Jeff Jacoby

Markey’s tax returns show large deductions, social security benefits

bostonglobe.com — US Representative Edward J. Markey, the Democratic nominee for the US Senate, reduced his federal tax rate to under 20 percent over the last eight years by taking large deductions, including about $9,000 a year in work-related deductions.

Obama: Israeli-Palestinian peace part of counterterror strategy

timesofisrael.com — WASHINGTON (JTA) - President Obama said the United States was trying to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in part because it could help "reshape attitudes" that foster extremism. In a speech about terrorism delivered Thursday at the National Defense University in Washington, Obama described what he said were a number of "underlying grievances" that "feed extremism."

Wikipedia of the Weird (Beheading)

dianamuirappelbaum.com — I went to Wikipedia to write a memorial article about Islamically inspired beheading of Ariel Sellouk. You have never heard of Ariel Sellouk because the Houston DA allowed his murderer to plea bargain for 30-60 years instead of standing trial.

The censors and Jason Richwine

bostonglobe.com — Jason Richwine's views on ethnicity and IQ may be controversial, but he has done nothing to embarrass Harvard University. Richwine, who until two weeks ago was a senior policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation, believes that the intelligence of potential immigrants should be a factor in US immigration policy.

IRS Morality: Defend Planned Parenthood, Deluge Adoptive Families with Audits

nationalreview.com — Earlier this week, in a feeble attempt at humor on Facebook, I posted: "If you haven't been audited by the IRS during the Obama administration, can you even call yourself a conservative?" Given the scale of the abuses, I should probably just shorten it and say, "Only RINOs don't get audited."

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Farrakhan: Kilpatrick's sins would have been forgiven in white politicians

freep.com — Speaking in a Detroit church Friday night, Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam said that he plans to visit former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in prison Saturday as he tried to portray him as a victim of white racism. "I'm going to visit him tomorrow in Milan, Michigan," Farrakhan, 80, said to loud applause.