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December 31, 2007
So much for life in prison
AP reports: Sara Jane Moore, who took a shot at President Ford in a bizarre assassination attempt just 17 days after a disciple of Charles Manson tried to kill Ford, was paroled Monday More

December 31, 2007
Third World payback for support of the Arab cause
The UN's Durban II Conference, all those votes in the United Nations, all those nations that have severed diplomatic relations with Israel. What does this alliance with extremist Arab nations gain? More

December 31, 2007
Special Forces on Alert for Pak Nuke Crisis
In case you were wondering what would happen if the Pakistani nuclear arsenal were to be threatened More

December 31, 2007
Palestinian alchemy: Sugar becomes potassium nitrate
So, the Arabs in Gaza whine that the cruel Israelis won't allow vital medicines and goods through their border with Israel. More

December 31, 2007
Equal justice for a Marine? (updated)
Marine Sgt Mike McNulty, on activation orders to Iraq (his second tour), and leaving January 2nd, is about to suffer a grave injustice. More

December 31, 2007
Chelsea dodges questions from 9 year old Scholastic reporter
Media-savvy Chelsea Clinton is campaigning for her mother in Iowa, and has obviously received guidance on handling the media: don't answer any questions. More

December 31, 2007
Candidates Trade Barbs in Iowa
It is rare to see candidates in the same party being so disputatious about their opponent. More

December 31, 2007
New Video, New Questions in Bhutto Assassination
A new video of the assassination that emerged yesterday appears to show former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto being hit by gunfire just prior to a suicide bomber blowing himself up. More

December 31, 2007
The Profession of Death
Barry Rubin, editor of the Middle East Review of International Affairs, asks Who killed Benazir Bhutto? More

December 30, 2007
Imagine
Can you imagine what a death-knell it would have been to the so-called Global Warming chicken-littles if it had been Dan Quayle, instead of the somnabulent Al Gore, lecturing us with an insipid Power Point presentation all these years? More

December 30, 2007
Hollywood's new favorite dictator
Hugo Chavez, the oil-powered Castro wannabe of Venezuela, has picked up a few fans in Hollywood More

December 30, 2007
Pakistani People's Party keeps it in the Family
The party of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has announced that her son, 19-year-old Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, will carry on as his mother's successor More

December 30, 2007
New Osama Tape: Empty Blather
A new tape from Osama Bin Laden is directed at Sunnis in Iraq, warnng them that unless they ally with al-Qaeda in Iraq, they will suffer the consequences More

December 30, 2007
Iowa Polls all over the Map
While the numbers may be wildly different, two polls that came out today have shown Mitt Romney making a comeback and the Democratic race too close to call. More

December 30, 2007
Ray Robison radio appearance
AT contributor Ray Robison will be appearing Sunday night on Fox News Radio St. Louis, 97.1 FM with host Dana Loesch to discuss his book Both in One Trench. An internet feed of the broadcast is available More

December 29, 2007
Hillary frags Pakistan
While the world holds its breath to see if Pakistan will explode, Senator Hillary Clinton tossed a fragmentation grenade into the fireworks factory yesterday More

December 29, 2007
Pakistan's Samarra?
The Bhutto assassination is al-Qaeda's attempt to replicate its success of February 22, 2006 -- attacking the al-Askari golden dome mosque in Samarra, Iraq. More

December 29, 2007
A Victim No More (a poem)
Oh, the sad, bad old days/ When all a girl could obtain/ Was a degree from Wellesley/ And a Yale-enhanced brain. More

December 29, 2007
Gore's Green Fiasco
Al Gore is quick to level accusations of ulterior motives to anyone who challenges his claims for Anthropogenic Global Warming. Perhaps this is psychological projection More

December 29, 2007
Democrat Anti-war Antics Shake Morale at the Front
The incomparable Bill Gertz at the Washington Times published very revealing anecdote in his regular column "Inside the Ring" yesterday More

December 29, 2007
Iraq Claims "75% of al-Qaeda destroyed"
More excellent statistics at year's end. More

December 29, 2007
Bush, Cheney Unwanted in Brattelboro, VT
Chalk it up to extreme "BDS" More

December 29, 2007
Obama's grandma lives in a 'tiny hut'?
Sunlen Miller of ABC News reports that Barack Obama informed Iowa voters yesterday that his grandmother lives in a "tiny hut": More

December 29, 2007
New Video Shows Bhutto was Shot
A new video of the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto clearly shows a man leaping on the back of Bhutto's car and firing at least 2 shots nearly point blank at her More

December 29, 2007
Grading the Candidates on Pakistan
It was an opportunity to look "presidential" and score points with the voters. More

December 28, 2007
Is Allah the same as God of the Bible?
Controversy rages over the question, but now the government of Malaysia has weighed in with the opinion that Allah is unique to Islam. More

December 28, 2007
Hillary's imaginary victimhood
She's a victim, and that's why she has so much warmth and empathy for the less fortunate, doncha know. More

December 28, 2007
Pakistan in Chaos as Bhutto Interred
It's worse than I thought. According to the Daily Mail, 23 have already died in riots across the country as police shoot into crowds: More

December 28, 2007
New Strategic Vision Poll in Iowa
A new Strategic Vision poll in Iowa shows three Democrats in a virtual dead heat while Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney are also virtually tied for the lead: More

December 28, 2007
Politics knows no respect for the dead
Roger Simon at Pajamas Media notes that within minutes of the assassination being confirmed "the electoral scavengers were out" - him included - gauging how the murder of Bhutto would play in Iowa and thus the campaign: More

December 28, 2007
Bhutto Assassination a Painful Reminder that we are at War
In our rush to claim progress in the War on Terror, we sometimes forget that the enemy has the entire globe as a potential target and can strike at any time. More

December 28, 2007
A Gripping Eyewitness Account to History
This piece by McClatchey special correspondent Saeed Shah is what makes journalism "the first draft of history:" More

December 28, 2007
The lesson of Bhutto: A time for adults
OK, playtime's over! Time for the adults to take charge. The Clinton Nineties were a decade of playing pretend More

December 27, 2007
Kyle-Anne Shiver radio appearance
Kyle-Anne Shiver, AT frequent contributor, will appear on the KSFO Morning Show with Melanie Morgan and Brian Sussman Friday morning at 8 AM PST/11AM EST. The show is available via an internet feed. More

December 27, 2007
Obama's Right Hand Man Clarke is a Treacherous Fool
Barack Obama has selected Richard Clarke as his foreign security adviser. More

December 27, 2007
Gray Lady Busts Former First Lady's Mantra
The New York Times' Patrick Healy has busted Hillary Clinton's experience mantra. More

December 27, 2007
Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda?
Hillary Clinton may have just outdone Mitt Romney in the making-up self-serving stories department. More

December 27, 2007
Sham independence of freshmen House Dems
It seems many Freshman Congressman have regularly been voting against approving the House Journal, which are essentially the minutes of the previous day's work in the House. More

December 27, 2007
Bhutto Assassination Rocks '08 Race
Even with the carnage in Pakistan, the impact of former Prime Minister Bhutto's assassination on the race for the presidency is considered and weighed. More

December 27, 2007
The Enemy of My Enemy
Russia is playing a dangerous game as nuclear supplier to Iran. We cannot separate our Middle East policy from the ambitions of Vladimir Putin to restore Russia as a Great Power. More

December 27, 2007
Who Killed Bhutto? (updated)
Conventional wisdom would point the finger at Islamic extremists in Pakistan More

December 27, 2007
Bhutto Assassinated
Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was the number one target of Islamic extremists in Pakistan and as expected, they struck again today - this time, successfully: More

December 27, 2007
Thomas Lifson radio appearance
AT editor and publisher Thomas Lifson will be a guest on the KSFO Morning Show at 7 AM PST/10 EST. More

December 26, 2007
Iraqi Cabinet passes "General Pardon" Measure
It would certainly be a step forward toward reconcilation if Prime Minister Maliki could shepherd this "General Pardon" through the legislature: More

December 26, 2007
"The Big Dig" is Done
The nation's biggest urban road building project in history is finally - finally - coming to an end. More

December 26, 2007
Conservative Backlash Against Romney in New Hampshire
As the New Hampshire Presidential Primary approaches, the increased focus on the candidates and the issues appears to be costing Mitt Romney vital support in his close fight with John McCain. More

December 26, 2007
Russia Wants Iran to Give up Uranium Enrichment
Putin's hypocrisy knows no bounds More

December 26, 2007
Drugs Driving Violence in Afghanistan
StrategyPage.Com has a devastating analysis of the state of violence in Afghanistan and the factors driving it: More

December 26, 2007
Syria Bullies Spain
More gentle diplomacy from the Assad crime family in Syria. More

December 25, 2007
Richard Baehr, Thomas Lifson joint radio appearance
Richard Baehr, AT political director and Thomas Lifson, editor, will appear on WHO radio in Des Moines Wednesday morning from 10 to 11 AM Central Standard Time. More

December 25, 2007
To The United States Armed Forces, Thanks (a poem)
Because you are watching out for me, I am safe and warm today./ I embrace the joy of this special time because you are far away. More

December 24, 2007
Pakistani Military Milking the US Taxpayer
I would hope that our entire government has just about had it with President Musharraf. More

December 24, 2007
The Clintons being the Clintons
Steve Gilbert of Sweetness & Light catches the Clintons being themselves: candidly sour, and then brightening up with the phony smiles when they see a photographer. More

December 24, 2007
Fatah shows its true intentions
Fatah, the supposedly moderate party that rules the West Bank, and which receives massive foreign aid (including American money), has a new poster to celebrate its 43rd anniversary. More

December 24, 2007
The Smallest Things Come in the Largest Packages
Since the Democratic candidates are in such a "Merry Christmas-Happy Holidays-Happy Hanukah-Happy Kwanza" mood and would love to shower us with gifts, I think we should return the favor. More

December 24, 2007
Chris Matthews' Alternate Universe
Dispatch from the people who live in glass houses front -- during his annual "let's laugh at this year's gaffes" fest, Chris Matthews ultimately managed to out-gaffe the competition. More

December 23, 2007
Stem cell bucks for Huck
Caucus Cooler has uncovered some information which should erode substantially Huckabee's support, if the documents are genuine. More

December 23, 2007
Huckaboost my baby with a media melody
This is true love. It's gotta be. What else could account for these adoring words from Dan Payne in the Boston Globe? More

December 23, 2007
Ron Paul Flip Flops on Independent Run for President?
The Republican party's richest gadfly may be changing his mind about an independent run for the Presidency of the United States. More

December 23, 2007
What we all Know about Press Coverage in Iraq: Confirmed
Read it and weep. More

December 23, 2007
Will the New Year Bring Unity to the GOP?
On every Republican's Christmas gift list this year is a hope that somehow, someway, the various factions that make up the successful coalition that controlled Congress for more than a decade and has won the last two presidential elections can be put back together More

December 23, 2007
Thompson's 'Christmas Message to the Troops' a Hit
Most of the big conservative bloggers are staying neutral so far in the Republican presidential race so it is significant when many of them come out in praise of an ad run by a specific candidate: More

December 22, 2007
Iran's threat to Bahrain
Yesterday, Ed Lasky commented on Iran's threat to Bahrain. It is a story with some history. More

December 22, 2007
Mark Steyn needs your help
So we want to do something to support Steyn's (and Maclean's) fight with the Canadian Humarn Rights Commission? Instapundit cites to this site which offers several suggestions More

December 22, 2007
The Communist Conundrum
Bad news for the few remaining communist regimes left in the world. More

December 22, 2007
When racial profiling doesn't matter in media eyes
Media pop quiz: what does it take to get a liberal newspaper like the San Francisco Chronicle to ignore the racial implications of ethic profiling seriously violating the rights of minorities? More

December 22, 2007
Giuliani's Woes Continue
The numbers are starting to look grim for "America's Mayor. More

December 22, 2007
Bush is the devil and the devil made me do it
That seems to be the gist of the argument being presented by Franklin Raines, to explain his fall from grace More

December 22, 2007
Nevada Now an Obama-Clinton Battleground
There are only 25 convention delegates at stake in the January 19th Democratic Caucuses in Nevada. But a suddenly competitive race there could alter the entire campaign. More

December 22, 2007
The Guardian's Nauseating Anti-Americanism
We've seen it on display several times, the Guardian Unlimited's rank anti-American bias is so pronounced in this piece on the housing crisis, it defies belief. More

December 21, 2007
Hillary puff pieces on ET
Liberal advocates of the "Fairness Doctrine" seem unconcerned that the Hollywood gossip TV show Entertainment Tonight has featured puff pieces every day this week on Hillary Clinton. More

December 21, 2007
12 Days of Christmas, Iraqi style
Here are 12 good news items I found from the Department of Defense website for your mental refreshment this Christmas season. More

December 21, 2007
Lakotas leaving?
A group claiming to represent the Lakota (aka Teton, Tetonwan), part of the Sioux announces via press release their independence from the United States. More

December 21, 2007
A Harried Screed from Harry Reid
Does Harry Reid think voters should read newspapers to know what's going on? It depends on the subject, aparently. More

December 21, 2007
McCain Tries to Squelch Negative Times Story
The New York Times is preparing a massive hit piece on John McCain according to Drudge and the Senator from Arizona is not taking it lying down. More

December 21, 2007
BDS alert: Atlantic bloggers in 'Cheney's America'
Atlantic blogger Andrew Sullivan recounts a travel nightmare of a Nordic visitor and bewails "Cheney's America" He is followed by fellow Atlantic blogger Matt Yglesias who piles on More

December 21, 2007
50 Killed in Pakistan Bombing
At least 50 people were killed in a suicide attack on a mosque in Pakistan today. More

December 21, 2007
Belgium Police Arrest 14 in Terrorist Plot
Police in Belgium have broken up a plot to free a terrorist from prison who was convicted of planning a suicide car bomb attack at an American Air Force base: More

December 21, 2007
Bahrain in Iran's Sights
Unrest in the small Gulf statelet is being fueled by Iran. It plays a crucial role in the US military presence in the area. More

December 21, 2007
UN Moving to Derail Fraud Investigations
The UN bureaucracy has once again acted to insulate itself from punishment for engaging in fraud More

December 21, 2007
There's Torture - And then there's 'Torture'
If the liberals think waterboarding is torture too evil to inflict on those who would slaughter innocent American citizens they ain't seen nothing yet. More

December 21, 2007
How Effective is the Kyoto Protocol?
Separate out the older "core" members of the EU from the enlarged post-communist EU, and data on CO2 emissions change becomes even more interesting. More

December 20, 2007
Increase in American fertility rate (updated)
The United States finally hits the replacement level birth rate. More

December 20, 2007
Senate Report: No consensus on global warming
A Senate Report from the Minority on Committee on Environment and Public Works puts the lie to claims that a "scientific consensus" exists on the theory of anthropogenic global warming. Over 400 scientists are cited disputing various elements of the theory. More

December 20, 2007
Murtha may be put under oath about Haditha comments
Jack Zimmermann, an attorney for Lance Cpl. Stephen B. Tatum, one of the Marines accused in the death of 24 civilians in Haditha, is asking to depose Cong. John Murtha More

December 20, 2007
Romney scores two good ones
Speaking just for myself, I admire Romney, Giuliani and Thompson. I could vote for any of them. But Romney has just warmed my heart More

December 20, 2007
Free-range fuel? (updated)
Now that the environmental lobby has coerced congress into mandating a six-fold increase in use of ethanol as motor-fuel, will they now decry the increase in acreage devoted to the corn-crop as well as the use of fertilizer and pesticides? More

December 20, 2007
AL-Qaeda Spiritual Leader Recants
A senior al-Qaeda theologian has changed his tune and is calling on al-Qaeda members to put down their arms: More

December 20, 2007
Is Muqtada al-Sadr Giving Up?
If he has, it may be the most significant development of all in the recent string of successes being enjoyed by the coalition and the Iraqi government. More

December 20, 2007
Has Anyone Checked the Temperature in Hell Lately?
I just had to blog this one. More

December 20, 2007
Tom Tancredo to Drop out of Race
Congressman Tom Tancredo will bow out of the Republican race for President today according to the Associated Press: More

December 20, 2007
Obama's Free Media Pass
The man behind the empty suit. More

December 20, 2007
Edwards' Love Child Story Recalls Another Campaign Scandal
The more things change, the more they remain the same. Or as Yogi Berra so eloquently noted, deja vu all over again. More

December 20, 2007
Neo-Nazi complains about Ron Paul's denial of ties to white supremacists (updated)
American Thinker has extensively covered the troubling links between Ron Paul's campaign and neo-Nazis. Now there is a man appears to be a neo-Nazi spilling the beans. More

December 20, 2007
Hillary's Re-Gifting For Christmas
I forget what today's Hillary campaign theme is today, but whatever it is, her Christmas ad surely isn't advancing it: More

December 19, 2007
Preparing for defense cuts if the Dems win the White House
The following photographs came in via email, obviously created by some of our finest (and funniest) members of the military. More

December 19, 2007
Hillary and her Omnipresent Sunday School Teacher
Steve Gilbert of Sweetness & Light catches Hill trying to pull another fast one -- a fake photo op with a former Sunday school teacher she just happened to run into a month before in Iowa . More

December 19, 2007
Major League Baseball At The Bar
It isn't necessary to have been a Cubs fan, born and raised in Chicagoland, to mourn what performance enhancement drugs have done to major league baseball, but it helps. More

December 19, 2007
Is the GOP Heading for a Brokered Convention?
On the surface, it sounds implausible. How likely is a brokered convention? More

December 19, 2007
A modest proposal
Rick Richman, editor of Jewish Current Issues and AT contributor, has a proposal for President Bush, when he makes his historic trip to Israel in January. More

December 19, 2007
Argentine Bombings Ordered by Iran: Prosecutor
An Argentine prosecutor investigating two bombings, including a Jewish Community Center and the Israeili Embassy, has determined that Iran is behind them: More

December 19, 2007
More Surrendering from the Surrender Party
Not being able to find anyone in Iraq to surrender to, the Democrats have decided to throw up their arms and give up in Congress. Michelle Malkin has the details: More

December 19, 2007
Hillary shades the truth
Dana Milbank, covering the Iowa Democratic campaign, writes about Hillary trying to humanize herself on the campaign trail More

December 19, 2007
Senate approves $70 billion for Iraq-Afghanistan
With little fanfare (and less publicty), the Senate passed a $70 billion war funding bill for Iraq and Afghanistan, handing President Bush another victory over the Democratic Congress: More

December 19, 2007
Edwards 'Love Child' Story a Christmas Present from Hillary?
Coincidences abound in a story that has the potential to derail the Edwards campaign. More

December 19, 2007
Your Global Warming Derangement News For Today (updated)
Time for women to make their sex lives more eco-friendly: More

December 18, 2007
The Cuban people will be the last to know
I confess that when I read that Castro was supposedly planning to relinquish the reins of power, my first thought was that there is a power struggle underway, and that he was probably dead. More

December 18, 2007
Is sly ole' Huckster Clintonizing the GOP?
Why is Mike Huckabee such a mean-seeming guy? All my neck hairs are rising, like a growling puppy. More

December 18, 2007
The Tortuous Discussion of Water Boarding
The narcissistic stridency of partisan language in American politics today lacks the maturity to measure the full negative impact it can exact on America's worldwide image. More

December 18, 2007
Thompson Starts Do or Die Bus Tour: McCain Surging
When all is said in done in Iowa, many conservatives may be wondering if Fred Thompson had begun the campaign back in September the way he is relishing it now, would the story on his candidacy have turned out any differently? More

December 18, 2007
UN issues warning, but averts eyes from its own role
The United Nations is issuing a warning about the world's food stocks dwindling, but studiously ignoring its own role in the looming disaster it forecasts. More

December 18, 2007
Russia delivers Nuclear Fuel to Iran
Thanks to the breakdown of the sanctions regime as a result of the NIE findings on Iran, Russia eagerly made delivery of the nuclear fuel Iran is to use in its Russian built in Bushehr reactor: More

December 18, 2007
Dodd Threatens Filibuster on FISA Bill: Reid Caves
Democratic presidential candidate Christopher Dodd doesn't like the new FISA deal worked out between the White House and Democratic leaders. More

December 18, 2007
Fidel Hints at 'Retirement'
Not seen in public in 16 months, Fidel Castro still weilds considerable power through his brother Raul who replaced him as president in March of 2006. More

December 18, 2007
Twisted equality in socialized medicine
In still yet another shuddering preview of health under Hillarycare or whatever form of socialized medicine that the mainly Democratic candidates promise to impose on us, Britain's National Health Service has issued this truly Orwellian/Kafkaesque decree. More

December 18, 2007
Dershowitz on Carter
Did former president Jimmy Carter advise Yasser Arafat to reject Israel's offer for peace at Camp David? More

December 17, 2007
Details of charges against AP photog
After holding him for 20 months, the US military has detailed charges against the AP's prize winning photographer, Bilal Hussein. More

December 17, 2007
World Bank:China's Economy Much Smaller than Estimated
Seems like only yesterday we were told how much superior to our economy the Japanese economy was. And then it tanked. More

December 17, 2007
Is Paul Krugman bucking for a Cabinet position in a Clinton Administration?
Paul Krugman continues to carry water for Hillary Clinton, with another hit piece on Barack Obama and his health care proposals in the New York Times. More

December 17, 2007
Lieberman to endorse McCain
In a move widely seen as a huge plus for the Arizona Republican, Independent Senator Joe Lieberman, former Vice Presidential candidate for the Democratic party, will cross the aisle and endorse John McCain today: More

December 17, 2007
Food Nannies Ban Holiday Cupcakes at School
Merry Christmas! Have a celery stick, kid. More

December 17, 2007
Obama Would Hold Muslim-American Summit
In an interview on former Senator Bill Bradley's Sirius radio show, Barack Obama let it be known that if elected president, he would organize a meeting between Islamic leaders and Americans: More

December 17, 2007
Another Successful 'Money Bomb' for Ron Paul
Calling it "The Boston Tea Party," Ron Paul supporters staged another on line one day "money bomb that raised even more than the November fund raiser: More

December 17, 2007
Rocketing Israel
Endless rocket attacks on Israeli civilians elicits a "shrieking silence" from the International community. More

December 17, 2007
NY Times profiles Michael Savage: Fair and Balanced!
Wonder of wonders, the New York Times on Monday December 17 published a lengthy -- and surprisingly positive -- feature article on controversial radio talk show host Michael Savage More

December 17, 2007
Moyers and Olbermann Savage Michael Savage on PBS
When you put two extreme liberals like Bill Moyers and Keith Olbermann together on tax-supported PBS, the consequences are likely to be ugly. More

December 16, 2007
Why Did the Wheels Come off Hillary's Campaign?
The inimitable Dick Morris has an answer to that question and Hillary won't like it; she is basically an unattractive candidate: More

December 16, 2007
Vegetarian pets?
These days some people are trying to place dogs and cats on a vegetarian diet because they themselves have eschewed meat as part of the human diet. More

December 16, 2007
Hamas: We'll Never Recognize Israel
Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Hamas is vowing to continue fighting and never recognize Israel's right to exist: More

December 16, 2007
22 UN climate models flunk
Prediction is hard, especially about the future, said Neils Bohr. So why not try to predict the past? A study in the Royal Metereological Society journal did just that, using global warming models. More

December 16, 2007
Bolivia in Crisis as Many Resist Socialism
Four of the richest regions in Bolivia are set to declare their autonomy from the national government of President Evo Morales More

December 16, 2007
Des Moines Register endorses McCain, Hillary
The Des Moines Register has released its party endorsements for the Iowa Caucuses and the winners of that coveted nod are Hillary Clinton and John McCain More

December 15, 2007
Hillary/Alinsky
Steve Gilbert argues persuasively that Hillary's repeated, unfulfilled promises to the Middle Class and her constant appeals to it, are part and parcel of a radical agenda she learned at radical Saul Alinsky's knee. More

December 15, 2007
Probing Clinton Library Funding Sources
Today, the Washington Post has an article about where a lot of the money for Bill Clinton's Presidential Library originated. More

December 15, 2007
Author of NIE believes CIA's Priority should be 'Diversity'
Better to have a diverse workforce that gets things wrong than an agency based on merit that might get things right every once and a while. More

December 15, 2007
GOP Race Getting Wilder
What is happening with the race for the Republican nomination is much like the weather in San Francisco: If you are unhappy with it now, wait a few minutes and it will change: More

December 15, 2007
Mukasey rejects Congressional Demands on CIA Recordings
Attorney General Michael Mukasey has turned down a request from Congress that he tell them exactly what was on those destroyed CIA recordings depicting "severe interrogation techniques." More

December 14, 2007
The Anarchist Cookbook of the nursery? (updated)
An entertaining illustration of the difference between Brits and Americans is on view with reactions to a book entitled, Forbidden Lego: Build the Models Your Parents Warned You Against. More

December 14, 2007
Now and Then with E. J. Dionne
The WSJ's James Taranto compares E. J. Dionne's statement on the filibuster now and then: More

December 14, 2007
So diversity cures all ills?
The folly of relying on the "experts" who are responsible for the National Intelligence Estimate regarding Iran and its nuclear program is again on view. More

December 14, 2007
Wolfowitz World Bank epitaph
The so-called scandal that drove Paul Wolfowitz from his post as president of the World Bank has ended, not with a bang but a whimper. More

December 14, 2007
Bill Clinton 'Our Last Elected President'?
Steve Gilbert finds that that's what Hillary is now claiming, and notes how this self-serving nonsense undermines the election and democratic process More

December 14, 2007
Gucci Socialists
Venezuelans seem to be feeling their oats after rejecting Hugo Chavez's attempt to install himself in the presidential palace for life. A YouTube video is causing a sensation there by exposing the hypocrisy of one of Hugo's top minions. More

December 14, 2007
Time to End Congressional Oversight of Intell?
Quoting the Washington Post's David Ignatius, the brilliant Gabriel Schoenfeld suggests it's time to end the experiment of Congressional oversight of our intelligence operations More

December 14, 2007
No Joy in Mudville *
Almost too sad for words. More

December 14, 2007
Dramatic Decline in Car Bombs in Iraq
Stars and Stripes is reporting a big drop in car bomb attacks in Baghdad this month: More

December 14, 2007
Bali Finale Papers Pit Vision Against Precision
On the very day Al Gore arrived in Bali with a petition avowing "support for a visionary global treaty to end the climate crisis," another petition (of sorts) was released attesting that any such efforts would prove "ultimately futile." More

December 14, 2007
Muqtada al-Sadr Seeking to become an Ayatollah
Never underestimate this guy. Never. He's not some fanatical bumpkin. He is shrewd, clever, and extremely dangerous. More

December 14, 2007
A real Whopper from the New York Times
Today's New York Time runs an editorial that defies belief and makes clear that the paper lives in a different moral universe More

December 13, 2007
Another reason to ignore the NYT: Fidell who?
Andy McCarthy shows how "fluid" is the NYT's definition of a disqualifying conflict of interest: More

December 13, 2007
Russia Will Finish Bushehr
The fallout continues from the NIE on Iran. Russia, already a reluctant partner in sanctions, has negotiated an agreement with the Iranians that will allow them to complete construction of a nuclear reactor at Bushehr: More

December 13, 2007
Bush Bests Dems Again in Budget Battle
Perhaps we should begin to question just which party is in the majority in Congress. More

December 13, 2007
Saluting the National Guard on its 371st birthday
The National Guard has been there to serve and to sacrifice for 19 generations since 1636. Today, they continue to protect us, nearby and far away. For that they deserve our thanks. More

December 13, 2007
Subpoenas for Sharpeton Aides
Can it be true? Are the feds finally going to corner and capture that slippery fish of a political gadfly Al Sharpton? More

December 13, 2007
Fred Explains his "Rebellion"
Thompson's stand against foolishness wins him praise. More

December 13, 2007
Is Hillary Getting Desperate? (updated)
Watching helplessly as her once seemingly insurmountable leads in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina have all dissipated, the Clinton campaign can't seem to right itself and instead, keeps shooting itself in the foot. More

December 13, 2007
GOP Debate an Exercise in Somnolence
A bottle of No-Doze wasn't required but would have come in handy. More

December 13, 2007
The new European Union - the Empire Returns?
With the signing of the Lisbon Treaty on December 13, 450 million people are now under a new, single government, called the European Union, headquartered in Brussels. More

December 13, 2007
Hating Mormons for Christmas
The Democrats are trying to stir up religious hatred among Republicans. But conservatives are responsible for their own behavior, if they take that poisoned bait. More

December 13, 2007
What if Aqsa Parvez was strangled with her own hijab?
It seems everyone but the Mainstream Media is talking about the 16-year-old Canadian girl whose father strangled her for refusing to wear the traditional Muslim head scarf. More

December 12, 2007
Brown is beautiful
Everyone knows that during December we are granted the caloric equivalent of universal carbon credits when it comes to fatty foods. Egg nog, latkes, butter cookies, roast duck, and prime rib: all are permitted with not a moment's hesitation and the merest twinge of guilt. More

December 12, 2007
Brazil's offshore oil bonanza may be even bigger
Hugo Chavez beware: Brazil threatens to develop huge offshore oil deposits which will add to the hemisphere's supply of oil. More

December 12, 2007
The Legacy of Edward Said
In my mind, Edward Said is one of the most pernicious influences on the modern academy. More

December 12, 2007
Clinton, Obama Tied in New Hampshire
That thud you just heard was the sound of Hillary Clinton's inevitability hitting the ground and starting to dig: More

December 12, 2007
The new aristocrats?
Mr. Warshawsky's article asking about high-cost of health care hits the nail on the head for health care, but much, much more. More

December 12, 2007
Huckabee calls foul on Romney: Then insults Mormons
Shameless pandering to bigotry by the Iowa frontrunner. More

December 12, 2007
Big Wins for GOP in House Election
Are GOP fortunes on the rebound? More

December 12, 2007
Pope Benedict Calls Out Warming Fanatics
The Pope says : "Show me the science." More

December 12, 2007
Celebrating diversity (continued)
The glorious mosaic strikes again. More

December 12, 2007
Romney Snares National Review Endorsement
Bill Buckley makes his move. More

December 12, 2007
Van Vann Diepen, NIE Author, and his Treachery at State
Author Kenneth Timmerman has provided us one more reason to doubt the validity and objectivity of the recently released National Intelligence Estimate. More

December 12, 2007
Richard Baehr radio appearance
AT political director Richard Baehr will be a guest on the Milt Rosenberg show on Chicago's WGN radio Wednesday night, Dec. 12 from 9 to 11 PM Central time. More

December 11, 2007
Heisman Trophy notes
It's interesting to notice the similar backgrounds of all three Florida Gator Heisman winners. The commonality is that they all have Protestant Christian ministers for fathers. More

December 11, 2007
Ray Robison's new book
AT contributor Ray Robison has an article with a partial synopsis of his new book, Both in One Trench, at Pajamas Media. More

December 11, 2007
Richard Baehr on the Rick Moran Show
AT political director Richard Baehr will join host (and AT associate editor) Rick Moran on his internet radio braodcast today, at 3:00 PM Central Standard Time. More

December 11, 2007
Robot Liberation Front
Animal rights was bad enough, with its implicit equation of animals and people, but now we have robot rights. More

December 11, 2007
The Southern Hemisphere ignores Al Gore
If he is going to call it global warming, how can Al Gore ignore the Southern Hemisphere's refusal to go along? More

December 11, 2007
Algiers Bombs kill 62
Two car bombs ripped through downtown Algiers apparently targeting a United Nations building and Algeria's Constitutional Court: More

December 11, 2007
Suicide Attack Targets Pak Nuke Facility
Bill Roggio has the grimmest news of the day; an attack by an extremist on a Pakistani nuclear site: More

December 11, 2007
Major Victory in Afghanistan
The Afghan Army and their NATO allies just kicked the Taliban out of their last major stronghold in Afghanistan: More

December 11, 2007
CIA Lawyers Approved Destruction of Interrogation Tapes
The New York Times is reporting that the destruction of the interrogation tapes showing CIA personnel using "severe" methods of questioning was authorized by attorneys for the clandestine Directorate of Operations: More

December 11, 2007
Huckabee "really not that aware" of US-Cuba Issues
And this guy wants to be President of the United States? More

December 11, 2007
Shocking Pro-Iranian Op-Ed in the Times
A shockingly dishonest Op-Ed in today's New York Times by Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett. More

December 11, 2007
Kyoto Schmyoto
One would think that countries that sommitted to the Kyoto treaty are doing a better job of curtailing carbon emissions. One would be wrong. More

December 10, 2007
Islamophobia Legislation: Who'll protect us from the protected?
The International Islamophobia Conference of Muslim "thinkers and scientists," called for immediate national and international legislation to protect victims of Islamophobia. More

December 10, 2007
Chavez and his plans to overturn the election
Jorge Castañeda, Mexico's former foreign minister, writes in Newsweek online that Hugo Chavez attrempted to overturn the vote on his dictator-for-life constitutional "reforms" in Venezuela. More

December 10, 2007
Libby drops appeal
With this statement from his counsel, Ted Wells, Lewis Libby has discontinued his appeal: More

December 10, 2007
The Libel Tourist Documentary
AT contributor Rachel Ehrenfeld is a victim of libel tourism, ie, the Saudis have sued her for libel in England because of their favorable libel laws, although her book exposing Saudi funding for terrorism was published in the US. More

December 10, 2007
Silver lining in the NIE flap?
Laurie Mylroie sees a potential silver lining in the NIE flap. With the CIA being increasingly discredited as a source of creditable intelligence, perhaps someone will review earlier NIE reports which missed that Iraq was behind 9/11 and other attacks More

December 10, 2007
Pakistan Opposition Parties Agree not to Boycott Elections
In something of a victory for President Pervez Musharraf (and American diplomats who had been working furiously behind the scenes) the two major opposition parties have agreed to participate in next month's parliamentary elections: More

December 10, 2007
The war on energy security
Alberta's tar sands are already known to contain the world's second largest proven reserves of petroleum. Naturally, the greenies don't want to see it tapped for secure oil supplies. More

December 10, 2007
Did Iran "Hoodwink" the CIA over its Nuke Program?
It appears that British Intelligence officials are more skeptical of Iranian intentions with regard to their nuclear program than the CIA: More

December 10, 2007
Iranian Students Protest Ahmadinejad
Chanting "Live free or die," Iranian students tore down the gate in front of Tehran University and rallied against President Ahmadinejad and the regime's treatment of women: More

December 10, 2007
Misanthropic Global Warming Theory
The hysteria over allegedly man-made global warming increasingly reveals its true nature: founded in a sense of guilt and self-hatred More

December 10, 2007
The friends of George Soros
Yet another Soros associate explains himself in court. It's hard to know what to make of this case in Britain. More

December 10, 2007
GOP Univision Debate A Yawner
The GOP debate on the Spanish channel Univision (candidate answers were translated into Spanish), was pretty much of a passionless affair: More

December 10, 2007
Colorado Church Shootings may be linked
Authorities in Colorado are looking into the probability that the two shooting incidents at two different churches 65 miles and 12 hours apart are related: More

December 10, 2007
Huge Crowd for Oprah-Obama in South Carolina
The audience at the University of South Carolina football stadium was estimated at 29,000 - easily the largest crowd of this campaign and one of the largest for a non-incumbent president in American political history. More

December 09, 2007
US Episcopal Church loses its first diocese
The Episcopal Church of the United States has lost its first diocese over its rejection of Scripture and embrace of politically correct positions. In California's fast-growing Central Valley. More

December 09, 2007
105 die in China mine explosion
If I were a coal-mining manager in China, I'd sure be looking for a new job. More

December 09, 2007
Shuttle diplomacy
We need to achieve a critical diplomatic objective in Iraq - some workable reconciliation between the Shia government and the Sunnis. There may be lessons from the past. More

December 09, 2007
Al Gore: Doing good or just doing well?
More and more people seem to notice that Al Gore is making huge amounts of money while peddling fear of global warming. And he's just getting started. More

December 09, 2007
What passes for "Economic Reporting" at the Times
"Bait and Switch" on economic news from the Times. More

December 09, 2007
CIA Recruited Iranian Defectors
A secret campaign was launched two years ago to undermine Tehran's nuclear program. It has persuaded a 'handful' of key officials to leave: More

December 09, 2007
Bali Climate Conference Ignores Dissenters
Proving once again that the United Nations is disinterested in allowing for a free and open debate on global warming, the climate change conference being held in Bali, Indonesia has refused to give credentials to a prominent group that dissents from the view that global warming is a huge problem and is caused by the works of man: More

December 09, 2007
Mob rule: Homosexual youth executed in Iran
19 year old Makwan Moloudzadeh, accused of homosexual rape when he was age 13 by accusers who have since recanted, was executed without warning last week after a stay of execution in response to international pressures had been granted. More

December 09, 2007
Anti-War General Flip Flops on the Surge
One of the Iraq War's harshest military critics, retired General John Batiste, has changed his mind and come out in support of the new counterinsurgency strategy. More

December 08, 2007
Holiday cheer
Evan Sayet is a funny guy. Make that hilarious. Don't miss his two-part YouTube comedy monologue. More

December 08, 2007
Professor Matory and Larry Summers
Why was Lawrence Summers in effect ousted as Harvard's president? New evidence has emerged. More

December 08, 2007
SecDef: Iran still a threat
At a regional security meeting in Bahrain today, Defense Secretary Gates made it clear that, despite NIE key findings, Iran still poses a threat More

December 08, 2007
Snapshot of conditions in Iraq
The Washington Post's military correspondent Thomas Ricks has been an excellent source on the realities of the Iraq War. More

December 08, 2007
Despite NIE, France and Germany want to pressure Iran
France and Germany have indicated that despite the findings of the NIE that Iran stopped building nuclear weapons in 2003, they wish to maintain and increase sanctions to get the mullahs to halt their enrichment program: More

December 08, 2007
War Films that are doing well
Much has been made about the box office poison that the slew of recent anti-war movies proved to be. Have the American people lost their taste for war films? Not by a long shot: More

December 08, 2007
New Newsweek Poll a Head Scratcher
A new poll just released by Newsweek shows former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee with a startling surge in Iowa, now leading Mitt Romney by a 2-1 margin: More

December 08, 2007
Not with a bang, but a whimper
The Democrats in Congress have all but surrendered on the issue of Iraq War funding: More

December 07, 2007
A Merry Media Christmas
Intrepid AT contributor Jack Kemp (not the politican) took to the streets of midtown Manhattan, camera in hand, to survey the season's decorations at major media outlets More

December 07, 2007
It isn't about Iran?
Why does the Secretary of Defense say naval forces operations in the Persian Gulf are "not about Iran?" More

December 07, 2007
What if the NIE is a Bush gambit?
The NIE report may have been a political move by Bush opponents in the State Department, as many now speculate. Or it could be disinformation. But what if it is something else entirely? More

December 07, 2007
Romney's Speech on Faith a Triumph
It was certainly the most dramatic moment of the campaign to date for either party. More

December 07, 2007
CIA Destroys Two Interrogation Tapes
The New York Times is reporting that the CIA destroyed two videotapes showing the interrogation of a high value al-Qaeda suspect where "severe interrogation methods" were used: