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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

The Demographics of Depression

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The current issue of First Things (not yet available online) features a most interesting article by new associate editor David Goldman on t...

The UnChurchill

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Yesterday marked the second anniversary of one of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's finest, most prescient moments: Senator Reid...
Monday, April 20, 2009

Romancing the Jihadis

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Clifford May remarks on the odd yet fond attraction some Western Leftists have for Islamic jihadists: Ask those on the Left what values ...

Ambush

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C. J. Chivers describes in the New York Times an army ambush of some 26 Taliban in Afghanistan: Only the lead insurgents were disciplin...

More 'Redistribution'

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Here's a piece by Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel prize winner in economics, Ex-Chief Economist of the World Bank, Professor of Columbia Univers...
Saturday, April 18, 2009

Dr. Doom

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Whenever I see something from Nouriel Roubini, I check it out for several reasons; he's rather brilliant, he's a professor of econom...

Before the Cock Crows Thrice

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By now you've probably heard that our President spoke recently at Georgetown - a Catholic university, need I remind you - but not befor...

Financial Oligarchs

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Bill caught this outstanding article in The Atlantic , authored by former IMF bigwig Simon Johnson, and passed it on to ruin our day. Her...
Friday, April 17, 2009

Courageous Heart

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In 2007 we wrote about Irena Sendler, a Polish woman who risked her life to save Jewish children from the Nazis and who was nominated that ...

The End of Philosophy

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David Brooks assays the field of ethics in a New York Times column titled The End of Philosophy and quickly finds himself raising question...

Civil Discourse Among the Lefties

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This video of last night's Countdown with Keith Olbermann has to be seen to be believed (and savored). Tens of thousands (at least) of ...
Thursday, April 16, 2009

Freedom Is Slavery

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Janet Napolitano, the Director of Homeland Security and the lady who informed us that we are no longer fighting a global war on terrorism bu...
Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Dealing with Pirates

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Strategy Page offers an interesting explanation as to why the world seems slow to do anything about the Somali pirates: While ten percent...

Three Months In

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Today protesters across the country are having "Tea Parties" to demonstrate their dissatisfaction with the economic policies of t...
Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Change We Could Believe in

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When people don't pay income taxes they have little stake in the economic health of the nation and a lot of incentive to vote for whatev...

Salient Details

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Every report I've seen or heard about the horrible abduction and murder of 8 year-old Sandra Cantu has mentioned that her killer, Melis...
Monday, April 13, 2009

Condescending Contempt

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Anyone who has spent much time browsing YouTube, or listening to people like Bill Maher, will recognize the sort of condescending contempt A...

The Year of Astronomy

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New Scientist celebrates the Year of Astronomy by releasing a series of eight of the best astronomical photographs of the year. They'r...

Irena Opdyke

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Dennis Prager tells a story of a woman in Nazi-occupied Poland that raises some serious moral questions. The story has been made into a pla...
Saturday, April 11, 2009

Easter Poll

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I find this a bit hard to believe, but since it's Easter I thought I'd put it up on Viewpoint anyway: As Christians gather to ce...