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from Faith & Freedom blog.faithandfreedom.us
CNN Stunned: Mexicans Want "Longer, Taller Wall"
CNN recently went to the US-Mexican border to clear things up once and for all. They planned to show the world that there is no national emergency. And Mexicans hate Trump and "his wall." They regret taking a closer look. Monday, CNN's Miguel Marquez noted that their own polls show that 34% of Latinos approved of Trump. CNN's Erin Burnett looked puzzled, as Marquez continued, that although a number of Latinos do not support Trump, there are plenty, especially those living along the border, who do support him. They say there is, in fact, a border crisis and they would like to see the size of the wall "doubled" or "tripled."
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, non-profit organization
Why Politicians Ignore Economists’ Opposition to Tariffs
The US Constitution is silent when it comes to the economic preference for the “low” tariff.
The benefits per producer tend to be much larger than losses per consumer. More is at stake for individual gainers, meaning they have a bigger incentive to get involved in the political process leading to tariffs. Consumers become the scattered, speechless majority.
Why Politicians Ignore Economists’ Opposition to Tariffs
The US Constitution is silent when it comes to the economic preference for the “low” tariff.
The benefits per producer tend to be much larger than losses per consumer. More is at stake for individual gainers, meaning they have a bigger incentive to get involved in the political process leading to tariffs. Consumers become the scattered, speechless majority.
The constitutionality of the plan can and will be challenged. Proponents of the National Popular Vote fail to understand the most basic facts about the American presidential electoral system. The principal flaw in the plan is its assumption that under the plan there will still be only two major parties competing for the presidency in 2020.
The confusion about socialism derives in part from its traditional definition of government ownership of the means of production. As it takes from some persons and gives to other persons…the law…is an instrument of plunder.
It’s time to admit the recycling mania is a giant placebo. A recent New York Times story details how hundreds of cities across the country are abandoning recycling efforts. Many are finally admitting what many market economists said several decades ago: mandated recycling makes neither economic nor environmental sense.
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from Hoover Institution
Nonprofit Organization in Stanford, California
No Exit: The U.S. Predicament in the Middle East
Years of American involvement in the Middle East to fashion a region that is stable, peaceful, more prosperous and more respectful of human rights has proven, so far at least, a failure. As a result, U.S. decision makers, thinkers and certainly the public at large are increasingly expressing their exasperation with that region. U.S. policy was driven not by altruistic reasons but by the belief that active engagement, especially after the end of the Cold War, would be of strategic import for America. The U.S., by its very presence, policies and actions, helped shape the outcomes it now finds inadequate.
Why America Can't Quit The Middle East
One of the most persistent myths about U.S. foreign policy is the idea that America desires—due to greed, messianic ideological impulses, or simple imperial presumptions—to dominate the Middle East. In reality, American policy has long been torn by two conflicting imperatives: The need to protect enduring U.S. interests, on the one hand, and the desire to stay clear of the region’s unending headaches, on the other. Paul Wolfowitz remarked once that his shift from focusing on the Middle East to working on East Asia was like “walking out of some oppressive, stuffy room into sunlight and fresh air.” To borrow the metaphor, American officials have long desired to walk toward the sunlight—while understanding that they cannot fully escape the darkness.
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A DECENT ORDER: THOMAS CRANMER AND ANGLICANISM'S NATIVE PIETY
In the final chapter of The Voices of Morebath: Reformation and Rebellion in an English Village, Eamon Duffy refers to William Shepherd, a sometime Augustinian monk who conformed to the Elizabethan Settlement, becoming vicar of a small Essex parish. He quotes Shepherd defending the Book of Common Prayer (1559) as the "decent Rits of the church of Christ" (p.177). On this commemoration of the martyrdom of Thomas Cranmer, that word "decent" has caught my attention. It was a word Cranmer himself used in describing the rites and ceremonies of the reformed liturgy:
Trump Is Right: Leave the Electoral College Alone
Certain Democratic candidates for 2020 apparently don't want Americans to act through the states, as the Constitution spells out.
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Classical Economics vs. The Exploitation Theory
As a final irony it turns out not only that capitalism is not a system of the exploitation of labor, but that the actual system of the exploitation of labor is socialism. Socialism establishes the very kind of exploitation for the alleged existence of which people seek to overthrow capitalism.
from Hoover Institution
Nonprofit Organization in Stanford, California
No Exit: The U.S. Predicament in the Middle East
Years of American involvement in the Middle East to fashion a region that is stable, peaceful, more prosperous and more respectful of human rights has proven, so far at least, a failure. As a result, U.S. decision makers, thinkers and certainly the public at large are increasingly expressing their exasperation with that region. U.S. policy was driven not by altruistic reasons but by the belief that active engagement, especially after the end of the Cold War, would be of strategic import for America. The U.S., by its very presence, policies and actions, helped shape the outcomes it now finds inadequate.
Why America Can't Quit The Middle East
One of the most persistent myths about U.S. foreign policy is the idea that America desires—due to greed, messianic ideological impulses, or simple imperial presumptions—to dominate the Middle East. In reality, American policy has long been torn by two conflicting imperatives: The need to protect enduring U.S. interests, on the one hand, and the desire to stay clear of the region’s unending headaches, on the other. Paul Wolfowitz remarked once that his shift from focusing on the Middle East to working on East Asia was like “walking out of some oppressive, stuffy room into sunlight and fresh air.” To borrow the metaphor, American officials have long desired to walk toward the sunlight—while understanding that they cannot fully escape the darkness.
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from Laudable Practice Blog
A DECENT ORDER: THOMAS CRANMER AND ANGLICANISM'S NATIVE PIETY
In the final chapter of The Voices of Morebath: Reformation and Rebellion in an English Village, Eamon Duffy refers to William Shepherd, a sometime Augustinian monk who conformed to the Elizabethan Settlement, becoming vicar of a small Essex parish. He quotes Shepherd defending the Book of Common Prayer (1559) as the "decent Rits of the church of Christ" (p.177). On this commemoration of the martyrdom of Thomas Cranmer, that word "decent" has caught my attention. It was a word Cranmer himself used in describing the rites and ceremonies of the reformed liturgy:
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from LifeZette
Media/News Company in Washington, D. C.Trump Is Right: Leave the Electoral College Alone
Certain Democratic candidates for 2020 apparently don't want Americans to act through the states, as the Constitution spells out.
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from Mises Institute
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED
As a final irony it turns out not only that capitalism is not a system of the exploitation of labor, but that the actual system of the exploitation of labor is socialism. Socialism establishes the very kind of exploitation for the alleged existence of which people seek to overthrow capitalism.
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ST. JOHN CASSIAN’S INSTITUTES: COVETOUSNESS
How our third is conflict is with covetousness which we can describe as the love of money, a foreign warfare,, and how this fault is not a natural one in man, as the other faults are.
from Orthodox Christianity – orthochristian.com
Religious Organization in Moscow, Russia
How our third is conflict is with covetousness which we can describe as the love of money, a foreign warfare,, and how this fault is not a natural one in man, as the other faults are.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
Road rage suspect who killed Kittitas County deputy was living in country illegally
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Juan Manuel Flores Del Toro, 29, was a citizen of Mexico who entered the United States in 2014 at Laredo, Texas, on a temporary agricultural worker visa. The agency had no record that Flores Del Toro left the U.S. or extended his visa after it expired.
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Road rage suspect who killed Kittitas County deputy was living in country illegally
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Juan Manuel Flores Del Toro, 29, was a citizen of Mexico who entered the United States in 2014 at Laredo, Texas, on a temporary agricultural worker visa. The agency had no record that Flores Del Toro left the U.S. or extended his visa after it expired.
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