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Israel Jumps the Shark

Have Israel and its supporters gone over the edge? As Israel defies the US on settlement policies and its continuing mistreatment of the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, a recent poll shows the American public is undergoing a ...

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The Wrath of North Korea

Should we still have 30,000 troops in North Korea, 50 years after that war ended? Given that the quickest way to gain international respect is to acquire nuclear weapons, do we believe we can prevent every nation on earth from going ...

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Thoroughly Modern Marxism

Not too long ago, Christopher Hitchens was busying himself justifying George W. Bush, the neocons, and the Iraq war"€”er, "€œliberation"€"€”on avowedly Marxian grounds. (It would seem justifying Dubya, Frumy, and Wolfowitz ...

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The Amazing Catholic Bullshit Generator

This is the kind of article one writes with Kinky Friedman blasting in the background, and that's how it is meant to be read. Otherwise, the experience might prove a little too painful. So crank up "€œHomo Erectus,"€ grab a ...

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A Letter to President Obama

From National Disgrace Online April 1, 2009 Dear President Obama, Be assured that no one surpasses us here at NDO in appreciating what you"€™ve done an overcoming of our country's stinking racist past. And even before you came ...

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Mad Max

Sometimes neoconservatives, (or should I say movement conservatives?) say things that are so stupid that one mistakes them for satire. Last week the New York Post republished an opinion piece from the Commentary blog Contentions, which ...

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Save Your Candles”€”the Dark Ages Are Coming!

Editor Richard Spencer has asked me"€”and indeed all the Takimag gang"€”to record our predictions for the coming year, but I have to say that I take this to mean he wants us to get our fingers moving and write something"€“because ...

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The Saga of Sluttony

December not only marks the advent of "€œthe Holidays"€ but, for America's growing population of undergraduates, is a time of exams, papers, and NoDoz-assisted "€œall-nighters."€ The following selections come from the final ...

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The Black Comedy of Kwanzaa

As we clear away all the wrapping paper and wonder how long to leave up the decorations, the deeper meaning of the season easily eludes us. So it’s good that Friday’s New York Times addressed the question that nags at the ...

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Our Ponzi Economy

As the multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme orchestrated by Wall Street insider Bernard Madoff unravels in the media spotlight, the nation is being presented with a rare opportunity to understand the true nature of many of our most ...


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