insult you but he won’t kill you. In fact, an...
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POLICE AREN’T THE PROBLEM; THEY’RE THE SOLUTION
“It’s easy for a black male to keep himself from being shot by a white cop,” the Wall Street Journal’s Jason Riley said on my radio show. “It’s much harder to keep from getting shot by other black men.” Riley’s point is that if you defer and don’t try to challenge a police officer he may insult you but he won’t kill you. In fact, an...
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