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Category Archives: Politics
Foes Use Obama’s Muslim Ties to Fuel Rumors About Him
Perry Bacon writes for the Washington Post: In his speeches and often on the Internet, the part of Sen. Barack Obama‘s biography that gets the most attention is not his race but his connections to the Muslim world. Since declaring … Continue reading
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The World Doesn’t Hate America, the Left Does
Dennis Prager writes: One of the most widely held beliefs in the contemporary world — so widely held it is not disputed — is that, with few exceptions, the world hates America. One of the Democrats’ major accusations against the … Continue reading
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Hillary’s Mystery Aide
From the Times of India Nov. 29: Huma Abedin, who is now 32, is the only daughter of parents of pre-partition India. Her father Syed Zainul Abedin was an alumnus of Aligarh Muslim University and came to the United States … Continue reading
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The End Of Giuliani?
Brilliant at Breakfast writes: Can you imagine if a Democratic presidential candidate had as a business client someone who harbored Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, otherwise known as "the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks"? Well, if Rudy Giuliani wants to run as … Continue reading
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The Big Clinton Story
Bill Robinson writes: I’ve just spent two weeks traveling and speaking with media elites in L.A., Chicago, NYC, and D.C. and among other things, I was repeatedly told that The New York Times and The L.A. Times are "sitting on … Continue reading
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Trent Lott Fallout: The Gay Escort Who Knew Too Much
From Big Head DC: Once upon a time, there was a twentysomething boy-next-door type with reddish blond hair and a brilliantly white smile. Not one to shy away from attention, he wrote a blog called “Fifteen Minutes,” and also became … Continue reading
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Escort Throws Cold Water On Lott Rumor
From the Huffington Post: A San Antonio-based gay male escort categorically denied Monday that outgoing GOP Sen. Trent Lott had ever procured his services, putting to bed one of the more stunning rumors to emerge following Lott’s announcement earlier in … Continue reading
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America, Here Are Your Democratic Presidential Candidates
Dennis Prager writes on Townhall: If you want to know what the Democratic presidential candidates and the Democratic Party believe, the debates, often derided as intellectually inconsequential, reveal a great deal. The problem is that news media almost never report … Continue reading
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Tancredo Confronts Heckler on Sharia (Islamic Law)
Brenda Walker writes on VDare: Recently Presidential candidate Tom Tancredo reminded America in Churchillian fashion of the still active threat from Islamists to destroy Western civilization. For Tancredo’s trouble, his ad was called “fear mongering” and worse. Did these critics … Continue reading
‘Big Daddy: Jesse Unruh and the Art of Power Politics,’ by Bill Boyarsky
Peter Schrag writes in the LA Times: Not only was Unruh a central player in the forging of California’s great postwar highway, university and water systems and the creation of its progressive governmental institutions, he also was a man with … Continue reading
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