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Want to see the future?: You had better pay attention to Tuesday’s votes in Ohio and Kentucky
The best way to explain electoral politics in America is to imagine a room filled with toddlers. The kids are in constant motion and their attention moves quickly from one toy to another. It takes something of overwhelming interest to compel the attention of the preschoolers. If you want the attention of that room, you had better bring a puppy....
December 7, 2023
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Now, he tells us: If Mitt Romney has any friends left, they had better not read this
My late mother-in-law had a thing for Mitt Romney. She had immigrated from Canada right after World War II, married a man who was the essence of Midwestern respectability, and settled down in suburban America to raise two children. The suburb was Bloomfield Hills, Mich., and the Kahler family looked like Norman Rockwell's America. Except for their ...
November 30, 2023
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The new axis of evil: Are we ready to defend our civilization?
The 20th century knew more than its share of evil powers, but something new, ominous, and world-shaping came into view in 1936 when Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany declared a "Rome-Berlin Axis," united in opposition to the rest of Europe. The combination of Hitler's Germany and Mussolini's Italy into a fascist alliance represented a clear and presen...