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Blood on Their Hands


Horrifyingly, antisemitism has become a moral obligation for liberals. By: Melanie Phillips It was inevitable that the pre-pogrom climate created by the “globalize the intifada” mobs in the streets and on campus over the past 19 months would result in murder. On Wednesday night, this became a sickening reality when two young Israeli embassy staffers […]

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Валентин Губарев. «Красота – страшная сила». Холст, масло. pic.twitter.com/OvZHKTy1MF



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Карл Брюллов. «Портрет светлейшей княгини Елизаветы Павловны Салтыковой». 1841 г. pic.twitter.com/fo4ZZv5Ahv



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Pakistan: The authorities must end crackdown on Baloch human rights defenders


Five human rights organisations including the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), (…)

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Bible lesson in Austin: Texas Ten Commandments bill is lawsuit-bait


The Republican-run Texas House of Representatives has passed a bill mandating the placing of a minimum 16-by-20-inch framed display of the Ten Commandments in each public school classroom in the st…

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Mamdani by the numbers: Mayoral candidate’s big plans are too costly and will add to city’s debt


Zohran Mamdani, the Queens assemblyman who is running quite an effective Democratic primary campaign for mayor, has some very expensive plans should he take over City Hall next year, including more…

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Bringing the War Home: How Tim O’Brien Approached the Art of Moral Consequence


How rich. John Wayne, the hero of so many rah-rah war movies­ including The Green Berets (1968) handed the 1979 Academy Award for Best Picture to Michael Cimino for his disturbing 1978 treatment of…

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Charlie from Lenox Ave.: Rep. Rangel rose from little to the very top


Charlie Rangel was on his way to being another forlorn New Yorker born during the Depression and raised during WWII, dropping out of high school with two years to go. But Charlie from Lenox Ave. en…

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Today in History: May 27, the Golden Gate Bridge opens


The newly completed Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County, California, was opened to pedestrian traffic (vehicles began crossing the next day).

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Prosecutor: Pro-Kremlin agitator tried to set up armed anti-state militia in Estonia