http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/06/ibn-warraq-westminster-institute-conference-may-25-2011-fighting-the-ideological-war-strategies-for-1.html Ibn Warraq: Westminster Institute Conference [May 25, 2011]: Fighting the Ideological War. Strategies for Defeating al-Qaeda. (Part 2) Westminster Institute Conference [May 25, 2011]: Fighting the Ideological War. Strategies for Defeating al-Qaeda. by Ibn Warraq Part I here. A ranking US Defense Department official, speaking at a recent conference: “We are not at war […]
MILLOY: Supremes retreat from climate panicRuling returns environmental rules to politicians, not courts http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jun/21/supremes-retreat-from-climate-panic/ THUS FAR NONE OF THE GOP CANDIDATES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF BACHMANN AND NEWT HAVE TACKLED THIS ISSUE…RSK The Supreme Court dealt Al Gore, the Environmental Protection Agency and other believers in alarmist climate science a surprising and severe blow this […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jun/21/taliban-waits-out-obama/ President Obama is expected to announce tonight the first phase of withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, making good on his self-imposed July 2011 deadline. The White House will contend that this is being done from a position of strength, but the Taliban will spin it as an ignominious U.S. retreat. This week, outgoing […]
Fading LegacyYelena Bonner and Andrei Sakharov were giants. Why do so few Russians remember them? BY DAVID E. HOFFMAN | http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/06/20/fading_legacy In 1989, Mikhail Gorbachev permitted elections for the first popularly elected legislature in Soviet history. The Communist Party still dominated, but about a third of the seats in the 2,250-member chamber were open, and […]
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/270101/five-points-perry-s-favor-kevin-d-williamson Five Points in Perry’s Favor Reasons to hope he throws his hat in the ring “3. He’s a conservative before he’s a Republican, and he was a conservative before he was a Republican. Perry, who first held office as a conservative Democrat, chaired Al Gore’s Texas presidential team in 1988, back when Gore was […]
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/michele-bachmann-does-founding-mothers-and-the-rest-of-us-proud/ I’m wont to laugh at liberal women who love to talk up our Founding Mothers, and how those evil, spotlight-hogging white men sliced and diced all the patriot women right out of our history books. Liberal women love to take this tack when shoring up their own spotlight-hogging contributions to our current politics. But […]
Technocracy Isn’t Policy http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ The celebration of the Arab Spring is built on faith in the redemptive ability of enhanced communications technologies to create a transparent global culture. To the true believers on the New York Times editorial page, it is axiomatic that cultural revolutions driven by communications technologies will be liberal. That anything which […]
http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/1824/How-Many-Isnt-the-Question.aspx The debate over Afghanistan — which this week comes down to how many troops Barack Obama will announce he is withdrawing from that wretched country beginning in July through 2012 — is being conducted with a blindfold and earplugs on. The discussion centers on, obsesses over whether the promised “drawdown” will be “only 5,000 […]
Home Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger “Second Thought: US-Israel Initiative,” Jerusalem, Israel Another Wave of Acquisition of Israeli Companies Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: US-Israel Initiative” Straight from the Jerusalem Boardroom #153, June 21, 2011 1. Intel plans a $4.8BN expansion of its Israeli operations, applying for a $600MN grant from the Israeli government. Since 1999, Intel […]
The Missing Money – Page 1 – Thomas Sowell – Townhall Conservative http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2011/06/21/the_missing_money The Missing Money Thomas Sowell, Townhall.com One of my earliest memories of revulsion against war came from seeing a photograph from the First World War when I was a teenager. It was nothing gory. Just a picture of a military officer, in […]
