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Interview–Kirsten Powers on ‘The Silencing’: Obama ‘Normalized’ Left’s Anti-Speech Mobs with Attacks on Fox News

Kirsten Powers’ new book The Silencing: How the Left is Killing Free Speech surveys the political landscape of the past couple years and finds something new to worry about. A self-described liberal, Powers writes that the “illiberal left” is trying to dominate the discussion on campus, online and in the media through intimidation. In our discussion, Powers suggests there is an authoritarian impulse at play, one that has been gaining steam in the broader culture.

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Compulsion vs. Opportunity in the War on Poverty

Let me propose an idea for both sides in the poverty debate to consider: the true significance of work is not that it brings “dignity” to the poor, because they don’t consider themselves undignified now, and the welfare state goes to great lengths to reinforce that sense of entitlement instead of humbly accepting temporary charity. Work provides two concrete benefits more important than dignity: value and purpose.

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WH Spox to FNC Reporter on Obama Attack: Don’t Take it Personally

Wednesday at the White House press briefing, when asked about President Barack Obama’s criticism of Fox News,  press secretary Josh Earnest mocked Fox News White House correspondent Kevin Corke by suggesting he not take it “personally.” When Corke asked about the

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Obama: We Have to Change How Fox News Reports on Poverty

Tuesday at Georgetown University President Barack Obama discussed poverty at the Catholic-Evangelical Leadership Summit and argued Fox News intentionally divides the country by  highlighting poor people who make even him mad by asking for free “Obamaphones.” Obama argued if we are going to end poverty,

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Experts Doubt ISIS’s Repeated Claims of Having Organized Garland Shooting

As unidentified individuals online strengthen their claims that the Islamic State had a hand in organizing a failed attack on a Draw Muhammad art contest in Garland, Texas, experts have told various media outlets that, while the group may have inspired the attack, little evidence suggests that ISIS operatives actually funded or planned the attack and are now trying to take credit for work they did not do.