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Israel Has A Right to Defend Itself — This Is Not Defense

The violence in the newest round of conflict between Israel and Hamas is escalating out of control. This morning official counts say more than 219 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes. Several Hamas leaders are included among the dead, but civilians make up a far greater portion of the…

Israel

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Israel Has A Right to Defend Itself — This Is Not Defense
Israel Has A Right to Defend Itself — This Is Not Defense
Israel

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Jan 14

The Recurring Debt Limit Crisis — Kicking the Can Down the Road

On Friday, the US Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yellen, warned the US must take “extraordinary measures” to avoid defaulting on its debt as soon as January 19. Yellen explained she would impose those extraordinary measures until Congress agreed to raise the debt ceiling — again. …

Us Economy

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The Recurring Debt Limit Crisis — Kicking the Can Down the Road
The Recurring Debt Limit Crisis — Kicking the Can Down the Road
Us Economy

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Published in The Liberty Hawk

·Dec 28, 2020

What the Pandemic Uncovered — Pt. 4

America has demonstrated a complete and utter lack of leadership throughout the pandemic. — Continued from Part 3. These gaps and systemic flaws identified within America and discussed in the prior pieces of this series are repairable except for the most significant gap of all. America has demonstrated a complete and utter lack of leadership throughout the pandemic. President Trump counted every escalating pandemic…

Pandemic

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What the Pandemic Uncovered — Pt. 4
What the Pandemic Uncovered — Pt. 4
Pandemic

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Published in The Liberty Hawk

·Dec 28, 2020

What the Pandemic Uncovered — Pt. 3

2020 revealed how fully American Christianity has compromised its role of moral leadership for political power. — Continued from Part 2. Historically, global pandemics have produced many of the same byproducts we are witnessing today. Social anxieties gave way to conspiracy theories. An array of health advice and research contributed to good ideas and other ideas that were simple quackery. But past pandemics also produced religious awakenings…

Pandemic

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What the Pandemic Uncovered — Pt. 3
What the Pandemic Uncovered — Pt. 3
Pandemic

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Published in The Liberty Hawk

·Dec 28, 2020

What the Pandemic Uncovered — Pt. 2

The pandemic did not cause economic inequality in the US. It revealed a long-standing divide that may be too far gone to repair. — Continued from part 1. The coronavirus lockdowns in the first half of 2020 triggered an explosion in unemployment. More than 14 million Americans became unemployed between February and May in the first wave of America’s pandemic experience. More Americans lost their jobs in three months than in three years of…

Economic Inequality

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What the Pandemic Uncovered — Pt. 2
What the Pandemic Uncovered — Pt. 2
Economic Inequality

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Published in The Liberty Hawk

·Dec 27, 2020

What the Pandemic Uncovered — Pt. 1

COVID-19 revealed an American system unprepared for a crisis and unlikely to quickly recover from the damage done in 2020. — As I write these words, the United States is approaching 20 million confirmed coronavirus cases nationwide and more than 340,000 deaths. In many instances, these figures far surpass the worst-case projections of the spring when the nation went into lockdown to “flatten the curve” of this deadly pandemic. India, the…

Pandemic

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What the Pandemic Uncovered — Pt. 1
What the Pandemic Uncovered — Pt. 1
Pandemic

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Oct 3, 2020

The Worst Is Yet To Come

We have grown uncomfortably numb to the waves of crisis in 2020, but the end is not in sight. One month from today, the US will vote in the long-anticipated US elections. On November 3, everything will change. Or will it? Much of America, if not the world, is enduring this terrible year through a posture that amounts to little more than holding our breath. There is a subtle…

End Of The World

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The Worst Is Yet To Come
The Worst Is Yet To Come
End Of The World

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Published in The Polis

·Sep 28, 2020

The Dangers of Big Business Moralism

All manners of big companies and name brands are seizing the national platform to define and defend our society’s moral standards today. By virtue of their considerable financial imprint, corporations are learning they can impose their values of right and wrong upon various nations, states, and cities, not to mention…

BlackLivesMatter

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The Dangers of Big Business Moralism
The Dangers of Big Business Moralism
BlackLivesMatter

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Sep 11, 2020

And Now…The Great Transition

Generational moments, or defining moments, are rare by definition. The easiest way to identify them is everyone in your age group can recall where they were when the moment occurred. Some examples include President Kennedy’s assassination, the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, the 2001 terror attacks, and so on. If you…

American Dream

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And Now…The Great Transition
And Now…The Great Transition
American Dream

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Sep 1, 2020

India Is Getting Hammered

Last week it was announced that Pranab Mukherjee, a former President of India, and a politician who served 51 years within the young nation’s government, died after being diagnosed with the coronavirus 21 days earlier. Later the Indian government also announced a return of tensions at the border with China…

India

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India Is Getting Hammered
India Is Getting Hammered
India

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