So neoconservatives are supporting the uprising in Egypt as evidence of the universal yearning for democratic values. Pro-Israel conservatives, though, are hoping Mubarak holds on to power, since a democratic government might turn against Israel and support jihadi terrorists. Paleo-conservatives are thinking the revolution doesn’t
Egypt’s strongman Hosni Mubarak has cut off his country from the internet in an effort to thwart the protesters’ ability to organize and share information. In other popular democratic uprisings, such as the recent one in Iran, Facebook, Twitter , and other online sites have
We spend more on health care than ever before, but we are less healthy. We spend more on education than ever, but our children are poorly educated. And in all the ups and downs of the economy of the last decades, we are about where
China, for all of its seeming success, is also having its problems. But it is trying to address them: Under a proposal submitted last Monday by the Civil Affairs Ministry to China’s State Council, adult children would be required by law to regularly visit their
The two coaches who together developed the zone blitz will coach against each other in the Super Bowl: It has been nearly 20 years since Dom Capers and Dick LeBeau worked together on the coaching staff of the Pittsburgh Steelers, but their collaborative efforts so
The chicken sandwich chain Chick-fil-A is owned by devout Christians who close their stores on Sundays and give lots of money to Christian causes. The company gave some free sandwiches to a meeting of a “pro-family” group. Since that group opposes gay marriage–even though Chick-fil-A
Once again, a federal judge has ruled that the Health Care Reform law is unconstitutional. But this time the judge has struck down the whole bill. From conservative attorney Ken Klukowski: The federal court in the massive 26-state challenge to ObamaCare on Monday held that
It is widely said that the high birthrates of Muslim immigrants will eventually give them majority status in Europe. Not going to happen, according to researchers. Actually, the Muslim birthrate throughout the world is declining, though not as much right now as with native Europeans.
What some people expect will happen, from a review of another book: In “Why the West Rules, For Now,” his excellent and amusing survey of the last 70,000 years or so of human history, Ian Morris discusses an event we can look forward to in
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