Roger Ebert on Glenn Beck’s latest, um, crusade? What are the words “social justice” code for? Why, Nazism and Communism, says Beck: “Social justice was the rallying cry–economic justice and social justice–the rallying cry on both the communist front and the fascist front.” Beck even went so far as to cite Jesus Christ, saying, and [...]

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Forget Harry Reid*. You want a liberal racist, look no further than the Dean of American Political Cartooning, Pat Oliphant himself. “21st Century building, 7th Century people.” That’s what his little bird-like avatar thingy quips. (I think if you quip, you should be automatically registered as Criminal Douchebag.) Dubai has been at the forefront of [...]

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Understatement of the day, courtesy of Gail Collins: There is, of course, a cultural divide between the crowded parts of the country and the nearly empty parts when it comes to guns. Residents of rural areas see them as a natural part of daily life. Those of us who live in the crowded places tend [...]

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Click it to read it! This should have appeared on Tuesday as part of my promise two or three months ago to resume twice weekly posting in January. But that promise was made before a) I got a stomach virus, b) my oven caught fire, c) I got a head cold and d) I lost [...]

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What is more likely: an angry Latino shot at Lou Dobbs’ house, or a careless hunter missed his target? Bill Ross, a longtime neighbor of Mr. Dobbs’s, said gunshots were common in the area. “Every day almost, it seems like somebody is target-practicing,” he said. “To hear a gunshot, I don’t think anything of it.” [...]

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