“The white woman who spent years portraying herself as black — doing so with an elaborate deceptive scheme that included wearing dark makeup, telling people that her adopted black brother was her biological son, claiming that one of her black friends was her biological father, claiming that her biological father was a Marine who was almost murdered three times by ‘white subordinates' because they were upset that he was black and held a superior position, saying she would be ‘nervous' about attending a tea party rally because there would be so many white people there, and even allegedly telling a Hispanic student that she could not participate in a classroom activity on race and culture because she looked too white — apparently never could have anticipated getting caught and/or that people would be mad if she did.”
— Katherine Timpf, writing in National Review Online, about Rachel Dolezal, the former head of the Spokane, Wash., chapter of the NAACP, a white woman who portrayed herself as black.
“The OPEC monsters tried to destroy the frackers, but that attack has only made the wily new players stronger.”
— Gary Jason, senior editor of Liberty, writing in the American Thinker.
“If those in government know everything about your income and expenditures, they are in a position to abuse it and cause great harm. ... Ultimately, entrepreneurs will succeed in creating widely used nongovernment currencies, which will be superior to government monies in many ways, including providing financial privacy. The dollar, euro and the yen will become as quaint and useful as the floppy disc.”
— Richard Rahn, chairman of the Institute for Global Economic Growth, writing in The Washington Times.
“Israel has no alternative to America as a source of security aid, diplomatic backing and overwhelming popular support. The U.S. has no substitute for the state that, though small, remains democratic, militarily and technologically robust, strategically located and unreservedly pro-American.”
— Michael Oren, former Israeli ambassador to the United States and current member of Israel's Knesset, writing in The Wall Street Journal.
