#Facing down China’s threat to invade Taiwan

#Facing down China’s threat to invade Taiwan

“#Facing down China’s threat to invade Taiwan” As if 2020 needed to get uglier, the Chinese Communist Party is loudly threatening to invade Taiwan, its democratic and self-ruled neighbor. Beijing has been increasing the militarization of its shores off Taiwan, upgrading its missile bases and deploying its most advanced hypersonic missile, the DF-17, to the…

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#Schools Chancellor Carranza to NYC parents: Drop dead!

#Schools Chancellor Carranza to NYC parents: Drop dead!

“#Schools Chancellor Carranza to NYC parents: Drop dead!” City Hall and the Department of Education blindsided parents again Monday, this time with an announcement that November would be the only time they can opt their kids out of all-remote learning for the rest of the school year. For months, Chancellor Richard Carranza told parents they’d…

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#Creating a costly COVID narrative and other commentary

#Creating a costly COVID narrative and other commentary

“#Creating a costly COVID narrative and other commentary” Media desk: Creating a Costly COVID Narrative The “news media can still be a very formidable force” when “there is a panic, the subject is unfamiliar to the masses and they speak with a generally uniform voice,” notes John Ziegler at Mediaite. The pandemic gave the prestige…

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#Justice Amy Coney Barrett will be a boon to the nation

#Justice Amy Coney Barrett will be a boon to the nation

“#Justice Amy Coney Barrett will be a boon to the nation” Senate confirmation Monday of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court is a win for all of America, and couldn’t come at a more critical time. Barrett’s scholarship, record on the bench and confirmation testimony show she has the “deep legal expertise, dispassionate judicial…

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#One US university prez is standing up for true liberalism

#One US university prez is standing up for true liberalism

“#One US university prez is standing up for true liberalism” In an era when college presidents race to bend to outrageous demands from lefty students, Northwestern University’s Morton Schapiro is a rare case of backbone. Campus group NU Community Not Cops has marched daily since Oct. 12, demanding Schapiro disband Northwestern’s police department. The “protests”…

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#Stop letting dangerous lunatics roam free

#Stop letting dangerous lunatics roam free

“#Stop letting dangerous lunatics roam free” What will it take for the city to finally address the clear danger posed by severely mentally ill walking city streets and haunting the subway? An unhinged man tossed a woman onto the tracks at Times Square last Friday. Happily, she managed to get out in time — and…

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#Ignore early returns and other commentary

#Ignore early returns and other commentary

“#Ignore early returns and other commentary” Election watch: Ignore Early Returns “Don’t try to divine election results from early voting returns,” advises RealClearPolitics’ Sean Trende. He said the same thing in 2016, when pundits also pointed to “Democrats’ massive lead in early voting” to predict a Hillary Clinton win. In North Carolina, for example, “Democrats…

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