#Quit worrying about WWIII and other commentary

#Quit worrying about WWIII and other commentary

“Quit worrying about WWIII and other commentary” Ukraine watch: Quit Worrying About WWIII President Biden “blocked the transfer of Polish MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine” and refuses to establish a no-fly zone for fear of provoking “direct confrontation with Russia” — but the fear is misplaced, argues Dov S. Zakheim at The Hill. Russian President Vladimir…

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#Times’ laptop flip reveals its bias and other commentary

#Times’ laptop flip reveals its bias and other commentary

“Times’ laptop flip reveals its bias and other commentary” Libertarian: Times’ Laptop Flip Reveals Its Bias If the recent New York Times story on Hunter Biden’s laptop “sounds familiar,” writes Jacob Sullum at Reason, “it’s because the New York Post first reported this eyebrow-raising information back in October 2020.” That story was greeted with “skepticism…

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#Ukraine brings reality to West and other commentary

#Ukraine brings reality to West and other commentary

“Ukraine brings reality to West and other commentary” Culture critic: Ukraine Brings Reality to West The war in Ukraine “implicitly issues a challenge to the unseriousness, the smallness, of what passes for public life in the 21st-century West,” declares Spiked’s Brendan O’Neill. “As everyday Ukrainians pull together and arm themselves with guns and petrol bombs,…

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#Why Putin won’t pull out and other commentary

#Why Putin won’t pull out and other commentary

“Why Putin won’t pull out and other commentary” Foreign desk: Putin Won’t Pull Out Vladimir Putin’s Ukraine war “will get uglier,” predicts Walter Russell Mead at The Wall Street Journal. The autocrat “is no doubt dismayed by the cascade of bad news” as his forces flounder, but “knows that his future in power, his freedom…

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#Lose mask mandates and other commentary

#Lose mask mandates and other commentary

“#Lose mask mandates and other commentary” Libertarian: Lose Mask Mandates President Biden “has no clear idea of when” to nix mask mandates for good, huffs Jacob Sullum at Reason. The right time is now: “Americans, including those who are especially vulnerable to COVID-19, have the tools to protect themselves regardless of whether everyone else is…

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#Oh, the joy— de Blasio is leaving and other commentary

#Oh, the joy— de Blasio is leaving and other commentary

“#Oh, the joy— de Blasio is leaving and other commentary” Libertarian: Oh, the Joy! — Blas Is Leaving! It’s truly the most wonderful time of the year, cheers Reason’s C.J. Ciaramella, because Mayor de Blasio, “a bumbling punchline of a politician, is finally leaving office.” And though “it’s tempting to . . . focus on…

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#Putin’s excellent Ukraine crisis and other commentary

#Putin’s excellent Ukraine crisis and other commentary

“#Putin’s excellent Ukraine crisis and other commentary” Foreign desk: Vlad’s Excellent Ukraine Crisis “Vladimir Putin is having a good crisis in Ukraine,” Walter Russell Mead notes at The Wall Street Journal. “Ukraine is popular issue in Russia,” and the standoff “is making Russia feel great again,” as many are “nostalgic for the old days of…

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#Democrats’ Hispanic Voter Problem

#Democrats’ Hispanic Voter Problem

“#Democrats’ Hispanic Voter Problem” Liberal: Democrats’ Hispanic Voter Problem “The Democrats are steadily losing ground with Hispanic voters,” observes Ruy Teixeira at Liberal Patriot. “It’s not as bad as you think, it’s worse”: “In the most recent Wall Street Journal poll, Hispanic voters were split evenly between Democrats and Republicans in the 2022 generic congressional…

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#Biden’s silence on China’s Drug-Pushing and other commentary

#Biden’s silence on China’s Drug-Pushing and other commentary

“#Biden’s silence on China’s Drug-Pushing and other commentary” From the right: Silence on China’s Drug-Pushing “In the United States, a person dies from a drug overdose every five-and-a-half minutes,” frets John Mac Ghlionn at The American Conservative. Notably, “of the more than 100,000 drug-overdose deaths recorded in 2020, 64,178 involved synthetic opioids like fentanyl” —…

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#Problems with Kyle Rittenhouse coverage and other commentary

#Problems with Kyle Rittenhouse coverage and other commentary

“#Problems with Kyle Rittenhouse coverage and other commentary” Iconoclast: Collapsing Media Narratives  Some mistakes are natural, but “when the sources of news keep getting things wrong, and all the errors lie in the exact same direction, and they are reluctant to acknowledge error, we have a problem,” warns Andrew Sullivan at his Substack. Agenda-driven reporting…

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