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Conservatism: Death and resurrectionBy Jeffrey T. Kuhner
The triumph of President Barack Obama is a watershed in American history. It marks the end of a rearguard conservative movement that has failed to dominate American politics and society. Yet, as we examine the road...
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Rainbow conservatismBy Grace Vuoto
The Republican rout in November presents an opportunity to learn from past mistakes and to rebuild the conservative movement. It is time to start anew and it should include expanding minority outreach.The results of the...
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I lost my countryBy Herbert London
The results are in and my candidate lost the presidency. Since I love this country, I wish President Barack Obama every success. But this was an election unlike any other. I don’t think the Republicans merely...
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Illegal immigration destroys the environmentBy Mark Carbonaro
One issue not discussed by either major party candidate during the 2008 presidential race is a topic that is one of America’s “elephants in the room”: illegal immigration and border security.Along with...
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Standing up to the Russian mutant By Andrei Piontkovsky
The corporatist kleptocracy being erected by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is profoundly misunderstood in the West. Western defenders and apologists of the Putin regime trot out a pet argument which migrates...
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U.S. must champion democratic realism in MideastBy Frederick Krantz
By what must be termed a minor political miracle, owed to the convoluted politics of its proportional-representation electoral system, Israel today, following the resignation of corruption-plagued Prime Minister Ehud...
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Conservatives must overturn Roe v. WadeBy Joseph Beaudoin
Before it became a nation of laws on Sept. 17, 1787, with the adoption of the Constitution, the United States of America had been one of ideals for over a decade. These ideals were much debated in the years leading up...
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Obama’s radical abortion agendaBy Loredana Vuoto
President Barack Obama will give new meaning to “abortion on demand” when he takes control of the White House. According to the incoming president, one of the first things he will do when he takes office is enact...
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The myth of Hitler’s popeBy Grace Vuoto
Few issues are more contentious between Catholics and Jews than the Vatican’s role in the Second World War. It has even led to diplomatic tensions between Rome and Tel Aviv.On Oct. 19, the Vatican announced the...
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Racism in America’s classrooms?By Jonathan Kelly
The Western canon is under assault. It is common to read news stories in which the great classic works of Western civilization are being banned for not being “politically correct.” Some attacks on freedom of thought...
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Toward ‘reform realism’ in federal education policyBy Michael J. Petrilli
The federal role in education is in greater flux today and beset with more disputes and dilemmas than at any time in the past decade. Since at least the dawn of the 21st century, a rough “Washington Consensus” about...
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Obama’s disastrous health care plan By Robert M. Goldberg
Recently, Rahm Emanuel, President Barack Obama’s chief of staff, urged the leaders of corporate America to join the new administration in a push for universal health care reform, telling a group of CEOs that...
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