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Patrick Lawrence: Notes of a Non-Voter

Patrick Lawrence: Notes of a Non-Voter

November 9, 2024 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, ScheerPost

Oh my, the elites of the Democratic Party, their clerks in media and “the donor class” began gasping as election night wore on and it came clear that they had once again mistaken what we call liberal America for America….

Patrick Lawrence: Harris Comes Out of the Closet on Israel

Patrick Lawrence: Harris Comes Out of the Closet on Israel

October 24, 2024 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, ScheerPost

Well, Kamala Harris has had her fun with all those “progressive” voters, in and at the edge of the Democratic Party, who were much taken—or taken in, better put—as the vice president played the empathy card in her many statements…

Patrick Lawrence: Gaza: Kamala Harris and the Disgrace of Denial

Patrick Lawrence: Gaza: Kamala Harris and the Disgrace of Denial

September 3, 2024 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, ScheerPost

Outrage is a very fine thing. So is indignity. They are good for the circulation and keep one alert, I have always found. This is why I read The New York Times as diligently as I do. The once-but-no-longer newspaper…

Patrick Lawrence: The Sound of Enforced Silence

Patrick Lawrence: The Sound of Enforced Silence

August 29, 2024 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, ScheerPost

Is there some connection, — not quite official but it may as well be— between censorship and presidential politics? I pose the question as a survivor of the Russiagate years, when illiberal liberals started talking about “free-speech absolutists,” and when…

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