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corner.nationalreview.com - 21 days ago
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The control panels on the ship of state do not look encouraging.
corner.nationalreview.com - 20 days ago
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I've received a lot of thoughtful emails on
my earlier post . Again, I'd like to make...
it clear that just because I am raising the possibility that terrorism isn't necessarily the right word doesn't mean I am trying to lesson the evil of what this guy ...
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Re: Was It Terrorism -- By: Jonah Goldberg
corner.nationalreview.com - 14 days ago
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Mark - Interesting point. It reminded of an
email I got last week that I thought was...
particularly interesting and provocative. FWIW: Dear Jonah I am 34 years old, born in the U.S., raised as a (nominal) Muslim in Iran, and returned back to the ...
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Re: Muslims for Choice -- By: Jonah Goldberg
corner.nationalreview.com - 21 days ago
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Some woman named Bruni de la Motte has
fascinating essay over at the Guardian on what a...
terrible thing it was for the Berlin Wall to come down. It begins with this paragraph: On 9 November 1989 when the Berlin Wall came down I realised German ...
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Darn That Reagan -- By: Jonah Goldberg
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106 Trillion (and Counting) Reasons for Another Shot of Bourbon
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In The Corner , Jonah posted a reminder about the U.S. National Debt Clock . It’s a depressing sight. The national debt just under 12 trillion, the deficit at 1.3, bailouts 2008-2009 at 11.3 trillion, etc. But the truly staggering number is at the bottom of the screen: U.S. unfunded liabilities over 106 trillion with a liability per citizen of $344,404. Medicare accounts for 73.5 trillion of that, and the unfunded liability of the prescription drug debacle (thanks, GW) is greater than that of Social Security. ”Bending the cost curve” is so much whistling past the ...
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