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September 25, 2015

"Bacha Bazi": Obama's Silence on Afghan Military's Child Rape By Michelle Malkin

American soldiers are being punished for blowing the whistle on the systematic rape and enslavement of young boys at the hands of brutal Afghan Muslim military officials.

Honorable men in uniform risked their careers and lives to stop the abuse. Yet, the White House -- which was busy tweeting about its new feminism-pandering "It's On Us" campaign against an alleged college rape crisis based on debunked statistics -- is AWOL on the actual pedophilia epidemic known as "bacha bazi." On Thursday, Obama administration flacks went out of their way to downplay Afghan child rape as "abhorrent," but "fundamentally" a local "law enforcement matter."

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September 25, 2015

Walker Withdrawal Shows Changes in Republican Contest by Michael Barone

Scott Walker's abrupt withdrawal from the Republican presidential race Monday afternoon shows how different, in ways noticed and unnoticed, this campaign cycle is from those of recent years.

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September 24, 2015

Republicans 2016: Two Down, 14 to Go By Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley

Whatever else it is, the Republican presidential contest has become a full employment act for reporters and analysts. With the largest (though gradually shrinking) field of any major party in U.S. history and a Republican electorate that appears mad as hell and isn’t going to take it anymore, the GOP caravan is careening down the highway with drivers hurling insults at one another and racing recklessly to get into position for the voting that begins in a little over four months.

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September 23, 2015

Pope Francis threatens legacy of Pope John Paul II, Ronald Reagan By Charles Hurt

Speaking under the hateful gaze of Che Guevara in Havana’s Plaza of the Revolution — a shrine to ruthless communism — Pope Francis scolded us to “serve people, not ideas.”

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September 23, 2015

Another Cynical Democratic "Citizenship USA" Voter Drive by Michelle Malkin

There's only one time when you can depend on the chronically backlogged, recklessly inefficient Department of Homeland Security to perform smoothly: election season.

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September 23, 2015

Government: Here to Help! By John Stossel

Government wants you to think it helps you at every turn. Every time you make a decision, a purchase, government wants to be there, looking essential.    

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September 22, 2015

The Left Has Its Pope By Thomas Sowell

Pope Francis has created political controversy, both inside and outside the Catholic Church, by blaming capitalism for many of the problems of the poor. We can no doubt expect more of the same during his visit to the United States.   

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September 22, 2015

Are Our Familiar Political Alignments Suddenly Changing? by Michael Barone

As the 2016 presidential selection process proceeds, there is increasing evidence that the political patterns we have grown used to, that we have come to consider permanent, might be suddenly changing.

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September 18, 2015

Why "The View" Is Bombing By Michelle Malkin

You would think that a groundbreaking TV show for women hosted by women would do its best every day to respect and uplift women.   

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September 18, 2015

There Is No 'Flood' of Syrian Migrants By Ted Rall

Of all the stupid things people say while talking about politics, the one whose stupidity never ceases to astound me is that we're all out of room for new immigrants.

Haven't the nativists ever flown cross-country? Grab a window seat! If America has anything, it's space.

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September 18, 2015

Europe's Humanitarianism Is, Sadly, Not Humanitarian By Michael Barone

Human beings are hard-wired to protect young children. That's the easiest explanation of the rush of Europeans -- especially, but not only, elites -- to welcome huge numbers of refugees after publication of the picture of a dead three-year-old boy on a Turkish beach.

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September 17, 2015

Hollywood Lib Matt Damon's "Diversity" Drama By Michelle Malkin

Oh, this is schadenfreude-licious. Outspoken celebrity Democratic activist/donor Matt Damon opened his mouth and let the truth about the left's superficial commitment to "diversity" slip out.   

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September 17, 2015

The Reagan Rumble By Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley

It was a debate with winners (certainly Carly Fiorina) and losers (sorry, Scott Walker). Mainly, though, the Reagan Rumble reinforced the strengths and weaknesses that voters already associate with each of the candidates. Already, millions tuned in mainly to cheer for their current choice.

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September 16, 2015

Law and Border By John Stossel

How many wars can we fight?

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September 16, 2015

How Obama Has Fundamentally Transformed American Politics by Michael Barone

In this presidential cycle, voters in both parties, to the surprise of the punditocracy, are rejecting experienced political leaders. They're willfully suspending disbelief in challengers who would have been considered laughable in earlier years.

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September 16, 2015

Dear Donald Trump: Stay refreshing, back off Carly Fiorina and Ben Carson By Charles Hurt

You have run a near-flawless campaign.

At every turn, your originality and unpredictability have outsmarted the most highly touted minds in the political world today. Every time they count you out, you gain 10 more points in the polls. It is, as you yourself might say, a-MAAAAAAAAZ-ing.

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September 15, 2015

Why Have Elections? By Thomas Sowell

In a country with more than 300 million people, it is remarkable how obsessed the media have become with just one -- Donald Trump. What is even more remarkable is that, after six years of repeated disasters, both domestically and internationally, under a glib egomaniac in the White House, so many potential voters are turning to another glib egomaniac to be his successor.

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September 12, 2015

Hillary Is So Sorry She Wasn't Sorry Sooner by Ted Rall

Poor Hillary Clinton.

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September 11, 2015

America's Reckless Refuge for Jihad by Michelle Malkin

On the anniversary week of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, President Obama is rolling out the welcome mat to tens of thousands of Syrian Muslim refugees. What could go wrong?

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September 11, 2015

In Praise of Monarchy By Michael Barone

Some time in the early evening of Wednesday, London time, Queen Elizabeth II broke a record: she became the longest-serving monarch in British history, beating her great-great-grandmother Victoria's reign of 63 years and 216 days. She is also, at 89, by a solid stretch the longest-lived British monarch.

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