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Liberals Need a Reckoning With Anti-Semitism
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Liberals Need a Reckoning With Anti-Semitism

Gerry Baker is Editor at Large of The Wall Street Journal. His weekly column for the editorial page, “Free Expression,” appears in The Wall Street Journal each Tuesday. Mr. Baker is also host of “WSJ at Large with Gerry Baker,” a weekly news and current affairs interview show on the Fox Business Network, and the weekly WSJ Opinion podcast "Free Expression" where he speaks with some of the world's leading writers, influencers and thinkers about a variety of subjects.Mr. Baker previously served as Editor in Chief of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones from 2013-2018. Prior to that, Mr. Baker was Deputy Editor in Chief of The Wall Street Journal from 2009-2013. He has been a journalist for more than 30 years, writing and broadcasting for some of the world’s most famous news organizations, ...
Democrats, Hysteria, and ‘Threats to Democracy’ – RedState
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Democrats, Hysteria, and ‘Threats to Democracy’ – RedState

Remember when Democrats were more rational, at least in comparison to today’s Democrats? Senator Zell Miller was the last of the old Blue Dogs, having been both Governor of Georgia and a Senator from that State. New York’s Daniel Patrick Moynihan, while a committed liberal, was at least intelligent, well-spoken, and not subject to flights of fancy. Whereas now, with what the modern Democrat Party considers its up-and-comers, there is a certain hysteria based on their damning everything counter to the “progressive” agenda as a threat to democracy. When a handful of Democrats introduced a bill to impose a progressive wealth tax on millionaires and billionaires, they didn’t just say that income inequality was bad. They called it a threat to democracy. Apparently, anything and everything ...