http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703848204575608311276024450.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion Can Anything Serious Happen in Cancun? The upcoming climate summit promises more proposals that ignore economic reality. By BJøRN LOMBORG This time a year ago, passionate climate activists told us that we had just weeks left to save the planet. The looming Copenhagen climate change summit in December 2009 was, they claimed, our “last […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/nov/11/talking-till-we-glow-in-the-face/ Every season, it seems, brings another round of nuclear diplomacy with Iran. This fall promises to be no different; in the near future, if current projections hold, Washington and Tehran will sit down for new talks over the Islamic republic’s persistent quest for an atomic capability. But what is there to talk about, really? […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/nov/11/germany-rebuffs-obama-on-trade-gap/ Germany rebuffs Obama on trade gap China shuns fixing imbalance By Patrice HillGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday rejected a U.S. proposal to try to cap global trade imbalances while the world’s other export powerhouse, China, shunned U.S. calls for speedier economic reform. In one-on-one meetings with the heads of the U.S.’s biggest nemeses […]
http://www.jewishideasdaily.com/content/module/2010/11/12/main-feature/1/whats-left “And then there is this: the parliamentary Left may be down and out, but the Left that dominates the Israeli judiciary, the media and the arts, the educational system and other large parts of the bureaucracy—that Left is another matter, and another story.” Usually, when Israelis speak of Left and Right, they are differentiating […]
http://www.jidaily.com/nJA A Rabbinical Saint of the Ledger The Wonders of America By Jenna Weissman Joselit Published November 10, 2010, issue of November 19, 2010. At first blush, there’s probably nothing duller than a ledger book in which columns of credits inhabit one side of the page and columns of debits the other. Only someone completely […]
Indonesia isn’t as tolerant as Obama would have us believe By Ashley Samelson McGuire http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/ http://onfaith.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/2010/11/indonesia_isnt_as_tolerant_as_obama_would_have_us_believe.html Wednesday President Obama raised eyebrows in the human rights world when he bestowed lavish praise on Indonesia‘s human rights record, particularly with regards to free speech and religious freedom. Specifically the President gave kudos to the most populous Muslim […]
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/op_ed/view.bg?articleid=1295506&srvc=home&position=emailed Muslim radicals often mistaken for friends By Paul Sperry Thursday, November 11, 2010 – Official Washington has a dangerous knack for misreading Muslim friend and foe. Exhibit A is Anwar al-Awlaki, the al-Qaeda leader suspected of masterminding the FedEx bomb plot and who in a video is calling for Muslims around the world to […]
Richard Warman turns against the Jews http://ezralevant.com/2010/11/richard-warman-goes-after-yet.html By Ezra Levant It was three years ago that I first paid any serious attention to Richard Warman. I had come across a website that claimed that Warman was personally responsible for more than half of all section 13 censorship complaints to the Canadian Human Rights Commission — […]
Twitter joke trial: Paul Chambers loses appeal against conviction http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/nov/11/twitter-joke-trial-appeal-verdict Conviction for threatening to blow up airport in ‘foolish prank’ on Twitter will stand, court rules Martin Wainwright guardian.co.uk, Thursday 11 November 2010 16.20 Paul Chambers sent a facetious ‘bomb threat’ via Twitter. Photograph: Gary LuckenThe man convicted of “menace” for threatening to blow up […]
http://bigpeace.com/pschweizer/2010/11/12/some-moderate-imam-friend-of-professors-and-hollywood-wants-nukes-for-muslims-to-terrorize-their-enemies/ Some Moderate! Imam, Friend of Professors and Hollywood, Wants Nukes for Muslims ‘To Terrorize Their Enemies’ Posted by Peter Schweizer During the past month, Imam Yusuf al-Qaradawi, spiritual guide to the Muslim Brotherhood, has called on Muslims to acquire nuclear weapons “to terrorize their enemies.” He also boycotted an interfaith meeting with Jews on […]
