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It’s time for another ‘Great Relearning’
Marian Tupy writes for National Review Online about the need to revisit some fundamental political facts. The novelist Tom Wolfe gave us the phrase in a 1987 essay about the…
Berlin Wall
barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic, enclosing West Berlin (1961–1989)
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China’s Insane Pursuit of ‘Zero COVID’
Jonathan Tobin writes for the Federalist about communist China’s disturbing response to the persistence of COVID-19. In most of the United States, post-covid normalcy is asserting itself. But in deep…
Liberty
Putting Communist China’s Crimes in Context
Jay Nordlinger of National Review Online ponders communist China’s impact. The Soviet Union lasted 74 years. Communist China is only two years short of that mark. The PRC got going…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
A so-called ‘Techxodus’ from the Golden State
Left-of-center analyst Michael Lind reports for Tablet about recent movement among techies on the West Coast. The “pull” factors of Texas and similar conservative states—the absence of a state income…
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Considering American relations with Germany
Victor Davis Hanson of National Review Online responds to the Trump administration’s latest action involving Germany. President Trump recently ordered a 12,000-troop reduction in American military personnel stationed in Germany.…
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Hell-raising OK, when it’s channeled well
Mark Hemingway of the American Spectator considers the history of American rebellion. They say tragedies always come in threes, and so far 2020 is notable for a total, months-long shutdown…
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Remembering communism’s 100 million casualties
Lee Edwards urges readers of his Daily Signal column never to forget communism’s worldwide death toll. You know you’re doing the right thing when your enemies condemn you. When President…
Elections & Public Integrity
A failed response to the Cold War’s end
Abe Greenwald‘s Commentary cover story documents America’s disappointing response to the once-celebrated “end of history.” The United States is entangled in foreign intrigue to an extent not seen since the…
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Lessons from the Berlin Wall
John Fund of National Review Online ponders the 30th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall. The Berlin Wall stood for 28 years until in 1989 a wave of citizen protest…
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And speaking of socialism…
Today is the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall!
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Warren’s scheme described as ‘financial Berlin Wall’
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online turns to Cold War history to find an appropriate metaphor for Democratic presidential contender Elizabeth Warren’s latest scheme. The class-warfare dreams of the American…
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Antifa should cause concern
Editors at the Washington Examiner offer a warning about violent left-wing protesters. Unlike the crowd that appeared last year in Charlottesville to universal condemnation, these rioters, with their cop-killer rhetoric…