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Never Again – International Holocaust Remembrance Day
IAF F-15s fly over Auschwitz on 4 Sep 2003
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- We Hear You: Why Republicans Haven’t Kept Their Promise to Repeal Obamacare September 24, 2017Editors’s note: With the Senate once again on the brink of a vote to partially repeal and replace Obamacare through the Graham-Cassidy bill, it’s a... Read More The post We Hear You: Why Republicans Haven’t Kept Their Promise to Repeal Obamacare appeared first on The Daily Signal.Ken McIntyre
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- Hawaii Pregnancy Centers Go to Court Over Law Requiring They Promote Abortions September 22, 2017A conservative legal organization went to court Friday in Hawaii over a law that forces pregnancy care centers to provide free advertising for abortion. “They... Read More The post Hawaii Pregnancy Centers Go to Court Over Law Requiring They Promote Abortions appeared first on The Daily Signal.Rachel del Guidice
- The Flying Wedge Issue September 25, 2017A few more points about the NFL fracas: #*#I agree with Michael that the NFL is going to find itself in an uncomfortable spot now that it’s in the middle of a wedge issue. The league has to side with its players, many of whom now hate Trump, but the renewed protests aren’t going to do its image any favors. #*#Whenever there’s a controversy like this, some co […]Rich Lowry
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- Tradition and the Individual Talent (American Catholic Edition) September 24, 2017“We just weren’t good enough,” said Ralph McInerny, the late novelist and legendary Thomist at Notre Dame. He meant that the American Catholic literary bloom that began in the mid-20th century withered after the ’60s not because the world turned against it but because the talent dried up. Joseph Bottum says he expected McInerny to mention Vatican II. After a […]Nicholas Frankovich
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- London Is Closed to Competition September 22, 2017Soon after last summer’s U.K. vote to leave the European Union, London Mayor Sadiq Khan launched a publicity campaign to reassure investors that his city ...The post London Is Closed to Competition appeared first on Commentary Magazine.Sohrab Ahmari
- The Case for Kurdistan September 22, 2017The Kurds have been a people without a state for centuries. Monday’s independence referendum in northern Iraq’s Kurdish zone is an important step toward rectifying ...The post The Case for Kurdistan appeared first on Commentary Magazine.Sohrab Ahmari
- Joe Biden vs. the Post-Labor Left September 20, 2017Given his reputation for favoring even wildly impractical progressive policy objectives, few might have guessed that the first prominent liberal to stand athwart the Democratic ...The post Joe Biden vs. the Post-Labor Left appeared first on Commentary Magazine.Noah Rothman
Rabbi Heschel with MLK, Jr. on the march from Selma in 1965. Heschel is second from right. (Image” Duke University, Abraham Heschel papers archive)
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Posted in Civil Rights, History, Left-wing themes, Political commentary, Popular Culture, Social policy | Tags: Ava DuVernay, civil rights movement, Dovid Efune, Epistemic closure, ideological narrative, Ideology, Left-liberalism, march from Selma 1965, Martin Luther King Jr., morality plays, movie Selma, Rabbi Abraham Heschel, Race politics, religious inspiration civil rights movement, Selma, Susannah Heschel