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Guest Blogger: Iran War commentary from Grandpa Publius on Ricochet

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I was impressed by this commentary from a friend over at Ricochet.com Member Feed. If you join Ricochet, you too can partake of the fabulous Member Feed. Highly recommended. Thirty five days ago, regime collapse was conspicuously, and wisely, not articulated as a military objective.   If it happened, great, but if it didn’t, so be it. …

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Asymmetric Warfare in Politics, or Why it’s so Tough to Find Conservatives to Run for Office

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Our State of Washington has been ruled for decades by Democrats, mostly elected by the voters (or non-voters) of Seattle, whose population outnumbers the rest of the state.  In the last 20 or so years, a new phenomenon has arisen that has basically consigned conservatives in Western Washington to minority status, and that is the rise …

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