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Five Days Before the Presidential Election

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Five days before the Presidential election, barring a power grab by the current Administration, recall these immortal words: Our next task is the removal of unemployment, the providing of work. This providing of work is divided into two main groups. First the private providing of work. Under this heading we are going to undertake a […]

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Presidential Debate on Foreign Policy

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In the ‘foreign-policy’ debate, Romney was even worse than I realized. He wants America to bring peace to the world, in the tradition of Woodrow Wilson. But Obama is unable or unwilling to conceptualize the nature of America’s enemies. To Obama, Russia—a nation run by a Soviet thug, persecuting its own citizens for political crimes, […]

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Questions for the Final Presidential Debate

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Here are my questions for both candidates in the final Presidential debate of 2012, on foreign policy, Monday evening. When you negotiate with Russia and China, which do you seek for the United States: military equality or military superiority? Do you consider the United States of America the most moral nation in history, and why? […]

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Romney Was As Leftist as Obama in the Debate

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Imagine not being able to beat Romney in a political debate. In the first Presidential debate of 2012, Romney humiliated Obama by going as far Left as Obama dared go before a national audience. Consequently, there was no choice for voters regarding ideology; the choice was limited to a question of competency. The choice was […]

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If Murder of Americans is About a Video, Then It Is Indeed About U.S. Policy

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On September 11, 2012, Islamists attacked Americans in a U.S. foreign embassy and consulate and murdered four of those Americans in Libya. Evidence indicates that our government failed to take common-sense security measures to protect these Americans. Then our government issued numerous official statements that were as much condemnations of a YouTube video denigrating Islamists […]

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It Was Good When Clinton Compromised With Republicans, Because Democrats Are Wrong

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(This post was revised on September 7, 2012.) In his speech last night at the Democratic National Convention, President Clinton repeatedly called for compromise and cooperation. Regarding the economy, compromise and cooperation are good when Democrats do it, because the Democrats are wrong. The best thing about Clinton’s presidency was that he did not merely […]

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Compulsion versus Mutual Consent

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This graphic, which quotes President Clinton’s speech last night at the Democratic National Convention, and which appears today as the masthead of barackobama.com, reveals the political Left’s essential view of human relationships: Either you sleep with everyone or no one. See my analysis of similar statements by President Obama and his ilk. This new statement […]