Barack Obama

Obama + Kerry = Neville Chamberlain

Obama + Kerry = Neville Chamberlain

NBP Editorial Board

In September 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain traveled to Munich to meet with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. There, Chamberlain and other European nations signed the Munich Pact, forcing Czechoslovakia, which was not invited to the talks, to cede the Sudetenland to Germany.

The Munich Pact was Britain's and France's attempt to avoid war.  Chamberlain believed that Europe could appease Hitler by offering the Sudetenland as a sacrificial lamb. Upon returning to London, Chamberlain claimed that the Munich Pact had achieved "peace for our time."  Winston Churchill responded to Chamberlain, saying, "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor, and you will have war."  World War II commenced less than a year later.

Fatherlessness: The root cause of income inequality
Massachusetts

Fatherlessness: The root cause of income inequality

NBP Editorial Board

During the last several years, there has been a growing chorus from progressive politicians and intellectuals about income inequality in America. Numerous books and studies purport to show that the American dream of economic mobility is now an illusion — that movement up the economic ladder is difficult, if not impossible.

The repeated use of the "income inequality" mantra is, of course, designed to pressure our political leaders to enact policies that re-distribute wealth and income.  The focus is not on growing the economic pie for all Americans, but on cutting it up into ever smaller pieces.

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