In July, Germany’s minister for economic affairs made a revealing comment. When asked about Berlin’s refusal to adopt a tougher policy toward China to defend human rights, Peter Altmaier said that applying more pressure would threaten his country’s economic interests.
“We have trade relations with many regions across the globe, including in many cases countries that have a different understanding of civil rights than we have in Germany,” Altmaier told Politico. “I have always been convinced and I still believe that change can be achieved through trade.”
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Hitler may have been insane (at least strategically), but even he could be deterred. And indeed, he was, for a brief, instructive moment.
The year was 1934. Hitler had been chancellor of Germany for 18 months and coveted Austria, his birthplace. So, the Nazi Party instigated a putsch to annex the land.
Nazis assassinated the Austrian chancellor, Engelbert Dollfuss, attempting to seize power. In total, they killed more than 100 people and injured several hundred others.
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The discussion about how and when K-12 will be returning for in-person instruction has dominated the policy debate over the past couple of weeks. However, little attention has been given to the other much larger elephant in the room, college campuses.
President Trump in North Carolina said the following: “Biden supports cutting police funding. And he has pledged to end cash bail.” Just last week, Biden proudly accepted the endorsement of the pro-criminal, anti-police Portland District Attorney, who has a policy of releasing rioters, vandals, criminals, and violent extremists without charges.
One of the great tragedies of our time is that universities have become places to close minds, not to open them. Indeed, activism — specifically left-wing activism, in service of social justice — has replaced teaching and learning on most American campuses.
Students still learn, to be sure, but what they learn is information imparted by professors and administrators to pursue a particular agenda, not information to understand the world around them as it is.
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