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Category Archives: Politics
Tom Tancredo Chases White House
He’s my favorite candidate for U.S. president (my next preference would be Mitt Romney and then Rudy Giuliani). I heard him speak to the Wednesday Morning Club August 22, 2006. The Denver Post does him wrong in its report: Tancredo’s … Continue reading
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Party Of Defeat
About the only time I like to blog my opinions on politics is to say that I’m wrong (such as about the war in Iraq). Otherwise, I don’t think I have anything important to add and prefer to write about … Continue reading
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Dennis Prager Debates Michael Berenbaum
Russell Wardlow blogs about the March 5 U.J. program: Prager, though I respect him, is constantly frustrating on questions like these in that he seems to refuse following the implications of his beliefs to their logical conclusions. Berenbaum actually went … Continue reading
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L.A. Press Club Hosts Immigration Panel Discussion
Here’s the audio from Thursday night. Photos: Yes, Virginia, there is a Conan Nolan. Jon Fleischman and Daniel Hernandez don’t see eye to eye, but, thanks to Dr. Conan Nolan, they are able to share their feelings. Publicist Edward Headington … Continue reading
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I Supported The War In Iraq And I Was Wrong
Jacob Weisberg delivers four unspeakable truths about the fight (and I tend to agree with them): 1. The war was a mistake. 2. Our soldiers are as much victims as heroes. "People join the military for a variety of … Continue reading
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The Luke Ford Freedom Center Presents Your Moral Leader’s Stirring Account Of Bruce Herschensohn’s Wednesday Night Speech Supporting Freedom And Opposing Tyranny
On my Monday afternoon walk to prayer, I ran into a grimy Rob Eshman, fresh from a family weekend at Mammoth, on his way to dinner at Pico Kosher Deli. Embracing my new-found spirituality, I emulated Rob’s attire Wednesday night. … Continue reading
I Don’t Know When To Be Libertarian
I’m a conservative who finds much of libertarianism theoretically compelling. One of my major objections to libertarian thought is to do with foreign policy — particularly that Israel and Taiwan would not exist as free countries without massive US aid … Continue reading
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The Fight for Jerusalem: Radical Islam, the West, and the Future of the Holy City By Dore Gold
The former U.N. ambassador for Israel spoke Thursday night about his new book The Fight for Jerusalem to a joint meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition and the David Horowitz Freedom Center. Melrose Larry Green was among the first to … Continue reading
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The Progress And Poverty Of Richard Yisroel Pensack
I’ve exchanged emails with Yisroel Pensack for years. We share interests in, among other things, Orthodox Judaism and journalism. Feb. 4, I sent him some questions and he replied: I read Progress and Poverty by Henry George in SF 1972, … Continue reading
Will Antonio Villaraigosa Fall Like Henry Cisneros?
During the 1980s and early 1990s, Henry Cisneros received adulatory media coverage for being a photogenic latino politician on the rise. Cisneros became such a sacred cow in San Antonio that he rarely suffered from a critical press. He could … Continue reading
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