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Category Archives: National
Rush on Trump & Nationalism
El Rushbo today: Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh said Wednesday that Trump’s popularity is evidence that “nationalism and populism have overtaken conservatism” in the Republican Party “The Trump triumph — the Trump coalition — is exposing the fact that it … Continue reading
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Trump & Authoritarianism
A quant-oriented, UMASS, poli-sci guy has one of the rare, valuable, insightful analyses of the Mein Trumpf phenomenon. “The One Weird Trait That Predicts Whether You’re a Trump Supporter” is the title of Matthew MacWilliams’ piece in Politico: If I … Continue reading
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Feds Spend $406,875 Texting Latino Men To Exercise
From Fox News: The National Institutes of Health is spending more than $400,000 sending text messages to Latino men to encourage them to exercise. The University of California, San Diego is conducting the study, which is attempting to employ the … Continue reading
Fishtown Eclipses Belmont
As the number of Fishtown residents increases, as well as their apparent preponderance for Trump’s “fascism”, the coderie of ‘intellectual’ conservatives (who are often wallflowers in Belmont) likewise grows. Might a coalescence of some kind be occurring? “Middle-class families, pillar … Continue reading
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NYT: 12/10/15
The current lead stories at NYT.com reflects the increasing dissonance between Left [Red] and Right [Blue] America. Are we reaching a breaking point? How much longer can this untenable tension endure? Has the Left overreached to the point of an … Continue reading
The Gothic Thesis
In “Are We All German Now?“, Samuel Goldman (assistant professor of political science at George Washington University) discusses the ‘Gothic thesis’: We like to think of Jefferson drafting the Declaration of Independence with Locke or Cicero at his elbow. But … Continue reading
The “M”-Word has Been Spoken
Finally, the “M” word has been, in essence, spoken. With Trump’s call for a moratorium on Islamic entries into the U.S., “until we figure out what the hell is going on”, the MSM and GOP Inc. are outraged. What is … Continue reading
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WH: “Common Sense” Gun Control & San Bernardino
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Pat on Trump
Pat Buchanan discusses Trump and the new ‘Silent Majority’: His popularity is traceable to the fact that he rejects the moral authority of the media, breaks their commandments, and mocks their condemnations. His contempt for the norms of Political Correctness … Continue reading
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The Best 10 Mosques in San Bernardino, CA
8:33 pm EST: Here is Yelp’s list of “The Best 10 Mosques in San Bernardino, CA” Who knew there would be so many. There are five mosques within a two-mile radius of the shooting site. The address of the Inland … Continue reading
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