Friday, May 30, 2014
Check Your Privilege!
Liberals Have Plenty of Privilege to Check, Too, Newsday, May 30, 2014. "Universities are hothouses for ideas, a lot of them bad. Fortunately, most die a rapid death from mockery. But the trending campus admonishment to "check your privilege" is actually a good one."
Labels:
Academia,
Elitism,
Leftism,
Newsday,
Progressivism
Monday, May 26, 2014
UKIP, the European Elections, and the Opportunity Beyond
Growing Pains, Weekly Standard, May 26, 2014. "There is much to applaud in UKIP’s desire to free the Parliament of Westminster from the toils of Brussels. But there is nothing about this mission that is going to be easy. Whether it wins or not on May 22, UKIP has a narrow and testing window of opportunity before the next general election. If UKIP is going to do the job, this needs to be the year it grows up."
Labels:
British Politics,
Tea Party,
UKIP,
Weekly Standard
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Call It What It Is: A War
Hashtags No Substitute for Strategy, Newsday, May 18, 2014. "We are being led to believe that helping Nigeria is a mission of mercy. But we are actually taking sides in a religious war. And while we are right to side against Islamist terror, we are publicly entering this war, which the administration is not eager to explain, simply because taking visible action can be sold as easy, popular and humane. The problems of Nigeria and its neighbors are too serious to be treated so casually."
Labels:
Africa,
Islamists,
Newsday,
Nigeria,
Southern Sudan,
Terrorism,
US Foreign Policy
Friday, May 2, 2014
Neither Submission Nor War
Obama’s Furious Battle Against Straw Men, Newsday, May 2, 2014. "We can go well beyond his toothless sanctions on Russia without going to war. And far from loving war, Obama’s critics want to prevent it by making it clear to regimes like Russia and Iran that we will – calmly and resolutely – defend our allies and interests. By encouraging autocratic regimes to take chances, Mr. Obama actually risks encouraging wars.
Labels:
Afghanistan,
Deterrence,
Iran,
Newsday,
Rhetoric,
Russia,
Syria,
US Foreign Policy,
Winston Churchill
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