http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jan/18/fbi-took-long-look-at-aipac-activities/ THIS HAPPENED DURING THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION WHICH WAS SO VERY RELUCTANT TO RUFFLE MOSLEM FEATHERS AND INVESTIGATE MOSQUES AND SO CALLED FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS…..REALLY APPALLING….RSK ELI LAKE FBI took long look at AIPAC activities Probe targeted suspected spies By Eli Lake FBI agents thought they were hunting a spy for Israel in 2004 when they […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jan/18/political-chaos-in-lebanon-ravages-economy/ WILL HEZBOLLAH RUSH IN WHERE MODERATES FEAR TO TREAD?….RSK By Heather Murdock BEIRUT | As Lebanon waits for lawmakers to begin trying to form a new government, political gridlock and looming security threats are corroding the Lebanese economy and creating fear in the streets. “They don’t mind sacrificing the public,” said Lebanese political analyst […]
Copts, Christians, Jews and Other Minorities in the Middle East by Franck Salameh http://www.hudson-ny.org/1789/copts-christians-jews-middle-east-minorities Happy New Year, even though this promises to be a year that is neither Happy nor Blessed for the world’s Coptic community. The Copts, the ancient Christians of modern Egypt, who can trace their proud roots back to Pharaonic times, have […]
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/01/watch-herman-cain-battle-bill-clinton-on-health-care/69683/ JOSHUA GREEN In my short profile of Herman Cain, the Tea Party favorite and GOP presidential hopeful, I mentioned his auspicious debut on the national political stage. It came in 1994, when Cain was CEO of Godfather’s Pizza and challenged Bill Clinton at a nationally televised town hall meeting supposed to shore up support […]
List of 27 States Suing Over Obamacare | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News. http://blog.heritage.org/2011/01/17/list-of-states-suing-over-obamacare List of 27 States Suing Over Obamacare Brandon Stewart, The Foundry, Heritage.org Last March, Virginia and Florida (joined by 12 other states) filed suit against Obamacare, challenging its constitutionality. Since that time, many other states have joined in, recognizing the threat […]
The New Huck Finn vs. Yale’s Big Book of Rap Lyrics By Peter Wood The news that Auburn University English professor Alan Gribben is bringing out an edition of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, in which the 219 uses of the word “nigger” have been replaced with the word “slave,” has occasioned a torrent of commentary, […]
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/tobin/386931 Chris Christie’s Troubling Appointment Jonathan S. Tobin – 01.18.2011 – 2:06 PM New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has earned legions of fans with his take-no-prisoners style over the last year as he defied the unions and other entrenched interests in his drive to return his state to fiscal sanity. But while Christie has sought […]
Muslims nervous about King hearings By: Ben Smith and Byron Tau http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/47756.html American Muslim leaders, who have struggled to present a clear public voice or organize politically in the decade since Sept. 11, are increasingly apprehensive about the direction Rep. Pete King will take when he convenes hearings next month on the threat posed by […]
Palestinians hoist flag in Washington for first time WASHINGTON (AFP) – The Palestinian diplomatic mission in Washington on Thursday hoisted its national flag for the first time, a highly symbolic gesture that drew an angry response from a senior US lawmaker. The US State Department, enmeshed in an uphill struggle to revive stalled Middle East […]
Disband the Mideast Quartet Posted By Daniel Mandel http://frontpagemag.com/2011/01/17/disband-the-mideast-quartet/print/ The Israeli-Palestinian so-called “peace process” has now ground to a halt, by the common admission of all the parties involved. In the words this week of an anonymous administration adviser, matters are “utterly stuck … there is no pretense of progress.” President Barack Obama’s tortuous, two-year long […]
