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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Global insight – Contradictions of French militarism hard to ignore
FT.com / Global insight – Contradictions of French militarism hard to ignore. Jacques Chirac, the former French president who opposed the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, once said that “war always means failure”. With French forces engaged in three … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Affairs, War
Tagged French foreign policy, French military, French military operations
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President Obama in trouble in must-win states
The campaigns haven’t kicked off yet, we haven’t seen one debate, and we don’t even know who will be the GOP challenger to Obama. Furthermore, it’s April 11, 2011. Still these numbers do not look good for Team Obama. Mason-Dixon … Continue reading
Three Things To Review: Conservatism, Democracy, and Foreign Policy
Daniel J. Mahoney wrote a monster essay (one in which I’m still reading at the moment but wanted to share) at First Principles from way back in 2006. However, the contents of the essay and debate are still very much … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Foreign Policy, Islam, Political Thought
Tagged American democratic system, communism, conservatism, conservative foreign policy, Islamic democracy, Islamic ideology, Islamism, Middle East culture, neo conservatism, political philosophy, President Bush, Western Civilization
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Viva La France 2.0!
Our French brethren seem to be on a roll recently. Why just this week they’ve managed to permanently outlawed the full Islamic veil for women starting today (#winning!). That isn’t the extent to their war against Islamism. Great news is … Continue reading
Fighting for a People So They Can Murder And Riot
RealClearPolitics – Fighting for a Government That Defiles Our Values. Until the riot, Americans were unaware the publicity hound in Gainesville had torched the Muslim holy book because most in our news media ignored the despicable stunt. How did the … Continue reading
Superiority of Western Culture
I have a lot to say on this and have on several occasions so I’ll just link this nice piece of analysis instead. Western Culture Superior? Many people strongly disagree with the belief that a culture can be considered better … Continue reading
Posted in History, Political Thought, Western Society
Tagged enlightenment, reason, Western culture, western history, western philosophy, western thought
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If you got to get somewhere fast, head to Texas
When my wife and I take the kids and head back to visit friends and family in Texas and Louisiana, I brace myself for the comments and snide remarks that are sure to come. They usually come right about the … Continue reading
Posted in American Society
Tagged Louisiana roads, Texas, Texas demographics, Texas roads, Texas speed limits
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Economix shows cutting corporate tax rates is a good idea
As if many of you needed any convincing. I’m surprised to hear the same arguments about raising the corporate tax rates from our friends on the left. They assume America’s economy, the world’s economy for that matter, still operates in … Continue reading
Washington to the Troops: Thank you for your service. Now how about you do it for free
Hot Air | Obama: I’ll veto funding for the troops Really? Will Obama really argue that he can’t abide a one-week CR so much that he’s willing to shut down the government and leave the troops without income for an … Continue reading
Civilization: Is the West History?
Niall Ferguson has just released (in UK first) a new book called Civilization: The West and the Rest. The book is the basis for the miniseries you can watch above. Ferguson asks, Why did the West rise to such prominence. … Continue reading
Posted in History, Western Society
Tagged Niall Ferguson, Western Civilization, Western culture
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“If we don’t keep the oil, I’m not interested.”
Earlier today Trump had this to say about American military intervention in Libya He said he would only have attacked Libya if the U.S. could keep the country’s oil – “If we don’t keep the oil, I’m not interested.” A … Continue reading
Obama to shakeup national security team
One would think with the sate of the Middle East and our foreign policy challenges elsewhere, the Obama administration would more or less stay in tact. That doesn’t seem to be the case, however. Expected to be gone from his … Continue reading
Israel’s Iron Dome goes into action against Hamas rockets
YNET News | Iron Dome intercepts first rocket Residents in Ashkelon reported Thursday seeing Israel’s new Iron Dome defense system intercept a Grad rocket fired towards the southern city from the Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses told Ynet they saw the rocket … Continue reading
