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Obama the Antisemite

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"What Hamas did was horrific, and there is no justification for it. And what is also true is that the occupation, and what’s happening to Palestinians, is unbearable … And so, if you want to solve the problem, then you have to take in the whole truth. And you then have to admit nobody’s hands are clean, that all of us are complicit to some degree.” The above comments were given on a podcast called "Pod Save America" just a few days ago by Barack Obama. It’s absolutely disgusting that a former...

Jews are Not the Oppressors

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It has become abundantly clear that there is a big problem with the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) community. DEI has labored to push the narrative that you are either an oppressor or oppressed. The problem for them is that this idea doesn’t work when it comes to Israel. There is absolutely no more oppressed minority in the history of the world than the Jews. And yet the same DEI folks make them out to be the oppressor -- and try to do so with a straight face.  Anyone who calls...

How You Can Help Israel

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Front Page Magazine put together a nice list of twelve things you can do to support Israel. I'm reprinting it here below and encourage you to do some of the things on the list. [1] Be informed – Learn the history of the conflict. Do background reading. Good places to start include: “The Clash of Civilizations and Remaking of World Order” (1996) by Samuel P. Huntington, “The Case for Israel” (2004) by Alan Dershowitz and “Stealth Jihad: How Radical Islam is Subverting America without Guns...

Liz Magill’s Antisemitism Inaction Plan

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The latest attempt by Liz Magill to smooth over Jewish donors and save her job is absolutely pathetic. She purports to condemn hateful acts and claims they have no place at Penn, but has done nothing to actually ensure they have no place by removing antisemitism from the campus. There is no expulsion of students who actually engaged in antisemitism -- even though she even described those acts! There is no removal of faculty or administration who have downplayed antisemitism and allowed its...

Media Complicity

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The major media outlets in the United States, notably the NYTimes and the Washington Post, are once again complicit in the perpetuating misinformation. The latest example is the rush to blame Israel for a hospital bombing in Gaza that purportedly killed five hundred people. When it later became apparent that it was a misguided missile from Islamic Jihad, that the hospital was not severely damaged, and far fewer people died, there was no major recantation from the newspapers.  Even when the...

The Hamas Horror: Far Worse Than Our 9/11

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The atrocity of the October 7 Hamas invasion in Israel has recently been compared to our 9/11 attack. While the situation is similar -- an Islamic terrorist group struck against a sovereign nation -- the assault on Israel was far worse. To put it in perspective, consider this: on 9/11, 3,000 American citizens died and during the Hamas attack, 1,300 Israeli citizens died. But when you consider those terrible numbers in reference to the total population of each country, the 1,300 deaths out of...

Tariffs Really Are Destructive

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In the WSJ this week, Phill Gramm and Don Boudreaux do an excellent job detailing the devastating effects Trump’s tariffs have had on the American economy. How can protectionists like Trump and his allies not understand that tariffs are destructive? A tariff is basically a tax on imports. It is championed as a means to boost domestic production and government revenue, but this is far from economic reality. Tariffs clearly and consistently hurt the consumer and taxpayer by driving costs up to...

Presidential Primary “Fix-It List”

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Over at the Wall Street Journal, columnist Andy Kessler came up with a list of what he dubbed “15 Ways to Win a Presidential Primary.” Essentially, Kessler eschews style for content as a winning strategy for the crowded Republican primary field. Here is Kessler’s 15 point fix-it plan: TSA reformTackle prescription drug pricingEnd hidden feesEnd the post office monopolyAviation and air-traffic control reformEnd the public school monopolyOffer a 20 year plan for school modernizationEnd housing...

Hunter Biden Get a Little Help From His Friends

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The government interference in the Hunter Biden tax case is simply astounding. Looking beyond the “sweetheart” (misdemeanor) deal that Hunter Biden received is something just as egregious; namely, the actions of the Justice Department in the entire ordeal. Here’s a sampling of their odious behavior: 1) Probable cause had been established by prosecutors to search a) Hunter Biden’s guest house in Delaware at President Biden’s home; and b) the Hunter Biden’s storage unit in Virginia, where it was...

A Very Focused Majority Opinion by Gorsuch

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Gorsuch does a good job pointing out some of the logical flaws in Justice Sotomayor's dissent in the Colorado website cake. The WSJ's Notable and Quotable gives a fine excerpt, which I have included below, plus a link to the full opinion. "From Justice Neil Gorsuch’s majority opinion in 303 Creative v. Elenis, decided June 30: It is difficult to read the dissent [by Justice Sonia Sotomayor] and conclude we are looking at the same case. . . . The dissent claims that Colorado wishes to regulate...

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