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Mar 04 2019
Opinion
OPINION: Factionalism and the Cultural Left
Our political parties are meant to mediate between the people and their government. Unfortunately, their current incarnations only stoke the flame of polarization.
Last weekend I had the opportunity to attend a conference on political polarization at Arizona State University, sponsored by the School for Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership (SCETL). A lot of big names from
Guest Writer - RightJan 02 2024
Headline Roundup
Israeli Supreme Court Strikes Down Controversial Judicial Reform
Israel’s Supreme Court struck down a judicial reform on Monday that would have limited its ability to overturn laws deemed “extremely unreasonable.”
The Details: The law, passed in July, was part of a controversial judicial overhaul by the Netanyahu government that sparked nationwide protests last summer. Judges voted eight to seven against the law, saying it would have caused "severe
Axios BBC News Fox News DigitalJan 04 2015
News
Putin just imprisoned an innocent man to silence his opposition-leader brother
This morning, under the glare of worldwide media attention, a Russian court sentenced Oleg Navalny, an apolitical former postal worker, to three and half years in prison on embezzlement charges that are widely and correctly considered to be fictitious.
Russia's slide into authoritarianism has been so gradual, and accompanied by so many distractions such as Vladimir Putin's invasion of
VoxAug 20 2019
News
Trump again appears to back away from gun background checks
President Trump appears to be backing away from potential support for gun background check legislation, according to White House aides, congressional leaders and gun advocates, dimming prospects that Washington will approve significant new gun measures in the wake of mass shootings that left 31 dead.
Immediately after the carnage in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, Trump said “there is a great
Washington PostAug 29 2013
News
Syria, Iran threaten retaliation; Russia sends warships
Syrian allies Iran and Russia are working together to prevent a Western military attack on Syria, the Iranian president said, as Russia said it is sending warships to the Mediterranean, where U.S. ships are already in position.
Both Iran and Russia would work in "extensive cooperation" to prevent any military action against Syria, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in statements
USA TODAYDec 12 2015
News
Trump takes on Cruz, but lightly
Donald Trump didn’t hit back hard at Ted Cruz, but he couldn’t let the Texas senator’s dismissive private comments about his candidacy, which surfaced this week, go by without taking a shot. Or two. Trump, speaking to a crowd of several hundred people inside an auditorium at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, mocked Cruz, who has been remarkably deferential to Trump. Earlier Friday, Cruz sought to
PoliticoMar 01 2019
News
House Democrats explode in recriminations as liberals lash out at moderates
House Democrats exploded in recriminations Thursday over moderates bucking the party, with liberal Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez threatening to put those voting with Republicans “on a list” for a primary challenge.
In a closed-door session, a frustrated Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) lashed out at about two dozen moderates and pressured them to get on board. “We are either a team or we
Washington PostFeb 24 2014
Opinion
Unfrozen Caveman Pundit Debates Climate Change
Climate change has a strange way of making people say ridiculous things. There’s the crowd that hoots “Where’s your global warming now?” every time there’s a cold snap or a blizzard in their home town—as if local weather were the same as global climate. There’s the faction that continues to insist that climate change is an elaborate hoax, one that’s enabled by a “bought-off media,” without
Time MagazineFeb 22 2014
News
FCC Won't Ask Journalists To Explain Themselves After All
It may not be in full retreat, but the Federal Communications Commission certainly seemed to be in a major strategic withdrawal from a plan that has caused a political firestorm: a study that would have asked journalists and media owners how they decide what is and isn't news.
Conservative lawmakers, talk-show hosts and bloggers had attacked the study as a threat to freedom-of-the-press
NPR (Online News)Feb 15 2024
Headline Roundup
Can Israel Defeat Hamas in Rafah Without a Steep Civilian Cost?
Media voices around the world weighed in on Israel’s expected invasion of Rafah — where Hamas’ remaining battalions are holding out among over a million overcrowded civilians — highlighting long-running themes in coverage of the conflict.
‘A blatant ethnic cleansing campaign’: A writer in Al Jazeera (Lean Left bias) echoed a long-running belief by many Palestinians that the destruction
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