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This column by the NYT’s Timothy Egan is exactly why so many conservative Catholics cringed at Pope Francis’s recent apostolic exhortation. Excerpts:

If I were you, I would strongly consider going to this event:

The American Conservative presents “What Impact Will the 2016 Campaign Have on U.S. Foreign Policy?” — a discussion with some of the magazine’s most prominent contributors.

You won’t want to miss this opportunity to hear from:

Authored by Bill Bonner of Bonner & Partners (annotated by Acting-Man.com's Pater Tenebrarum),

Positivist Delusions

[ed. note: this article was originally published on March 5 2013 – Bill Bonner was on his way to his ranch in Argentina, so here is a classic from the archives]

We’re still thinking about how so many smart people came to believe things that aren’t true. Krugman, Stiglitz, Friedman, Summers, Bernanke, Yellen – all seem to have a simpleton’s view of how the world works.

Five ‘terror’ suspects that are believed to have ties to the terrorists who conducted the Brussels and Paris attacks, were arrested in the UK on Friday.  West Midlands police said that three men and one woman were arrested in the central city of Birmingham on Thursday night and one man was arrested a London’s Gatwick Airport early on Friday.

Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,

Asher Edelman just penned a powerful endorsement of Bernie Sanders in the The Guardian titled, I’m the real-life Gordon Gekko and I support Bernie Sanders.

So who is Asher Edelman? According to the paper: