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Flash Forward: The ‘W’ Primary of 2060 Revisited

November 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Editor’s Note: Eighteen months ago, I published two posts outlining the feelings I had about President George W. Bush.  In the first post, The ‘W’ Primary of 2060, I stood up for the 43rd president in the face of growing opposition to his administration.  Eight days later, while steaming about the need for immigration reform, [...]

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Happy 60th Anniversary, Israel!

May 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Sixty years ago at midnight, the State of Israel came into being and was immediately recognized by the United States and the Soviet Union. In his American Minute entry for May 14, 1948.

A homeland for the thousands of Jews who were persecuted and displaced during World War II, Israel was attacked the next day [...]

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The ‘W’ Primary of 2060

May 10th, 2007 · 2 Comments

The Truman Primary.
That’s the headline of the cover story of NEWSWEEK’s May 14 issue in which writer Evan Thomas waxes poetic about the iconic status of the president who ended World War II in the Pacific and about how today’s field of presidential candidates “all want to be Harry Truman.” No offense, Evan, but [...]

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