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John Podhoretz positive

John Podhoretz | positive

Political folk talk a lot these days about ‘messaging’ – a neologism designed to describe the way in which parties and politicians consciously characterize their efforts. It is only intended to be positive – i.e., ‘Our messaging is designed to show we care.’

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John Podhoretz politics

John Podhoretz | politics

Here’s a very good rule of thumb in politics: losing begets losing.

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John Podhoretz politics

John Podhoretz | politics

This has always been the way of presidential politics. The president rises above the fray while his surrogates go on the attack. They throw the spears and fling the mud he sits upon the throne.

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John Podhoretz movies

John Podhoretz | movies

Robots have a rich and storied history in movies.

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John Podhoretz movies

John Podhoretz | movies

What people adore about superhero movies is the signal quality of the Christopher Nolan films – their complete lack of irony when it comes to the portrayal of heroism and the need for heroes to confront evil.

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John Podhoretz money

John Podhoretz | money

The problem is that borrowing money to pay back more borrowed money that will oblige you in the future to borrow even more money doesn’t sound kosher. Because it isn’t.

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John Podhoretz leadership

John Podhoretz | leadership

Nixon was an awful president in many ways, including in some of his foreign-policy choices. But he left no doubt that foreign policy and America’s leadership in the world outside its borders was of paramount importance to him.

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intelligence John Podhoretz

John Podhoretz | intelligence

Newt Gingrich has a restless and outsized intelligence that is tragically unleavened by any kind of critical sensibility.

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John Podhoretz | hope

All non-incumbent campaigns promise hope and change, but Obama took the promise to a new level of absurdity. He suggested that a vote for him would literally transform the Earth.

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John Podhoretz | history

Robots have a rich and storied history in movies.

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