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Repeat: How to have a peaceful Thanksgiving
From turkey to cranberries to stuffing to corn to pumpkin pie, everything will cost more this year.
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Putting DEI on the Target
Is the die cast for DEI? A growing number of corporations — From A(mazon) to W(almart) — are quietly stepping away from it, and some are facing the backlash of consumer boycotts, most recently Target. One example is this column by my friend, Jenice Armstrong of the Philadelphia Inquirer. She
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What items would grab in an emergency?
Your home is in danger. Police have issued a mandatory evacuation order. You can bring one small suitcase, the size of a carryon. What three things do you bring with you? I suspect there will be some disagreement on this, linked to age, I also suspect. Me? 1- Important papers,
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Far Left writers go bonkers in laying blame for attacks
I’m having a chuckle about a couple of chuckleheads from the Left — the Inquirer’s Will Bunch, Salon’s Amanda Marcotte — coming out with the, um, imaginative theory that the New Orleans and Las Vegas whack jobs who committed unrelated and dissimilar crimes were linked by a common motive
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What fact about the New Orleans killer was suppressed?
Questions asked by a journalist of other journalists about the terror attack in New Orleans.: First, yes, enough is known by now to call it “terror.” My first question is why almost every news report identified the attacker as a U.S. Army veteran. He was. That is true. How
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The music after midnight in Manhattan
So the ball has dropped, the hugs are given, the kisses are taken, and the canyons of midtown Manhattan reverberate with music. Times Square is very traditional. My music, meaning music of my generation. On CNN, hosts Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen mercifully ceased their inane banter to allow the
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President Biden’s commutations torch his legacy
President Joe Biden seems determined to torch his legacy as the grains of sand run down the hourglass of his historic presidency. Historic? Yes, for two reasons. First, his accomplishments. I would say action to prevent a depression during the Covid lockdown may be No. 1, but there are many
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The Ivy Leaguer and the Marine: Neither is a hero
By now you have either seen or heard of the online blockheads who are lionizing, making a hero of, the Ivy League grad who is accused of murdering a health insurance CEO. The first thing that put me in mind of was the January 6 rioters who were shouting, “Hang
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Guest essay: Trump beat not just Dems, but Left culture
By Guy Ciarrocchi Trump’s victory was historic — meaning it’s important and worth studying. The unfortunate reality is that in today’s America, any Republican win in a swing state or district is actually historic. However, Trump’s victory is in a “super-historic” category. With all the post-election debate
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Putting Thanksgiving in perspective
Thanksgiving is Americans favorite holiday. That’s according to a survey I just made up, but I think it’s true. Despite the thanks-to-God aspect of it, it is nondenominational, with each of us free to thank our own God, and atheists to mock belevers in “the bearded white man
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No, Americans did not vote for fascism
The post mortem continues, with the Inquirer headlining, in the print edition, a story , “Why voters rejected Dems’ fascism warnings.” I’ll summarize the story this way: Voters cared more about the economy than democracy. That’s the Inquirer’s take, speaking for hard Left, Democratic bed-wetters. Mine is that
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Ladies & Gentlemen: You are embarrassing yourselves
As you know, I enjoy spirited debate, and even creative name-calling. The election is over. Trump won. Biden and Harris (and Stu) say we will survive this. The level of acrimony is actually keeping other people from commenting. “What kind of friends do you have?” I have been asked more