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Pretend to believe

Toward the end of Alexander Goldfarb’s “Death of a Dissident : The Poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko and the Return of the KGB,” Goldfarb reports how after Litvinenko’s death, Putin claimed Litvinenko...

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Most or best work

Blogger Mark Kleiman makes the case that Barak Obama is the right person to have been given the prize as ”the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for...

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Rise above partisanship? Yuck.

The following is what I wrote in response to the Battle Creek Enquirer article, “State to hear B.C.’s voice : Forum gives area residents a say in Michigan’s future.” I was especially responding to the...

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Most extremist administration ever

No wonder the Obama administration seems to have such a narrow, constrained outlook on life. I got the chart from Say Anything blog, which got it from The EnterpriseBlog, which says it came from a JP...

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Green Police

I actually saw a bit of the Super Bowl, toward the end. And I saw that Green Police ad. David Roberts at Grist wonders if it was aimed at teabaggers, but then rejects that idea and thinks it’s aimed at...

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People vs things

Great quote from George Will. He also tells us about a progressive president who once wanted to apply the same principle to his marriage. Progressives are forever longing to replace the governance of...

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Central planning

Fascinating review of Ernest May’s “Strange Victory – Hitler’s Conquest of France”, by Alex Harrowell over at A Fistfull of Euros. It turns out that that Hitler’s Germany was able to defeat France and...

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Criminalizing political differences

The WSJ suggests that President Obama put in a word with the perps who are attempting to criminalize political opponents in Mongolia and Ukraine. All this strongly suggests an effort by Mr. Elbegdorj...

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» Bizarre TSA “Freeze” Security Drill Caught on Camera Alex Jones’ Infowars:...

As WeWontFly.com’s James Babb describes, this is nothing more than “obedience training.” The American people and travelers in general are being ‘broken in’ to accept their subservience in what...

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Is China more democratic than Russia? | openDemocracy

Those of my fellow conservatives who think winning elections will fix things should read this article by Ivan Krastev, and ponder. The nature of any political regime for self-correction is its major...

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