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Extend an olive branch? Just picking one up got Colorado’s Scott Tipton in trouble
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Alas, the cultural divide: Statesmanship in one society can be sacrilege in another. Consider that enduring symbol of peace in Western Civilization, the olive branch. Extending one in a bid to ease tension is regarded as a good thing – and can draw applause for any member of Congress. But tell that to the Israeli…
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THE PODIUM: Donald Trump scored an impressive conservative record in 2017
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A great many, even among those who voted for Donald Trump, openly questioned his conservative bona fides during the 2016 campaign. Some of his most ardent supporters (see Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham) quickly migrated from being the self-appointed enforcers of “Principled Conservatism” within the Republican Party to an unqualified endorsement of the new “Trumpian…
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Colorado governor and state lawmakers honor Jerusalem
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Gov. John Hickenlooper and state lawmakers on Wednesday afternoon participated in a celebration in honor of the 50th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem. Remarks from Colorado politicians were streamed to events in Washington, D.C. and in Israel, where celebrations were taking place to mark the occasion. “Fifty years ago, facing threats few countries…
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May: Throwing Israel to the UN’s wolves
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Obama encourages Israel’s enemies, caliphate-builders among them Palestinian Islamic Jihad is, as its name suggests, an organization committed to jihad – against Israel most urgently, though not exclusively. So when the U.N. Security Council on Dec. 23 passed a resolution condemning Israel, PIJ spokesman Dawood Shihab was pleased. He called it a “victory.” He wasn’t wrong.…
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May: The war against history
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Islamists destroy the past to shape the future “He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past.” This, as you may recall, was the slogan of the totalitarian state imagined by George Orwell in 1984, his classic novel. Today, various groups of Islamists – which we can define as…
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May: The president should not tie his successor’s hands
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It’s not for Obama to decide how the next administration deals with the Palestinian-Israeli conflict You’re probably familiar with the old story about the inebriated guy looking for his wallet at night under a streetlight – not because that’s where he dropped it but because what would be the point of poking around in the dark?…
