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Wake from the Fantasy: Palestinians Do Not Want Peace

MORPHEUS: You take the blue pill, the story ends. You wake up and believe…whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill… and I show you just how deep the rabbit hole [i.e., the truth] goes. Remember…all I’m offering

Harry Morgan, Colonel Potter on 'M*A*S*H,' Dies at 96

I remember Morgan best from his brilliant turn as the appropriately named Oily Perkins in the Western-comedy “Support Your Local Sheriff” (1969). RIP, Oily. — JN New York Times: Harry Morgan was born Harry Bratsburg on April 10, 1915, in

Richard Cordray's 'Heroes' Occupy Banks and Private Homes

When asked about the “Occupy Wall Street” movement in October, Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren praised it to the hilt. “I created much of the intellectual foundation for what they do,” she told the Daily Beast. Yet when pressed in

Andrew Klavan: 'J. Edgar' Critics Give Gay Love Subplot a Pass

Director Clint Eastwood’s “J. Edgar” was supposed to be a key Oscar contender this awards season. Instead, withering reviews and audience indifference have all but killed its chances at significant honors. That hasn’t stopped critics from soft-pedaling their critiques to

New York Times: Time to Ban Profit-taking Inside Congress

From The New York Times: The ghost of George Washington Plunkitt, the 19th-century Tammany Hall boss who cynically defined “honest graft,” is in the air as bipartisan panic suddenly sweeps Congress over an ethical matter that is old news on

Our Double Taxation Stifles Economic Growth

Back in September, I posted a flowchart showing how the current tax system is biased against saving and investment. Simply stated, the federal government largely leaves you unmolested if you consume your after-tax income, but there are as many as

Union Thug Leo Gerard Calls for a 'Resistance' Movement

The United Steelworkers (USW) Marxist president Leo Gerard believes if Big Labor can’t get what it wants through the ballot box it’s time to start cracking skulls. The Canadian-born Gerard loves a brawl. In 1999 he helped the violent anarchists

Thursday Crib Sheet:

– Powerful cover from the New York Times Magazine: Today’s cover is a sneak-peek at this Sunday’s coming edition of The New York Times Magazine, featuring the story “The Human Swap: How a single Israeli came to be worth 1,027