by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel recently said of the Chick-fil-A fast-food franchise that “Chick-fil-A’s values are not Chicago’s values.” Why? Because Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy is on record as being opposed to gay marriage — as is close to half the US population, according to polls. The mayors of […]
by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online The chief tenet of postmodernism is that truth and facts are arbitrary constructs, set up by the privileged to manipulate others less fortunate. In the case of our first postmodernist president, Barack Obama, there cannot be facts, past or present, only a set of shifting assertions that gain
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by Raymond Ibrahim Investigative Project on Terrorism The Obama administration’s support for its Islamist allies means lack of US support for their enemies, or, more properly identified, victims — the Christian and other non-Muslim minorities of the Muslim world. Consider the many recent proofs: Share This
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by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online No one has any idea what the Middle East will look like next year, much less in five years — especially the revolutionary players themselves. Share This
by Bruce Thornton Frontpage Magazine The New York Times headline on Secretary of State Clinton’s visit to Egypt said it all: “US Is in a Quandary.” That’s putting it mildly. Better words for this administration’s foreign policy are “confused,” “contradictory,” and “delusional.” Share This
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by Victor Davis Hanson PJ Media Tuned-out Presidents Somewhere around early 2006, the nation tuned out George W. Bush for a variety of reasons, some warranted, but many not. Share This
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by Raymond Ibrahim FrontPage Magazine During a Homeland Security committee hearing last month on the “Radicalization of Muslim-Americans,” Texas Congressman Al Green (D) criticized the hearings as biased and unfair to Muslims, suggesting that the only way to justify them is if Congress would also conduct a “hearing on the radicalization of Christians.” Share This
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by Raymond Ibrahim Investigative Project on Terrorism Egypt’s longtime banned Muslim Brotherhood — the parent organization of nearly every subsequent Islamist movement, including al Qaeda — has just won the nation’s presidency, in the name of its candidate, Muhammad Morsi. Share This
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by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services The recent indecisive Greek elections could be summed up by two general themes: Greeks want to stay in, and expect help from, the Eurozone. But they still do not want to take the necessary medicine to stop borrowing billions of euros from northern Europeans, who want a radical
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by Raymond Ibrahim FrontPage Magazine Many are the lessons to be learned between the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the current revolutions of the Arab world. Share This
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