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Climategate: Ten Years Later 0
- Culture
- November 7, 2019
This month marks the tenth anniversary of “Climategate” – the release of thousands of emails to and from climate scientists who had been (and still are) collaborating and colluding to create a manmade climate crisis that exists in their minds and computer models, but not in the real world. The scandal should have ended climate
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10 ‘Subversive’ Jokes to Land You in an East German Prison 0
- Culture
- November 7, 2019
Making fun of politicians is an American tradition. Some jokes cross lines of good taste; some are unfair or unfunny. Good taste and humor aside, Americans take it for granted that we can poke fun at politicians and our leaders. What’s the difference between Obama and God? God doesn’t think he is Obama. What does
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The Fall of the Wall and the Rise of Political Correctness 0
- Culture
- November 7, 2019
Thirty years ago this month, there occurred one of those amazing historical moments that stunned the world. The Berlin Wall ceased to exist: On November 9, 1989, as the Cold War began to thaw across Eastern Europe, the spokesman for East Berlin’s Communist Party announced a change in his city’s relations with the West. Starting at midnight
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Bernie Sanders: ‘Thank God’ for Capitalism 0
- Culture
- November 6, 2019
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) rarely expresses thanks to the divine, much less for the system of global capitalism. When the democratic socialist combines both sentiments, as he did this weekend, it is worth reporting. Sanders’ statement takes on greater significance given the context of his interviewer’s question: Bernie Sanders credited capitalism with lifting 1.2 billion people out
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The Rise, Fall, and Legacy of the Berlin Wall 0
- History
- November 6, 2019
Democratic Party candidates for president advocate socialism. Young adults view collectivism as a serious alternative to capitalism. Most anyone under 40 has little memory of the Berlin Wall, probably the most dramatic symbol of the most murderous human tyranny to afflict the world. After decades of oppression, hundreds of millions of people were finally free,
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The ‘OK Boomer’ Meme Comes From a Place of Insecurity 2
- Culture
- November 6, 2019
A friend of mine recently saw the new Joker movie. As he explained the plot to me, it was evident that he was unimpressed. Perhaps disturbed is a better word. He found the treatment of older people, many of whom were portrayed as inept or disposable, particularly troubling. Unfortunately, such disrespectful treatment seems to be
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Climategate: Ten Years Later 0