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BOOK REVIEW: POLITICAL WOMAN – JEANE KIRKPATRICK

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Political Woman’ By Gary L. Larson – Special to The Washington Times Wednesday, May 30, 2012 POLITICAL WOMAN: THE BIG LITTLE LIFE OF JEANE KIRKPATRICK By Peter Collier Encounter, $25.99, 368 pages Quintessential American and true intellectual, she brought common sense to the crazy-quilt world of international politics. She gave no quarter to […]

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WORLD HISTORY – WHAT THEY’RE TEACHING KIDS

The Patriot Post • http://patriotpost.us AP Textbook Angst By Mona Charen May 30, 2012 After several cries of pain from my 16-year-old son, I finally got around to reading his Advanced Placement world history textbook. Not a way to spend a placid weekend. Paging through “World Civilizations: The Global Experience” by Peter N. Stearns et

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TWO, THREE, MANY OBAMAS – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com Two, Three, Many Obamas By Victor Davis Hanson May 29, 2012 4:00 A.M. As the campaign heats up, one problem is that we continue to meet lots of different Barack Obamas — to such a degree that we don’t know which, if any, is really president. I think the president believes

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KRAUTHAMMER – ISRAEL IS READY TO STOP IRAN

News & Observer – www.NewsObserver.com Fri, May 11, 2012 Israel is ready to stop Iran By Charles Krauthammer In May 1967, in brazen violation of previous truce agreements, Egypt ordered U.N. peacekeepers out of the Sinai, marched 120,000 troops to the Israeli border, blockaded Eilat (Israel’s southern outlet to the world’s oceans), abruptly signed a

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BOOK REVIEW – POPULATION DECLINE AND THE REMAKING OF GREAT POWER POLITICS

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Demography Is Destiny The perils of population loss. Jonathan V. Last April 23, 2012, Vol. 17, No. 30 The world is heading for demographic catastrophe. Fertility rates have been falling across the globe for 40 years, to the point where, today, Israel is the only First World country where

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TERRORISM AND BASKETBALL – OLYMPIC GAMES, MUNICH 1972

March 16, 2012, A Bitter Lesson in Basketball and Terrorism By STEPHEN MOORE ‘That was the most bitter and painful experience of my life,” observes Tom McMillen. “What happened in Munich was the most controversial and tragic sports competition in modern times.” Mr. McMillen is a former college and NBA basketball star, Rhodes scholar, three-term

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THE ‘DAYTON’ LESSON FOR AMERICA’S SHRINKING MILITARY

March 13, 2012 Three years into America’s post-World War II drawdown,not a single U.S. nuclear bomber could hit a large, undefended target in Ohio. By WARREN KOZAK EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:  But it turned out that many of the planes couldn’t even take off. The best mechanics had left the service for higher-paying and easier

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VIETNAM POW EXHIBIT AT AIRBORNE & SPECIAL OPERATIONS MUSEUM AT FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

VIETNAM POW exhibit shows ‘uncomfortable’ side of Vietnam War BY MARTHA QUILLIN – mquillin@newsobserver.com,  March 9, 2012 BY MARTHA QUILLIN The News and Observer Vietnam POWs 725 U.S. troops captured during the Vietnam War,  33  Number who escaped captivity from South Vietnam,   65  Number who died as POWs,   660  Number who were handed over to

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