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Once again, I get to feel older…

Every year, Beloit College publishes the "history" for their incoming Freshman class – and yes, we need to realize that not all of us share a shared history of our nation or our world.  Every year, I gain a better appreciation of the nuances of what I missed when my "elders" spoke and remembered.  Things …

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Book Review: The Israel Test

  Noted author John Wohlstetter, a national security and foreign policy expert with expertise in the Middle East and Israel, has written an excellent review of George Gilder’s new book, The Israel Test, for the American Spectator. We are pleased to share the piece with our readers… Israel Inside  The Israel TestBy George Gilder(Richard Vigilante Books, …

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And they said Bush and Rudy couldn’t refer to their own experiences about the events of September 11 because to do so would be for “political gain”…

  What about those who use the actual events of September 11, 2001 for FINANCIAL gain? Or Katrina? And I’m not talking about retelling a story in book or movie fashion, per se, which is still the act of creating, when you come down to brass tacks. Anyway… So I’m reading this interesting article in WSJ.com …

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It is the traditional American culture that makes them want to emulate us

Obama and the Progressives are all about the Collective – we’re all in it together, only the group can solve the problem, we have to rely on us all.  To some degree, it is right, but when enforced or coerced, no – it is not the right answer.  It is "rugged individualism", the yearning to …

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