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After the Vote: Merkel Weak, Germany Fractious and Unstable

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Milton Ezrati writes in The American Conservative that after winning her fourth chancellorship, Angela Merkel’s position is weak. Her party lost support, and the anti-EU Alternative for Germany entered parliament as a minority party. Ezrati calls Germany’s political environment “fractious and unstable.” What can Germany’s future hold when so much of the population is turning […]

A Big Win for Blue State Gun Owners?

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For years gun owners in blue states have been stymied by restrictions on concealed carry that force them to prove a special “need” before they are allowed to exercise their rights. Now, the results of a court case in Washington D.C. may be about to upend that. The California Rifle & Pistol Association writes: On […]

Deluded Partisans Misunderstood Reagan

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What was Ronald Reagan’s relationship to Franklin Roosevelt? Was he an admirer? A supporter? Michael Barone examines Reagan’s relationship in history with FDR, who the Gipper voted for four times. While Reagan wasn’t, as some say, the anti-thesis of FDR, he certainly approached the presidency and governance from a different perspective. Barone writes at The […]

When Trump Goes to War, Progressives Follow

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Despite promises from Barack Obama to end America’s wars, he expanded the theater of combat to Syria and Libya. Progressives gave Obama a pass on his war mongering ways. Now Ted Galen Carpenter, a Cato Institute senior fellow in defense and foreign policy studies, points out that despite their near constant criticism of Donald Trump, […]

Get That SOB Off the Field

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The WSJ’s Daniel Henninger prefers baseball to either football or basketball. Baseball is all about … well, yes, playing baseball, he explains. It is not political or personal or more things than the average fan can process. Baseball has an informal code of on-field conduct, which has held for a hundred years. The NFL doesn’t […]

Food Supply At Risk: Oranges from Brazil?

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What other risks does our food supply face considering the added destruction of Florida oranges from Hurricane Irma? Florida’s orange trees face a bacterial threat that makes their fruit unusable, and could lead to Americans getting all their orange juice from Brazil and beyond in the future. Now scientists are working on a way to […]

The NFL Fan Base Will Dissipate

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At The American Conservative, Pat Buchanan writes that the NFL conflict is a mirror for the current divide in America. Pat called Sunday a sad day for NFL players, coaches, commentators, owners and fans. He also says it’s going to get worse. He continues (abridged): The culture war has come to the NFL. And Trump […]