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August 2010

AL GORE CONCEDES ON CLIMATE BILL…..”IT’S PRETTY MUCH OVER”…..SO IS HE

Gore concedes on climate this year http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/26437 Gore concedes on climate this year Steve Milloy, CFP.com Speaking about the likelihood of climate bill being passed by Congress in 2010, Al Gore told a conference call of supporters tonight that, “this battle has not been successful and is pretty much over for this year.” Gore bitterly […]

THE GREY LADY’S VEIL: MARILYN PENN

http://politicalmavens.com/ The Gray Lady’s Veil By Marilyn Penn In a front page article about the Ground Zero Mosque in Wednesday’s Times (8/11/10), reporter Anne Barnard manages to incorporate the following loaded phrases: volatile post 9/11 passions and politics; combustible debate…characterized by powerful emotions and mistaken information…and a national political climate in which no preparation could […]

TOLERANCE AT GROUND ZERO: DAN HENNINGER

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704901104575423463411360770.html By DANIEL HENNINGER TOLERANCE AT GROUND ZERO If there is a silver lining in the fight over Manhattan’s “Ground Zero Mosque,” it is to see that the events of September 11, 2001 remain strong in the public mind. Thus it is affirming, in an ironic way, to see partisans on the left and right […]

THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE FOR RAMADAN

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release August 11, 2010 Statement by the President on the Occasion of Ramadan On behalf of the American people, Michelle and I want to extend our best wishes to Muslims in America and around the world. Ramadan Kareem. Ramadan is a time when Muslims around […]

TWO BOOKS FEATURED IN THE CONNECTICUT JEWISH LEDGER….FINEST JEWISH INTEREST PAPER IN AMERICA

Two Holocaust books you can judge by their covers By Larry Domnitch Forty-two years ago, a book with an explosive title and a jarring cover illustration shook the American public’s faith in one of the nation’s most beloved presidents. Two Holocaust books you can judge by their covers By Larry Domnitch Published: Wednesday, August 11, […]

CLAUDIA ROSETT; THE MYSTERIES OF THE ABSENT IMAM FEISAL

http://www.forbes.com/2010/08/11/imam-feisal-ground-zero-mosque-malaysia-opinions-columnists-claudia-rosett.html Freedom’s Edge Mysteries Of The Absent Imam Feisal Claudia Rosett, 08.11.10, 6:53 PM ET For a man whom one would hope has nothing to hide, the imam behind the Ground Zero mosque project sure has dropped out of sight. Having triggered an uproar in the U.S., Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf ducked out of the […]

JULIA GORIN: ON THE MOSQUE, SERBIA AND CANADIAN P.M. HARPER

We Have Arrived: As the Mosque De Triomphe Goes Up in New York, Canada has Bigger Balls than America http://www.juliagorin.com/wordpress/?p=2371 Posted by Julia Gorin While American politicians almost across the board have either stayed silent or endorsed the erection of Le Mosque de Triomphe just yards away from where Muslims recently killed thousands of Americans, […]

RICHARD COHEN: ON THE ECONIMIST AND ANTI-SEMITISM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ The Economist’s unforgivable silence on Sayyid Qutb’s anti-Semitism By Richard Cohen Tuesday, August 10, 2010; A17 I always read the Economist magazine. I like many things about it, but I particularly cherish its book reviews. They are cogent and snappily written, and they often deal with books that I don’t find reviewed elsewhere. An […]

FLOTILLA FOCUS TURNING TO TERROR TIES: JOEL MOWBRAY

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/11/flotilla-focus-turning-to-terror-ties/ Thursday, August 12, 2010 Flotilla focus turning to terror ties U.S. investigation is moving into high gear by Joel Mowbray The fallout from the ill-fated “Freedom Flotilla” appears far from over. The initial reaction focused on Israel’s raid of the ship attempting to break the blockade of Gaza, which killed nine. Now, however, the […]

IS OBAMA WINNING THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF MOSLEMS AND ARABS? LARRY ELDER

http://townhall.com/columnists/LarryElder/2010/08/12/is_obama_winning_the_hearts_and_minds_of_the_arab_and_muslim_world# Larry Elder Is Obama Winning the Hearts and Minds of the Arab and Muslim World? “It’s conceivable,” said then-presidential candidate Barack Obama in 2008, “that there are those in the Arab world who say to themselves, ‘This is a guy who spent some time in the Muslim world, has a middle name of Hussein, […]