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stinging snobbery

Posted on January 8, 2011 by bkingr

Andrew Stuttaford links to a piece by Brendan O’Neill that puts into a pithy phrase the thing that just crawls under my skin and irritates at a low grade burn most of the time, but erupts into a volcanic flame … Continue reading →

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WSJ on Van Jones

Posted on September 8, 2009 by bkingr

Jennifer Rubin points to an important Wall Street Journal editorial on who Van Jones was and his important standing in the leftist community in this country. the editorial makes two points very well and is well worth a read in … Continue reading →

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the President on Iran

Posted on June 24, 2009 by bkingr

Andy McCarthy had a couple of posts on Monday seeking to understand why Barack Obama was so reluctant to criticize the sham Iranian elections, their results and the brutality of the regime in their aftermath. I don’t know if he … Continue reading →

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