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America as Pill Bug

Closing out embassies was prudent in the short term. But what message does it send? by Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Online We’ve all run across the pill bug in our gardens. At the first sign of danger, the tiny paranoid crustacean suddenly turns into a ball — in hopes the danger will have passed …

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Syria’s Graphic Beheading Videos

by Raymond Ibrahim // FrontPage Magazine Based on a widely circulated video and statements from the Vatican, it was believed that Fr. Francois Murad, a Catholic Syrian priest, was recently beheaded in Syria. It was not long before others “vigorously denied” the story, saying that the Christian priest was actually shot dead.  And now that’s fast …

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A Brief History of Media Bias

Who said that newspapers are supposed to report the news in an objective and fact-based way? by Bruce S. Thornton Defining Ideas The revelation that the Department of Justice acquired and read the phone records of Associated Press editors and reporters does not change the obvious fact that the mainstream media have been reliable supporters …

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The President Won–Sort Of

The administration spent the last six months of the campaign in cover-up mode. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online On September 11, 2012, Barack Obama was 1 point ahead of Mitt Romney in the ABC and Washington Post polls. Share This

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Obama’s Second-Term Embarrassments

“Hope and change” is looking like the 1973 Nixon White House. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online In Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, he ran to the left of Hillary Clinton as a moral reformer. Share This

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Terrorism as Therapy

The Obama administration is intent on downplaying the Islamic roots of contemporary terrorism. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online One common theme emerges from the hearings over the Benghazi disaster: The Obama administration is intent on downplaying the Islamic roots of terrorists who harbor an existential hatred of the West. Share This

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Neither, Secretary Clinton

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Hillary Clinton’s now infamous second question that followed, “Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided that they’d go kill some Americans?” Share This

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Is Benghazi Becoming a Watergate, or Iran-Contra, or Both?

by Victor Davis Hanson NRO’s The Corner Benghazi cannot be dismissed with “long ago” or “what difference does it make” exasperation, given it may have the cover-up and civil-liberties aspects of Watergate and the weapon-transfers and foreign-policy implications of Iran-Contra. Share This

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The Obama Borg

How “man-caused disasters” replaced Islamist terrorism in the Obama lexicon. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online In Star Trek lore, the Borg was a collective of servile drone operatives that sought to assimilate other species into its “hive mind.” Share This

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