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Archives for April 2017

Radical Islam is THE Issue in France’s Coming Election

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Each of the candidates for the French presidency has staked out a position on the question of how to deal with radical Islamist terrorists in France. Marine Le Pen has taken the hard line, with a trove of ideas for clamping down on the spread of the violent radical Islamist ideology in Gaul. Scott McConnell […]

Vital to Young Black Men–the Ablative Absolute and #BlackDegreesMatter

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With only 8% of young black men having graduated from Philly’s public high schools going on to get a four-year college degree, the first place that does not pop to mind in thinking of the success rate in American cities of high-school graduates, especially black graduates, is Philadelphia. But in an iffy part of West […]

Buy American, Hire American

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Small-business is the heartbeat of the American economy. President Trump visited Snap-on Inc. yesterday in Kenosha, WI to sign his “Buy American, Hire American” executive order. “The ‘Buy and Hire American’ order I’m about to sign will help protect workers and students like those of you in the audience today,” the president said in a speech. […]

South Korean Warships to Get New Pre-emptive Strike Weapon

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The Korea Herald is reporting that South Korea has developed a new tactical ship-to-ground guided missile which will dramatically improve the South Korean navy’s ability to respond to North Korean threats. The shrapnel from these missiles will be able to penetrate armored vehicles and destroy an area within a 200-yard radius. The new missiles will […]

Will More Wars Make America Great Again?

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So asks Pat Buchanan at The American Conservative. Pat wonders how 24 years after Black Hawk Down, the “America First” president has sent troops back to Somalia. Rising military tensions in Korea, with Russia, in Afghanistan and in Syria worry Buchanan. These policies are right out of the neocon playbook and it’s hard to see […]

President Trump: Follow Scott Walker’s Lead

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If President Trump wants to make an immediate impact on the economy then he should follow Scott Walker’s lead. “Contractors won’t have to work with unions on taxpayer-funded building projects…under legislation Gov. Scott Walker signed Monday,” reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.  Project labor agreements establish wages and other conditions for certain projects. Walker said the legislation will protect […]

School Inc. Shows a Better Way to Teach

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PBS is in the midst of airing a three-part documentary, much to the displeasure of Diane Ravitch, a strong proponent of public school education. Ms. Ravitch claims that PBS’s airing of School Inc. “must be public television’s effort to curry favor with the Trump administration … It is ironic and sad that public television would lend […]

Mind Blown: The Psychological Deterrence of the MOAB

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In The Wall Street Journal, Ben Kesling writes that the GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Burst (MOAB) was built partially as a psychological deterrent for America’s enemies. Just knowing the massive munition exists was enough to rattle America’s enemies in Iraq in 2003. “There is a psychological component to all aspects of warfare,” Donald Rumsfeld, then-secretary […]