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Survival of the Fittest and Other Barackian Myths

by William Murchison April 11, 2012

As the current president of the United States tells it, his Republican adversaries are launched on a crusade to revive the dog-eat-dog economic philosophy known to our great grandparents as “social Darwinism.” Horrors! Loosen dependence on government and there’s no…

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Americans By Any Name

by Linda Chavez April 10, 2012

A new report from the Pew Hispanic Center says a lot about the assimilation of the nation’s largest minority group — both good and bad. Hispanics — those 50 million people who trace their ancestry to a Spanish-speaking country —…

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The Outing of Deep Throat

by Pat Buchanan April 10, 2012

As the 40th anniversary of Watergate impends, we are to be bathed again in the great myth and morality play about the finest hour in all of American journalism.
The myth?
That two heroic young reporters at The Washington Post,…

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The Bread and Circuses of The Hunger Games

by Debra J. Saunders April 9, 2012

It’s not until the final book of “The Hunger Games” trilogy that Katniss Everdeen learns that Panem, the name of her country in the dystopian world, comes from the Latin phrase “Panem et Circenses.” The phrase “bread and circuses,” her…

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And They Wonder Why Voters Are Angry

by Scott Rasmussen April 9, 2012

As Mitt Romney assumes the role of presumptive Republican nominee, polls suggest a competitive general election matchup between the former Massachusetts governor and President Obama. Typically, both candidates poll in the mid-40s, while 10 to 12 percent remain uncommitted to…

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The Socialist and the Social Darwinist

by Pat Buchanan April 9, 2012

The night of his victories in Maryland, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia, Mitt Romney laid out the ground upon which he will stand to fight his fall battle with Barack Obama.
Obama, said Mitt, seeks “a government-centered society.” But…

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Easter Changes Everything

by George Weigel April 5, 2012

Christmas occupies such a large part of the Christian imagination that the absolute supremacy of Easter as the greatest of Christian feasts may get obscured at times. Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, an Italian biblical scholar, suggests that we might begin to…

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Lift High the Cross!

by Louie Verrecchio April 5, 2012

Holy Week is upon us. Our Lenten journey through the desert of earthly detachment and repentance is not as yet complete, but we have arrived at a moment in time when we can almost hear the faint strains of Alleluia! …

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The European Union Ups the Anti-Pirate Ante

by Austin Bay April 4, 2012

Somali pirates launched fewer successful attacks on commercial shipping in 2011. European Union nations want that trend to continue through 2012 and beyond. Last week, EU nations agreed to let their military forces patrolling the Somali coast conduct strikes on…

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A Nation Arms Itself–For What?

by Pat Buchanan April 3, 2012

With the shooting death of Trayvon Martin by a neighborhood watch volunteer who was legally carrying a 9-millimeter handgun, the familiar wail has arisen from our cultural and media elite:
America has too many guns! ”Open carry” and “concealed carry”…

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