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Why They Marched, in Their Own Words

Despite temperatures in the teens and wind chills below zero, people from across the country marched in Washington, D.C., yesterday, to speak up for life. They had different backgrounds—from the 15-year-old who said he “would do anything to support this cause” to the man who was conceived when his mother was raped: “I’m here today […]

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Must Islamists Be Autocratic?

by Daniel Pipes July 19, 2013 updated Nov 23, 2013 Cross-posted from National Review Online, The Corner Mohamed Morsi’s recent ejection as president of Egypt prompts a contrast-and-compare with his Turkish counterpart, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an. Their careers at the top contain major dissimilarities: Morsi’s stunning economic indifference vs. Erdo?an’s very impressive economic management. […]

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EU Threatens ‘Price to Pay’ if Peace Talks Fail

A top European Union official warned on Wednesday that both Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) would have a “price to pay” if US-led peace talks collapse, according to AFP. Speaking to reporters in Jerusalem, Lars Faaborg-Andersen, the EU’s ambassador to Israel, also rebuffed the evidence noted by both Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that Europe was […]

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German State Flip-Flops, Allows Publication of Mein Kampf

Germany’s Bavaria state signaled Wednesday it would not seek to prevent the publication of an annotated version of Adolf Hitler’s manifesto “Mein Kampf” in an apparent about-face, according to AFP. Amid a debate over academic freedom and a back and forth over whether to pursue the project, Bavaria indicated that it would not try to stop a historical institute from bringing out […]

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2014: A Bad Year for the Left?

Most political indicators point to a terrible 2014 for American leftism amidst an auspicious resurgence of conservatism throughout the nation. As Americans continue to suffer in the weak Obama-era economy and as their anxiety over President Obama’s hated health care program grows, an electoral tsunami appears to be in the offing. Americans have never bought […]

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Ariel Sharon: Debunking the Media Myths

January 12, 2014 15:05 by Simon Plosker With the death of former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, the media have produced a huge number of obituaries. Sharon has been a controversial figure and elicits a wide range of emotions from supporters and detractors alike. This, however, is no excuse for inaccurate profiles or deliberate demonization […]

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The Silver Lining of Obama’s Weak America

by Daniel Pipes The Washington Times November 12, 2013 N.B.: Washington Times title: “A silver lining to ‘leading from behind’” That the socialist French government of François Hollande just blocked a bad deal with Tehran, emerging as the hero of the Geneva negotiations, is on one level a huge surprise. But it also follows logically […]

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Jonathan Pollard

Pollard’s Continued Incarceration: A Message to American Jews

The Jewish magazine Tablet on Thursday sharply criticized the ongoing US refusal to free Jonathan Pollard, now in his 29th year behind American bars for passing secret documents to Israel. The article argues that Pollard’s incarceration reveals anti-Semitism in the American government. It is noted that Pollard’s crime carries a maximum sentence of 10 years, and that […]

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