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The Senate Was Right To Defund NPR and PBS

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This was not an attack on the free press. The Senate has voted to cancel $1.1 billion in public funding for NPR and PBS, a move described as “an unusual surrender of congressional spending power” by The New York Times, though the only thing particularly unusual here is the federal government deciding not to spend … Read more

Infantilizing Hezbollah

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Let’s not forget who was on the other side of those pagers. This morning, while perambulating the canines, I listened to this segment on NPR’s Morning Edition, where I am an occasional guest. Leila Fadel interviewed an eye surgeon who has been doing gruesome work in the wake of Israel’s “Paging Hezbollah” attack. Here’s the … Read more