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The Heavy Burden
From a Politico piece titled “Jewish Republicans gird for a fight“: The Republican Jewish Coalition — facing the loss of its leading champion and tensions within the GOP — is planning an aggressive push in 2015 to enforce the hawkish … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish, Republican Party
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JYT: 1/5/15
Today’s NYT is a study in contrasts:
Ain’t No White-Savior Movie
Each year, Hollywood trots out an obligatory-film-about-black-transcendence. Last year, it was the forgettable Antebellum Porn flick 12 Years a Slave. This year, it’s Selma. Lo and behold, it turns out that Ava DuVernay, director of Selma, is… drumroll… an angry … Continue reading
Posted in Black, Cultural Marxism, Film
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Liu’s Funeral
A year end tally: FBI Director James Comey on Sunday honored murdered New York City Police Officer Wenjian Liu and remarked that he was shocked and bewildered by the increased number of police officer deaths in 2014. Blue deaths in … Continue reading
Posted in Democrat Party, National, Race
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The Extraordinary Life of Barack Obama’s Imaginary Son
Stephen Miller’s “The Extraordinary Life of Barack Obama’s Imaginary Son” is one of the best columns I’ve read in a long time. President Obama, however, also should look inward and ask why his imaginary son continues to put himself in … Continue reading
Kotkin: “What Will Our Latino Future Look Like?”
In “What Will Our Latino Future Look Like?”, demographer Joel Kotkin (who is not a conservative, it should be noted, and who is also a CA native) takes a hard look at illegal immigration and its impact on CA’s trajectory: … Continue reading
Posted in CA, Immigration
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Dershowitz Enters Stage Right
Prince Andrew is a child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, and fifth in line to the throne. Apparently, a woman is claiming she was forced to have sex with Andrew on three different occasions, when she was underage: … Continue reading
The Greatness of Philip Larkin
Dana Gioia has a good article on “The Greatness of Philip Larkin”, a review of James Booth’s new biography, Philip Larkin: Life, Art and Love.
Posted in Literature
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John McCain vs. The World
John McCain, how I despise thee… Nearly a year ago, tea party agitators in Arizona managed to get John McCain censured by his own state party. Now, he’s getting his revenge. As the longtime Republican senator lays the groundwork for … Continue reading
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Failed Test
I spit soda onto my computer screen with this one: Let’s see… the Castro regime, the far weaker party when it comes to U.S.-Cuban geopolitical relations, has gotten something big (i.e., The Organizer paving the way for unconditional U.S. relations) … Continue reading
Posted in International, MSM
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