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Real-life human beings like U.S. fencer Race Imboden and hammer thrower Gwen Berry have a way of slipping reality into our discussions about fun and games.
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BOOK REVIEW: 'Operation Elbe'
It is not currently fashionable to assess the importance of Counterfactuals in History, or what writers of Alternative History call the "What If" hypotheses.
Left consorted with Epstein
The New York Times and other mainstream-media outlets casually mention Prince Andrew and President Trump among those who consorted with financier and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Yet by convenient omission they have failed to observe that former President Bill Clinton traveled 29 times or more on the "Lolita Express" with Epstein.
Ideas worthy of the silly season
The silly season has arrived. Just as busy people are ready for a well-deserved break from midsummer's heat and humidity, the foretellers of global warming have burst forth with warnings that without drastic action, there will be no escape. Climate is a common concern the year 'round, but notions about preserving its natural balance track seem to rise with the temperature. The sensationalizing of heat waves and the disincentivizing of meat consumption as a cooling scheme are ideas of value for entertainment, but not for implementation.
Lying the left's new strategy?
A consistent tactic of Democrats is to accuse Republicans of the very actions they themselves are committing. For two years we heard Democrats claim President Trump colluded to steal the 2016 presidential election. Meanwhile they have been working nonstop to steal the 2020 election.
Putting working-class issues front and center
On the heels of the second round of Democratic primary debates, many observers and media outlets rightfully pointed out that while the candidates on the stage in Detroit continuously claimed that they would fight for working-class Americans, they failed to address the issues that really matter to working people.
Socialism never?
President Trump has repeatedly promised "America will never be a socialist country." Since Franklin Roosevelt began expanding government in the 1930s, the United States has increasingly adopted big-state policies associated with socialism.
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact: A bad deal, 80 years ago
Some 80 years ago, on Aug. 23, 1939, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, formally known as the Treaty of non-aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Sam Nunn and nuclear war
I had some dealings with Sam Nunn several decades ago, when he was Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia. Growing up in Savannah, I applied to be a cadet at the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1981. Consequently, I had to drive multiple times by myself to be interviewed by Mr. Nunn's staff in Atlanta for consideration for a USAFA appointment, which in the end was a successful quest.
Mr. President: Send Sam Nunn to Moscow
Nowadays it is hard for anyone much under the age of 50 to imagine, but once upon a time the threat of nuclear war and the prospect of planetary extinction were things people actually worried about.
How Guatemala's asylum agreement can help Trump's reelection
Asylum is for protection from persecution. Almost all the migrants claiming asylum are seeking work, not fleeing persecution. Only crass partisan politics would permit so many aliens to enter the United States under false pretenses.
BOOK REVIEW: 'The Smallest Minority'
Kevin D. Williamson, longtime columnist and roving correspondent for National Review before and after a much-publicized brief interlude at The Atlantic, has worked as deputy managing editor and theater critic for the New Criterion, done a tour for the Mumbai-based Indian Express Group, where he learned to beware of monkeys and the gifts they throw, and reported and written for the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.
More tariffs on Chinese goods
The Trump administration's latest decision to impose 10 percent tariffs on $300 billion worth of Chinese goods along with China's retaliatory tariffs only serve to pile new costs on small businesses and consumers, and squeeze what market access small businesses currently have.
'The Hunt' movie reveals just how far liberals' derangement will take them
After the horrors of mass shootings at Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, the nation is finally having a conversation about more than guns. This is a welcome turn of events. For a generation, politicians and their obsession with banning firearms have made it impossible to discuss the multitude of issues leading up to these hideous acts.
Democrats tagging Trump as white supremacist a losing strategy
Desperate Democrats have apparently decided that the way to win in 2020 is to paint President Trump as a racist, perhaps even a hood-wearing, torch-carrying grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
LOVERRO: Reading Redskins' tea leaves about Haskins is anyone's guess
There has been an interesting message coming out of Redskins Park concerning the future of rookie quarterback Dwayne Haskins.
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