Month: September 2011
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Obama Builds His “Buffett Rule” on a Foundation of Nonsense
I am not a no-tax-hike absolutist. The Democratic orgy of spending on the phony "stimulus" package has us deep enough in the hole that I think some tax increases are inevitable. But spare me the pious claptrap from the Oracle of Omaha.
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A Bishop, a Rabbi and an Imam Walked Into a Room a Few Miles from Ground Zero…
The service bulletin thoughtfully provided an English translation of the call to prayer, which begins and ends with "Allahu Akbar." Tragically, that phrase is associated in my mind with the hatred and anger of too many terrorist attacks. It was a blessing on this day to hear in those words an affirmation of our common humanity.
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Race, American Exceptionalism, and the Delicate Art of Criticizing Obama
To describe Mr. Obama’s attitude as anti-American is to caricature it. But he does seem motivated by a vision of America as just one more unremarkable country among many. That point of view has a constituency — but I’m not part of it.