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June 30, 2007
Good news, French style
France greeted its new president Nicholas Sarkozy with some great news:
Unemployment in France has reached a 25-year low More
June 30, 2007
Court of Appeals Unseals More of Miller Contempt Case Record
More information related to the Patrick Fitzgerald witch hunt is coming out. More
June 30, 2007
The NYT suspects a political prosecution
The New York Times runs an editorial on the prosecution and trial of the Democrat Alabama Governor and intimates it was a political hit job by DOJ More
June 30, 2007
Mr. Giuliani speaks
Aristotle considered courage first among all virtues. For without courage the others are not possible. More
June 29, 2007
Suing the radicals and winning
Our contributor Lee Kaplan has undergone a harrowing experience at the hands of leftist anti-Israel radicals at Berkeley. More
June 29, 2007
Arizona Democrat Napolitano Cannot Now Slink Away From Her Own Immigration Reform Bill
Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, with the defeat of the Bush-Kennedy immigration reform bill, is now in a very tenuous position. More
June 29, 2007
The peasants are revolting
The liberal media cannot believe that the immigration bill was defeated by people concerned about little things like mass violations of our sovereignty and rewarding law-breakers. It just has to be racism More
June 29, 2007
Tightening the screws on Iran
As the gasoline riots continue in Tehran (and who knows where else in Iran?), popular discontent with the mullahs' regime increases as economic hardships multiply. More
June 29, 2007
The People vs. Ted Kennedy
Well, it's taken 45 years, but finally the American people have rendered a verdict on Senator Ted Kennedy --- or as close as wel'll ever get. More
June 29, 2007
Iran's version of the 'fairness doctrine'
Nancy Pelosi and other Dems want us to negotiate with Iran. It seems they agree on muzzling critics at home. More
June 29, 2007
The bill may be dead but the issue remains
While the defeat of S-1639, known as the immigration reform bill, in the Senate may be loudly praised by many, I hope that this is not that last that we'll hear from our elected officials on the issue. It is too important. More
June 29, 2007
Hamas' Turkish website
Indicating that its brutal takeover of Gaza was well-planned in advance, and just the first step in extending its ideology and conquering the remainder of the Moslem world, is this ominous wake up notice from Hamas More
June 29, 2007
Suing Cheney?
Beldar responds to those who claim Cheney can be sued for failing to maintain the records of classified documents which pass through his office More
June 29, 2007
They Listened! (a poem)
They listened! They listened! I can't believe it!
(Though Wednesday I couldn't conceive it). More
June 28, 2007
Succeeding at anti terrorism (updated)
As World War ll recedes into the mists of ancient history, while former enemies have ostensibly turned into allies, many of the ugly, grim realities of defeating Germany have been downplayed. One, that has special relevance today, is defeating post war... More
June 28, 2007
Edwards: the man behind the skirt
If you are not a regular reader of Jeff Goldstein's Protein Wisdom you are missing some of the brightest and wittiest commentary anywhere. More
June 28, 2007
Immigration bill blocked
Has there every been a moment in American history to match this one, when all the force of professional government has been stymied by a determined citizenry?
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June 28, 2007
Posner Proposes
The very bright and always provocative Judge Posner flabbergasted Australian jurists with what sounds utterly sensible to me: secret trials for terrorists and more surveillance of Muslim populations in North America More
June 28, 2007
Free speech is unfair to losers
Several of my liberal friends have a funny conversational tic: Whenever the talk wanders into certain topics, they abruptly switch off --- change the subject, or urgently go off to do something else. More
June 28, 2007
Democrats and pre-emption
Rick Moran posts a long essay this morning on Right Wing Nuthouse on the Democrats' attempt to pre-empt charges that they have deliberately undermined the war effort More
June 28, 2007
The destruction of Israel: look who's okay with it
Congress just voted on cutting aid to countries that deny Isarel's right to exist. Look who voted "no". More
June 28, 2007
Eric Alterman
Left wing journalist Eric Alterman, now a journalism professor at the City University of New York, launches a particularly mean-spirited attack on Marin Peretz More
June 28, 2007
Become an instant Middle East expert (updated)
Barry Rubin has published a minor masterpiece of sarcasm today at Front Page Magazine, entitled, "Become an Instant Middle East Expert!" More
June 28, 2007
Ann Coulter, John Edwards, Chris Matthews (updated)
There are 3 people who belong in the same league: Ann Coulter, John Edwards, Chris Matthews More
June 28, 2007
NBC Universal Launches Global Warming Campaign
Forgive my tardiness in reporting this gem but needless to say I'm not on any NBC Universal's publicists speed dial More
June 28, 2007
Chapel Hill (NC) needs a new police chief
WRAL TV reports:
Chapel Hill's new police chief, Tom McCarthy, will not be taking the position due to health reasons, the town manager announced More
June 27, 2007
Mike Nifong, fugitive?
WRAL television in Raleigh, NC is reporting that there is some doubt locally whether or not Mike Nifong will show up for his court hearing tomorrow. More
June 27, 2007
Posturing Ninnies in the Limelight
Whatever happens on the comprehensive immigration bill, the Senate has been caught with its pants down, argues Stanley Kurtz. Maybe those cosseted courtiers in the Senate have finally got a hint of the power of the internet to expose "deceits and flaws"
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June 27, 2007
Obama's church (continued)
Matt May attended last weekend's United Church of Christ meetings in Hartford. Obama famously attacked the "religious right" while speaking before an establishment element of the "religious left." More
June 27, 2007
All too brief
I gagged yesterday when I read this article on "People's Park", the 3 acre plot of land seized from the University of California by rioters More
June 27, 2007
Tom Delay 1, Ronny Earle 0 (updated)
Too late to save his political career, Tom Delay has won the first round More
June 27, 2007
Businesses eliminate Israel (updated)
While Iran's Ahmadi-Nejad consistently promises to eliminate Israel through war and weaponry, some companies, eager to please their Arab/Moslem customers have already done so. More
June 27, 2007
How to analyze information
Herbert E. Meyer tackles the characteristic dilemma of our age: how to cope with the deluge of data made available via the internet, and come up with meaningful and usable knowledge More
June 27, 2007
NYT goes to bat for convicted Democrat governor
Adam Nossiter writes a shockingly sympathetic article on former Alabama governor Don Siegelman, a Democrat. More
June 27, 2007
Iran executes children: where is the NYT report on this?
According to Amnesty International, as reported in the Washington Post today, there are 71 child criminals on death row in Iran. More
June 27, 2007
The conservative immigration gamble
I would love to see this immigration bill defeated, but only if a conservative is elected president in 2008. More
June 27, 2007
Israel's quiet friendships in the Muslim world
Despite the blustery rhetoric about Israel heard in so many Islamic quarters, at least some groups in predominantly Muslim countries manage to talk and cooperate with Israel. More
June 27, 2007
Gasoline rationing in Iran (updated)
Iran has imposed, with only two hours' notice, fairly stringent gasoline rationing, according to the BBC More
June 26, 2007
Msn.com's 'Top 10 Guy Getaways'
I guess they published this this because even going to war is not longer a "guys-only" activity. Well, at least if you're not a Marine. More
June 26, 2007
Libby's Reply to the Appellate Court on Bond Pending Appeal
At the close of business today, Lewis Libby filed his response to the Fitzgerald response to his Application for Release Pending Appeal More
June 26, 2007
Israel's absurd concession
Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert announced at Sharm-al-Sheik that he will contribute to strengthening Abbas' reputation among the Palestinians by releasing 250 Fatah terrorists from Israeli prisons.
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June 26, 2007
Worst newspaper in America taken to court
Powerline linked to this AP article about the court battle going on between the Minneapolis Star-Tribune and the St. Paul Pioneer Press about purloined information and non-compete agreements. More
June 26, 2007
How the MSM portrays anti-immigration bill 'groups'
Steve Gilbert of Sweetness & Light catches the Los Angeles Times stretching to impugn those who oppose the immigration bill. More
June 26, 2007
A winning counterinsurgency strategy
Dr. David Kilcullen, a retired Australian army Lt. Col. with 1st-hand experience of counter-insurgency operations in East Timor and elsewhere, has become one of the leading experts on the formulation of effective 21st century COIN doctrine. More
June 26, 2007
Obama's statement on Israeli-Palestinian summit
Senator Obama has issued a statement that reveals some of his assumptions and beliefs on Middle Eastern affairs. More
June 26, 2007
Jack Murtha, venture capitalist?
A Washington Times editorial tells us that Rep. Jack Murtha "fancies himself a kind of taxpayer-backed venture capitalist" More
June 26, 2007
'Equal protection' amendment to the immigration bill
It occurred to me that there might be a very short and very simple amendment that would ensure the support of a majority of the citizens of the United States for the immigration bill. More
June 26, 2007
His Smartness, Liberali Maximallus (a continuing poem)
S'pose you want to be like me:
Lean, mean of a thinking machine
In the know 'gards the such and so
'Bout the contemplation of your navel. More
June 25, 2007
Islamic Rage Boy
Christopher Hitchens brings us this week's latest on Islamic Rage Boy, a professional Pakistani protester More
June 25, 2007
Not fit to print in the NYT?
Does anyone really expect to read this news in the New York Times? Elizabeth Stanton of Bloomberg writes:
Among the markets that say President George W. Bush is doing ``a heck of a job,'' the one he can take the most satisfaction from is U.S. Treasury bills. More
June 25, 2007
Murtha's earmarking empire
Roll Call's Paul Singer has a jaw-dropper on the local earmarking industry constructed by Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., raising new questions that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., would rather not answer More
June 25, 2007
China sees the light, why can't we?
What do the Chinese see in Iraq that apparently the left and the antique media do not see, or choose to ignore? Simple; the country-wide offensive operation, a.k.a., the "surge" is working More
June 25, 2007
Liberal paradox
Like one of those sci-fi robots repeating "this does not compute", liberals are having a hard time concocting reasons to condemn Wal-Mart's plans to offer low cost check-cashing services More
June 25, 2007
Events clarify Palestinian realities
Freed from his politically correct overseers at the New York Times, Joel Brinkley provides an honest assessment of Hamas. More
June 25, 2007
NYT print advertising decline close to 15% a year?
It now appears that the latest earnings report from the New York Times Company disguises as much as it shows, hiding a much more serious decline in print advertising revenue than previously understood.
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June 25, 2007
Free trade for America's enemies?
To hear the international left excoriate free trade, you'd think it would be a no brainer for leftist states like Ecuador and Bolivia to reject any trade with the U.S. More
June 25, 2007
BBC: 'evangelical SCHEMES' entering the cells of US prisons
In a story headlined "Jesus and jail: Should evangelical schemes enter the cells of US prisons?", The BBC hyperventilates on the threat of prison inmates following the peaceful path of Jesus. More
June 25, 2007
Evasive action
Listening to Senators Lott and Feinstein talk about immigration "reform" on Fox News Sunday yesterday, I was amazed at just how much these two seem to believe that compromise and bipartisanship are more important than doing the right thing for America. More
June 25, 2007
A new enemy patrolling our east coast?
Is Puerto Rico really a part of the United States? And if it is, is it worth defending from attack? That's the emerging issue right now because Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez has just made his first threat on the U.S . commonwealth More
June 25, 2007
Roger Ebert's moral equivalence (updated)
To paraphrase some wag whose name I've forgotten: "Watching A Mighty Heart is like watching a re-cut version of Titanic where the iceberg is discreetly never shown." More
June 24, 2007
The Ugly Face of Abortion
A recent article in the American Thinker, included the sentence:
"...moral issues aside, abortion is so ugly a process that even its advocates cannot bear to look at it." More
June 24, 2007
Too liberal for the New York Times?
Ten days later than American Thinker, The New York Times takes notice of the demise of Antioch College More
June 24, 2007
Politicizing The Smithsonian
Inasmuch as the Smithsonian Institution is a quasi-governmental organization, largely funded by taxpayer money, it seems to me that the magazine it publishes, Smithsonian, ought to be strictly apolitical. More
June 24, 2007
Airbus and Islamic finance
It is no secret that Airbus has sold a lot of airliners to Islamic countries. Emirates Airlines of Dubai is by far the dominant customer for the A380 superjumbo jet, most famously More
June 24, 2007
The NYT outdoes itself today
The New York Times outdoes itself: an essay by Noah Feldman on Israel and the Palestinians consigns some history to the Memory Hole.
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June 24, 2007
Obama campaign politicizing tax-emept churches
The New York Times has gleefully reported on troubles encountered by Christian consevraive organizations when churches have been used for political purposes. More
June 24, 2007
The odd alliance aiding Nicaragua
Communism and shortages go together. When the price mechanism is tossed out and the planners take over, watch out! More
June 23, 2007
The entertainment industry's guy at the CIA
If this is true -- and it must be, because it's on the CIA's official website -- the "Impeach Bush" crowd may have a new recruit. More
June 23, 2007
Al Jazeera: Hugo Chavez threatens expropriation
Al Jazeera is reporting that Venezuelan strong man Hugo Chavez is threatening to expropriate oil and gas assets of Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips, Chevron Corp, Norway's Statoil, Britain's BP Plc and France's Total. More
June 23, 2007
The heroes who make us proud
At the close of his Pentagon teleconference yesterday, Multi-National Corps-Iraq commander, Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno spoke some inspiring words about Sgt. 1st Class Adin Salkanovic, B Troop, 6th Sqdn, 9th Cavalry Rgt, Ist Cavalry Division, More
June 22, 2007
Rogue Prosecutors
Dorothy Rabinowitz writes a wonderful essay on Mike Nifong and Patrick Fitzgerald More
June 22, 2007
Fatah's and Hamas' total makeover
Shrewdly selling himself to the non Arab/Moslem world as a moderate, recently self righteously condemning Hamas as terrorists creating an "empire of darkness," Mahmoud Abbas thus cleverly distances himself from their savage slaughter More
June 22, 2007
Harvesting the assets of dying newspapers
The New York Times Company probably has a collection of historical artifacts, including letters from the famous, which could amount to a considerable sum if liquidated. More
June 22, 2007
The application of violence
There is both the right application and the wrong application of violence. The media for the most part gets it wrong. More
June 22, 2007
Political contributions by journalists
What I find most interesting about the list is the number of "journalists" who essentially admit to breaking the law, either themselves or their family members (many blamed their spouses for making a contribution purportedly in the journalist's name) More
June 22, 2007
Aussie Navy defeated Iran kidnap attempt
BBC News sheepishly dug its toes into the sand, and admitted yesterday that Iranian naval forces in the Gulf tried to capture an Australian Navy boarding team but were vigorously repelled, More
June 21, 2007
errata
In an article I had published here on Thursday, "Talks with the Muslim Brotherhood", I critically cited some previous writings of Nixon Center scholar Robert Leiken More
June 21, 2007
How to rationalize bad behavior
I am amused and instructed by the ridiculous response of the NYT's ethicist Randy Cohen when it was revealed he'd contributed to MoveOn, the radical lefty group. More
June 21, 2007
The McCain doubletalk express
Mickey Kaus has been watching the Immigration Bill closer than anyone and points out this McCain double talk (which, I'm sorry to say is fairly representative of the stuff the proponents of the Bill are doing). More
June 21, 2007
Seasons of the Global Warming Sun
During today's Summer Solstice, the Sun will attain its highest point north of the celestial equator. Scientists have observed the direct connection between solar activity and Earth's climate for centuries. More
June 21, 2007
Pelosi 'greens' the House
In yet another bubble headed move, Speaker Pelosi has announced she's Greening the House. More
June 21, 2007
ISG expert's op-ed in the Boston Globe defies belief
The Iraq Study group relied, in part, on the "expert" testimony of Augustus Richard Norton - an anthropology professor More
June 21, 2007
Abbas calls Hamas 'terrorists'
Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestinian Authority, has called Hamas "terrorists." If Abbas can call Hamas terrorists, why can't most in the media? More
June 21, 2007
The assault on free speech in radio (updated)
Think Progress, a left wing organization, prepares for the assault on free speech radio More
June 21, 2007
Bizarre LAT editorial
A Los Angeles Times editorial calls for Hamas to release BBC reporterand actually asks which side is Hamas on? More
June 21, 2007
Libby's Appeal Panel
Yesterday it was reported that the panel which will hear Libby's application for bond pending appeal is composed of Judges Sentelle, Tatel and Rogers, the same judges who heard (and denied) Judith Miller's appeal More
June 20, 2007
Libby files Application for Release Pending Appeal
Tuesday afternoon, Lewis Libby filed an Application for release pending appeal. He has selected three issues for the purposes of this appeal More
June 20, 2007
The Clinton Political Family
I was astounded when I first saw the Hillary Clinton YouTube spoof of the last episode of The Sopranos. More
June 20, 2007
Return of the Clinton News Network
Rick Kaplan may be gone as its boss, but the ties between CNN and the Clinton Political Family have returned More
June 20, 2007
More Gaza multiculturalism
"I expect our Christian neighbors to understand the new Hamas rule means real changes. They must be ready for Islamic rule if they want to live in peace in Gaza," More
June 19, 2007
Richard Baehr and Rick Moran podcast
AT contributors Richard Baehr and Rick Moran had a fascinating conversation about politics, domestic and international, on the Rick Moran Show More
June 19, 2007
Know your customer
The bookshops in the EU's parliament in Brussels had no trouble selling a novel version of the "Protocols of Elders of Zion" in French More
June 19, 2007
How to grow a terrorist at home
The mechanism producing the home grown London Tube bombers, and presumably other radicals, has been identified, and it depends on two social factors in particular: drug addiction and marriage, with a big helping of Saudi money.
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June 19, 2007
Obama: it's never my fault (updated)
Senator Barack Obama has an unpleasant habit of blaming others for his problems. More
June 19, 2007
Gaza Multiculturalism
Gaza Multiculturalism, as practiced by the Islamofascists, on display. More
June 19, 2007
Flashback: Immigration fraud and the Presidency
Do you remember the name Doris Meissner? Ms. Meissner was Bill and Hillary Clinton's Administrator of the INS (Immigration & Naturalization Service). More
June 18, 2007
Framing global warming
Professor Bryson, the father of scientific climatology says anthropogenic global warming is hooey. More
June 18, 2007
Tell it to the Marines
Our men and women warriors need to hear from you! More
June 18, 2007
What really happened in the Middle East
The Terrorism Awareness Project, an offshoot of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, has put out an excellent overview of the history of the Israeli Palestinian conflict called What Really Happened in the Middle East.
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June 18, 2007
Open Field Politics
Conditions may be ripe for one or more third party demagogues to emerge sometime after the nominees are in place next year.
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June 18, 2007
George Will goes anecdotal
Conservative star pundit George Will is now bemoaning the Iraq War, singing in perfect harmony with his employers at the WaPo. More
June 18, 2007
Fleeing to the enemy for safety
As the savage fighting continued in Gaza, many Gazans discarded fleeting thoughts of brotherhood with their duly elected Hamas masters, instead attempted fleeing to the relative safety of their hated enemy More
June 18, 2007
The friends of Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi is politically marinated in the hard left politics of the Bay Area, and has a soft spot in her heart for a Stalinist mentor. More
June 18, 2007
Obama's little problem with the truth
Senator Barack Obama, who spent last year battling cynicism and earning almost a million dollars at it, has been fumbling his defense against news of his involvement with indicted Chicago political fixer Tony Rezko. More
June 18, 2007
How to slant the news (a continuing series - updated)
The New York Times, along with most of the press establishment of Europe and America, did not like Nikolas Sarkozy's victory in France's presidential election More
June 18, 2007
Defeat Lindsay Graham
We have a Rogue Senate, running away from the clear and expressed desires of the American people across party lines. More
June 17, 2007
The Democrats fumble
For all the hoopla over the significance of the Hispanic vote, the Democrat presidential contenders seem to be "flunking Spanish" More
June 17, 2007
Righting judicial wrongs
I often get frustrated with what I believe to be injustice in our system even though I know that with all its flaws it still remains the best in the world. Two things give me heart today More
June 17, 2007
SecDef Gates to Putin: Drop Dead!
In Brussels Friday, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates turned away Putin's bid to derail the US-NATO plan to build the key Eastern European segment of a comprehensive ballistic missile defense system. More
June 17, 2007
Not the bad kind of Nazi
The United Nations was once run by a crypto-Nazi. That inconvenient truth is not exactly the principal message of the New York Times' farewell to Kurt Waldheim. The Times obituary of Kurt Waldheim defies belief. More
June 16, 2007
A ray of hope in Detroit
This is amazing. The Detroit Free Press reports :
A new co-ed Catholic high school in Detroit will use innovative partnerships to put students to work at local businesses, with their salaries going to the school More
June 16, 2007
Too little, too late
Helen Thomas just wrote this poor substitute for a mea culpa: More
June 16, 2007
The incredible shrinking Haditha case
The Haditha prosecution does not impress. The North County Times, a little paper, close to Camp Pendleton carries the best, most extensive coverage of the Haditha case, which was ginned up by Time Magazine More
June 16, 2007
Know your enemy
In the spirit of "know your enemy" allow me to suggest that interested persons read the Hamas Covenant at the Middle East Research Institute website here.
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June 16, 2007
Mike Nifong's Crime
Check out the networks and the web on the Mike Nifong trial and what you're likely to hear is that he committed a grave offense against three upstanding young men More
June 15, 2007
The friends of Joe Wilson (updated)
Do you ever wonder what Joe Wilson's up to these days? More
June 15, 2007
The friends of Hamas
Hamas, which plays by its own rule book and which is dedicated to destroying Israel, is destroying the Fatah-led Palestinian government. More
June 15, 2007
Tim Russert edits Colin Powell
Anyone who watched Tim Russert's interview with Colin Powell on Meet The Press and Russert's subsequent summary of it on NBC's Today Show could see that Russert cherry-picked Powell's words, then twisted them to fit an agenda. More
June 15, 2007
Where are the civilian casualties in Palestinian fighting?
I've been searching and searching for reports of civilian casualties in the current fighting between Hamas and Fatah and guess what? I could not find a single instance. More
June 15, 2007
The friends and enemies of Fred Thompson
The not-yet-candidacy of Fred Thompson, soaring in polls of Republican primary voters, has engendered plenty of excitement, and not a small amount of fear. More
June 15, 2007
Gun Bill controls Gunmen not Guns
Responding to the murder of 32 Virginia Tech students and faculty by madman Seung-Hui Cho in April, the House all but unanimously passed a bill (HR 2640) Wednesday aimed at preventing the mentally ill from purchasing firearms. More
June 15, 2007
Tax Reform? Ever? (a poem)
The tax man cometh
But goeth would be better. More
June 14, 2007
No Bond for Libby
Judge Walton denied the application of Lewis Libby to remain free on bond pending appeal. More
June 14, 2007
The little winery that could
Long-time readers may remember that I am a partner in Sunset Cellars, a boutique winery that literally began in a garage (in the Sunset District of San Francisco). More
June 14, 2007
Kurt Waldheim, R.I.P.
Kurt Waldheim is dead. A man who rose to the highest ranks, working first for the Nazis and later at the United Nations. More
June 14, 2007
Buried treasure
There may be an unlimited supply of explosives in Iraq, but there is not an unlimited supply of people who know how to wire the detonators. More
June 14, 2007
Mother's misplaced love
The late Golda Meir, Israel's Prime Minister, prophesied that peace would come to Arabs and Israelis when Arab mothers loved their children more than they hated Israelis. More
June 14, 2007
NYT vs. WSJ
The New York Times will do whatever it takes to obfuscate the issue of Iran supplying weapons to militants and terrorists killing Americans, Afghans, and others. More
June 14, 2007
Incompetent, except as a taxi service
Senate Majority Leader Harry Ried's may have a low opinion of our military leaders, at least when talking to liberal bloggers, but Speaker Pelosi seems to think the military has its uses - as a free taxi service for the adult children of members of Congress. More
June 14, 2007
Don't shoot: We're not Jews
This defense doesn't seem to working out too well for Fatah combatants in Gaza. More
June 14, 2007
New York Times slo-mo business collapse
The business model he established for the New York Times Company continues to collapse under the feet of Pinch Sulzberger. More
June 14, 2007
When is a civil war not a civil war?
The media have been using every circumlocution in the book to try to depict the endemic violence in Palestinian territories as not being a Civil War. More
June 14, 2007
Turmoil at DePaul follows Finkelstein rejection
In the wake of rejecting tenure for Norman Finkelstein and one of his allies, the president of DePaul University is facing a possible 'vote of no confidence' More
June 14, 2007
Decidedly Dispensable (a poem)
How then does Joe Taxpayer speak?
His cause is just, but his voice is weak.
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June 13, 2007
Haditha Trial Sheds Light On NCIS "Investigation"
From the Democracy Project we get more detailed coverage of the first Haditha trial:
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June 13, 2007
Berkeley and the homeless
Even Berkeley has had it with street people, at least the aggressive and disruptive ones. Last night the City Council passed 9-0 the Public Commons for Everyone Initiative. More
June 13, 2007
News from Egypt
Sweetness & Light draws our attention to a MEMRI dispatch explaining a serious dispute in Egypt among the holy men of Islam: on drinking the Prophet's urine (or any other excretions) More
June 13, 2007
Wesley Clark is at it again
Retired General Wesley Clark, beneficiary of funding from George Soros, attacks Senator Joe Lieberman and is once again using cute language to barely disguise ugly charges. More
June 13, 2007
Force the Democrats' hand on immigration
The emerging conservative consensus is that border security must come first. But such a sound and sensible approach won't pass this Congress, because the Left will fight it. More
June 13, 2007
Disputing Julia Gorin (updated)
How disappointing to see The American Thinker sully its good name by publishing the clumsy lies of Julia Gorin. More
June 13, 2007
Beyond our reach
A common lesson of warfare is that measures to defeat an enemy spur countermeasures by that enemy. More
June 13, 2007
Obama: Trust me, that was not a favor
In the now-discarded "build credibility first" Phase One of his long term strategic plan to become President of the United States in 2012 or 2016, Barack Obama performed like a journeyman More
June 13, 2007
The anti Israel roots of liberal Protestants
Contemporary Protestant Christianity is roughly divided in its attitudes to and relationships with Israel. More
June 13, 2007
Political order under stress in South Africa
Despite the best wishes of much of the world, things are not going well for South Africa in the post-apartheid era. More
June 13, 2007
His Smartness, Liberali Maximallus (a poem)
Stop the presses; hold them calls!
The latest thing in a philosopher king
Is some Hollywood blonde. More
June 12, 2007
Another anniversary today
Today is the 232nd anniversary of the capture of the British warship Margaretta by the men of Machias, Maine. This was the first naval victory of the American Revolution and occurred on June 12, 1775, 5 days before the Battle of Bunker Hill. More
June 12, 2007
Ahmadi-Nejad called 'suicidal'
The most frightening question today is whether mad-sounding Ahmadi-Nejad, the President of Iran, is actually willing to commit national suicide in pursuit of Tehran's nuclear bombs. More
June 12, 2007
The Obama brand
Barack Obama is distancing himself from Tony Rezko, the Chicago developer under indictment. More
June 12, 2007
Approval of Congress-lowest in a decade
According to a new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll,
Just 27% of Americans now approve of the way Congress is doing its job More
June 12, 2007
Inside the Obama machine
Mike Dorning and Christi Parsons of the Chicago Tribune's Washington Bureau, write a fascinating account of the inside workings of the Barack Obama political machine More
June 12, 2007
Loose lips
Gabriel Schoenfeld wonders if leaked information published in the Los Angeles Times had anything to do with the arrest of 4 Iranian-Americans currently being held in Iran More
June 12, 2007
Tear down that Wall!
There is still yet another significant June anniversary; exactly 20 years ago today President Ronald Reagan demanded "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" More
June 12, 2007
Tax Reform? Ever? (a poem)
The tax man cometh
But goeth would be better.
He's not a bad guy
Yet his product's a no-getter.
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June 11, 2007
George Will is wrong on Fred
George Will has made a splash in Newsweek by raising a good question: Does Fred Thompson have substance, or is he just a pretty face? More
June 11, 2007
CIA, Plame, Libby - resolution ahead?
Roger Aronoff says that in connection with the Plame case(s) we may finally get to the bottom of the CIA's role in this faux scandal. More
June 11, 2007
Bad Guy harmonic convergence
Gateway Pundit draws out attention to the latest round of cozying up between Latin American Leftists and Radical Islam. More
June 11, 2007
Judge Walton's Footnoted snark
Last week I commented on what I called Judge Walton's snarky and intemperate footnote comments about the 12 professors who filed an amici brief in support of Libby's argument More
June 11, 2007
Kazakhstan opens air route to Israel
While Iran calls for Muslim nations to cut ties with Israel, Kazakhstan announces the beginning of direct air service between Almaty and Tel Aviv More
June 11, 2007
The obsession of the Times
The New York Times is letting its obsessions bleed through its coverage with greater frequency. More
June 11, 2007
A 'relentlessly pro-American nation'
Sheryl Gay Stolberg reveals a bit of attitude in today's article on the President's visit to Albania More
June 11, 2007
Intelligence cooperation with Sudan
Greg Miller and Josh Meyer of the Los Angeles Times reveal that the United States has been cooperating with the notorious government of Sudan, author of genocide in Darfur More
June 10, 2007
Colin Powell and loyalty
Colin Powell calls for Guantanamo Bay to be closed "this afternoon." Once it is closed, it would be all but impossible to ever reopen and America would lose an invaluable and unique asset More
June 10, 2007
Chicago Sun-Times column by Thomas Lifson
The Chicago Sun-Times has run today a slightly edited version of my "Neglected Truths" article on immigration, which ran June 7. More
June 10, 2007
Your taxpayer dollars at work
Buried within the folds of the New York Times, this news:
"development money for North Korea had also been used to purchase 'dual use' equipment...." More
June 10, 2007
Hillary Clinton, neocon?
Lefty Matthew Yglesias, blogging in The Atlantic, notes the ties between Haim Saban and Hillary that have troubled us so much, and which may be cooling. For Yglesias, Saban takes too seriously the threat of Ahmedinejad, the anti-Semitic madmen with nuclear weapons More
June 10, 2007
Terrorists endanger journalists
Too many journalists play an important role in effect providing cover for terror. Now we have a report that terrorists in the Gaza Strip have used in a terror attack a truck outfitted to appear as a "TV" vehicle. More
June 09, 2007
Kyoto exits (stage Left)
Kyoto is dead. You didn't read about it in the paper, but like the famous Dead Parrot sketch in Monty Python, it's a goner. More
June 09, 2007
Revenge of the undead?
Do you know where your Senator is tonight? Well, could be s/he's "hiding behind closed doors," plotting to turn around the wounded immigration bill with a 400-page one-blast kill-'em-all "amendment." More
June 09, 2007
Wine notes
The news gets better and better for both the California and American wine industries More
June 09, 2007
Finkelstein denied tenure at DePaul
AT has written extensively about Norman Finkelstein and his quest for tenure at DePaul University, the nation's largest Catholic campus. It is a pleasure to report that Finkelstein has been denied tenure. More
June 09, 2007
One more reason to despise Jimmy Carter
James Kirchik, writing in the Weekly Standard, reminds us of another foreign policy disaster initiated by Jimmy Carter More
June 09, 2007
A respite for Libby
Professor P.S. Ruckman of Rock Valley College has studied pardons, and wrote to David Frum of NRO about the extensive array of tools available to presidents seeking to avoid injustice through use of executive power as a check on the judiciary More
June 09, 2007
NRA foe Jefferson ordered to surrender his Guns
When Rep.William Jefferson was arraigned on a boatload of corruption and racketeering charges on Friday, he was ordered to surrender his firearms. Why would a legislator with an anti-Second-Amendment voting record that earned him an NRA rating identical to that of Chuckie Schumer and Nancy Pelosi own multiple shotguns? More
June 09, 2007
Hillary, the Hispanic vote and Univision
Ed Lasky and I have been worrying about the close ties between Hillary Clinton and Haim Saban, a major investor in dominant Spanish language broadcaster Univision. More
June 09, 2007
Hillary's brain
Over the years I have sent off a couple of letters to reporters who have quoted various Clinton backers to the effect that either Bill or Hillary had been at the top of their respective Yale Law School class about the need to do some fact checking. More
June 08, 2007
Prominent Law Professors Question Fitzgerald Appointment (updated)
Early on in this case I described the Libby challenge to the constitutionality of the extra-statutory appointment of Fitzgerald. Now a number of prominent legal scholars have joined in on his side of the issue. More
June 08, 2007
Libby Motion for Release Pending Bail
I. Lewis Libby filed his motion for release pending bail yesterday. (Exhibits here) In it he indicates the significant matters he intends to raise on appeal: More
June 08, 2007
D-Day as today's MSM might report it
The Combat Report website has produced a clever satire of the MSM's war reporting by posting to YouTube a sophisticated production, complete with appropriate graphics and news crawl at the bottom, of the way today's MSM might have covered D-Day. More
June 08, 2007
Sociallized medicine's toll in England
Richard Baehr recently vividly showed that socialized medicine in Scotland kills. England shares the British Isles with Scotland; it also shares a belief in socialized medicine. More
June 08, 2007
Former Saudi US Ambassador named in Brit scandal
Prince Bandar bin-Sultan, formerly the Saudi Ambassador to the United States and considered a power player near the top of the thousands of members of the Royal Family, has been named in a developing British scandal. More
June 08, 2007
Muslim Brotherhood victim granted asylum
The Dallas Morning News reports a victory this week for a victim of persecution by the Muslim Brotherhood and Mubarak regime More
June 07, 2007
Commute Libby's Sentence (updated)
William Otis , who does know such things, offers the President yet another means to deal with the shocking sentence Libby received without breaking his own rules on the granting of pardons or precluding Libby from appealing his conviction More
June 07, 2007
How smart is Hillary?
Our friends at Investor's Business Daily have been culling evidence from the two new books about the junior senator from New York on the question of her vaunted intelligence. More
June 07, 2007
Obama's gobbledygook
Barack Obama continues to demonstrate that he is just not ready for prime time. More
June 07, 2007
Immigrants, education and social mobility
Heather MacDonald of the Manhattan Institute points out the basic reason why the illegals present such a gaping hole for the US taxpayer: They have strikingly low levels of education (and therefore low earnings capacity) well into the third generation More
June 07, 2007
Obama admits he neglects his constituents (updated)
Carol Martin of the Chicago Sun-Times reports that Senator Obama has admitted not paying attention to home state issues in Illinois, despite the fact that he is drawing a salary to represent his continents' interest in the Senate. More
June 07, 2007
Socialized medicine's death toll in Scotland
A study suggests that 462,000 Scots have died as a result of poor care from the National Health Service over a 29 year period 1974 to 2003. Translating the ratio of unnecessary deaths to total population to an American population model provides a sobering lesson for anyone who thinks socialized medicine would improve our health.
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June 07, 2007
Iran reported caught shipping weapons
ABC News reports that Iran has been caught red-handed shipping weapons into Afghanistan. More
June 06, 2007
Adult stem cells go embryonic
Eternal youth may be hard to find, but not if you're an adult stem cell.
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June 06, 2007
Clean water for the world's poor
Just imagine if the industrialized nations weren't wasting their resources trying to stem chimerical anthropogenic climate warming and used them instead to provide the world with potable water, an increasingly doable thing, and one which would truly aid the world's impoverished: More
June 06, 2007
The Last American and the Immigration Debate
Why is it a crime for America to secure her borders? More
June 06, 2007
Hoge-wash at the New York Times
America's Ambassador to the United Nations, Zalmay Khalizad, gets the Hoge-wash treatment today in the New York Times, in an article written by Warren Hoge More
June 06, 2007
Intra Arab fighting on Six Day War anniversary
Yesterday marked the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the Six Day War according to the civil calendar. So how did the Palestinians acknowledge this significant date? More
June 06, 2007
Your taxes at work (updated)
Ann Gearan, AP diplomatic writer, reports that
The government's Arabic-language satellite television network is seeking an outside review after recent broadcasts that included broadsides and inflammatory language referring to Israel or Jews. More
June 06, 2007
A typical British name - like Jack or Mohammed
The U.K. Times reports that Mohammed, in all its variant spellings (Muhammad, Mohammad, etc.), is now the second most popular boys' name in Britain for newborns, and expected to overtake Jack as number one this year. More
June 06, 2007
Tom Friedman: rescue Hamas
Leave it to the New York Times. Just as the Palestinians turn against Hamas, their lead foreign affairs columnist advocates Israel reach out to Hamas and rescue it from its own follies More
June 06, 2007
Clinton pal reported seeking Wall Street Journal
The perils of politically-active billionaires buying media properties are all too apparent. More
June 06, 2007
New York Times buries inconvenient truth about education (updated)
The New York Times earned considerable derision for its decision to bury the story of the JFK Airport terror plot on page A30 last Sunday. Today, the paper confirms that it will bury any news that reflects well on the Bush Administration More
June 06, 2007
D Day plus 63 years
June 6 is a sacred anniversary, the commemoration of one of the greatest invasions in human history, D-Day at Normandy. More
June 06, 2007
Shamnesty (a poem)
When you search for new electorates,
some in shadows, not hard to find,
you'll have the Judas kiss you need for now to live. More
June 05, 2007
Libby Justice? (a poem)
Justice is done.
Drive-bys may rejoice.
The righteous Judge Walton
Has made his choice.
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June 05, 2007
Larry and Laurie David said to be divorcing
A couple of years ago, I wrote, "Redeeming Larry David from his wife's wacky politics is a life's mission for me."
But I don't wish to celebrate the apparent end of the marriage of Larry and Laurie David More
June 05, 2007
The Libby Case Honor Roll
I consider the following list of those who wrote letters of support for Libby to be an honor roll. More
June 05, 2007
Judge Walton's last decision in the Libby Case
Following the outrageous sentence of 30 months dealt to Scooter Libby, Judge Walton is allowing him to remain free - for a short while. More
June 05, 2007
Stanford punishes Berkeley football fans
I was one of many Bay Area residents shocked when Stanford announced plans to downsize its football stadium from a seating capacity of 85,000 to about 50,000 More
June 05, 2007
A mission critical post at the CIA is open
Now that Valerie Plame has left the CIA and wants to publish a book over the Agency's objections, the CIA is recruiting for another "mission critical" post and warns applicants to keep it hush-hush. More
June 05, 2007
Iran's Latin America offesive
The New York Sun highlights the ample reasons for concern about Iran's activities in Central and South America, and the appearance of a possible Iran connection to the JFK Airport terror plot. More
June 05, 2007
Obama contests Hillary for Hispanic support
Barack Obama is taking a rearguard action while Hillary makes her play for the Hispanic vote. More
June 05, 2007
Hugo Chavez's pirate TV
Hugo Chavez has been ripping off American television programming for the station he seized from its rightful owners More
June 05, 2007
Israel fought for its life 40 years ago
The 40th anniversary of the Six Day War on the Western calendar's is today, June 5, marking the conflict in which Israel defeated the combined Syrian, Jordanian and Egyptian armies More
June 05, 2007
Here's your diploma - now go die for Allah
The graduation season is upon us. Even the terrorist organization Hamas conducts kindergarten graduations in their schools.
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June 04, 2007
Immigration: the status quo wins?
The brilliant young political scientist Jay Cost sees a dismal prospect for passage of the Immigration Bill. More
June 04, 2007
Trinidad, terror and terminals for LNG
An unappreciated aspect of the NYC airport plot is that Trinidad, which seems the focus of the terror plot, is a large supplier of natural gas to America ( 65% of America's imports of Liquefied Natural Gas-LNG.) More
June 04, 2007
CAIR, 2 other groups named as unindicted co-conspirators
Josh Gerstein of the New York Sun notices that CAIR has been fingered by the feds:
Federal prosecutors have named three prominent Islamic organizations in America as participants in an alleged criminal conspiracy More
June 04, 2007
Soros' big Halliburton stake
Mike Boyer, writing in the Passport blog of Foreign Policy Magazine, notes the gigantic stake George Soros has taken in Halliburton, the epitome of evil in the eyes of his left wing friends More
June 04, 2007
Condi's mistake
Michael Rubin has an excellent piece in the New York Sun on Condi Rice's big mistake (well, at least one of them): More
June 04, 2007
Consensus and dissent on global warming
Lawrence Solomon, a financial writer at the Canadian National Post is looking into the dissenters from the so-called consensus on global warming, and has experienced some surprises. More
June 04, 2007
Prosecution and CIA legerdemain in Libby Case?
Tom Maguire makes a compelling case that the CIA and Fitzgerald knew about and concealed information in Valer | 
