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Obama’s Leftism

Tuesday, September 30 2008

By JOSHUA MURAVCHIK Introducing himself to the nation at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama spoke not only of his black father, "born and raised in a small village in Kenya," but of his white mother, "born in a town . . . in Kansas" to a father who "worked on oil rigs and farms through most of the Depression" before enlisting in military service "the day after Pearl Harbor." What brought them together was "a magical place, America,"…

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Palin and Obama: What Really Is Wisdom?

Monday, September 29 2008

September 19, 2008 by Victor Davis Hanson Palin vs. Obama The race unfortunately has been framed the last two weeks by Democrats as one of Obama versus Palin. That will stop as Obama realizes he loses should it continue. Nevertheless, the comparison of the respective experiences of a McCain and Obama is so much in favor of the former, that it requires no discussion. So I turn to Palin, given the charges that she is unfit and clueless. Is Palin…

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The New President and the Global Landscape

Thursday, September 25 2008

By George Friedman It has often been said that presidential elections are all about the economy. That just isn’t true. Harry Truman’s election was all about Korea. John Kennedy’s election focused on missiles, Cuba and Berlin. Lyndon Johnson’s and Richard Nixon’s elections were heavily about Vietnam. Ronald Reagan’s first election pivoted on Iran. George W. Bush’s second election was about Iraq. We won’t argue that presidential elections are all about foreign policy, but they are not all about the economy.…

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Humility, our vanquished virtue

Thursday, September 25 2008

Miranda Devine September 25, 2008 At the Emmy Awards this week, the comedian Tina Fey made what could be seen as the defining comment of the age. "I thank my parents for somehow raising me to have confidence that is disproportionate with my looks and abilities," said Fey, 38, the Sarah Palin mimic of Saturday Night Live fame. "Well done. This is what all parents should do." Quite the contrary. The world is already too full of people with too…

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Cars & Kiwis: The Golden Age of Motoring

Friday, September 19 2008

Due out in a week or so this is a full colour record of various cars popular in New Zealand from the 40s to the 60s from Sunbeams and Austins to Chevvys and Avengers they are all in here and it’s a real nostalgia trip for anyone who owned a variety of third fourth or fifth hand cars as was the norm back then.

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