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Wikileaks

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Heather Mac Donald

This latest Wikileaks document dump reveals a simplistic, even childish, understanding of democracy on the part of Assange and his enablers.   Popular control of government does not mean that there can be no delegation of power.  The public can delegate … Continue reading →

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Divine ADD

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Heather Mac Donald

Haitian-Americans in a Catholic parish in Queens, NY, have been ecstatically praying since an earthquake wiped out an estimated quarter-million of their island countrymen 10 months ago, following which Hurricane Tomas unleashed cholera in the survivors’ tent camps: Certain women … Continue reading →

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Body scan contortions

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Heather Mac Donald

It is amusing to hear right-wing media hosts rail about TSA’s body scans as an extension of the Obama socialist agenda and as an environmental health hazard.  It was of course the Bush Administration and its supporters in neo-con think … Continue reading →

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True Burkeans! Or not?

Posted on November 16, 2010 by David Hume

Continental Divide: Throw your Euro stereotypes out the window: Last weekend, a Greek government that has cut public-sector pay and lowered pensions won a clear victory in local elections. Despite strikes and violence, despite the fact that Greece’s debt is … Continue reading →

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What every schools chief should know

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Heather Mac Donald

New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is under attack for nominating the chairwoman of Hearst Magazines to be the next New York City Schools Chancellor.  The New York education establishment and its political patrons are outraged that someone with no … Continue reading →

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Omar Bakri Mohammed

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted over at the Corner: The Lebanon has taken action against Omar Bakri Mohammed, a formerly UK-resident Islamic extremist who famously managed to extract some $500,000 in British welfare benefits while busily railing against the wickedness of, well, Britain. The … Continue reading →

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The Tea Party’s first test

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Heather Mac Donald

I’ve been skeptical of the Tea Partyers’ commitment to entitlement reform and meaningful debt reduction.  Sarah Palin, after all, pioneered death panel demagoguery in response to the mere possibility of rationalized Medicare spending.  The notion that eliminating earmarks—a Tea Party … Continue reading →

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The cultural problem

Posted on November 12, 2010 by David Hume

At FrumForum, I’m a Reformist Conservative – and I Doubt Darwin. Arguments about evolution don’t have immediate proximate policy applications, so why is this even being mooted? Mike Huckabee was pointing to a real issue in 2007 when asked about … Continue reading →

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Marching Through The Institutions

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted over at the Corner: The Sunday Telegraph reports: An investigation by The Sunday Telegraph has established that the education watchdog [Ofsted] has published positive reports praising Muslim schools for their contribution to community cohesion — even in the case … Continue reading →

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What’s the matter with gridlock?

Posted on November 5, 2010 by David Hume

I used to be a fan of the idea of gridlock. It prevented government from doing more mischief. David Harsanyi expresses this general attitude in Reason. Libertarians in particular have an attraction to gridlock because the “small government” modern Republican … Continue reading →

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