Liberty
Sunni-Shia split factors into Iran war
Ira Stoll writes for the Washington Free Beacon about one historical factor affecting the war in Iran. Iranian Shiites have a saying, “Sag Sunni.” It means Sunni Muslims are dogs.…
Kuwait
sovereign state in Western Asia
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German-living Marxist founded anti-Israel tracking group
Alana Goodman writes for the Washington Free Beacon about the dubious origins of a group that tracks pro-Israel American politicians. A founder of Track AIPAC, a group that accuses pro-Israel…
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The Problem With Proportionality
Andrew McCarthy of National Review Online examines the response to Iran’s latest attack on American interests. You could set your watch by it. Whenever there is an atrocious attack on…
Liberty
World Now Realizes China is Making Up Its COVID Numbers
Jim Geraghty of National Review Online considers a recent revelation about the communist Chinese government. To hear the Chinese government tell it, its country ranks 98th in the world in…
Elections & Public Integrity
Biden’s courage explored
Andrew Stiles writes for the Washington Free Beacon about former Vice President Joe Biden’s emphasis on “courage.” A super PAC supporting former vice president Joe Biden has unveiled its first…
Energy
California and OPEC oil
Michael Bastasch of the Daily Caller takes a closer look at America’s “greenest” state. There’s a growing call for California Gov. Jerry Brown to stop issuing oil and natural gas…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
North Carolina’s economy on the world stage, 2015
This post is a follow-up to an earlier post, looking at how North Carolina’s GDP compares on the world stage if NC — and the other U.S. states — were independent…
Liberty
Obama is no Bush 41
Robert Kaplan compares the two presidents in a column for The National Interest. President Barack Obama is known to be a great admirer of President George H. W. Bush, who…
Energy
National Review editor praises the ‘drill, baby, drill’ movement
Rich Lowry devotes his latest National Review Online column to giving thanks for those who pushed a “drill, baby, drill” policy. The old Republican rallying cry “drill, baby, drill” was…
Liberty
Hanson posits the power of deterrence
Victor Davis Hanson‘s latest column for National Review Online explains the irreplaceable role of deterrence in preventing war. [D]isputes over honor or from fear do not always lead to war.…
Education
NC vs. the world: Results from TIMSS
View in your browser. Welcome TIMSS are not people, they are tests! Results from the 2011 TIMSS (Trends In International Mathematics and Science Study) have been released. Last year, North…
Elections & Public Integrity
What will Obama’s supporters think of his reliance on a ‘neocon’?
Historian and former Reagan State Department official Robert Kagan is advising Mitt Romney on foreign policy issues. But the latest TIME informs us that President Obama has been listening to…