– Accuracy In Media – http://www.aim.org – Whittaker Chambers, Alger Hiss, and Panettagate Posted By Cliff Kincaid On the 50th anniversary of Whittaker Chambers’ death, July 9, it is appropriate for the media to address the legacy of international communism and the Western response. Andrew G. Bostom has written a thoughtful essay, “Whittaker Chambers, Communism, […]
http://blogs.cfr.org/abrams/2011/07/08/what-happens-when-iran-kills-american-soldiers/ What Happens When Iran Kills American Soldiers? by Elliott Abrams, CFR There must be very few times in American history when a foreign government is accused of killing American troops, and absolutely nothing is done about it. Every school kid used to learn lines like “Perdicaris Alive or Raisuli Dead,” or “Millions for defense […]
http://www.mythsandfacts.com/ A Palestinian state has good chances of becoming a rogue state – the kind of polity the United States is currently grappling with in Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, Iran and elsewhere. In 1971 Hebrew University social scientist Professor Yehezkel Dror wrote a short volume entitled Crazy States, solicited by the Rand Corporation. Decades before Mohmar […]
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.9908/pub_detail.asp A local newspaper reporter had a criminal friend who was planning a bank robbery. The reporter asked his pal to join the criminals’ gang on the bank heist and the robber agreed. They drove together, the reporter, his friend, and the gang, to the scene of the crime. The reporter joined the gang as […]
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.9907/pub_detail.asp As things stand now, the rights of all media to profit from sensationalizing trials supercede the rights of ordinary citizens to live a normal life while performing a civic duty. There would be no need to import jurors from other counties and sequester them if there weren’t rampant coverage of gruesome crimes splattered over newspapers, […]
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.9901/pub_detail.asp For me, most science fiction stories have a credibility problem. But the one branch of it whose premise I have always rejected is that alien life could be both malevolent and technologically advanced enough to embark on interstellar conquests. Films such as Predator and Independence Day – just two of the more popular instances […]
http://frontpagemag.com/2011/07/08/the-palestinian-muslim-money-hole/ The Palestinian Authority is facing a budget crisis. It has reached its borrowing limit and has a 585 million dollar deficit. So naturally its leaders are asking the West for another handout. Back in 2007, 7.4 billion dollars was pledged to keep the terrorist edifice of the Authority running. The PA claimed that it […]
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/271298 Ron Johnson’s One-Man Protest A freshman senator stands up for fiscal responsibility. Near dusk, on Tuesday, June 28, Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin took to the floor. The mild-mannered former businessman did more than offer a few words — he threatened to halt Senate business. “Unless we receive some assurance from the Democrat leadership […]
Washington’s war on the light bulb will have unintended consequences. http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/271294 With its traffic circles and tree-lined squares, America’s capital sometimes resembles a magical, otherworldly place. Maybe that’s why so many who govern here think they can wave their legislative wands and unleash beauty — free of costs and complications. Of course, reality rarely cooperates. […]
http://frontpagemag.com/2011/07/08/israel-1-flotilla-0/ On Thursday a possibly last, straggling member of the abortive flotilla, a French yacht called the Dignity, set sail—against all odds—for Gaza. Its dignity was soon compromised when, trying to refuel in Crete, the Greek coast guard detained it. The yacht had all of eight passengers on board. For Israelis the flotilla’s failure has […]
