Never, ever believe the mullahs when they claim to be defending Islam.

At what point do we stop pretending this is just equity and inclusion?

People who equate opinions they don't like with 'violence' break down in sobbing self-pity when told they can't threaten to murder people.

Trump has found himself a Fed chair.

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Well, the IDF 'said' they were 'Palestinian militants,' but the IDF could have been in 'a two-week battle' with, say, Palestinian nurses or Canadian militants.

The NYT won't jump to conclusions without evidence, except when the source is Hamas officials.

Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt at the Yalta Conference in 1945

Ro Khanna is 'tired of economists reciting data.' He wants to do commonsense things to address the housing shortage, like 'cap rents.'

We've tried facts and logic, people. It's time for change. We need ignorance.

'[A] groundbreaking biography. . . . Benn Steil comes closer than anyone before him to unraveling the enigma of this visionary hybrid of feeling and fact.'
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Nothing like choosing between one party that doesn’t want kids to learn about evolution and another party that doesn’t want them to learn algebra.

Pro tip: to transform a dubious, or even ridiculous, proposition into a compelling one, just add 'literally'.

In the 1948 presidential election, 20% of Dewey voters had college degrees, as compared with only 9.6% of Truman voters.

By this logic, of course, all of life is unfair, and anyone living by it is bound to be miserable and unable to cope.

Recall that FTC chair Lina Khan is trying to block the Kroger-Albertson merger on the grounds that it will lead to higher prices AND reduce union bargaining power (objections which obviously conflict). Should be fascinating to see how she plays this on her home court . . .

I don't want to minimize Coleman's obvious intelligence, poise, and charisma, but it's so much easier for these traits to shine through when you have his intellectual integrity - when you actually believe what you say, and are not playacting for the approval of this sect or that.

Thoughts & Prayers™ just won't cut it . . .

If only God had been just a bit more specific . . .

Read Benn Steil on U.S. presidential candidate Henry Wallace’s collusion with Moscow in 1948—and what this event signals about the prospect of Russian interference in the 2024 U.S. presidential election:
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