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Apr 02 2020
Opinion
The Mythos of Pandemic
"It was tradition and ceremony—a severe formalism of lamentation as in Aeschylus’s Libation Bearers—that reordered the nation’s blasted and scattered emotions after the shocking slaughter of its leader,” writes Camille Paglia in her 1994 essay “Mona Lisa in Motion: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis,” praising the former first lady’s masterful management of her husband’s assassination in the eyes and
Erraticus
Feb 10 2020
Analysis
Behind The White House Move To Stop Ugly Federal Buildings (And The Architects Who Stand In The Way)
As the Second World War came to a rumbling close, the architects gazed out upon a shattered Europe utterly convinced of a series of new things: First, they, the architects, are in charge of architecture, and the only valid experts on the aesthetics of architecture. Therefore, the public and its leaders, who every day must view and live among their work, have no opinion that counts.
The Federalist
Jan 11 2021
News
Melania Trump Makes Herself The Victim In Statement On Capitol Attack
The first lady decried “unwarranted personal attacks” on her after a former aide said the Trumps have “little regard” for human life or democracy.
First lady Melania Trump said Monday she’s the victim of “salacious gossip” and “unwarranted personal attacks” in an off-key response to the Capitol riot incited by her husband, President Donald Trump.
“I am disappointed and
HuffPost
Aug 03 2020
News
Some Facebook Ad Boycotters Return—but Plenty of Big Players Are Staying Away
Some advertisers that left Facebook Inc. for July to protest its handling of hate speech on its platforms say they are coming back, while the tech giant’s financial outlook suggested the boycott isn’t taking a major financial toll.
VF Corp.’s North Face, arguably the first widely known brand to join the campaign, said it would resume doing business with Facebook in August. “We are
Wall Street Journal (News)
Apr 01 2020
Opinion
Ben Stein to Newsmax TV: Civil Liberties More at Risk Than Economy
Economic depression and unemployment can be overcome, but a massive loss of American civil liberties might be tough to unwind, according to economist Ben Stein on Newsmax TV.
"I fear that A. we're headed toward depression and B. loss of our civil liberties in a very big way and it's going to hard to get them back," Stein told Wednesday's "Greg Kelly Reports."
Stein, a famed
Ben Stein
Apr 01 2019
News
May orders divided cabinet to boycott Brexit indicative votes
Backbench MPs and junior ministers to get free vote on alternatives to PM’s deal
Theresa May’s warring cabinet ministers will once again be instructed to boycott Monday night’s indicative votes, as MPs make a second attempt to coalesce around an alternative to her Brexit deal.
The prime minister had suggested she would “engage constructively” with the indicative votes process,
The Guardian
Jul 19 2019
News
WH projects $1 trillion deficit for 2019
The White House projects that the federal deficit will surpass $1 trillion this year, the only time in the nation's history the deficit has exceeded that level, excluding the four-year period following the Great Recession.
"The 2019 deficit has been revised to a projected $1.0 trillion," the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) wrote in its midyear review.
As a
The Hill
Aug 01 2020
Background
Education and Free Markets: How Education Changes People’s Lives, Through Increased Upward Mobility
If you want to handicap a man for the rest of his life, deny him an education. This is manifestly true in America, as the disadvantages associated with a poor education tend to multiply in a free society and a free economy. It is our dedication to free markets that created a standard of living higher than has ever been observed for such a large and diverse group of people in history. This is
Pacific Research Institute
May 30 2019
News
White House Wanted USS John McCain ‘Out Of Sight’ During Trump’s Japan Visit: Report
The White House coordinated with U.S. Navy officials to move the USS John McCain, a warship named for the late senator, “out of sight” during President Donald Trump’s recent visit to Japan, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
The outlet obtained a copy of an email from an official with the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. In the note, the unnamed official said he had coordinated with
HuffPost
Jun 24 2020
News
No-excuse fight revived in Arkansas, 35 years after its top court ruled in favor
The legal crusade to make mail voting easier this year has finally arrived in Arkansas, where some of the nation's toughest ballot restrictions haven't been challenged until now because the coronavirus pandemic arrived after the primaries.
Two prominent Democrats in the deeply red state filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging the Arkansas election law flatly violates a 35-year-old state
The Fulcrum