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Let’s Arm Lebanon

Let me see if I get this right: Israel is trying to dislodge and disarm Hezbollah. It says it has to do this because Lebanon failed to do the job, thus allowing Hezbollah to continue to raid Israel. OK. So let’s arm Lebanon to the teeth with tanks, planes and lots of those precision guided […]

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A Right Way to Help Israel

This is the New York Times editorial today: A Right Way to Help Israel First let’s just agree that the Times gets it right by saying that America gains nothing, and risks losing a lot, by staying on the sidelines. George Bush long ago decided to avoid getting involved in the Israeli/Palestinian dispute. A decision […]

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Minimum Wage Hike?

The stars are beginning to align around an increase in the minimum wage. The Republicans are under intense pressure from their moderate wing to do something that might shore up support in the Northeast where many of their seats up for re-election this fall are very vulnerable. The New York Times makes this point here: […]

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