When the Refs Take Over the Game David Solway…. http://frontpagemag.com/2010/10/08/when-the-refs-take-over-the-game/print/ Running a government is to a great extent analogous to refereeing a sports event. Apart from the conduct of diplomacy and warfare, government is optimally an arbitrating presence intended to prevent the social arena and the economic contest from degenerating into violence and anarchy. It […]
http://www.nationalreview.com/blogs/print/249137 Gingrich: ‘Paychecks versus Food Stamps’ By Robert Costa Posted on October 07, 2010 6:36 PM Former House speaker Newt Gingrich unveiled his GOP strategy memo on Wednesday in Minnesota. Gingrich advises Republicans to frame the mid-terms as a choice between “the Democratic party of food stamps and the Republican party of paychecks.” Earlier today, […]
http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/10/no_che_day.html By Humberto Fontova Last year, the U.K. Guardian interviewed Oscar-winning actor Benicio del Toro regarding his Cannes-winning role as Che Guevara in Stephen Soderbergh’s movie Che. “Dammit This Guy Is Cool!” was the interview title. “I hear of this guy, and he’s got a cool name, Che Guevara!” says del Toro. “Groovy name, groovy […]
HOW OFTEN DID WE HEAR THAT COMMUNISM IS A NOBLE IDEOLOGY HIJACKED BY MEANIES LIKE MAO, STALIN AND BRZHNEV?….RSK http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/10/the_forgotten_evil_behind_the.html By Richard Baehr Gulag Boss: A Soviet Memoir by Fyodor Vasilevich Mochulsky, Oxford University Press, 2010 The Firm: This Inside Story of the Stasi by Gary Bruce, Oxford University Press, 2010 An entire American generation […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703735804575536502486233766.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop How a Bagram Detainee Foiled the Euro Terror Plot The plan was disrupted because we were lucky enough to have the key witness in detention. It’s a shame we didn’t try to extract similar intelligence from Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad. By MICHAEL B. MUKASEY The terrorism alert issued this week to Americans traveling […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704011904575538423731306064.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLETopStories U.S. Contractors Employed Taliban Senate Investigation Says Military Depends on Private Security Forces Rife With Criminals, Drug Users and Insurgents By NATHAN HODGE WASHINGTON—A yearlong investigation by a Senate panel has found evidence that the mostly Afghan force of private security guards the U.S. military depends on to protect supply convoys and bases in […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704652104575493883093318088.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTTopStories By CHIP CUMMINS And ALISTAIR MACDONALD DUBAI—Soon after the January assassination of a top Palestinian official here, Dubai police stumbled onto what looked like a big break in the case. They linked a white-haired man with glasses to several suspects caught on security cameras preparing for the murder. Most of the suspects in the […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/7/time-to-take-biodefense-seriously/print/ “Humanity’s checklist of big-scale nightmares is depressingly long: nuclear terrorism, climate change, bioweapons, cyberwar. Paradoxically, most of these risks to human security are byproducts of scientific breakthroughs – atomic, chemical, biological and digital – that have improved living standards.” MCCLEARY & MEDISH: Time to take biodefense seriously Most don’t understand how grim an attack […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/7/epa-to-drain-1-trillion-from-economy/ EDITORIAL: EPA to drain $1 trillion from economy Obama’s new ozone policy is full of holes The zealots at the Environmental Protection Agency are poised to suck a trillion dollars and 7 million jobs out of the economy with an unnecessary and destructive change to pollution rules. Less than two years ago, the EPA […]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101008/wl_nm/us_palestinians_israel_violence Israel kills two Hamas men in West Bank: Palestinians 27 mins ago HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli forces in the West Bank shot dead two Hamas militants held responsible for the killing of four Israelis a month ago, a senior Palestinian security official said. An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed only that forces were operating in […]