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Article Roundup for June 11, 2010

Much to catch up on! Iran and the ‘Freedom Recession’ – Fouad Ajami of the Wall Street Journal comments on the wretched response of the current president to the plight of Iranian dissidents being crushed by the mullahs. The Cuckoo’s Nest – David Harsanyi of the Denver Post mocks the bitching and moaning of leftists [...]

A shocking story of Israeli survival

Wesley Pruden of the Washington Times nails it today, calling the phony anti-Semitic governments in Europe out for their “shock.” They are, at the very least, so naive as to not be worthy of their government posts, or at worst (such as in Turkey’s case) complicit in helping Hamas try to smuggle weapons into Gaza, [...]

Race and Resentment

Thomas Sowell’s article on TownHall.com reminds his readership that racism is indeed alive and well. In the black community. Jealousy is a sickness that has to be resolved immediately, but that would place the race-baiters out of business. We can’t have that now, can we?

Arizona faces tougher sanctions than Iran

Mark Steyn muses on the misguided among our fellow citizens who always seem to root for the bad guy rather than for the victim.  The left is truly filled with sick people. Blogged with the Flock Browser

The Data That Do Not Fit

Though I’m not Roman Catholic, I really enjoy reading The Catholic Thing, a blog for articles on culture, science, philosophy, and, of course, religion. In this blog post, Patrick Fagan discusses the effects of marriage and religion worship.

What Makes Us So Special?

Rich Lowry and Ramesh Ponnuru discuss American exceptionalism at National Review Online.