Jack Yan on Vox

Why it’s still the American century

2008-07-03T10:56:48Z

In the spirit of July 4, I thought it would be interesting to explore the idea of the United States retaining its influence in the 21st century. What many see is dire. Beyond the anti-war types’ opposition to the War on Terror, there are corrup...

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David Horowitz on the reasons for the Iraq War

2008-05-08T06:38:19Z

Whether you support the war in Iraq or you don’t—and here in New Zealand we have the luxury to criticize the United States—David Horowitz’s recollection (video found originally on Humbled Infidel’s blog) of why the US went in certainly correlates ...

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How to restore faith in American politics

2008-03-28T23:16:01Z

American Infidel posted an excellent piece from Cross Action News on how the US political system has been compromised, by Carl Parnell. Some excerpts: However, as seen in these different opinions, politicians have been blamed for the failure o...

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Forget ageism, racism, sexism: which presidential candidate has used the least spin?

2008-03-26T05:55:32Z

The reasons I haven’t been fully supportive of John McCain have largely been from GOP-voting friends who have met him. They speak of a man who seems empty with a cold handshake. McCain supporters might say that that is a sign of a man who hates po...

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John McCain: thankful for his service

2008-03-26T02:00:48Z

I am not Sen. John McCain’s biggest cheerleader by any means—heck, I even made fun of him on national television—but there are aspects of his life where you think, ‘Man, this guy has served his country.’ And when I say ‘served his country,’ I don...

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Real men in the early 21st century

2007-07-28T11:16:38Z

An excerpt from a discussion between some of us here on Vox and on Facebook—the part I can share. (Thanks to Ninja and Randy for their thoughts in this.) I believe in men being gentlemen, women being ladies. I believe in respect, grace, honour, i...

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The Virginia Tech post

2007-04-18T11:05:30Z

Sadly, I had no idea of the horrible shooting at Virginia Tech while I was escorting Laural and Sharaine Barrett around yesterday. In fact, I spent most of the day out or at meetings. I learned about it probably 18 hours after most other people. ...

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