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Good response to a myth
Fans of liberty will find plenty to dispute in Michael Gerson’s Heroic Conservatism (Harper Collins, 2007). The former Bush speechwriter and policy adviser is one of the more vocal advocates…
Jacques Chirac
President of France from 1995 to 2007
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This is one of the worst ideas I have ever heard
As I predicted, the IPCC Summary for Policymakers is bringing about unheard-of levels of climate-change hysteria. The AP reports: Fear of runaway global warming pushed 46 countries to line up…
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AP’s disintegration
The Associated Press, in reporting on the detaining of a Venezualan official at JFK, wrote this (emphasis added): Maduro said when one official ordered him to go to another room…
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Re: Chirac wants Moussaoui
Let France have him, I say. If he’s going to be in prison for life, better to have him recruiting inmates for al Qaeda et al. in France rather than…
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Chirac wants Moussaoui
French President Jacques Chirac wants convicted terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui to do his jail time in France. I’m not so sure this is a favor to Moussaoui. My only experience with…
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On the Standard fare
JLFers know that I think the Weekly Standard, helmed by friend Bill Kristol and good friend Fred Barnes, is one of the best sources around for coverage of national and…
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Now look who?s a media critic
The prime minister of Slovakia thinks the news media have done a poor job of reporting on Iraq, thus influencing public opinion in Europe against what he believes to be…
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Blame It on Chirac
One thing Jews and Muslims can agree on: the tsunami.
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Jacques’s a Crock
A New York Times article shows that French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac lives in a fantasy land, as usual: “To a certain extent Saddam Hussein’s departure was a positive thing,”…
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Overheard.
An overheard shorthand description of the Democrats platform, “WWJCD?” As in, ?What Would Jacques Chirac Do??
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Re: Chirac the “conservative”
Sad to say, most European “conservatives” are quite comfortable conserving the welfare state, their political stance going something like, “We can manage the vast apparatus of the state better than…
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Chirac the conservative
Joy!: French President Jacques Chirac’s party suffered a great set back in Sunday’s regional elections. Not so fast: The blow was dealt by a triumvirate of Socialists, Communists, and Greens.