#In Vietnam, Henry Kissinger was worse than a fraud

#In Vietnam, Henry Kissinger was worse than a fraud

Two quotes endure from the final years of the Vietnam War. The first is “Peace is at hand,” uttered by Henry Kissinger on October 26, 1972, when he swore he’d reached a solution with North Vietnam’s Le Duc Tho for ending the war. The bad guys — the “North” Vietnamese and their southern affiliate, the…

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#How China uses summits to advance its real agenda

#How China uses summits to advance its real agenda

The leaders of the Chinese Communist Party have long harbored a peculiar passion for summits. Often labeled “strategic dialogues” between China and its major adversaries, these meetings are rarely meant to solve any specific issues. More often, the CCP uses them as platforms to salvage its domestic credibility, to promote its global vision — and to hoodwink…

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#All the president’s henchmen | The Hill

#All the president’s henchmen | The Hill

In the Nixon years, not “all the president’s men” went to jail. Four of Nixon’s closest aides — John Mitchell, H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman and Charles Colson — were imprisoned for their transgressions; three others were indicted but narrowly escaped conviction. Those around Donald Trump face a similar fate. Seven members of Trump’s post-election legal…

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#Biden’s hunger hubbub ignores the federal obesity fiasco

#Biden’s hunger hubbub ignores the federal obesity fiasco

“Biden’s hunger hubbub ignores the federal obesity fiasco” President Joe Biden hosts a White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health next Thursday. He promises to “take bold steps to end hunger,” and his summit will likely unleash a torrent of demands for new federal handouts. But neither Biden nor the attendees will admit the…

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#Watergate gave rise to the culture war

#Watergate gave rise to the culture war

“Watergate gave rise to the culture war” Fifty years ago Friday, five men were arrested for burglarizing the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate complex. That set off a sad chain of events that changed the course of American history — and gave rise to an increasingly leftist ruling class that’s weaponized key institutions, including the press, national-security apparatus…

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#Jailing Trump won’t heal the country’s divisions

#Jailing Trump won’t heal the country’s divisions

“Jailing Trump won’t heal the country’s divisions” If the House Jan. 6 committee proceeds to its seemingly predetermined conclusion that President Donald Trump incited the Capitol riot and tried to reverse the results of the 2020 election and if it recommends to the Department of Justice that Trump committed criminal acts and should be prosecuted,…

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#Hippie millionaire who gave away fortune

#Hippie millionaire who gave away fortune

“Hippie millionaire who gave away fortune” For a few weeks in 1970, Michael Brody became the most beloved millionaire in the world. The 21-year-old margarine heir, from Scarsdale, NY, vowed to give away his fortune — all people had to do was ask — setting off a whirlwind month that led to money raining down on…

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#Biden regularly drops f-bomb and uses profanity

#Biden regularly drops f-bomb and uses profanity

“#Biden regularly drops f-bomb and uses profanity” As one might expect from a Democrat, President Biden isn’t afraid to work blue. Politico reported Thursday that Biden — once caught on a hot mic calling the passage of ObamaCare a “big f—ing deal” — regularly uses profanity in meetings with West Wing aides, displaying a particular…

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