Liberty
Biden, Harris Continue to ‘Flop’
Michael Goodwin of the New York Post examines the latest failings of America’s top government executives. With apologies to an old television comedy, the week that was in America was…
Hiroshima
capital city of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
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Reminding People About a Little-Discussed Piece of Reagan’s Legacy
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online reminds readers about one of former President Ronald Reagan’s top goals. A forgotten aspect of Ronald Reagan’s presidency: He wanted to abolish nuclear weapons.…
Liberty
Obama’s Hiroshima speech and the $300K bill
Elizabeth Harrington of the Washington Free Beacon tells us just how much we’ll have to pay for President Obama’s ill-conceived trip to Hiroshima. Taxpayers were billed more than $300,000 for…
Liberty
Lessons to be learned from the Pearl Harbor anniversary
As we approach the 75th anniversary of the “date which will live in infamy,” Victor Davis Hanson offers some observations at National Review Online. President Obama is visiting Hiroshima this…
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Susan Ladd quiz
Multiple choice quiz -in today’s column the N&R’s Susan Ladd compares Republican education policy in North Carolina to which devastating historical event: a) the Holocaust; b) the bombing of Hiroshima;…
Liberty
History according to Joe Lieberman
The other night on Fox News former Senator Joe Lieberman told Sean Hannity that before this the last time WMD’s were used by Saddam Hussein and before that you had…
Education
Embrace Hobo-Phobia
Over at the National Association of Scholars page today there is a transcript of a debate between NAS president Peter Wood, writer Ashley Thorne, and Education Sector chief Kevin Carey.…
Liberty
A useful comparison — Detroit and Hiroshima
Here is a group of photographs comparing Hiroshima and Detroit and they were in 1945 with they way they look today. In 1945, Hiroshima was in ruins and Detroit was…
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In defense of Rev. Jeremiah Wright
LTE* of the day, from Charles E. Turner of Greensboro: Some white Americans should learn to deal with the truth when it’s spoken, regardless the speaker. Seven years ago, when…
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Media maligned
Okay, it’s time for a little Monday morning guessing game. Which member of the right-wing “lunatic fringe” wrote these lines to complain about media coverage of the conflict between Israel…
Liberty
Re: The real cause of global warming
Jon, it was good of you to note that your site was satirical. This area of inquiry is decidedly Cordato’s Law territory, after all. When the subject is global warming,…
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Hiroshima again
On this sixtieth anniversary of the end of the war, Ramesh Ponnuru examines what the justifications of Hiroshima and Nagasaki imply for the war on terror.