Politics

‘Authoritarianism’ May Be Necessary to Fight Climate Change, Cambridge Study Argues 0
- Politics
- January 7, 2022
A recent study published in American Political Science Review, a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Cambridge University, begins with a teasing question: “Is authoritarian power ever legitimate?” For many, the answer is clearly no, concedes the study’s author—Ross Mittiga, an assistant professor of political theory at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. But Mittiga,
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Why the Left Cannot Let Go of Jan. 6 0
- Politics
- January 7, 2022
“Every Day Is Jan. 6 Now.” That was the headline over the editorial of 1,000 words in The New York Times of Sunday last. On first read, I thought the Times was conceding its obsession and describing its mission. For the editorial began by bewailing yet anew the “horrifying” event, “the very real bloodshed of
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Associated Press = Associated Propaganda 0
- Politics
- January 6, 2022
If nothing else, the past two years have demonstrated with blazing clarity how the ruling elites live by one set of rules and impose an entirely separate set of rules on the unfavored, ostracized, dispossessed and deplatformed. As a member of the print, broadcast and internet media for the past 30 years, I cannot emphasize
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Russia Is Not the Great Rival; China Is 0
- Politics
- January 3, 2022
While all facts are true, not all facts are relevant. And what are the relevant facts in this crisis where 100,000 Russian troops are now stationed along the Ukrainian border? Fact one: There is not now and never has been a vital U.S. interest in Ukraine to justify risking a war with Russia. History tells
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Sickening Truths and Consequences of Government COVID Policies 0
- Politics
- January 3, 2022
American journalist H. L. Mencken once said, “Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit upon his hands, raise the black flag, and begin slitting throats.” Dec. 30 was a day I wanted to spit on my hands. That was the day I read the introduction to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s The Real
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Biden’s Staring into the Abyss—and So Are We 0
- Politics
- December 30, 2021
“‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers / That perches in the soul,” wrote Emily Dickinson. “And sore must be the storm / That could abash the little Bird / That kept so many warm.” Staring ahead on New Year’s Eve, at what appear to be the coming storms of 2022, this once-hopeful country is going
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