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October 31, 2007
Obama's foreign policy, via the New York Times
Rick Klein and Mike Chesney of ABC's The Note report that a New York Times Magazine story is coming on Barack Obama's foreign policy. More

October 31, 2007
Missing headlines: leftwing voter fraud guilty plea
Jim of Gateway Pundit catches another great under-reported story: Three former ACORN workers pled guilty to voter-registration fraud in Washington State. More

October 31, 2007
Media establishment buries politician's bad news before election
Ohio political blogger Matt Naugle is alleging that the management of the Columbus Dispatch has quashed a potentially damaging story about Columbus Mayor Mike Coleman just days before the election More

October 31, 2007
Is Syria Targeting Another Hariri for Assassination?
Parliamentary Majority Leader Saad Hariri disclosed that he and Prime Minister Siniora are targets of an assassination plot being planned by Syria: More

October 31, 2007
Taliban Force Surrounded in Kandahar
Every time they come out of hiding in force and attempt to engage the US military in a stand up fight, they die. More

October 31, 2007
Code Pink Hoax Snares CBS, Politico
Code Pink has become the Scott Beauchamp of fake news stories about Iraq, suckering in Politico.com and CBS News. More

October 31, 2007
'Blue dress Democrats'
You've heard of Blue Dog Democrats? Now we have Clinton-supporting Blue Dress Democrats More

October 31, 2007
Democrats Drop the Gloves in 6th Debate
After putting on relatively quiet and uneventful debates previously, Hillary Clinton's Democratic rivals ganged up on the New York Senator and criticized many of her policy positions as well as her perceived flip-flopping: More

October 31, 2007
Intelligence Budget Revealed
For the first time in more than a decade, the federal government was forced to reveal how much the CIA and 15 other related agencies spend on intelligence work. More

October 31, 2007
All mad 'cept for thee and me
Like the fabled New England farmer who told his neighbor that the whole world was going mad, "except for thee and me... and I'm not too sure 'bout thee," Dennis Kucinich is now accusing President Bush of being bezonkers. More

October 31, 2007
J.R. Dunn on the Dennis Miller Show (with link to story discussed on air)
Originally scheduled for last week, AT consulting editor J.R. Dunn will be a guest on the Dennis Miller Show Wednesday, in the second hour of the broadcast, discussing his AT article "Buried Victory". More

October 31, 2007
Shaken, not stirred
The Bay Area earthquake last night got my attention, but it was not that big a deal. More

October 30, 2007
Hillary and Soros and The Blog Monitors
Richard Poe has a two part piece on how Hillary with Soros funding set up the left blogosphere. Read it all. Here's his arresting conclusion: More

October 30, 2007
Was WellCare hiding profits overseas? (updated)
The first reports of the raid at healthcare provider WellCare's offices in Tampa, with the FBI swarming into the Board of Directors meeting, seizing their mobile messaging machines and demanding their passwords, suggested that this was no ordinary case and apparently it isn't. More

October 30, 2007
Connecting dots
The dotty ex-CIA analyst Scheuer (our CIA man on bin Laden) appears to have leaked details on our rendition program causing no end of trouble in Denmark. More

October 30, 2007
Luxe and Luxemburg
The other day French President Sarkozy walked out of a 60 Minutes interview by Leslie Stahl when she tried to ambush him into responding about his personal life. He keeps going up in my estimation. And he struck a blow for feminists everywhere in that act. More

October 30, 2007
Zero tolerance madness
Kudos to Charles Sykes, for his splendid essay exposing the stupidity of the liberals' zeal for "zero tolerance" of weapons. More

October 30, 2007
Impeach Dick Cheney!
For what, you might ask? Think Progress ("When you Think Progress, Think 'Idiocy") has the answer via the New York Daily News: More

October 30, 2007
Lost is a loser
Should the US Senate ratify the UN Law of the Sea Treaty, called LOST? There is a heated argument, except in the mainstream media, where it is being smuggled under the radar. More

October 30, 2007
Iranians study nuclear physics in England
Perceiving a weakness in free societies, Lenin once remarked that capitalists will sell the very rope that Communists would use to hang them. More

October 30, 2007
Hezb'allah Quietly Moving North - Away from UN Peacekeepers
Hezb'allah in a strategic move to insure their supply lines in the event of war with Israel. More

October 30, 2007
Poll: Majority of Voters Support Iran Strike
A new Zogby poll out today shows that 52% of likely voters would support a strike against Iran More

October 30, 2007
Nigerians for Ron Paul
Apparently, at least some of the excitement generated for Ron Paul is the result of a sophisticated - and illegal - spam campaign: More

October 30, 2007
The Dumbest Thing Said about Global Warming Last Week
In a week which witnessed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and CNN's Anderson Cooper blaming the California wildfires on global warming to promote their political agendas and doomsday documentary, respectively, one might not expect to uncover any dumber proclamations on the subject. More

October 30, 2007
'Cycle of Dependency'
Thomas Sowell is a national treasure. His column today is well worth reading. More

October 30, 2007
White House Names Medal of Freedom Winners
Recipients of this year's Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor that can be awarded by the government, have been named by the White House. More

October 29, 2007
Welcome Rush listeners!
Here is the item about SCIENCE Magazine which Rush mentioned today on the show. More

October 29, 2007
Happy Cyrus Day
October 29th has been designated as the international day of Cyrus the Great, king of Persia, who declared the first charter of human rights in the world, also known as the Cyrus Cylinder. More

October 29, 2007
Romney and Clinton Maintain Leads in Iowa
A new University of Iowa poll out today shows the Democratic and Republican frontrunners holding on to their leads. More

October 29, 2007
The Absolutely Least Surprising Story of the Campaign to Date
Coverage of the 2008 presidential election has been "biased and shallow," according to a study released today by the Project for Excellence in Journalism and Harvard University's Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy. More

October 29, 2007
Sarkozy Walks out of '60 Minutes' Interview
French President Nicolas Sarkozy was introduced to "ambush" journalism the other day when 60 Minutes correspondent Leslie Stahl inquired about his recent divorce. More

October 29, 2007
LOST Cause
The Senate is currently considering ratification of a new United Nations "Law of the Sea" treaty (LOST) that many believe would be a blow to our sovereignty as well as our ability to protect ourselves on the world's oceans. More

October 29, 2007
How Much is that Model Airplane in the Window?
One man's hobby is another man's meal ticket. More

October 29, 2007
The Benefits of National Health Insurance
70,000 patients leaving the paradise of Britains NHS so that they can actually get treatment for their ailments. More

October 29, 2007
Lantos Tells Europeans the Truth
Some well chosen and needed words from a Holocaust survivor about the War on Terror. More

October 29, 2007
Ron Paul Story: Clarification and Partial Retraction
My Ron Paul post yesterday generated the usual coordinated, vicious attacks that we have come to expect from the unhinged, ignorant supporters of the candidate. More

October 29, 2007
The other curse of the Cubs
The Cubs have reached a new low in a season in which they made the playoffs. More

October 28, 2007
Liberty, Fraternity, and Bush Derangement Syndrome
A little French Canadian lesson in "The Terror" - at least as far as Bush is concerned. More

October 28, 2007
Bill Richardson Would Re-Investigate the Roswell Space Alien Incident
Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson has promised that if elected, he would re-open the famous case of aliens crashing at Roswell, New Mexico in 1947: More

October 28, 2007
Fierce Battle in Afghanistan
In what the coalition military authorities are calling a "major engagement," US and Afghan forces battled the Taliban in southern Afghanistan, killing almost 80 of the enemy in an effort to win back the area: More

October 28, 2007
An admirable ayatollah arrested
Michael Ledeen has created an online petition to attempt to save the life of Ayatollah Borujerdi, who has been arrested by the A'jad regime in Tehran. More

October 28, 2007
Ron Paul Campaign Employs Loony 9/11 Truther
Following the revelation that the Ron Paul campaign refused to acknowledge and return a donation from a white supremacist, it has been revealed that the Paul campaign paid notorious conspiracy nut and 9/11 truther radio host Alex Jones $1300 in "services." More

October 28, 2007
Chavez Facilitating Cocaine Trafficking from Columbia
Venezuela's President for life Hugo Chavez and his government have gotten in the drug business in a big way. More

October 28, 2007
Relief for Firefighters in California
Scattered showers and diminishing winds are helping the firefighters in California get control of most of the 20 wildfires still burning: More

October 28, 2007
Flag Folders: Update
Update on yesterday's post from a reader. More

October 28, 2007
The Forgotten Embassy Crisis of the Carter Presidency
The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine and the Birth of Al Qaeda is a superbly written book that, for the first time, tells the true story of the attack on Mecca's Great Mosque in 1979. More

October 27, 2007
US Military hands Security Control in Karbala to Iraqi Government
In what is seen as a calculated gamble, the US military is handing responsibility for security in Karbala province over to the Iraqi government More

October 27, 2007
Flag Folders Prevented from Reciting at Veteran's Funerals
Political correctness run amok. More

October 27, 2007
Rumsfeld Charged with Torture while in France
The Anti-American European makes the case against Congress approving the War Crimes treaty. More

October 27, 2007
State Department to Order diplomats to Iraq
The State Department will order the diplomats to Baghdad if they can't fill the positions any other way. More

October 27, 2007
USS Cole Bomber Released from Prison
I guess the lives of American sailors isn't worth much in Yemen. More

October 27, 2007
The next infernos
We have similar problems in western North Carolina to those described yesterday by Bill Croke, with the anti logging activists and people building deep into the mountains. More

October 27, 2007
Immigration reform: Not with a bang
Open borders advocates and immigration amnesty enthusiasts long have argued that draconian raids and inhumane mass deportations are the only alternative. They are being proven very wrong. More

October 27, 2007
Former Prime Minister Sharif to Return to Pakistan
As if the electoral situation in Pakistan wasn't complicated enough, the India Express is reporting (via The Moderate Voice) that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who fled the country in exchange for charges of corruption, being dropped is set to try again to return to Pakistan: More

October 27, 2007
Air America Host Blames Blackwater for Fires
Stupid news isn't confined to Washington, D.C. today. More

October 27, 2007
FEMA Follies: Fake News Conference
Maybe they should change their name to Fake Emergency Media Actors More

October 26, 2007
Predicting Climate (updated with response)
The problem with James Lewis' argument (SCIENCE: Earth climate is too complex to predict) is that uncertainty (as deduced by Roe and Baker) scales with the predicted amount of warming. More

October 26, 2007
Happy Halloween!
There will be lots going on in DC [emphases added]: More

October 26, 2007
Prosecutor in the WellCare investigation a formidable figure
The dramatic raid on WellCare, a large Tampa company once controlled and profitably taken public by a George Soros financial entity, is likely to result in a long and rigorous investigation. More

October 26, 2007
Anti-War Films Bombing at Box Office
The spate of anti-war, anti-Iraq, anti Administration films flooding the theaters this fall feature Academy star power, top of the line production values, and big advertising budgets. But getting fannies in the seats seems to be a problem: More

October 26, 2007
Presenting: The Execrable Ted Rall
There may be no more vile political cartoonist anywhere than Ted Rall. More

October 26, 2007
Ron Paul's Neo-Nazi Supporters
Do you remember the big news earlier this month when Ron Paul reported he raised $5 million in the 3rd quarter for his presidential campaign? I wonder where that money came from? More

October 26, 2007
Wildfire Blame Game Continues
Making political hay out of tragedy has now become part of the landscape of our dysfunctional system. More

October 26, 2007
Filling the Strategic Oil Reserve
Every day, the US pours 50,000 barrels of sweet crude oil into salt caverns in Texas and Louisiana. It's part of our Strategic Oil Reserve to be used in case of war or other emergencies. More

October 26, 2007
Freedom of Speech for Me but not for Thee
A little consistency from the left would be nice on this subject. More

October 25, 2007
SCIENCE: Earth climate is too complex to predict
SCIENCE magazine just published a critical review of climate models. As New Scientist puts it, "Climate is too complex for accurate predictions." More

October 25, 2007
New Home Sales up in September
Sales of new homes were up an unexpected 4.8% in September following near record low numbers in August. More

October 25, 2007
How do you say 'PR' in the Tiwa Language?
A patron at the Sandia Resort and Casino was playing a slot machine when it indicated a $1.6 million jackpot. He may never collect, and the courts may be powerless to help him. More

October 25, 2007
Arson to Blame for Some California Fires
Police arrested one man and killed another who were seen setting fires north of San Diego: More

October 25, 2007
Soros-related firm raided by FBI (updated)
WellCare Health Plans of Tampa, a firm which has made scads of money administering government health care, and huge profits for George Soros, has been raided by the FBI and shuttered. More

October 25, 2007
McClatchy Reporter Steps in it
This is one of those stories that those of us not in the news business point to when trying to explain why the press is held in such low regard. More

October 25, 2007
Al-Qaeda Cracking Under Pressure
Counterterrorism Blog is reporting that the latest tape from Osama Bin Laden released by al-Jazeera has the terrorist organization seeing red about the way the terrorist mouthpiece handled and disseminated the message: More

October 25, 2007
Administration Funding Request Includes "Bunker Buster" Bombs
It appears that the Administration is making all the preparations necessary to bomb Iran's nuclear infrastructure in the near future. More

October 25, 2007
France's DNA Immigration Bill
France's famous bedrock of liberty, equality and fraternity just added DNA. More

October 25, 2007
Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week at Berkeley
The intrepid crew at Zombie Time recorded the hoopla surrounding a speech by Noni Darwish, during Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week activities at the University of California, Berkeley More

October 25, 2007
Thomspon's strategy: run against the Drive By's
Jay Cost of the Real Clear Politics Horserace Blog looks at the disconnect about Fred Thompson's run. The pundits are critical of his strategy but the voters aren't. More

October 25, 2007
Ed Lasky on Fox News Radio
AT news editor Ed Lasky will appear on the nationally syndicated Fox News Radio program Fox Across America today (Thursday) at 4:08 PM Eastern time. More

October 24, 2007
Understanding the Santa Ana winds
Many of us have heard about the Santa Ana winds that are currently feeding and extending the destructive fires in southern California, and wondered why they appear and disappear. More

October 24, 2007
Au Revoir TNR?
Matt Drudge claims to have obtained internal documents on the investigation of Scott Beauchamp, the soldier who wrote articles for The New Republic. More

October 24, 2007
Home Sales Drop a Record 8 Percent
More bad news on the housing front as sales of existing homes dropped a record 8% - the biggest drop since records started being kept in 1999: More

October 24, 2007
California wild fires
I am deeply concerned that some of the California fires might have been set intentionally by terrorists, or that terrorists may be planning to set such fires. More

October 24, 2007
NYT pot calls Commentary kettle 'black'
The New York Times criticizes nepotism at Commentary but does not mention Pinch Sulzberger's reign at the Times. Is the newspaper actually trying to destroy its credibility? More

October 24, 2007
Cloture Approaching on DREAM Act
Got to give the Democrats credit. If they can't get amnesty for illegal aliens passed through the front door, why not try to sneak it in through the back door? More

October 24, 2007
Hillary Insults Mississippians
Not that we needed any more evidence that Hillary Clinton is an elitist snob, but what she said when comparing to Iowa and Mississippi about neither state ever having a female governor, senator, or representative, proves that she doesn't deserve to be president: More

October 24, 2007
Did Kim send nuke materials to Syria?
Alarm is now spreading about the Syrian facility that was bombed by Israel on September 5. More

October 24, 2007
Marc Sheppard on the Steve Malzberg Show
AT frequent contributor Marc Sheppard will appear on the Steve Malzberg show between 4:05 and 4:30 PM Eastern on WOR radio in New York City. More

October 24, 2007
Ahmadinejad in trouble over Larijani Resignation
Concern at the highest levels of government over the resignation of Ali Larijani. More

October 24, 2007
Sanctions Give Russian Oil Company Pause
US commercial sanctions on companies doing business in Iran have given one Russian oil company second thoughts about assisting the Iranians with developing their oil industry: More

October 24, 2007
Laura Bush Helping to Fight Breast Cancer in the Arab World
Laura Bush is in Saudi Arabia raising awareness of breast cancer in the Arab world. More

October 23, 2007
New Threats to Bhutto's Life
Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's lawyer has confirmed that there has been another serious threat against her life while authorities revealed there were two suicide bombers at the scene of last week's attack that killed 136 people: More

October 23, 2007
Bad News for Holy Land Defendants
Defendants and their supporters in the Holy Land Foundation trial might want to keep the non-alcoholic champagne on ice for the moment. More

October 23, 2007
Selective Outrage
The Lefties on Morning Joe are dogging NASA over their decision (NASA suppresses alarming survey on air safety) to withhold the information on airline safety. More

October 23, 2007
Iran's New Negotiator a disciple of Messianic Ayatollah
Iran's new nuclear negotiator is a disciple of a messianic Imam who believes in the coming of the Mahdi. More

October 23, 2007
LT Murphy's Medal of Honor citation
Following remarks by President Bush during yesterday's posthumous Medal of Honor award ceremony for Navy SEAL LT Michael P. Murphy, his official citation for actions above & beyond the call of duty was read. More

October 23, 2007
Obama hedging on his Iran talks pledge?
Scroll down from the Obama banner ads on the Huffington Post and you find Sam Stein's 'Early Obama Comments Indicate Shift On Iran,' More

October 23, 2007
Earth to Media: The 'Failed" Surge is Succeeding
Can't be. We would have read about it in the New York Times, right? More

October 23, 2007
New Bin Laden Tape Begs Iraqi Insurgents to Unite
You know you're winning when your enemy starts to get desperate. More

October 23, 2007
Nobel Literature Winner: '9/11 Not So Bad'
The Nobel Committee that decides who gets their literature award has had an anti-American field day these last few years. More

October 23, 2007
South Texas Set to Make Energy History
The resurgence of nuclear power to cut dependence on Middle East oil has been predicted for a few years, but so far no public utility has taken the first step to actually construct a new commercial nuclear power reactor. Until now. More

October 22, 2007
Holy Land Foundation trial verdict
The jury has been sent back for further deliberations in the Holy Land Foundation trial More

October 22, 2007
NYT: 'Ain't That America?'
An editorial in the New York Times nakedly displays the paper's contempt for those who disagree with its worldview More

October 22, 2007
Turkish Troops Massing on Iraq Border
It's unclear whether this is a bluff or preparations for a massive incursion by Turkish forces into Iraq. More

October 22, 2007
Presidential Election in Lebanon Delayed
Unable to achieve a consensus on which Christian politician should serve as president, both pro and anti-government forces agreed to delay the vote in Parliament to choose a successor to current pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud: More

October 22, 2007
Dollar Tumbles to all time low in Europe
This latest slide anticipates a rate cut by the Fed that would further erode earnings for those who still hold dollars. More

October 22, 2007
The Rush Limbaugh smear and the Imus factor
One point being overlooked in the excitement surrounding Rush Limbaugh's thrashing of the Democrats is what might be termed the Imus factor. More

October 22, 2007
Michael Yon and "Resistance is Futile"
The refrain has been sung by our soldiers, by many politicians, and even by some journalists; the coverage of the war in the mainstream media has been abominable. More

October 22, 2007
Pro-War Polish Premiere Defeated
In a blow to the Iraq War coalition, Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski and his Law and Justice party were trounced by the pro-business Civic Platform party of Donald Tusk: More

October 22, 2007
Claws Emerge in GOP Debate
The normally staid and genteel GOP debates were anything but last night as the candidates went after each other's scalps on issues from tort reform to trying to prove one of their rivals wasn't conservative enough to lead the party. More

October 21, 2007
Rush Limbaugh and the Blue Bubble Narrative
I wondered how the mainstream media would attempt to extricate themselves from the dilemma posed for them by Rush Limbaugh's political jiu-jitsu. Yesterday we got our answer. More

October 21, 2007
More NYT editorial nonsense
The result of being at too great an altitude in one's ivory tower without reality support is editorial hypoxia. More

October 21, 2007
Richard Baehr in the Chicago Sun-Times
Carol Marin, a widely-respected columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, cites AT political director Richard Baehr as an expert on the Jewish vote, in discussing the battle for a suburban Chicago seat in Congress. More

October 21, 2007
Kurdish Rebels Kill 12 Turkish Soldiers in Ambush
Things just got a little dicier along the Iraqi-Turkish border as Kurdish rebels ambushed a convoy of Turkish soldiers, raising fears that Turkey's army will carry out cross border raids on terrorist camps just inside Iraq: More

October 21, 2007
"Ominous Calm" Reigns in Burma
Burmese citizens still walk in fear more than a month after the crackdown by the ruling Military Junta on the pro-democracy movement. More

October 21, 2007
British 4-year-old investigated for racism
A four-year-old boy spit at a 10-year old boy during a game of chase, and the little one was accused of racism, presumably by the 10-year old child. So the school had a formal investigation. More

October 21, 2007
Obama in Trouble for Scheduled Appearance with Anti-Gay Gospel Singer
Senator Barack Obama, trailing Hillary Clinton badly in South Carolina among blacks, has scheduled a 3 day tour with gospel singers to try and gain support among the conservative black Christians in that state. More

October 21, 2007
It's Jindal in Louisana Governor's Race
Republican Representative Bobby Jindal has become the first non-white elected governor in Louisiana since reconstruction, easily beating 11 opponents to garner a majority in the state's open primary election: More

October 21, 2007
Romney, Huckabee Top Straw Poll at Value Voters Summit
The Christian right, deeply divided in their presidential preference, gave Mitt Romney a technical victory in a straw poll conducted at the Value Voters Summit in Washington yesterday. More

October 20, 2007
NYT shill-forHill coverage of campaign finance scandal
Steve Gilbert of Sweetness & Light has done it again, exposing the New York Times shilling for the Clinton campaign. More

October 20, 2007
Martinez Quits Part Time Job as GOP Chairman
Part Time GOP Chairman Senator Mel Martinez will resign to try and save his seat. More

October 20, 2007
Pelosi Backing Away from Stark's Smears
Speaker Nancy Pelosi tried to distance herself and other Democrats not ready for the rubber room at St. E's from the baseless smears of Representative Pete Stark: More

October 20, 2007
Dodd Rewarded for his Pandering
Senator Christpopher Dodd (D-CT), a candidate for President, heeded the siren call of the netroots yesterday when he placed a "hold" on the Intelligence Surveillance Bill approved by the Intelligence Committee in a compromise with the White House. More

October 20, 2007
Bhutto Fingers ISI in Bomb Attacks
The day after an apparent suicide bomber tried to kill her, former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto pointed the finger at the Taliban and al-Qaeda More

October 20, 2007
Nuclear Mistake has Air Force Cracking Down Hard
An investigation into the incident late last summer where B-52's flew from North Dakota to Louisiana with fully armed cruise missiles has resulted in disciplinary action taken against 70 airmen. More

October 20, 2007
Ahmadinejad Replaces Nuclear Technocrat with True Believer
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has replaced long time nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani - a powerful, well connected conservative who is also Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran - with Saeed Jalili, an inexperienced deputy foreign minister for European and American Affairs. More

October 19, 2007
No freedom of speech for the politically incorrect
Two cases today illustrate the intolerance of the left for speech with which it disagrees. More

October 19, 2007
Environmental change
A short post on Global Warming, ice melting in the Arctic, floods in Germany due to warming. More

October 19, 2007
Russia and Iran
Is Russia trading its votes at the UN and promises of finishing the Iranian nuclear reactor for Iranian support for Russia controlling more Caspian oil? More

October 19, 2007
Syrians Dismantling "Empty Building" at Site of Israeli Raid
The "empty military building," which is what Syrian President Bashar Assad referred to as the target of an Israeii raid last month, is being dismantled - probably to hide its true nature say experts: More

October 19, 2007
Brownback to Exit Presidential Race
Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) will drop out of the race today according to sources close to his campaign. More

October 19, 2007
Rep. Stark's Unhinged Rants
Leave it to Pete Stark to lower the level of debate in the House to the gutter: More

October 19, 2007
S-CHIP Veto Upheld in House
Democrats in the House vowed to bring a slightly modified S-CHIP bill to the floor in the next two weeks after failing to override the President's veto of the expanded children's health insurance program: More

October 19, 2007
Counter-Protest Against Code Pink in "The Lion's Den"
It may have been a first for the city of Berkeley, California. A large group of protesters supporting the troops far outnumbered a rag-tag group of leftists who were agitating against a Marine recruitment office smack in the middle of downtown: More

October 19, 2007
What if Turkey attacks the Kurds?
Sharon Behn of the Washington Times reports that the Kurds demand U.S. defense from the attacks that may come their way from Turkey More

October 19, 2007
Bhutto Escapes Al-Qaeda Attack
Pakistan's ex-prime minister Benazir Bhutto's triumphant return from exile ended in tragedy late Thursday night when 2 bombs detonated close to her motorcade. More

October 19, 2007
Curious timing of new 'investigative journalism charity'
Investor's Business Daily shares our concern over the newly announced "charitable" investigative journalism project Pro Publica funded by left wing moneybags. More

October 19, 2007
India's ruling party says nuclear deal still on
It may be too early to pronounce the strategically important Indo-US nuclear deal as kaput. More

October 18, 2007
New Republic Author Gets it Backwards on Al Qaeda
Critics of President Bush's leadership continue to maintain that the War on Terror is failing, despite accumulating evidence to the contrary. More

October 18, 2007
Latino Voters and Immigration Reform: A Closer Look
Is the GOP doomed among Hispanic voters? New data suggests the answer might be: not really. More

October 18, 2007
The Reid/Limbaugh Smear Letter: just between friends
Does Harry Reid consider himself and 40 other Democrat Senators friends of Rush? More

October 18, 2007
Pakistan Declares all out war against Al-Qaeda
Asia Times On-line is reporting some spectacular news; the Pakistani army is about to engage in full-scale war with the Taliban and al-Qaeda in North and South Waziristan aiming to take control of those provinces "once and for all:" More

October 18, 2007
'Portents of A Nuclear Al-Qaeda'
David Ignatius' column today is a must read for anyone concerned about the ultimate terrorist threat; the detonation of a nuclear weapon on American soil: More

October 18, 2007
Stunning New York Times video op-ed
Today's pro-terrorist video op-ed posted on the New York Times website represents a new kind of low for the troubled newspaper. More

October 18, 2007
Deal on FISA Oversight of Surveillance brings Bush a Big Victory
In what has to be seen as a victory for President Bush, the White House and the Senate have agreed on a version of a bill authorizing FISA oversight of the Terrorist Surveillance Program More

October 18, 2007
Turkish Parliament Gives Green Light for Raids into Iraq
Responding to incessant attacks across the Iraqi-Turkish border by Kurdish terrorists, the parliament of Turkey gave the go ahead for cross border raids into Iraq by the Turkish military: More

October 18, 2007
Bhutto Receives a Hero's Welcome
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto returned home from eight years in exile today and was met by thousands of enthusiastic supporters at the airport: More

October 18, 2007
Maine School Board Tells 11 year old Girls "It's never too early"
A school committee in Portland, Maine voted to offer contraceptives to girls as young as 11 at a city middle school. More

October 18, 2007
Breaking through media denial on WW III or WW IV
George W. Bush just warned about World War III breaking out if Tehran gets the Bomb. Norman Podhoretz calls it World War IV. But who's counting? More

October 17, 2007
Ed Lasky and Thomas Lifson on the Rusty Humphries Show
AT news editor Ed Lasky and editor Thomas Lifson were guests on the Rusty Humphries Show Wednesday. A podcast is available. More

October 17, 2007
Indulgences for the political class
Rick Moran seems to find virtue in the resolution on Armenian genocide. I do not. More

October 17, 2007
Paul Simon, SCHIP, Dr. Redlener and Elian Gonzalez
The Democrats are mobilizing all the talent agents they can get, mounting their campaign to override the President's veto of the SCHIP program, including a doctor with unusual apparent psychic powers. More

October 17, 2007
Major shareholder bailing out of the New York Times (updated)
The decline of the New York Times as a reputable newspaper has been matched by the decline of its business management. More

October 17, 2007
Deranged McClatchy Story of the Day
You've probably heard the old joke, "World to end today. Women and Blacks hit hardest." More

October 17, 2007
Clinton's No Choice Plan
This week Congress will attempt to override the President's veto of the Democrat's latest attempt to purchase votes. More

October 17, 2007
Bribery by any other name (Updated)
Suppose you're a billionare Republican and you want to build a museum honoring the 1969 Woodstock festival in upstate New York. Now suppose you don't want to spend your own money building it. What's a rich guy to do? More

October 17, 2007
'Auld Lange Syne' And the Iowa Caucuses
Egads! The nightmare everyone feared may be coming to pass. More

October 17, 2007
Fear, parents, and schools
While I agree with Chrisopher Chantrill's article "Fear is the Missing Ingredient in Government Schools" for the most part, I think that perhaps he's missing an important point More

October 17, 2007
Second Thoughts in House on Armenian Genocide Vote
Realizing that there are times when standing on principle has devastating real world consequences, many members of Congress who supported the resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide by the Turkish government in 1915 are now backing down. More

October 17, 2007
Oil Prices Climb Toward the Century Mark
The spike in oil prices continued yesterday as November crude prices topped $88 bbl for a while yesterday, closing at a record $87.20 bbl: More

October 17, 2007
Thompson Faltering - Hillary Rising in Latest Poll
Fred Thompson's entry into the race for the GOP nomination, much anticipated as it was, appears not to have excited too many Republicans More

October 16, 2007
Modest Increase for Industrial Production last month
The nation's industrial sector saw modest gains for September as the credit crunch and sub-prime mortgage crisis appear not to have impacted manufacturing much at all. More

October 16, 2007
Kyle-Anne Shiver radio appearances Tues and Wed.
AT contributor Kyle-Anne Shiver will be a return guest on the Sandy Rios Show today. More

October 16, 2007
Israeli-Hezb'allah Body 'Swap'
Israel exchanged 1 live Hezballah fighter and two dead ones yesterday for the body of an Israeli civilian who had drowned at sea and washed up on Lebanon's shore. More

October 16, 2007
Democrats Continue to Outraise Republicans
The most recent batch of FEC filings by the Presidential candidates shows that Democrats are outraising their GOP rivals by more than 2-1. More

October 16, 2007
US India Nuke Deal Near Collapse
Thanks to a motely collection of opponents including communists and Hindu Nationalists, the much heralded nuclear cooperation deal with India appears to be stalled and chances for its revival appear slim. More

October 16, 2007
Japan Witholds Aid to Burma after Crackdown
Japan has cancelled a multi-million dollar grant to Burma to protest the crackdown on demonstrators as well as the death of journalist Kenji Nagai who was shot execution style by a Burmese soldier during the protests: More

October 16, 2007
Iraqi Shia Terrorists Targeting Polish Troops ahead of Elections
In an attempt to duplicate the successful tactics of al-Qaeda against the Spanish government in 2004, Shia terrorists are trying to target Polish troops in Iraq ahead of elections next Sunday, according to Counterterrorism blog: More

October 16, 2007
Hillary's commitment to the rule of law
Steve Gilbert was one of the first to note the revelations in a book released in June that Hillary eavesdropped on her husband's opponents More

October 16, 2007
Paul Krugman's inconsistency
Tom Maguire points out some striking differences between 'yesterday' and 'today' in former Enron advisor Paul Krugman's biweekly prattle in the New York Times More

October 15, 2007
Krugman's theories
Paul Krugman thinks he can explain why conservatives like me laugh at Al Gore's global warming theory campaign. More

October 15, 2007
How to advance the left, tax-free (as heard on Rush)
Move over, MoveOn. Another well-funded propaganda organ of the Left is coming, operating under the guise of charitable public service. More

October 15, 2007
Vote in House on Reporter's "Shield Law"
A bill that would shield a reporter's sources and protect the reporter from prosecution is moving to a vote today in the House: More

October 15, 2007
3 Americans Share Nobel in Economics
"Mechanism Design Theory" is honored for its real world applications. More

October 15, 2007
Responses to Coulter
I have received a lot of email about my article on Ann Coulter. More

October 15, 2007
Wait til next year for a real Nobel Peace Prize?
Growing up in Chicago and watching year after year the ever-reliable Cubs collapse, I grew accustomed to the grimly hopeful prayer of believing Cubs fans everywhere, "Wait til next year." More

October 15, 2007
Armenian Genocide Resolution Moving Forward
Does national security trump all other considerations in this case? More

October 15, 2007
Larry Craig: The" Bad Penny" Senator
The nightmare for Republicans continues: More

October 15, 2007
Confirming a quiet triumph over al Qaeda
More evidence accumulates that we are winning against al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. A report written by intelligence experts at the the United States Military Academy confirms the signs of a major success More

October 15, 2007
Israel and Lebanon in an Exchange of Prisoners?
Agence France Presse is reporting that Israel and Hezb'allah may carry out a prisoner swap today with the speculation being that two missing IDF soldiers from the 2006 Israeli-Lebanese War will be part of the deal: More

October 15, 2007
Ron Paul Wins CLC Straw Poll
It doesn't mean that much as far as Ron Paul is concerned but there is little doubt that Mitt Romney was embarrassed by the Texas Congressman's win in the Conservative Leadership Conference straw poll yesterday: More

October 14, 2007
Challenging the higher education plutocrats
With our most prestigious universities sitting on huge endowments which are growing ever fatter, Senator Grassley is proposing they be forced to spend this tax free income to lower tuition. More

October 14, 2007
WaPo surrenders to General Petraeus
You could almost hear the editorial teeth gnashing when the Washington Post acknowledged today that the latest figures are modestly encouraging, maybe More

October 14, 2007
A poisonous book
"Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA," by Tim Weiner, already winner of a Pulitzer Prize, was named a finalist for the National Book Awards on October 10 More

October 14, 2007
Recreating an era
Part of the magic of movies is the ability to recreate an era, usually to look at it with a distinctly modern perspective. This week, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Harrison Ford, Shia LeBeouf and an entire production crew for the... More

October 14, 2007
Lessons from the latest intelligence leak
Eli Lake of the New York Sun has out-covered the rest of the media on the latest leak that damaged intelligence-gathering. More

October 14, 2007
Uphill Battle For US Ally in Austrailia Elections
Australia's embattled Prime Minister John Howard has been forced to call for elections in November where it is expected he will be in the fight of his political life to maintain his party's majority position in Parliament: More

October 14, 2007
Burmese Junta Stages Pro-Government Love Fest
Sometimes, irony is just not adequate to describe an event. A picture, being worth a thousands words or so, exceeds any attempt on my part to describe the situation in Burma. More

October 14, 2007
Putin Keeps Rice, Gates on Ice Before Meeting
On Friday, Russian President Vladmir Putin kept the two top foreign policy officials of the United States waiting 40 minutes before appearing for the photo op and skewering his guests and their government More

October 14, 2007
Favorable trends in Iraq
We are seeing favorable trends in a variety of figures of importance from Iraq More

October 14, 2007
Did Israel Target a Syrian Nuke Site?
That's the verdict of some foreign intelligence and defense experts who reportedly have seen the reports: More

October 14, 2007
South Korean Ransom Money is Killing Americans
The reported $10 million in ransom paid to the Taliban kidnappers to secure the release of 21 South Korean Christian missionaries held hostage last summer is being used to buy weapons that are killing Americans in Afghanistan. More

October 14, 2007
Randall Hoven radio interview
AT contributor Randall Hoven, author of Media Dishonesty Matters, will be a guest on Boston talk radio powerhouse WRKO 680 AM, at 8 PM Eastern Time Sunday night More

October 13, 2007
Oxford to Follow in the Footsteps of Columbia
Notorious Holocaust denier David Irving, who has been jailed in Austria for his despicable beliefs, has been approached by the famous Oxford Union debating society to address students at a future event: More

October 13, 2007
Lebanon's Divided Christian Community Struggles to Achieve Consensus
Deadline looms for choosing a candidate for president all sides can support. More

October 13, 2007
Are Democrats 'The Stupid Party?'
A superb piece in The Weekly Standard by James Ceaser, a professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, is your weekend reading assignment. More

October 13, 2007
Has Iraq been a true success?
Jim Holt, writing in the London Review of Books, argues that the Iraq war has put us in the catbird seat. More

October 13, 2007
Some inconvenient numbers
Steve Hargreaves of CNN/Money writes of Al Gore's planned $100-200 million a year ad blitz for energy conservation. More

October 13, 2007
Crickets Chirping at the Times in Response to Medal of Honor Award
Silence from the Times on local boy's Medal of Honor. More

October 13, 2007
Former Iraq Commander Calls The Kettle Black
American Thinker's staff believes it should come as no suprise that a former Commander in Iraq, General Ricardo Sanchez, is trying to shift the blame for some of his own shortcomings on other shoulders: More

October 12, 2007
Who will be punished for Haditha?
This is how TIME captions its story detailing the present status of the case: "TIME first brought the incident and its contradictions to light in March 2006," More

October 12, 2007
Pulling for the Enemy
When all else fails -- look at the evidence. Vasko Kohlmayer put together a list of all the Democrats' statements and actions about the war. More

October 12, 2007
Army medics save soldier impaled with live RPG
This amazing story should make headlines in all the newspapers. In an incredible feat of courage and skill, US Army personnel extracted an explosive RPG rocket from the body of Spc. Channing Moss in Afghanistan More

October 12, 2007
Hypocrisy thy name is Columbia University
A day after a speaker spouted "death to Israel" while distorting and denying historical evidence regarding Jews, Columbia University's protesting students chanted "no diversity, no university" More

October 12, 2007
Hillary Allies in Media gang up on Edwards
John Edwards finally made the tabloids for something besides his hair. More

October 12, 2007
Burma's Agony
No matter how bad we may have believed the crackdown by government forces on pro-reform demonstrators could have been, reports being smuggled out of Burma this week paint a picture of physical and psychological terror almost too traumatic to be true: More

October 12, 2007
Al Gore - Warrior for Peace ( substantially updated)
A fitting reward for his alarmist propaganda and for engendering stupefying boredom. More

October 12, 2007
Some speech is freer than others
Lee Bollinger's curious ethical choices about what constitutes free speech. More

October 12, 2007
Islam and the Latin American Left - United in Hate
One of the conundrums of our age, is why the political left in Europe and North America have seemingly joined forces with radical Islam. More

October 12, 2007
The "Perfected" Jew
Ann Coulter has put her foot in it again. More

October 11, 2007
Noel Sheppard on Dennis Miller Show
AT Contributor (and Newsbusters writer) Noel Sheppard will be a guest in the first hour of the Dennis Miller Show Friday morning. More

October 11, 2007
Some 'Inconvenient Truths' About Goracle Film
Even though he may win the Nobel Peace Prize today, Al Gore was handed a humiliating set back yesterday in a British court which ruled that there were 9 instances in his film Inconvenient Truths that were not supported by evidence or scientific consensus: More

October 11, 2007
One Little Word
The call of conscience versus US national interest in the House. More

October 11, 2007
ISG Redux?
Former Congressman Lee Hamilton and James Baker chaired the Iraq Study Group Report that departed from its mandate and offered prescriptions to solve the Middle East crisis that suggested pressuring Israel. More

October 11, 2007
Al-Qaeda Targeting Sunni Arab Allies
Counterterrorism blog is reporting that two suicide truck bombs that went off yesterday in northern Iraq targeted Sunni tribal leaders who have joined the "Awakening" and allied themselves with Americans: More

October 11, 2007
Marines to redeploy from Iraq to Afghanistan?
Pentagon officials have been looking at the drastically reduced violence in Anbar province and are contemplating redeploying the bulk of the 25,000 Marines to Afghanistan: More

October 11, 2007
"There was no raid here -- we heard nothing,"
The quote above is from Ahmed Mehdi, the Deir ez Zor director of the Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands, a government agricultural research center and refers to the biggest non-event to ever occur in Syria; the Israeli raid on September 6 that targeted an unknown military installation near the research center. More

October 11, 2007
Kyle-Anne Shiver radio appearance
AT contributor Kyle-Anne Shiver will be a guest on the Sandy Rios Show, on WYLL AM 1160 in the Chicago area. An internet stream is available. More

October 11, 2007
Another Saddam family member linked to Al Qaeda
Regime of Terror newsletter reports ,"Yet another member of Saddam Hussein's family has been implicated not only in terrorism but in leading a key al Qaeda in Iraq cell." More

October 11, 2007
Let's hope Rudy has the last laugh on Hillary Care
"If we do Hillary care or socialized medicine, Canadians will have no place to go to get their health care." That line from former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani drew plenty of laughs at Tuesday's Republican debate. More

October 11, 2007
Brits are armoring up
Under the media radar, as it turns out, British Soldiers will now get another 145 Mastiff vehicles, which are "mine resistant" More

October 11, 2007
The liberal mentality revealed
Gregg Easterbrook is the liberal author and commentator who writes the popular Tuesday Morning Quarterback ("TMQ") column on ESPN.com. More

October 10, 2007
GOP Candidates Disappoint On Economy
I watched the MSNBC replay last night of the GOP presidential debate on economic issues, which was held in Dearborn, Michigan. For me, it was the most disappointing of all the debates. More

October 10, 2007
The good Nobels
As foolish as the Nobel prizes often are, the awards for scientific achievements remain credible. More

October 10, 2007
Two hours of intelligent analysis of the coming election tonight
AT's news editor Ed Lasky joins a blue-ribbon panel of political journalists and broadcasting legend Milt Rosenberg for two hours of informed and intelligent discussion of the coming elections. More

October 10, 2007
Art threatening life
Of all the silly things passing as art today, the giant crack in the floor of London's Tate Museum seems especially feckless. More

October 10, 2007
How to change the Blackwater media narrative
Blackwater, the private security company that protects State Department VIPs in Iraq, is now coming under political attack from the Left. More

October 10, 2007
Iranian-German Soccer Player Refuses to Play Against Israel
He should be kicked off the team: More

October 10, 2007
David Kilcullen interview
Charlie Rose did a superb job interviewing David Kilcullen, the Australian colonel who was a senior advisor on counterinsurgency to General Petraeus for the first half of this year. More

October 10, 2007
Report: Iran Helped Broker Al-Sadr-Hakim Deal
Last week's groundbreaking agreement between the two largest Shia militias actually originated in Tehran according to a report published in Stratfor which was reprinted in full in the Kuwaiti Times: More

October 10, 2007
YAF Group Targeted by Campus Administration for Fake Fliers
The Young Americans for Freedom chapter on the campus of George Washington University are being asked by the school administration to sign a statement condemning hate speech even though the incident that precipitated the request was not the result of anything the group did: More

October 10, 2007
Debate over SCHIP Extension Gets Nasty
Charges and countercharges are being hurled back and forth between conservative and liberal bloggers of the use of a 12 year old child by Democrats to try and skewer Republicans over SCHIP. More

October 10, 2007
Winograd Report will Spare Olmert - Temporarily
A report that will detail Israeli mistakes and blunders made during the 2006 Hezb'allah War will not recommend that Prime Minister Olmert leave office. More

October 10, 2007
Giuliani, Romney Clash at GOP Debate
GOP Presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani traded charges over taxes and spending at the Republican debate yesterday afternoon in Dearborn, Michigan: More

October 9, 2007
Democrats obstruct geopolitical strategy
First, they threw a monkey wrench into the US-European missile defense shield. Now, Congressional Democrats led by the expert global strategist, Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.), have started a campaign to delay or stop the US and India nuclear and defense cooperation treaty More

October 9, 2007
Confederate Yankee, TNR and the Beauchamp Affair
The Confederate Yankee has been doggedly pursuing the questions raised by the Scott Beauchamp affair at The New Republic. Based on the evidence he has assembled, TNR has got a lot of explaining to do More

October 9, 2007
The power of the party
The always worth reading Jay Cost has a great article today which he uses to highlight the limits of party politics. More

October 9, 2007
Eat your ice cream! A case of mistaken consensus
The New York Times reports that there is no scientific proof that a diet high in fats affects mortality. In the course of that article, the author notes: "Dr. Koop was expressing the consensus" More

October 9, 2007
Ed Lasky radio interview today
AT news editor Ed Lasky will be a guest on the "Let's Talk Frank" radio show with Terry Frank at 6 PM EDT today. More

October 9, 2007
Germany roiled by refusal of soccer match in Israel
The refusal of dual citizenship member of a German soccer team to play a match in Israel has sparked an outcry. More

October 9, 2007
Is Belgium Falling Apart?
Two peoples, two languages, two distinct cultures, and 177 years of relative harmony. That has been the country of Belgium as we know it. More

October 9, 2007
It's "The Fred Show" This Afternoon in Michigan
Is it do or die for Fred this afternoon at the Michigan debate? More

October 9, 2007
The Latest from our Hero Hugo
All of us here at AT have a special place in our hearts for that madcap socialist, hero to the masses and Hollywood nitwits, that Master of Disaster, President for Life Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. More

October 9, 2007
Dan Rather: By Hook or by Crook
Bush Derangement Syndrome at the highest levels of the media. More

October 9, 2007
Helping Bush "Tear up the Constitution"
After spending the last several years wailing about how George Bush has been "tearing up the Constitution" by spying willy nilly on everyone from terrorists to your Auntie Midge, Democrats are preparing to announce to the American people "never mind:" More

October 9, 2007
Dem Thuggery Directed Toward Talk Radio
Beware! Son of the Fairness Doctrine may be on the way. More

October 8, 2007
Internet competition, newspapers, and video rentals
In what may be a preview of coming attractions in the newspaper business, Movie Gallery, the largest retail DVD rental operator has filed a prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition. More

October 8, 2007
Happy Government Employees' Day!
I am deeply grateful for the arrival of Columbus. But I am quite frankly perturbed that Columbus Day has become one of those holidays that government workers get at the expense of almost everyone else. More

October 8, 2007
The contest for the Hispanic vote
Anyone with a pulse realizes that Hispanics are the fastest-growing voting bloc in American politics.I think that the GOP does have a shot at garnering strong support More

October 8, 2007
An un-needed law school finds its constituency
The University of California Irvine's new law school has just received a one million dollar gift from a revealing source: a member of the natural constituency of the new school, the tort bar. More

October 8, 2007
Brace Yourselves: Al Gore in line to win Nobel Peace Prize
Hold on to your stomachs and grab your Pepto-Bismal; Al Gore may very well win the Nobel Peace Prize when it is announced on Friday: More

October 8, 2007
Look who's talking in the Ohio Capitol
Politicians are interested in winning votes, not in snubbing potential voters and their ethnic groups. Perhaps that is why someone like Anisa Abd El Fattah receives an invitation to speak in the Ohio State Capitol. More

October 8, 2007
Was the Haditha Massacre an al-Qaeda Operation? (Updated)
Some startling documents from military intelligence gathered for the prosecution of the Marines charged in the Haditha massacre reveal that we had gotten wind of an al-Qaeda operation in the weeks previous to the incident that threatened a massacre of civilians More

October 8, 2007
Which party threatens Theocracy?
When Democrats do it, it's a sincere, heartfelt expression of faith. Republicans, on the other hand, are only being hypocrites when they talk about God. More

October 8, 2007
Iraqi Reconciliation a Tough Sell
In what the Washington Post is reporting as a setback for US policy, several leading Iraqi politicians have given voice to the opinion that reconciliation between the factions should not be a goal of the government but rather happen naturally as a result of government policies: More

October 8, 2007
When all is not as it appears to be
Do you remember 12 year old Graeme Frost from Maryland? He's the young man who gave the Democratic radio response to President Bush following the veto of the chidren's health care program SCHIP. More

October 8, 2007
Bias? What Media Bias
A revealing interview on CNN's "Reliable Sources" shows that the MSM is totally clueless regarding their own bias. More

October 8, 2007
Where are the 'human shields' in Burma?
As it becomes increasingly apparent that a blood bath against innocents is taking place in Burma, the disingenuous nature of the human shields who flew to Iraq becomes even clearer. More

October 7, 2007
Hsu's biz: Side B
Flip Pidot of Suitably Flip reports that two FBI seizure warrants on Hsu's bank accounts show the existence of a hitherto unknown Hsu business: Side B which may give us even more evidence of his straw donor scheme and assets: More

October 7, 2007
Investigating officer's report on SSgt Wuterich
Sweetness and Light has obtained Lt Col Ware's report on SSgt Frank D. Wuterich and you can read it here. More

October 7, 2007
Was Haditha a deliberate propaganda ploy by al Qaeda?
Defend Our Marines notes something everyone else has missed. More

October 7, 2007
Report: Taliban Preparing an "End of Ramadan" Offensive
This disturbing report in the usually reliable Asia Times paints a picture of renewed activity of the Taliban along the border with Afghanistan with as many as 20,000 armed fighters - many of them suicide bombers - preparing to enter the country: More

October 7, 2007
Musharraf Wins Another Term in Pakistan - Probably
Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan had no trouble cruising to victory in his bid for a second term. More

October 7, 2007
Blackwater Connection to Clinton Campaign Causing Hillary Trouble
One of Hillary Clinton's most trusted advisors is CEO of a firm that handled public relations for the controversial security firm Blackwater. More

October 7, 2007
Thompson Surging In Iowa
Fred Thompson may be a late comer to the presidential race but he is apparently making up for lost time in Iowa. More

October 7, 2007
Iraq Shia Leaders Sign Truce
The low level "civil war within a civil war" that has been simmering between the two largest Shia militias in Iraq may be over. More

October 7, 2007
Novak Dispels Some Plame Myths
Novak's problem has been that the Plame narrative, created by Democrats and the media, has little room for the truth. More

October 6, 2007
Where's the outrage?
The world periodically condemns America for its supposed (and mythical) oppression of Muslims here in America. But now socialist-led Spain is literally rounding up political operatives of ETA, the Basque separatist group. More

October 6, 2007
Unions supplying anti-war demonstrators at Walter Reed?
For some time Code Pink has been demonstrating against the war outside Walter Reed Hospital, to the great distress of the wounded soldiers and their families. This is simply unconscionable. Who are these people? More

October 6, 2007
A bit of perspective on Blackwater
Congressional hearings on the Blackwater private security firm and various articles about it sustain a mostly negative image based on sensationalism and partisanship. More

October 6, 2007
Background on Israeli Syrian Strike
ABC News is reporting that last month's raid on a Syrian military facility by Israel was actually delayed several months at the insistence of the United States: More

October 6, 2007
Media Matters Claims "Non-Partisanship"
Here's a little comic interlude for your Saturday morning pleasure... More

October 6, 2007
GOP To Go "Back to the Future?"
Everyone agrees that the Republican party is in trouble. Now a group of Reagan-era officials are preparing to revive the Gipper's old political organization to try and fix it: More

October 6, 2007
Tipping point for Senator Craig?
Senator Larry Craig may want to remain a Senator for the remainder of his term next year but circumstances revealed yesterday may make that proposition a bit iffy: More

October 6, 2007
Job Growth Eases Recession Fears (Updated)
Good news on the jobs front over the summer has boosted the stock market and eased concerns that the economy was headed toward a recession. More

October 6, 2007
NASA Chief: China Will Beat us Back to the Moon
NASA chief Michael Griffin believes that the next footprints made in lunar dust will not be American but Chinese: More

October 5, 2007
AT editor on NPR today
Last week I spent some time being interviewed by a reporter for NPR. The news item aired on the national morning NPR show, Morning Edition today. More

October 5, 2007
Larry Craig, American hero
Mitch McConnell needs to publicly promise that if Craig resigns, his replacement will be given seniority and committee assignments identical to Craig's. More

October 5, 2007
Children as state informants
I remember being horrified as a child when I learned in the 1950s that under communism children were turned into informants against their parents. But it is beginning to happen in America. More

October 5, 2007
Who is Mr. Hsu?
The Suitably Flip website has been on top of the Norman Hsu story since it broke with helpful charts and lists of donors that gives us some idea of who the people surrounding Mr. Hsu are and what connections they have to the Democratic party. More

October 5, 2007
"Democracy has been Demoted"
Daniel Henninger of the Wall Street Journal has the column of the day on the naivete of the Burmese Buddhist monks who went into the streets of Yangon 100,000 strong to protest for democracy - only to discover that "democracy has been demoted:" More

October 5, 2007
Larry Craig Will Remain In the Senate
This is really getting to be a bad joke. More

October 5, 2007
Romney Loans his Campaign Another $8 million
Mitt Romney's campaign has been a model of efficiency and professionalism. But this hasn't translated into the kind of support nationally that makes him a viable candidate. More

October 5, 2007
Neo-Cons and Neo-Commies
Everybody talks about the evil Neo-Cons, but nobody talks about the resurgent Neo-Commies. More

October 5, 2007
1 in 5 Dems Think "The World would be Better Off" if US Lost in Iraq
From our "Least Surprising Poll Result of the Year" files comes the news that about 1 in 5 Democrats believe the world would be better off if the US loses the Iraq War: More

October 5, 2007
Obama: A "True" Patriot
Senator Barack Obama stopped wearing an American Flag lapel pin shortly after 9/11 because he says it has become a substitute for "true patriotism:" More

October 4, 2007
Daily Kos traffic overstated?
Patrick Ruffini has written a much commented-upon analysis suggesting that the number of visitors to the Daily Kos website may be overstated by 60% or thereabouts. More

October 4, 2007
Comprehensive article on phony soldiers
In light of the ongoing discussion and debate over the Rush Limbaugh/"phony soldier" episode, Anne Morse's article in the Weekly Standard two years ago merits re-reading. More

October 4, 2007
Dobson's Mystery Candidate
Dr. James Dobson wrote an op-ed published in the New York Times, titled "The Values Test." More

October 4, 2007
Britain to Give Gore Film a 'BS' Rating
A British truck driver who sought to stop the documentary An Inconvenient Truth from "brainwashing" his children appears to have won a partial victory. More

October 4, 2007
Bush, Congress in Race to the Bottom in Poll Numbers (Updated)
The latest AP-Ipsos poll is out and approval ratings for both President Bush and Congress received the lowest marks ever recorded by the poll: More

October 4, 2007
Al Dura incident raw footage ordered shown
It looks as though France 2 Television will hand over the raw footage of the al Dura incident, subject of a complex lawsuit in France. More

October 4, 2007
Mainstreaming Hitler
In an era when a head of state openly threatens wipe Israel off the map it should come as no shock that Hitler is so popular that he is being used as an advertising icon. More

October 4, 2007
Saudi Cleric Issues Edict Against Foreign Jihad
Counterterrorism Blog is reporting that the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia - the leading Wahhabi cleric in the Kingdom - has issued a surprising edict that forbids Saudis from participating in Jihad outside the country: More

October 4, 2007
Jobless Claims Rise in September
Anticipating the Labor Department's employment numbers due out tomorrow, a report on jobless claims today showed a rise of 16,000 to 317,000 for the month of September. More

October 4, 2007
Florida Dems to Sue DNC over Ruling
The Florida Democratic party decided to defy the Democratic National Committee and hold their primary on January 29 of next year - a week before the national party's rules say they can. More

October 4, 2007
Senator Pete Domenici Set to Retire
Republican prospects of retaking the Senate received another blow yesterday when sources close to the Senator told NBC News that he would not seek re-election in 2008: More

October 4, 2007
Ron Paul's Surprising Fundraising Haul
Ron who? And how much did he raise? More

October 3, 2007
Recent reactions to controversial campus speakers
US News and World Report has published a selected recent history of controversial campus speakers, complete with campus wide and audience reaction. And to no one's great surprise.... More

October 3, 2007
Iranian University Invites Bush to Speak
The Voice of America is reporting that an Iranian university has extended an invitation to President Bush to give a talk before students and faculty: More

October 3, 2007
Making Jena notorious
Jena, LA is taking its place among towns notorious for racial polarization. In the context of America's vibrant race industry, there has been no shortage of prominent actors anxious to exploit the situation for their own ends. More

October 3, 2007
Crackdown in Burma Continues
The Myanmar military junta isn't done with its systematic destruction of the pro-reform movement. More

October 3, 2007
Blackwater Probe Ignores their Perfect Record of Protection
Democrats on the Hill are trying to portray Blackwater Corporation, the security company hired by the State Department to protect its employees in Iraq, as a bunch of out of control cowboys who shoot first and do not differentiate between civilians and insurgents. More

October 3, 2007
Bush Approves North Korean Nuke Pact
From our "We'll believe it when we see it" files comes the news that President Bush has signed off on a draft agreement that would force the North Koreans to shut down its nuclear program and give a list of nuclear activities to the 6 nations that have taken part in the negotiations: More

October 3, 2007
WaPo-ABC Poll Shows Clinton, Guiliani with Solid Leads
The new Washington Post-ABC poll out today shows Senator Hillary Clinton increasing her lead among Democratic primary voters: More

October 3, 2007
Security Situation in Pakistan Seen Worsening
President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan has spent much of the last 6 years since he was reluctantly enlisted in the War on Terror juggling several competing interests, trying to keep all of them in the air at the same time More

October 2, 2007
AT Radio: two authors on air Wednesday morning
AT political director Richard Baehr will a guest on the syndicated Dennis Miller Show Wednesday. He will appear in the show's first hour. More

October 2, 2007
Smearing Rush: Duke lacrosse redux
Yesterday, several Senate Democrats took to the Senate floor claiming that Rush Limbaugh called those among our troops who oppose the war 'phony soldiers.' More

October 2, 2007
More Signs of Trouble in the Housing Industry
A leading indicator of the health of the home buying industry - the Pending Home Sales Index - has reached a new low according to the National Association of Realtors: More

October 2, 2007
Berekely tree-sitters ordered down
The protestors who have been sitting in trees to block new athletic facilities at the University of California, Berkeley football stadium have been ordered down by a judge. More

October 2, 2007
Putin's Resurrection of "The Cult of Personality"
To no one's surprise, Russian President Vladmir Putin, banned from seeking a third term, will keep his hands on the levers of power after he leaves office by running for Parliament: More

October 2, 2007
Dems Keep Raking in the Cash (Updated)
If money is indeed the mother's milk of American politics, the top Democrats running for President can open their own dairy: More

October 2, 2007
After 7 Years, Israel able to Categorically Deny Al-Dura Incident
The Israeli government has denied responsibility in the death of a young Palestinian boy, Al-Dura, whose shooting caught on tape by a Palestinian cameraman working for a French television station 7 years ago is largely credited with starting the "second intifada.:" More

October 2, 2007
Biting the Hand that Feeds on You
It appears that Democratic hypocrisy knows no bounds. More

October 2, 2007
The New York Times holds a yard sale
Like an elderly spinster selling off possessions to pay her bills, the New York Times Company is liquidating peripheral assets. Having moved into its brand new 52-story headquarters building, the New York Times Company is holding a yard sale of sorts More

October 2, 2007
Obama: Party like its 1972
For a while there I was getting concerned about the Democratic party. The way some of them were talking about being in Iraq until 2013, I was almost hearing something approaching sanity More

October 2, 2007
J. Peter Mulhern interview
J. Peter Mulhern, author of Sunday's article "President Thompson", will be the guest on the KSFO Morning Show at 7 AM Pacific time. More

October 1, 2007
Scoundrel time in the US Senate
For sheer unmitigated sleaze I can't remember anything even approaching Democrat Senators Reid and Harkin this week. (Also, for sheer stupidity). More

October 1, 2007
Bonds for babies
On Just One Minute, the commenters have been having fun with Hillary's proposal that each child born in American be given a $5,000 bond at birth. More

October 1, 2007
Troop Deaths Drop in September
Despite increased combat operations, the number of US troops killed in action in September dropped to the lowest level in almost a year: More

October 1, 2007
Another Ponzi Scheme Crook Donating to Clinton Campaign
Perhaps if the media were to get serious and really start looking into Hillary's financial supporters, more of these Ponzi Scheme operators would be exposed. More

October 1, 2007
"The Great Game" Turns in Favor of the West?
Central Asia, with its massive oil and gas wealth as well as its strategic placement as the "backdoor" to Iran and the Middle East has long been a source of competition between Russia and the west. More

October 1, 2007
Orange Coalition Appears Headed for Victory in Ukraine
The latest parliamentary voting in Ukraine appears to have brought victory to a newly energized, pro-western "Orange Revolution:" More

October 1, 2007
'The Burma Revolt Is Over'
A high ranking defector from the ruling military junta who reached the border with Thailand yesterday says that the death toll from the recent crackdown on pro-reform protests is much worse than anyone can imagine: More

October 1, 2007
Cox and Forkum Take 'Final Bow'
The dynamic editorial cartoon duo of Cox and Forkum have decided to amicably part ways: More

October 1, 2007
GOP Candidates Debate 'Race'
Last week, six GOP presidential candidates appeared at Morgan State University in Baltimore to debate issues relating to race More