Austin Bay: Putin funds fake protests, rattles nukes

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Published
April 24, 2022

Austin Bay: Putin funds fake protests, rattles nukes

On Feb. 27 Russian President Vladimir Putin played drama king and put Russian nuclear forces on high alert. His war in Ukraine already failing, Vlad added nuclear pucker factor. Translation into emotional propaganda: world beware, or I'll start Armageddon.
Published
April 23, 2022

Froma Harrop: Hijabs, face masks and oppression

Historians may marvel at how face masks and scarves became weaponized for political warfare. We may have to live with it, but better manners could smooth the edges.
Published
April 23, 2022

Rich Lowry: Let Disney be an example

Ideally, Disney and the Florida legislature work out a renewal of the company's special district before it is set to expire, and Disney — and other corporations seduced into making themselves de facto left-wing pressure groups — resolves to stick to its core competency and mission.
Published
April 22, 2022

Leonard Pitts Jr.: So-called conservatism remains a doctrine of hate

A man with a guitar stands in the aisle of a crowded plane singing a Christian worship song. While some passengers sing along, others seem annoyed or studiously ignore the commotion. A little boy plugs his ears. It all moved Ilhan Omar, a Muslim born in Somalia, to write: “I think my family and I should have a prayer session next time I am on a plane. How do you think it will end?”
Published
April 21, 2022

Rich Lowry: In defense of Elon Musk

Musk is firmly in the tradition of great American entrepreneurs whose audacious vision, business acumen, and showmanship have made them larger-than-life celebrities. Think Thomas Edison. They have usually been willing to think for themselves, a quality now in short supply.

Published
April 21, 2022

Froma Harrop: Ukraine is our war and Biden our wartime president

As a wartime president, Joe Biden has one mission: to stop the aggressor. He doesn't have the luxury to obsess over rough poll numbers related to inflation. And the culture wars can wait. Right now, the only war that matters is the one directed at defeating Vladimir Putin.
Published
April 20, 2022

Cal Thomas: Elon Musk and free speech

The response to speech one does not like is more speech, not less. That's what freedom of speech ultimately means. It's what Elon Musk appears to want to promote on Twitter should he get the chance.
Published
April 18, 2022

It’s still easy for great powers to avoid international justice

The ultimate reason Putin and other top Russian officials are unlikely to face charges, though, is that national authorities in Russia almost certainly won't turn them over. The court has faced similar problems apprehending other heads of state, including former president Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan, who has not yet been turned over by Sudan's transitional government.
Published
April 18, 2022

Turkey’s neutrality on Ukraine is coming at a high price

As NATO closes ranks against Russia — even Germany has abandoned its pacifist posture — patience with Turkey's claims of neutrality is wearing thin. Erdogan's refusal to join the Western alliance in imposing stiff sanctions on Moscow is harder to justify amid the mounting evidence of Russian war crimes.
Published
April 17, 2022

Leonard Pitts Jr.: The Republican Party is a clear and present danger

What America needs to face is the simple, chilling fact that the Republican Party is a clear and present danger. Confronting that does not make you a partisan. It makes you a patriot.

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