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RT by @BruceDGilley: I hate to say this, but alongside the conclusions and tone, there are numerous good points here. "King Leopold's Ghost" is a reflection of 1990s morality, sobering in retrospect to all those who believe it is crucial--let alone easy--t

I hate to say this, but alongside the conclusions and tone, there are numerous good points here. "King Leopold's Ghost" is a reflection of 1990s morality, sobering in retrospect to all those who believe it is crucial--let alone easy--to avoid presentism. theamericanconservative.com/…

Everyone can now read my essay on Adam Hochschild's mendacious book King Leopold's Ghost. Thank you to @amconmag for taking down the paywall in anticipation of tomorrow's webinar.https://www.theamericanconservative.c...

Everyone can now read my essay on Adam Hochschild's mendacious book King Leopold's Ghost. Thank you to @amconmag for taking down the paywall in anticipation of tomorrow's webinar.

theamericanconservative.com/…

Junk citations and a lack of familiarity with basic facts on poverty in the U.S. plague Princeton professor @just_shelter Matthew Desmond's call for a spending and regulatory blow-out. Ivy professor from California 🤣https://www.city-journal.org/a

Junk citations and a lack of familiarity with basic facts on poverty in the U.S. plague Princeton professor @just_shelter Matthew Desmond's call for a spending and regulatory blow-out. Ivy professor from California 🤣

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"The fact that the art treasures are now disappearing into the monarch's private collection is not a problem for Berlin."

"The fact that the art treasures are now disappearing into the monarch's private collection is not a problem for Berlin."

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REMINDER: This Wednesday at 2pm Eastern (8pm in Belgium). Learn how Adam Hochschild concocted one of the greatest fake histories in the modern era.https://www.theamericanconservative.c...

REMINDER: This Wednesday at 2pm Eastern (8pm in Belgium). Learn how Adam Hochschild concocted one of the greatest fake histories in the modern era.

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RT by @BruceDGilley: So sad that you need to wallow in this victimization mentality. Japanese internment was motivated by security not racism and it was justified. See the Cambridge book below on motivations and Michelle Malkin on justification.https://d

So sad that you need to wallow in this victimization mentality. Japanese internment was motivated by security not racism and it was justified. See the Cambridge book below on motivations and Michelle Malkin on justification.

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Can't wait to hear Al Sharpton eulogize Jordan Neely and then insult all black Americans by saying: "The story of Jordan Neely is the story of all blacks in America."

Can't wait to hear Al Sharpton eulogize Jordan Neely and then insult all black Americans by saying: "The story of Jordan Neely is the story of all blacks in America."

RT by @BruceDGilley: A president should follow economic sense not try something new: low & simple taxes, low inflation, balanced budgets, trade & investment openness, active labor market welfare policies, investment in physical infrastructure, cost-effecti

A president should follow economic sense not try something new: low & simple taxes, low inflation, balanced budgets, trade & investment openness, active labor market welfare policies, investment in physical infrastructure, cost-effective regulation, deference to the market,etc.

RT by @BruceDGilley: Conservatives need to stop using the 13/51 meme. It's statistically inaccurate.Yes, it's true that blacks are 13% of the population. But they don't commit 51% of the murders in the US anymore. They commit 60.4% of them.

Conservatives need to stop using the 13/51 meme. It's statistically inaccurate.

Yes, it's true that blacks are 13% of the population. But they don't commit 51% of the murders in the US anymore. They commit 60.4% of them.

RT by @BruceDGilley: Where is PEN when librarians across the country are banning books for expressing conservative views? Or does that not count? And what's wrong with deleting an ideological rant from a children's book?https://www.mindingthecampus.org/20

Where is PEN when librarians across the country are banning books for expressing conservative views? Or does that not count? And what's wrong with deleting an ideological rant from a children's book?
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