Category Archives: National

Memorial Day

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Max West
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Calexico: The Future of the U.S., Pt. II

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Max West

From Fox News Latino (sigh…): SAN DIEGO (AP) –  The U.S. Justice Department issued a scathing review Wednesday of a small town’s police practices in a big drug and immigrant smuggling corridor on California’s border with Mexico, finding a lack … Continue reading →

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GW & DT

Posted on May 5, 2016 by Max West

“Why George Washington Would Have Agreed With Donald Trump” screams the Politico headline, the piece written by Michael Hirsh: For all the lamentation about the level of rhetoric in this Trumped-up election year, the race between Donald Trump and all-but-certain … Continue reading →

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NYT: Obamacare’s Impact

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Max West

And, at the end of the day, isn’t that all that matters?

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Trumpism vs. Clintonism

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Max West

In Vanity Fair, T.A. Frank writes on “Why Democrats Are Becoming the Party of the 1 Percent”: Will rich people suffer if [Donald Trump] is elected president? Well, yes. Yes, they will. Because we all will. But that’s a pat … Continue reading →

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The Organizer, Student Loans, and ‘Disability’

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Max West

And so it begins: The Obama administration on Monday began sending letters to nearly 400,000 people with permanent disabilities, in an attempt to help them through the process of discharging their student loans. The U.S. Department of Education last week … Continue reading →

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The ‘Europeanization’ of U.S. Politics

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Max West

Ivan Krastev, chairman of the Center for Liberal Strategies, pens a NYT op-ed titled “America Hasn’t Gone Crazy. It’s Just More Like Europe.” Krastev is quite obviously a man of the Left but nonetheless sees the 2016 U.S. race for … Continue reading →

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2016 AIPAC Conference

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Max West

Haaretz is Israel’s oldest daily newspaper, and is “known for its strongly left-wing and liberal stances on domestic and foreign issues.” AIPAC is one of the most powerful political lobbying groups operating in the U.S. From Wikipedia: The American Israel … Continue reading →

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‘The View’ Gals Re-Evaluate Trump

Posted on March 26, 2016 by Max West

After Brussels, the 4 liberal (and diverse) hens on The View begrudgingly acknowledge that Trump’s immigration stance has increasing resonance (Hat tip: CCC):

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SCOTUS Diversity

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Max West

While The Organizer’s SCOTUS nominee Merrick Garland is, thankfully, backpage news today, this profile of him in Jewish Journal is eye-opening: Judge Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama’s nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the sudden death last … Continue reading →

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