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What America did to Guatemalans in the 1940s is indeed reprehensible.  An apology is appropriate.  This is how the White House apologized: President Obama this afternoon spoke with Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom to “express his deep regret” and “extend an apology to all those infected” following the revelation that the U.S. Public Health Service conducted [...]

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They’re good, really good: Council Submissions The Colossus of Rhodey – “Conservative ‘Orthodoxy’ Equals … Communism?” Rhymes With Right – George Blanda — The Grand Old Man Passes The Razor – Obamacare – The Worst of All Worlds The Glittering Eye – Why Aren’t the Lowest 99% of Income Earners Marching in the Streets? VA [...]

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Unless you’ve been on a camping trip in a remote wilderness for the past few days, you’ve heard about the video that a British climate change advocacy group prepared.  The short video takes you through a variety of settings (classrooms, workplaces, sports fields), in which people are encouraged to diminish their carbon footprint and, importantly, [...]

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Let me say up front that Gandhi was an amazing leader.  His non-violent approach to casting off the British empire was inspired (although he was helped by understanding that the British were unlike to use the jackboot to quell the movement he started). Having said that — having appreciated his leadership and the results of [...]

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For the past week, I have been bugged by Obama’s answer to the question about why he is a Christian.  Here, mostly in his own words, are Obama’s thoughts on the subject: “I’m a Christian by choice,” Mr Obama said. “My family didn’t – frankly, they weren’t folks who went to church every week. And [...]

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Working on deadline, so I can’t blog right now.  (Anyway, I couldn’t say anything better than Danny did, in the post immediately preceding this one.)  I did, however, want to bring two posts to your attention, ’cause I think you’ll find them interesting. The first is the Rosh Hashanah sermon from Rabbi Shal0m Lewis in [...]

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Not militant Islam, not a resurgent Russia or China, not North Korea, not Iran….us! Conservatives, independents, and anyone else that disagrees with his agenda. Or, so says President Barack Hussein Obama. Why is it that Barack Hussein Obama and other Lefty presidents and presidential wannabees (Kerry, Gore, Clinton, Carter) feel compelled to rouse their base [...]

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Peter Wehner describes the conduct, but I think, when you behave as Obama as, the word “contemptible” can apply, with equal aptness, to the man himself (emphasis mine): I have praised President Obama in the past for his decision to send more troops to Afghanistan. New facts have come to light since then. And, arguably, [...]

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