There is often no sharp line between combatants and civilians when it comes to Hamas terrorists and their facilitators, since Hamas does not have a regular army with uniforms and other criteria for distinguishing between the two.
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Understanding the Israeli-Palestinian Wars
It is impossible to understand the enduring Israeli-Palestinian conflicts and the current war without understanding history, philosophy, and strategies.
Immigration Can Ease America’s Labor Shortage
“As we have tried to erect a fortress, so have we managed to build a prison.” Instead of a prison, let’s build a bridge.
Why the Left Keeps Winning
The Left keeps winning because its political opponents compromise time and again.
Ayn Rand on the Death of Innocents in War
Ayn Rand’s extemporaneous answers to questions from audience members after delivering remarks that were not primarily on the topic of war and peace, compiled by the Ayn Rand Institute.
Why Do Islamic Jihad and Hamas Fire Rockets From “Safe Zones” for Palestinian Families?
Every time a Palestinian or Israeli civilian is killed, Hamas wins. That’s why they use children and women as human shields. That’s why they boast that their civilians love death in the way Israelis love life. That is why Islamic jihad fires rockets from areas near hospitals.
The Pot Calling the Kettle Black
Special interest groups and big donors make campaign contributions because they believe that the candidate will support legislation favorable to them and their agenda.
Nothing Less Than Victory
Nothing Less than Victory provocatively shows that aggressive, strategic military offenses can win wars and establish lasting peace, while defensive maneuvers have often led to prolonged carnage, indecision, and stalemate.
A Pandemic of Lockdown Denialism
The denialists are those who actively promoted and enforced lockdowns, and now implausibly deny that anything happened at all.
Can America “Absorb” More Immigrants?
America’s ability to “absorb” immigrants is greater today than it was in the past.
Medicare for All Would Mean Worse Care for All
Sanders gets an “A” for passion, but an “F” in compassion.
How to Advocate for Freedom and Capitalism
A reader asked what one can do to defend capitalism given the ongoing threats to freedom and when one lacks a platform. Here are some ideas, based on my own experience and advice from communication experts.
The Great Cloud of Disrepute
The top players who made the pandemic response happen are gradually being taken out of power and being replaced by people who believe the exact same things as their predecessors. And they have every stated intention of doing it all again, under whatever pretext. The great calamity is now the template for the future.
China Will Burn More Coal As It Supplies “Green Energy” Technologies to the World
The absurdity is that while the United States is destroying its own power generation sector and economy due to Biden’s climate agenda and desire to reduce U.S. carbon dioxide emissions, China is building more coal-fired power plants, increasing its carbon dioxide emissions and improving its economy and standard of living for its residents.
Electric Vehicles Make No Sense on the Battlefield
Politicians, and particularly, the Defense Department, have the responsibility to equip our sons and daughters with reliable and useful equipment when they send them onto the battlefield, rather than using them as guinea pigs for the latest fad in vogue in Washington.
Julian Assange and the War Against You
The torture that Julian Assange has endured is not just an attack on his rights of free expression and journalism; it is an assault on your right to be an informed citizen. The Biden administration looks to jail Assange for life because he exposed international crimes and corruption to the public for free.
How To Advocate for Capitalism
Although it takes courage to challenge the majority view, advocates of capitalism need only two fundamentals in their arsenal: claiming the moral high ground and defining capitalism by essentials.
Medicare Is Not Taxing or Coercing Merck, Just Reducing Its Government Subsidies
The fact that people would even think to equate Merck losing government business to coercion shows just how much government dominates health care in the United States.
The Left is Still More Evil Than Religious Conservatives
The conservatives are narrowing the gap but the leftists still have a sizeable lead in this race to the moral bottom.
Freedom of Immigration for Rights Respecting Individuals
We need to make a beginning toward the establishment of freedom of immigration for all rights-respecting individuals.
“All Lives Matter” Is The Correct Moral Principle That Is 100% Anti-Racist
The “Black lives matter” principle is a valid concept, but the motto could be taken to imply that other lives do not matter because it is not inclusive.
California Reparations Task Force: Fighting Injustice with Injustice
Racism is a vile ideology. But the proper way to fight racism is through education and by ostracizing racists. We should not be fighting injustice with injustice.
20 Grim Realities Unearthed by Lockdowns
Both right and left betrayed their ideals. The right abandoned its affections for limited government, free enterprise, and the rule of law. And the left turned against its traditional stand for civil liberties, equal freedoms, and free speech.
Celebrating Adam Smith on His 300th Birthday
Three hundred years ago, on June 5, 1723, one of the most important and influential thinkers in modern history, Adam Smith, was born in the small Scottish village of Kirkcaldy. There are few individuals who it can be said have left as lasting and as positive a legacy on humankind as Adam Smith.
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