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  • Practicing Social Justice in Florida
    Practicing Social Justice in Florida
    October 14, 2018 | By Paul Adams
    “The contemporary concern for social justice leads primarily to a stress on public-policy initiatives, to a reorganization of ‘the system,’ and to social reform,” Brian Benestad observes in his book, Church, State, and Society. Understanding and practicing social justice, instead, as a personal virtue—one which inclines us to work with others for the common good—as he recommends, implies the […]
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  • Legal Lessons From the Kavanaugh Confirmation
    Legal Lessons From the Kavanaugh Confirmation
    October 14, 2018 | By Ronald J. Rychlak
    News Analysis While the dust hasn’t yet settled, Justice Brett Kavanaugh is on the Supreme Court, and it is time to draw some lessons about the law and about the American legal system from the national soap opera that the United States just experienced. The charge that almost derailed the 53-year-old Kavanaugh’s confirmation related to his high school […]
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  • Surveillance Capitalism: Monetizing the Smartphone User
    Surveillance Capitalism: Monetizing the Smartphone User
    October 14, 2018 | By Rex M. Lee
    Commentary This article is part of a series on corporate surveillance highlighting civil liberty, privacy, cyber security, safety, and tech-product user exploitation threats associated with connected products that are supported by the Android (Google) OS, Apple iOS, and Microsoft Windows OS. Today, people, businesses, government officials, and law makers are unaware of the business model that supports […]
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  • ‘Libertarian–Socialism’: How Modern Democracy Overcame Its Own Contradiction
    ‘Libertarian–Socialism’: How Modern Democracy Overcame Its Own Contradiction
    October 14, 2018 | By William Gairdner
    Commentary The totalitarian states of the 20th century, whether of national socialist (Nazi and fascist) or international socialist (communist) ambitions, were aiming to control and organize almost every aspect of life from the top down: to bring about by force of law and government what is broadly described as “the triumph of the Will over Nature.” The […]
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  • Kavanaugh Nomination Coverage Echoes ‘Epic Fail’ of 2016
    Kavanaugh Nomination Coverage Echoes ‘Epic Fail’ of 2016
    October 14, 2018 | By William McGowan
    News Analysis The Presidential Election of 2016 was widely acknowledged as an Epic Fail for the American media, an almost willful refusal to recognize Trump’s popular appeal, and to understand the power of the populist issues he bannered. In the weeks right after the upset victory, there was broad consensus that the press was deeply […]
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  • The Split Personality of the ‘Anti-Polis’
    The Split Personality of the ‘Anti-Polis’
    October 14, 2018 | By William Gairdner
    This familiar map of the 2016 American election, broken down by red (representing Republican) and blue (representing Democrat) counties rather than by states shows a stark division of citizens in a rural/urban pattern that has become typical of most Western democracies. Much about urbanization is explained by the attraction of better jobs, services and the […]
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  • Never Trumpers Learn: Resistance Is Futile
    Never Trumpers Learn: Resistance Is Futile
    October 14, 2018 | By Tian Yuan
    Two years after his election, President Donald Trump has won over many Republicans who vowed never to vote for him or work with him, the so-called NeverTrumpers. Political commentator Ben Shapiro gave up his resistance to Trump in early August. saying Trump had “governed much more conservative than I thought he was actually going to.” […]
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  • Spotlight on NYPD: Protecting, Serving, Saving Lives
    Spotlight on NYPD: Protecting, Serving, Saving Lives
    October 14, 2018 | By Vincent J. Bove
    Some recent headlines on life-saving activities by members of the NYPD deserve attention. These incidents are a reminder of the importance of the policing profession. They are proof-positive that the words courtesy, professionalism, and respect emblazoned on every NYPD vehicle are alive and well in New York City. Transit Officers Save 1-Year-Old On Oct. 9, […]
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  • Journalists Hid Identity of Key Source While Spreading Their Khashoggi Disappearance Narrative
    Journalists Hid Identity of Key Source While Spreading Their Khashoggi Disappearance Narrative
    October 12, 2018 | By Brian Cates
    News Analysis A story broke last week that a Saudi journalist named Jamal Khashoggi, who was working for The Washington Post, had disappeared and was presumed dead. The official story is that Khashoggi was last seen entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, on the afternoon of Oct. 2. Immediately (and suspiciously), media stories that appeared […]
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  • Democrats’ ‘Fighting Words’ Take on an Ominous Tone
    Democrats’ ‘Fighting Words’ Take on an Ominous Tone
    October 12, 2018 | By Carol M. Swain
    Supreme Court justices need secret service protection now more than ever. On the day of the Senate vote to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, Charlie Savage, writing for The New York Times, discussed liberal strategies for gaining control of the court. Acknowledging that the Supreme Court would be controlled by […]
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  • Ruddock Report Constrains, Not Expands, Federal Religious Exemptions
    Ruddock Report Constrains, Not Expands, Federal Religious Exemptions
    October 12, 2018 | By The Conversation
    Media outlets reported on leaked extracts of the much-awaited religious freedom inquiry report, which has yet to be released by the federal government on Oct. 10. The leaked recommendations give us a clear snapshot into what the review means for religious freedom and LGBT+ rights in Australia. Despite much commentary to the contrary, the recommendations actually […]
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  • Reasons for Trump Hatred
    Reasons for Trump Hatred
    October 11, 2018 | By Marvin Folkertsma
    Commentary The invective keeps coming, relentlessly, like an artillery barrage that pounds your ears and numbs your senses, triggering questions about when or if it will ever stop: The president is “dishonest,” “a liar,” his administration is plagued with “incapacity and rottenness,” and if he’s re-elected, many “shall immediately leave the country” for a foreign land. Moreover, the more you […]
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  • Competent Leaders Cannot Be Created When You’re Already In Crisis Mode
    Competent Leaders Cannot Be Created When You’re Already In Crisis Mode
    October 11, 2018 | By Chris Erickson
    This is the fourth article in a five-part series on the “Special Operations Forces Truths.” The SOF Truths are five rules that are utilized as a guide for Special Operations units for strategic planning and vision. However, successful Special Operations soldiers also leverage these rules at an individual level in their own day-to-day activities. Now, as more highly […]
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  • China, the US, and the Panama Canal
    China, the US, and the Panama Canal
    October 11, 2018 | By Fernando Menéndez
    News Analysis Tensions between the Chinese regime and the Trump administration, already taking the form of an escalating trade war, now appear to be intensifying in Central America and the Caribbean, creating a new wrinkle in a temperamental and volatile relationship. At a moment of acutely strained relations with China, the United States sent strongly […]
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  • The Battle Between Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein and Andrew McCabe
    The Battle Between Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein and Andrew McCabe
    October 11, 2018 | By Jeff Carlson
    News Analysis Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has proven himself a polarizing figure. Depending on who you speak to, Rosenstein, appears to occupy one of three rather varying roles. According to some, Rosenstein is part of the problem, actively working against President Trump’s Administration. To others, he occupies a slightly more grey area, compromised but […]
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  • More Evidence for the Real Collusion in the 2016 Election Comes Out
    More Evidence for the Real Collusion in the 2016 Election Comes Out
    October 11, 2018 | By Brian Cates
    Commentary Someone really likes reporter John Solomon of The Hill. While many in the media are chasing stories based on false narratives, trying to nail down a smoking gun for the supposed Trump—Russia election collusion they so desperately believe in, Solomon is over there in a corner breaking news that contains actual evidence. When somebody high up in […]
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  • Building Internet Walls to Protect Data Could Penalize Users
    Building Internet Walls to Protect Data Could Penalize Users
    October 11, 2018 | By Troy Media
    General data protection regulations (GDPR) sound like something the average person needs to know nothing about. On the contrary, these rules affect us on a day-to-day basis. For the last 20 years, most jurisdictions have had similar requirements regarding corporations maintaining the privacy of their consumers’ data. The differences were more to do with flavour […]
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  • The Dangers of Totalitarian Planning, Past and Present
    The Dangers of Totalitarian Planning, Past and Present
    October 10, 2018 | By Richard M. Ebeling
    Liberty is a delicate idea and institution. While people say they want freedom, will fight under the banner of freedom, and sometimes even die for its preservation and advancement, determining what it actually means to be free and to live in a free society seems elusive and controversial. What it means for a society to […]
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  • How ‘Environmental Justice’ Hurts Poor Communities – Part II
    How ‘Environmental Justice’ Hurts Poor Communities – Part II
    October 10, 2018 | By Richard Trzupek
    In my last article, we talked about the development project, what it meant to the low-income community that would host the project, and the care we took to keep big, project-killing environmental NGOs on the sidelines. Getting the project approved, even without the environmental NGOs stepping in, took a lot of effort. The state permitting authority was extra […]
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  • The Politics of Personal Destruction
    The Politics of Personal Destruction
    October 10, 2018 | By Paul Adams
    Commentary Supreme Court confirmations weren’t always such a close-run thing. As Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg pointed out in criticizing the conduct of the Kavanaugh hearing, her own confirmation (1993) was supported 96–3, and Antonin Scalia’s (1986) by 98–0, that is, by large bipartisan majorities, although they differed strongly in their approach to the Constitution itself. They were also known […]
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  • How Trump Can Make America Even Freer
    How Trump Can Make America Even Freer
    October 9, 2018 | By Fergus Hodgson
    There is one way President Donald Trump can prove beyond a doubt American exceptionalism in the land of the free. He can bring the U.S. economy back to the top of freedom rankings, akin to the nation’s performance in the 1980s and 1990s. If that is his goal, there is a precise and rigorous yardstick […]
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  • Columbus Day: Eliminate or Celebrate?
    Columbus Day: Eliminate or Celebrate?
    October 9, 2018 | By Ronald J. Rychlak
    Commentary Oct. 12 is the traditional date on which Americans celebrate Columbus Day. It commemorates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the Americas in 1492. In 1892, President Benjamin Harrison marked the 400th anniversary of that date with “a general holiday for the people of the United States.” Colorado Gov. Jesse F. McDonald proclaimed the first annual Columbus Day in 1907. […]
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  • Communist Party Backs Sinema in Race for Flake’s US Senate Seat
    Communist Party Backs Sinema in Race for Flake’s US Senate Seat
    October 9, 2018 | By Trevor Loudon
    Commentary The Communist Party USA is involved in campaigning on behalf of U.S. Senate candidate Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat from Arizona. According to Joelle Fishman, head of the Communist Party’s powerful Political Action Commission, the party has injected itself into races “in two states where a Republican seat can be flipped: AZ (Flake open), TX (Cruz).” While […]
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  • Globalism: Hybrid Ideology of the 21st Century
    Globalism: Hybrid Ideology of the 21st Century
    October 9, 2018 | By Cid Lazarou
    Commentary Totalitarianism in the 20th century was dominated by two ideologies: communism and fascism. Much to the dismay of those believing communism is the antithesis of fascism, these ideologies are two sides of the same coin. Both were based on absolute control over every aspect of society, from economic to social. The fact that communism […]
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  • The Mystery of Gen. George C. Marshall
    The Mystery of Gen. George C. Marshall
    October 9, 2018 | By J.R. Nyquist
    Commentary Gen. George Marshall appeared Dec. 7, 1945, before a joint congressional committee on the subject of the Japanese surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, which occurred exactly four years earlier. The legislators had many questions for Marshall, who had been the U.S. Army’s chief of staff. When asked about his “movements” on the […]
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  • I’ll Start Believing All Women When Democrats Do
    I’ll Start Believing All Women When Democrats Do
    October 9, 2018 | By Brian Cates
    The American people were just treated to several weeks of angry demonstrations that demanded they must believe all women who claim they have been sexually assaulted or physically abused. These coordinated protests by political activists began right after the Senate Judiciary Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of now-Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Suddenly, […]
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  • An Unforgiving Polity
    An Unforgiving Polity
    October 9, 2018 | By Mark Bauerlein
    In the bizarre lion’s den atmosphere of the Kavanaugh hearings, the full human meaning of partisan politics at the present time has never seemed so clear—we have witnessed what happens when a Christian understanding of justice and mercy no longer guides our leaders. Every human soul is a mix of good and evil, and if […]
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