Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
The Passover story provides us with deep insights into the nature of tyranny. This year, China’s tyranny is the subject of my annual Passover post. For roughly 3,500 years, Jews have been telling and retelling the story of Passover — which is also the story of the world’s first revolt
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China probably didn’t hatch COVID-19 malevolently. Instead, it’s just China’s habitual carelessness, which the world encouraged to get cheap products. When I was a little girl in the 1960s, the cheap gewgaws and trinkets came from Japan. They weren’t making anything fancy back in the day, no stereo systems or
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I regret that I cannot go back in time and boycott Rick Steves because, back in the day, I watched a lot of his travel videos and bought his products. As long-time readers of my blog know, I am a very well-traveled person. For a decade, every time we went
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Following on my earlier theme about Biblical plagues and Iran’s coronavirus problems, God does seem intent on smiting Iran. The other day, I noted that, in 701 B.C., God routed the Assyrian army as it laid siege to Jerusalem. Based upon comments by Herodotus some 150 years later, many believe
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Not only did Trump act swiftly and appropriately to address coronavirus, our culture of cleanliness and market-based medicine gives us a big edge over China. Let me preface what I’m about to write by saying that, when I grew up in San Francisco, it’s the absolute truth to say that
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The fact that Iran is the new epicenter of coronavirus irresistibly reminds me of Sennacherib’s abortive attack on Jerusalem in 701 B.C. Iran has a problem and that problem is coronavirus. Several different outlets, ranging from FrontPage Magazine to The New Yorker, have articles about the fact that Iran is
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Aside from the fact that Bernie’s lying when he says Denmark is his goal, the reality is that Denmark is not an exceptionally happy or well-run country. Now that Bernie’s the frontrunner, Bernie and his supporters are assuring us that he’s not a real socialist. He just wants us to
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With a connection between exotic meats and infectious diseases such as China’s Coronavirus, our habit of eating boring farm animals is a good thing. Zoonosis is a category of infectious diseases that start with animal-to-animal transmission, morph to animal-to-human transmission, and then leap into human-to-human transmission. They’re almost always scary
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It matters that the Church of England came out in favor of heterosexual marriage, for marriage is a bulwark protecting girls from Islamic sex trafficking. A few days ago, news broke that Manchester had joined the list of British cities in which gangs of Muslim men (mostly from Pakistan) systematically
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If only Harry and Meghan, whey they complete their divorce from the royal family, would follow Edward III and Wallis Simpson, and sink into deserved oblivion Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, I would have cared deeply about what’s been going on in England. I grew up
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I continue to believe that Trump did the right thing vis-a-vis Iran by killing Soleimani, the terrorist, and these are a few random thoughts to explain why. At a base, reflexive level, I’ve gotten to the point at which anything the Democrats are against, I’m for. If they think we
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Iran’s insignificant response to Soleimani’s death shows a weak regime that is looking to Democrats to help it out, but must still deal with Trump. Stuck between a rock and a hard place, Iran had to respond to Trump’s targeting of IRGC General Soleimani. They did so last night by
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While the Democrats keep squawking about proportionality, the facts show that Trump’s targeting Soleimani was proportional to the risks Iran presents. Nancy Pelosi is leading the charge against Trump for targeting IRGC General Qassam Soleimani. This attack is purely political and designed to gather political advantage, irrespective of cost to
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After 40 years on the receiving end of non-stop Iranian aggression, Trump changed the game and answered back in kind — and the Democrats are horrified. Trump just changed the game with Iran. Iran has spent the past 40 years as the single greatest destabilizing influence in the Middle East
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Trump’s brilliant targeted strike against one of the world’s most evil men, while it offended the Left, may help bring down the Mullahs’ rule in Iran. So, let’s have a brief rundown, shall we? On December 27, a rocket attack on an Iraqi military base in Kirkuk, Northern Iraq, killed
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