When your name is “Palin,” you have no right to defend yourself
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GOP push to repeal ObamaCare will resume next week
Via the Washington Post, which reports that it will happen with a so-called ‘more civil tone’ (hat tip):
Kirsten Powers: Why did “Healer-In-Chief” blame America for Tucson tragedy?
Liberal pundit Kirsten Powers, writing in the Daily Beast, makes some interesting points I didn’t think of in the aftermath of Obama’s speech at Wednesday night’s “Together We Thrive” memorial service for the victims of last Saturday’s shooting rampage in Tucson.
Congressman Clyburn engages in ‘inciteful hate speech’
Well, I mean he did if you by the left’s definition of “hate speech” the last week or so – which is to say someone saying/doing/posting something that the left believes can potentially be used as incitement to commit political violence. Real Clear Politics has the transcript. You can watch video of Clyburn’s remarks at the same link (via Doug Powers)
Free speech, Saudi-style
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Andrew Klavan presents Western Civilization in 2.5 minutes
Some needed chuckles after the last few days. Andrew Klavan returns with his latest installment of Klavan on the Culture to provide a quick survey of Western Civilization from the earliest times to the present: