Indonesia’s Strange Kind of Justice
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, the governor of Jakarta, Indonesia's largest city, recently lost his reelection bid and was also sentenced to prison for saying that the Koran does not forbid...
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Saudi Arabia on UN’s Status of Women Panel
Guess who won a seat on the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women? The new appointee ranks 141st of the 144 nations rated by the World Economic Forum...
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Former Congressman Suggests Speaker Ryan Should Step Aside “Whatever other role he might be suited for, Mr. Ryan needs a serious adjustment if he is to continue as Speaker...
The President and NATO
During his campaign for president, Donald Trump frequently employed the word “obsolete” to describe NATO. But NATO has never been “obsolete.” It has greatly aided its UN sponsor in...
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French Politician Delivers a Sharp Rebuke to Opponent “You’ve spoken for seven minutes and I have no idea what you said. Every time you talk, you take a little...
Gramsci’s Plan
Italian Communist Antonio Gramsci called for softening up the people by steering them away from their cultural foundationsn — faith in God, love of country, reliance on family, and attachment to...
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Is the New Secretary of the Interior a Climate-change Believer? “Climate is changing; man is an influence. I think where there’s debate on it is what that influence is...
Will Neil Gorsuch Become a Supreme Court Justice?
If Neil Gorsuch follows the lead set by Antonin Scalia, the man whose place on the court he will fill if approved by the Senate, chances are that he...
John McCain, the Anti-Conservative
Senator John McCain receives friendly airtime and is relied upon for his perspective because of his willingness to stand apart from true conservatism — which is based on the U.S. Constitution’s...
Do We Live in a Land of Laws?
When a federal judge blocked President Trump’s ban on entry to America from seven majority-Muslim nations, his decree won praise from the liberals and left-wingers. ...
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Fifteen Years of War in Afghanistan a Colossal Failure “Last year the Taliban controlled 20 percent of Helmand Province. This year, they control 85 percent of the province.” President...
Rep. John Lewis Under a Microscope
Lewis is one of the most liberal members of the entire House and unquestionably one of most consistently Democratic congressmen in the Deep South. ...
Is Socialism Worse Than Communism?
Six years ago in a speech exposing the scourge of neoconservatism, I startled some of the audience by claiming that socialism is more dangerous than communism. ...
Sanders the Socialist
While chatting recently with a friendly technician who was repairing my copy machine, I got a taste of a very big problem facing our country. The man knew everything about...
Hillary’s Plurality Under a Microscope
Supporters of Hillary Clinton’s bid to become President can’t get over the fact that she won more votes than did her opponent. Her numbers exceeded Donald Trump’s by a...