#Milley’s perfidy is more proof the ruling class couldn’t care less about democracy

#Milley’s perfidy is more proof the ruling class couldn’t care less about democracy

“#Milley’s perfidy is more proof the ruling class couldn’t care less about democracy” This week’s unsettling revelation of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley’s alleged late Trump administration-era perfidy is but one glaring fusillade in a years-long crusade by America’s decrepit ruling class to condemn and ultimately subjugate us “deplorables,” “wrong-thinkers”…

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#Can we export democracy and other commentary

#Can we export democracy and other commentary

“#Can we export democracy and other commentary” Intellectual: Can We Export Democracy? “Should we conclude from” America’s Afghanistan failure “that democracy cannot be exported?” asks Guy Sorman at City Journal. “Japan, India, South Korea, Taiwan and Tunisia demonstrate the contrary. But everything depends on circumstances and local culture.” India’s “local traditions of election and deliberation…

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# Crypto social governance will lead to online freedom

# Crypto social governance will lead to online freedom

“# Crypto social governance will lead to online freedom ” The saying, “Everything in moderation, including moderation,” has taken on new meaning since Facebook outsourced responsibility for content moderation to its Oversight Board following the violent events that occurred at the United States Capitol back on Jan. 6, 2021. First conceived in November 2018 as Facebook’s “Supreme Court”…

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#Letters to the Editor — July 17, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — July 17, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — July 17, 2021” The Issue: Massive demonstrations in Cuba protesting the country’s Communist government. There should be no question about where our two political parties stand on Cuba, nor about which US political party wants to change America into a similarly socialist and undemocratic society (“GOP­­ers put Joe on spot…

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#Authoritarianism advances as world battles the pandemic

#Authoritarianism advances as world battles the pandemic

“#Authoritarianism advances as world battles the pandemic” LONDON — Here’s some of what happened while the world was distracted by the coronavirus: Hungary banned the public depiction of homosexuality. China shut Hong Kong’s last pro-democracy newspaper. Brazil’s government extolled dictatorship. And Belarus hijacked a passenger plane to arrest a journalist. COVID-19 has absorbed the world’s…

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#Socialists in denial: Goodwin

#Socialists in denial: Goodwin

“#Socialists in denial: Goodwin” For socialists and their fellow travelers everywhere, it’s turning out to be a bummer of a summer. It’s almost bad enough to make you feel sorry for Sen. Bernie Sanders.  Almost. Sanders, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and their anti-American ilk are stuck defending economic authoritarianism abroad while its victims are pleading for…

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#For democracy, it’s a time of swimming against the tide

#For democracy, it’s a time of swimming against the tide

“#For democracy, it’s a time of swimming against the tide” The old Nicaraguan revolutionary, with his receding hairline and the goatee that he had finally let turn grey, spoke calmly into the camera as police swarmed toward his house, hidden behind a high wall in a leafy Managua neighborhood. Surveillance drones, he said, were watching…

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