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28 Feb. 2017

A Nation of Immigrants — Only If They Assimilate

I am writing this column in Japan, a country whose crime rate is the lowest among countries with large populations. I asked my Japanese translator, a middle-aged woman, what she thought. “Why is there is so little crime in Japan?” I asked. Without taking a moment to reflect, she responded, “Because we don’t allow immigration...

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18 Apr. 2024

The 'Better' Civilians of Gaza

Among the so-called innocent “civilians” who Hamas claims have been killed by Israel, there are thousands of guilty and complicit civilians without whose assistance Hamas could not have succeeded in their barbarisms. When Hamas provides its self-serving

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24 Apr. 2024

'The House That I Live In'*

Before Hitler declared war on the United States in 1941, there were Nazis marching in our streets as Americans. Today, at college campuses across our nation, there are Americans marching as Nazis and terrorist-supporters, shouting, “We’re all Hamas.”

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2 Mar. 2018

The Latest: Geneva airport reopens after 2nd weather closure

LONDON (AP) — The Latest on frigid weather in Europe (all times local):12:20 p.m.Authorities at Geneva’s airport say it has reopened after a mid-morning shutdown that was the second closure in as many days due to snowy and icy conditions

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30 May. 2017

Why Conservatives Still Attack Trump

When people you know well, admire, and who share your values do something you strongly oppose, you have two options: 1) Cease admiring them or 2) try to understand them and change their minds. In the case of my conservative friends who still snipe (or worse) at President Trump, I have rejected option one. The

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24 Jan. 2017

America’s Second Civil War

It is time for our society to acknowledge a sad truth: America is currently fighting its second Civil War. In fact, with the obvious and enormous exception of attitudes toward slavery, Americans are more divided morally, ideologically and politically today than they were during the Civil War. For that reason, just as the Great War

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25 Apr. 2024

US, Qatar and Iran: Release the Hostages!

The United States, France, Germany, Russia and Argentina, who had dual nationals taken hostage, did not try to bomb Hamas infrastructure and places where Hamas hid. Instead, they let Israel do it and then accused Israel of destroying the Gaza Strip.

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17 Apr. 2024

Open Letter to US Adversaries, the White House, Congress, Donald Trump, and the Pentagon

In the end, because of Israel’s robust defense technology, Iran’s recent drone and ballistic missile attack on Israel’s urban centers was little more than a potentially deadly fireworks show, reportedly choreographed by the United States, in

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2 Mar. 2018

Burkina Faso police director general says capital is being attacked by suspected Islamic extremists

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso police director general says capital is being attacked by suspected Islamic extremists.

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28 Mar. 2017

Purists Kill Whatever They Believe In

According to The New York Times, 10 moderates, 15 conservatives, and eight other Republicans would have voted against the Republican repeal and replace Obamacare bill. So, then, 15 or so conservatives made it impossible to pass the bill favored by nearly every other Republican and by President Donald Trump. If that is the case, what

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7 Oct. 2019

FACT CHECK: Did George Bernard Shaw Say A Quote Comparing Apples To Ideas?

‘Each of us will have two ideas’

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2 Mar. 2018

Polish lawmaker: due reparations from Germany could stand at $850 billion

By Marcin Goettig WARSAW (Reuters) – Warsaw has the right to demand reparations from Germany potentially worth $850 billion for destroyed property and people killed during World War Two, the politician in charge of reparations said on Friday.

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