John Loeffler: March 19, 2018

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What news from the Middle East?  In this week's boralogue, John looks at the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and the rumors emerging as to what it might contain.  How is Saudi Arabia involved?  Will Mahmoud Abbas be happy?  If these reports are true, he won't be.  Lesson to learn: when you refuse to participate in a process, you may end up with whatever you're given.  We'll have to wait and see.

The transition from a Christian moral base to a far left progressive elitist state is trudging along, almost unabated.  Philosophy professor and writer Jack Kerwick (www.frontpagemag.com) joins us to discuss the slow deterioration of the West, relative truth made absolute and absolute truth relativized, and the need to fight back against progressivism.

Appeasement has been a favorite tactic by leaders in the West toward brutal dictators.  Chamberlain did it with Hitler; the Obama administration did it with Iran.  Daniel Krygier (www.worldisraelnews.com), writer and political analyst for World Israel News, highlights the differences between one year of President Trump and eight years of the previous administration.  Can our current president succeed in negotiations without appeasement?

Iran has established proxies throughout the Middle East but now there tentacles have reached the Americas.  Joseph Humire (www.securefreesociety.org), Executive Director of the Center for a Secure Free Society examines Iran's influence in Venezuela and calls on America to focus more of its foreign policy south of our borders.

Americans' rights should be protected, especially during court cases.  Christopher Holton (www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org), Vice President for Outreach at the Center for Security Policy, describes the American Laws for American Courts, a policy that would shelter U.S. citizens in court from foreign laws and doctrines, such as sharia.  Unsurprisingly, the usual antagonists are coming out against this.

John’s quote of the week:

"Postmodernism is very relativistic and exists on a self-contradicting platform.  However, while they are professing relativism, in reality underneath that platform they have absolutes which are undeclared."

In this week's Section 6, John looks at the things we put our hope in and predictions for the future that haven't panned out – like most from the climate change crowd.  He goes on to cover politically correct orthodoxy, social justice warriors, and new technology that can make you say things you never have and never would.

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