By PETER WALLSTEN http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126100346902694549.html?mod=WSJ_newsreel_us Associated Press President Obama makes a statement on health care after meeting with Senators on Tuesday. From left: Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd; Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus; the president; and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. WASHINGTON — Less than a year after Inauguration Day, support for […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/17/women-decry-harassment-in-arab-world//print/ WHAT IS ISLAM’S ROLE HERE?…RSK Women decry harassment in Arab world Sarah El Deeb ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO | The sexual harassment of women in the streets, schools and workplaces of the Arab world is driving them to cover up and confine themselves to their homes, said activists at the first regional conference addressing the […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/17/walpin-gate-may-snag-mrs-obama//print/ Thursday, December 17, 2009 EDITORIAL: Walpin-gate may snag Mrs. Obama THE WASHINGTON TIMES No inspector general can unearth corruption without access to his office, computer or staff. An “administrative leave” putting an IG in that position has the same effect, for all intents and purposes, as an immediate firing. That’s the basic logic behind […]
COHEN: What to expect from a nuclear Iran William S. Cohen OPINION/ANALYSIS: With Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s announcement that his country intends to build 10 new uranium enrichment facilities, it should now be patently clear that the effort to dissuade Iran from developing nuclear weapons has failed. For Tehran, the negotiations have been nothing more […]
” COME MR. TALIBAN, TALLY ME APPEASEMENTS…ELECTIONS COME AND ME WANNA GO HOME.”RSK http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/17/us-tries-to-thin-taliban-with-offers-of-jobs-cash//print/ EXCLUSIVE: U.S. tries to thin Taliban with jobs, cash offers Sara A. Carter and Nasir Khan The United States and its allies are stepping up efforts to persuade Afghan insurgents to put down their arms by negotiating with representatives of Mullah […]
Obama and the Malleability of History In pursuit of noble goals, Obama ignobly twists the truth. By Victor Davis Hanson President Obama has given a number of major speeches touching on world affairs since he announced his bid for the presidency. All have invoked historical examples — usually for moral purposes, but often at the […]
Candidly Speaking: Far more negative, far more dangerous Dec. 16, 2009 Isi Leibler , THE JERUSALEM POST The Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism has assembled in Jerusalem this week for its annual conference. The gathering of such a distinguished group of Jewish and non-Jewish legislators and others of distinction for the express purpose of condemning […]
The next governor of Texas? Farouk Shami. Dec. 16, 2009 FELICE FRIEDSON / The Media Line , THE JERUSALEM POST Farouk Shami is a Palestinian-American immigrant who invented an ammonia-free line of hair care products which he parlayed into a fortune. Passionate about his adopted United States, Shami recently made news by turning his Farouk […]
Peres to specify Israeli emission goals Dec. 16, 2009 EHUD ZION WALDOKS and AP , THE JERUSALEM POST President Shimon Peres is expected to announce a specific emissions reduction goal somewhere in the vicinity of 15 to 30 percent in an address Thursday to the UN-sponsored climate negotiations, Environmental Protection Minister Gilad Erdan’s adviser Aviad […]
Iranian Endgame – by P. David Hornik On Tuesday, Danielle Pletka wrote [1] in the Washington Post that “Iran is proceeding with an aggressive nuclear weapons program,†and that apart from “a few dogged holdouts,…much of the Obama administration has come to terms with that reality.†By “coming to terms†Pletka means that, while recognizing […]
