http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304314404576411574167553068.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion As Conrad Black prepares to return to prison, let us spare a thought for his judge, Amy St. Eve, and her itchy scalp. Judge St. Eve announced on Friday that, though two of the three fraud counts on which Black had been convicted were vacated, she would send him back to prison to finish […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304314404576411784224420222.html?mod=WSJ_newsreel_opinion Another Political Speech Victory Matching-fund campaign schemes are unconstitutional. Speaking of the First Amendment (see above), the Supreme Court yesterday continued its welcome dismantling of the campaign finance assault on political speech. The shame is that this 5-4 decision was still too close for comfort. In Arizona Free Enterprise Club’s Freedom Club PAC v. […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304314404576411631969684432.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_AboveLEFTTop WANNA HEAR A PUNCH LINE TO A DIRTY JOKE? IT’S THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT IN THE HAGUE…..RSK The International Criminal Court in The Hague issued indictments yesterday for Moammar Gadhafi, his son Seif al-Islam and Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah Sanoussi. That’ll show ’em. The Gadhafis were first referred to the ICC in February, when […]
The Authentic Palestine Freedom Flotilla Ruth King http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.9834/pub_detail.asp No! I do not mean the motley crew of terrorist enablers, terrorists and assorted curs and knaves that is taking to the briny to defame Israel and bring “humanitarian” aid to the denizen of Gaza. Never mind those immoral misfits who forgot how the residents of Gaza […]
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.9830/pub_detail.asp It’s become a truism that environmentalists want alternative energy—from wind, sun, water—to replace our reliance on fossil fuels. The trouble with this truism is that it isn’t true. Yes, in the abstract, environmentalists are all for so-called “renewable” sources of energy. But when it comes to specific projects it’s another story. It’s rare to […]
China’s Terribly Successful Communist Party Turns 90 By Erich Follath and Wieland Wagner http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,770696,00.html ” When the Vatican representative asked the Communist Party envoy what he thought the differences were, he replied: “You were sent by God, but we were sent by the devil.” Beijing’s communists are among the world’s most successful capitalists, but their […]
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ Reports say that Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez may be seriously ill. In Dictatorspeak, seriously ill means seriously dead. And seriously dead, means there’s a revolution coming up shortly. But whether Hugo Chavez is dead, sick or just vacationing in Cuba for his health– there’s no reason for him to feel down. Even if Hugo […]
I HAVE VOWED NOT TO USE THE WORD “PALESTINIAN” WHICH IS IDENTITY THEFT…”PALARAB” SUIT ME JUST FINE…..RSK http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=226848 Like the rest of the Left the media hold Israel responsible for Hamas’s imprisonment of Schalit because they perceive the Arabs generally and the Palestinians specifically as objects rather than actors. Talkbacks (34) Sunday was the first […]
Texas…the Very Best of the 57 States Russ Vaughn Page Printed from: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/06/texasthe_very_best_of_the_57_states.html at June 28, 2011 – 04:57:32 AM CDT One of the most powerful arguments that could be mounted in the upcoming presidential election could come from only one of the potential challengers: Rick Perry. The economic engine driving the Texas economy isn’t […]
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/kevin-myers/kevin-myers-how-can-dogooders-possibly-think-that-gaza-is-the-primary-centre-of-injustice-in-middle-east-2804748.html What is it about Israel that prompts such a widespread departure from common sense, reason and moral reality? As another insane flotilla prepares to butt across the Mediterranean bringing “aid” to the “beleaguered” people of Gaza, in its midst travelling the MV Saoirse, does it never occur to all the hysterical anti-Israeli activists in […]
