“Guardian”: Army is a far-right institution
As they say, so much “Guardian”: In some respects, the UK military – the institution, rather than the people – is itself a far-right organisation. On one hand it is …
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Children of the Revolution
Number one most-read article in “The Atlantic” monthly at the moment is a very interesting piece by Yascha Mounk, lecturer on government at Harvard, titled “Americans Strongly Dislike PC Culture”, …
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Literal Hitler about Trump Hitler: I don’t like him
Just because 2018 can’t get any surreal, German tabloid “Bild” has tracked down Adolf Hitler’s relative to ask him, among other things, about Donald Trump: Relatives of notorious Nazi leader …
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Would I would tell my children about Kavanaugh
This morning over breakfast, my 8-year old said to me: “How can we live in a world where survivors’ stories are not listened to and a rapist now sits on …
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Second Civil War or Same Old Same Old?
Type in “Second Civil War” into Google and you will instantly get nearly half a billion results. National Review, Townhall, Slate, New Yorker have all speculated about it recently. Thirty-one …
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Star Wars vs Troll Wars
Does a movie really suck or is it all just a big Russian conspiracy? Don’t ask me – I haven’t watched any of the new Disney “Star Wars” franchise movies …
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Should men give up their seats for women?
No, not on the bus or subway – I think it’s taken that if you are gentlemen you will – but in life generally. Matthew Dowd, chief political analyst for …
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Happy 70,000,058th birthday, the Flintstones!
On September 30, 1960, at 8:30 PM, ABC network aired the first episode of Hanna-Barbera-produced “The Flintstones”. The late broadcast hour was a recognition that initially “The Flintstones” were made …
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The Mysterious Case of a Georgetown Party
As the FBI investigates the accusation that Judge Kavanaugh attempted to sexually assault Christine Blasey Ford when in high school, maybe they can dig deeper into this little mystery that …
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Flakey inputs, Flakey outputs
Doesn’t that picture just look like a Renaissance painting? “The Last Temptation of Flake” by Rembrandt. Anti-Trump retiring Republican Senator Jeff Flake has brokered a compromise of sorts: U.S. Sen. …
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American Horror Story: Confirmation Hearings
Senator Lindsey Graham described today’s proceedings in the US Senate as “the most despicable thing I have ever seen in politics.” From across the pond, Piers Morgan called it “a …
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Till debt do us apart
I feel like the voice crying in the wilderness. I have been writing about government debt, both in the United States and in Australia, for a long time because I …
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Republicans: the more popular the more in trouble?
Two sets of numbers, seemingly contradictory: Forty-five percent of Americans now have a favorable view of the Republican Party, a nine-point gain from last September’s 36%. It is the party’s …
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Congratulations Asians, you’re now honorary Caucasians!
The other day, in the context of the dummy spit that Serena Williams has thrown while losing to a half-Japanese, half-Haitian Naomi Osaka, I joked on Facebook that in the …
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When Great is Not Good Enough
Things seem to be going quite well across the United States. The economy is growing consistently at a very healthy rate (eat your heart out, Europe), unemployment keeps falling – …
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Familiarity breeds contempt
The result of this study seems counter-intuitive, but it’s not: Dwelling in a political echo chamber — where you only encounter people who agree with you — is hardly conducive …
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Close Encounters of the Congressional Kind
Republicans can be often heard talking about illegal aliens, but pretty soon there might be one in Congress with a personal experience of (legal) ones: U.S. House candidate Bettina Rodriguez …
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Forecast: There will be a lot of punching
As I wrote a few days ago, the “Unite the Right” rally in Washington DC over the weekend united some two dozen white supremacists for a complete fizzer. By contrast, …
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A brief guide to who you can and can’t criticise
Former editor of “The Spectator”, Mayor of London and Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, has been at the centre of controversy for his remarks about burqas and how they remind him …
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From Russia without love
Facebook’s drive towards absolute transparency – of its users, of course, not of Facebook itself; don’t be silly! – continues: Anyone who manages a Facebook page that has a “large …
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