Mar 14, 2010

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Fred Reed on American Renaissance

“American Renaissance: Racists or Diagnosticians?”by Fred ReedFred on Everything, March 13, 2010Racism is in bad odor among the virtuous. I wonder why. At least, I wonder why any discussion of race is thought to be racism. The United States faces grave racial problems—more accurately, has them but doesn’t face them. Refusal to acknowledge their existence is not...

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Jan 11, 2010

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Barefoot & Panty-Scanned:
Fred Reed on Airport Security

“Barefoot and Panty-Scanned”Fred ReedFred on Everything, January 31, 2009OK, this goofy guy gets on an airplane with an at least somewhat explosive jockstrap and the entire earth goes wacko and orders porn-scanners and everyone has to watch Obama being Leaderly for hours. He is becoming tiresome to watch. A mahogany president with large white teeth. He looks like a...

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Oct 29, 2009

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“Killing America’s Kids”:
Fred Reed on War and Journalism

From Fred on Everything, September 27, 2009The web is covered in stink today because of a reporter for the Associated Press, Julie Jacobson, who photographed the death of a Marine whose legs had just been blown off. The kid was Joshua Bernard, a Lance Corporal of 21 years. When the photo appeared, Robert Gates, the Secretary of Defense [sic] furiously tried to get the AP to quash...

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Oct 29, 2009

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“Surprised by Disaster”:
Fred Reed on Military Culture

From Fred on Everything, October 25, 2009In re Afghanistan, why, you might ask, is the world’s hugest, expensivest, most begadgeted military unable to defeat a few thousand angry tribesmen armed with AKs and RPGs?Easy: Character. The men running the war are mentally the wrong ones to do it.Think about this for a moment. Suppose that your boss at the lab or law firm or newsroom...

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