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	<title>Kejda Gjermani &#187; Essays</title>
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		<title>Are Chinese Mothers Superior?</title>
		<link>http://www.kejda.net/2011/01/12/are-chinese-mothers-superior/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kejda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A certain essay appeared in the Wall Street Journal last Saturday, titled "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior," to which one excerpted reaction from the Journal community itself was "I am in disbelief after reading this article." What I am in disbelief about, after reading the article, is that the Journal published it. The author is a Chinese mother, Amy Chua—a professor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Missile-Defense Betrayal</title>
		<link>http://www.kejda.net/2009/12/08/the-missile-defense-betrayal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kejda.net/2009/12/08/the-missile-defense-betrayal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kejda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was not uncommon for a pharaoh to deface the monuments of his predecessors, insert his name in their inscriptions, or impose his likeness on the heads of their statues. The enterprising ruler—whoever he might have been—responsible for introducing this practice debased the respect traditionally accorded to a Pharaoh’s postmortem, opening the door of precedent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The True Administration of Justice is the Firmest Pillar of Good Government</title>
		<link>http://www.kejda.net/2009/12/05/the-true-administration-of-justice-is-the-firmest-pillar-of-good-government/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kejda.net/2009/12/05/the-true-administration-of-justice-is-the-firmest-pillar-of-good-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kejda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About an hour ago I was holding an umbrella against the wind and rain, in the outer skirts of the crowd that had gathered on Foley Square, Manhattan, to protest Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s impending civil trial. Judging by how much space had been barricaded, I’d say the city must have expected a bigger turnout. Doubtless, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Robert Spencer&#8217;s Connections: The Serge Trifkovic File (Srjda Trifkovic)</title>
		<link>http://www.kejda.net/2009/02/23/robert-spencers-connections-the-srjda-trifkovic-file/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kejda.net/2009/02/23/robert-spencers-connections-the-srjda-trifkovic-file/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kejda</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kejda.net/?p=645</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in!" I thought I was done writing about Robert Spencer for a number of reasons. First, compiling the exposé of his friend and colleague James Jatras was a laborious effort for which, until recently, I had little to show besides publication in the Albanian-American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JihadwatchWatch: Robert Spencer&#8217;s amorous flirt with European Fascism</title>
		<link>http://www.kejda.net/2008/11/07/jihadwatchwatch-robert-spencers-amorous-flirt-with-european-fascism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kejda.net/2008/11/07/jihadwatchwatch-robert-spencers-amorous-flirt-with-european-fascism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kejda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The election is finally behind us. After initial sighs of relief and disappointment many are already beginning to re-examine the American electorate’s fault lines. What pundits call a “center-right” nation is actually a diverse culture characterized by respect for individualism, freedom, ingenuity, and by aspirations toward American exceptionalism. Articulating the tenets of this culture had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Musical Revisionism: A Communist Crime</title>
		<link>http://www.kejda.net/2008/11/04/musical-revisionism-a-communist-crime/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kejda.net/2008/11/04/musical-revisionism-a-communist-crime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kejda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Albania]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://kejda.net/?p=506</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A casual observer of Albanian Communist cultural paraphernalia (such as Enver’s speeches, Socialist Realist paintings, Party-approved monuments or poems, state-produced films, etc.) might deduce that Enver Hoxha fancied himself a glorious leader of an epic rural nation because of the pervasive themes of mythological collective greatness and romanticized legends coloring Albania’s grim history. Enver is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Robert Spencer’s Connections: The James Jatras File</title>
		<link>http://www.kejda.net/2008/08/08/robert-spencers-connections-the-james-jatras-file/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kejda.net/2008/08/08/robert-spencers-connections-the-james-jatras-file/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kejda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Within less than 48 hours, Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch has labored to not only quasi-politely dismiss and marginalize Michael Totten’s reports from Kosovo in the comments section of LittleGreenFootballs.com (lest his positive, non-hysterical message prompt readers to question Spencer’s colorful portrayal of Kosovars as Talibans) but to also attack Glenn Reynolds for allegedly being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond Conservatism: Freedom in a Godless Future</title>
		<link>http://www.kejda.net/2008/03/17/beyond-conservatism-freedom-in-a-godless-future/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kejda.net/2008/03/17/beyond-conservatism-freedom-in-a-godless-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kejda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That the GOP is experiencing an identity crisis is self-evident. Over the last few months the Party cannibalized herself as one candidate after another tripped over his feet trying to climb on top of her shaky political pedestal. No one can convincingly say what Republican voters were looking for, but we must infer they’ve pretty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rome Didn’t Fall in a Day: an analysis of Western Europe’s cultural demise</title>
		<link>http://www.kejda.net/2007/11/06/rome-didn%e2%80%99t-fall-in-a-day-an-analysis-of-western-europe%e2%80%99s-cultural-demise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kejda.net/2007/11/06/rome-didn%e2%80%99t-fall-in-a-day-an-analysis-of-western-europe%e2%80%99s-cultural-demise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 02:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kejda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The burqa/headscarf is unfortunately becoming so ubiquitous in the US and Canada that I am starting to get tired of getting outraged every single time I spot it. Being rightfully appalled can be exhausting business. I have noticed that I tend to bypass the appropriate emotional response (read: repulsion) increasingly more often lately, and instead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dissecting the Burqa</title>
		<link>http://www.kejda.net/2007/10/24/burqas-suck/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kejda.net/2007/10/24/burqas-suck/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kejda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Islamic garment is a symbol of oppression for a variety of mostly straightforward reasons, and as such is morally reprehensible. What I just said shouldn’t be controversial at all to uphold, were it not for the raging storm of political correctness that has swept through our culture lately. So I’m not going to go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Waterloo&#8217;s Larry Smith and his disciples: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly</title>
		<link>http://www.kejda.net/2007/07/11/larry-smith-and-his-disciples-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kejda.net/2007/07/11/larry-smith-and-his-disciples-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kejda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wish I had some sort of backhanded entry into the Larry Smith phenomenon, but here I am without any tangent to get started on. After all it’s been a long time since I last showed up for his class. I'm afraid that ramming into the topic cold-turkey in reverse might stir up my already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A word on modesty &#8212; Theory of (Authoritarian) Mind</title>
		<link>http://www.kejda.net/2007/06/27/a-word-on-modesty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kejda.net/2007/06/27/a-word-on-modesty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kejda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I understand that I am just a person, and however smart, rational, and well-guided I might be, there are others out there like me. I have changed my mind many times in life about many issues, as I explored and experimented with various currents of ideas growing up. I have abandoned many positions when I [...]]]></description>
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