Don’t Hollow Out the Military http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/273615 Congress has now passed a bipartisan debt-ceiling agreement that seems to please no one, and there is the usual who-won-who-lost parlor game that preoccupies the inside-the-Beltway crowd. But far more serious is the fact that one of the biggest potential losers in this deal is American national security. Under […]
Obama’s Deal With the Debt Devil Cruel history turned against the president and the left’s long-term spending dreams. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903366504576486160465519394.html With the “Satan sandwich” debt deal signed, and his political base raging at him and at the injustice of it all, Barack Obama must have spent a few minutes alone this week in that famous Oval […]
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ It’s a long way from Arizona to Oslo to Tel Aviv, but all three places have been the sites of major blood libels against the right. And a reminder of what to do in these situations. 2011 has seen the launch of two major blood libels aimed at the American and European right. The […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903520204576484673631290098.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion The late president inherited a bad economy, and he cut taxes and slashed spending to spur growth. THE BEST PREZ….READ MORE ABOUT HIM…http://www.heritage.org/research/lecture/silent-cal-speaks-why-calvin-coolidgeSilent Cal Speaks: Why Calvin Coolidge is the Model for Conservative Leadership TodayBy Cal Thomas….RSK Eighty-eight years ago this week, Calvin Coolidge took office upon the sudden death of President Warren Harding. […]
By AARON LUCCHETTI, DAN FITZPATRICK and LIZ RAPPAPORT http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903885604576486613348006704.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories This week’s vote to avert a debt-ceiling crisis brought together a variety of uneasy political alliances. But few were as fraught with tension as the one between Wall Street and the Obama administration. Often at odds since the financial crisis, banks and the White House found […]
A secret war in 120 countries By Nick Turse http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/MH05Df01.html Somewhere on this planet an American commando is carrying out a mission. Now, say that 70 times and you’re done … for the day. Without the knowledge of the American public, a secret force within the United States military is undertaking operations in a majority […]
Who are we funding? The darker side of British foreign aid http://www.thecommentator.com/article/342/who_are_we_funding_the_darker_side_of_british_foreign_aid_The British government must do more to ensure that the foreign aid it donates is not misspent for sinister purposes. The actions of the Palestinain Authority are a case in point. Foreign aid: contributing to peace or prolonged conflict? Just a few weeks ago […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/aug/3/us-eats-most-debt-limit-one-day/ U.S. debt shot up $239 billion on Tuesday — the largest one-day bump in history — as the government flexed the new borrowing room it earned in this week’s debt-limit increase deal. The debt subject to the statutory limit shot way past the old cap of $14.294 trillion to hit $14.532 trillion on Tuesday, […]
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/burqa-babes-in-the-big-house-romeo-and-juliet-in-kabul/?print=1 Burqa Babes in the Big House: Romeo and Juliet in Kabul Posted By Phyllis Chesler Forced, arranged marriage is a heartbreaking and soul-crushing Islamic reality. Yes, I know: tribal concepts of family honor and Arab desert customs take pride in the fact that they are able to break each individual’s will in the service […]
http://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2011/08/04/spare_us_the_sermons,_mr_president/print So spare us any more of the bottled piety, Mr. President. Instead, just make the argument to the public that borrowing $4 billion a day is still necessary and sustainable — and explain how it came to be that this post-recession recovery on your watch is the weakest since World War II. During the […]
