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‘Tis the season for tearing down statues. And renaming schools and buildings and bridges. And removing the names of virtually all our important forebearers from the public square.   Does any of this make sense?  To help us think less emotionally and more clearly, let’s traverse the Atlantic and consider the case of Isaac Newton.            There is a statue of him at Oxford University. Should the British tear it down? According to Stephen Hawking, who held the Newton chair, the man who was perhaps the greatest scientist in the history of the world, was devious,...

Let's begin with a reminder that my position on partisan blame after horrific acts of violence has been quite clear and consistent.  I believe it's almost always grossly unfair, and a cheap political smear, to pin mass murder on mainstream ideological opponents, even by implication.  Leave it to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to make the least fair point in the dumbest and ugliest way possible.  Take it away, lady: Ocasio-Cortez: Trump's immigration rhetoric is "directly responsible" for El Paso mass shooting https://t.co/6jZPnAP9wx pic.twitter.com/vWiXGFLD42— The Hill (@thehill) August 6, 2019 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) late Monday said that President Trump's divisive rhetoric on...

Within the next 48 hours, Jews world wide will be sending email messages to the United Nations, the EU Parliament and the EU Court of Justice with the identical message that is on this email. PLEASE take a quick moment to copy the message below and paste it on to a new email that should be sent to the email addresses listed below: ecu@un.org - UnitedNations civis@europarl.eu.int - EU Parliament info@curia.eu.int - EU Court of Justice Message: The building of the Israeli fence When Israel builds a fence to keep out terrorists, the UN and EU are up in arms...