http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,767316,00.html Blow Out Party for a Relationship of Waning Importance By Roland Nelles and Gregor Peter Schmitz in Washington US President Barack Obama pulled out all the stops for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to the US this week. But despite the pomp and the Medal of Freedom for Merkel, the visit couldn’t hide the fact […]
Zawahiri Vows to Continue Bin Laden’s Work By Yassin Musharbash http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,767430,00.html First he praised Osama bin Laden, and then he issued threats to Pakistan and the United States. One month after the al-Qaida leader was shot dead in Abbottabad, his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri has promised that the group will stay the course. But he remained […]
“A nation of paupers with a community of goods” Posted By Roger Kimball URL to article: http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2011/06/07/a-nation-of-paupers-with-a-community-of-goods/ I’m in Old Blighty for a couple of days for the UK launch of David Pryce-Jones’s new book from Encounter, Treason of the Heart: From Thomas Paine to Kim Philby [1]. Americans, brought up on (well, they used to […]
http://www.thecommentator.com/article/217/the_theatre_of_life_remapping_the_middle_east_at_the_lse_libyan_school_of_extremism_ The Theatre of Life: Remapping the Middle East at the LSE (“Libyan School of Extremism”?) There is evidence of serious attempts to delegitimise Israel at the London School of Economics. Their excuses are not good enough. The motto of the London School of Economics (LSE) is “rerum causas cognoscere”: to know the causes of […]
http://www.thecommentator.com/article/218/the_archbishop_of_canterbury_should_stop_playing_che_guevara_in_a_frock The Archbishop of Canterbury should stop playing Che Guevara in a frock Rowan Williams is known for supporting Sharia law in Britain, and being “uncomfortable” about the killing of bin Laden. Now he’s after Cameron. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, the Church of England was routinely dismissed by the […]
http://www.jewishjournal.com/thegodblog/item/anti-semitic_slam_dunk_in_circumcision_wars_20110604/ ‘Foreskin Man’s’ anti-Semitic slam dunk in circumcision wars? By Brad A. Greenberg Yesterday the Wall Street Journal published my op-ed about “The Circumcision Wars.” It was an interesting, if slightly awkward piece to report out, but it’s stirred up some interesting comments over at the WSJ cite. The long and short of it is […]
http://www.steynonline.com/content/view/4120/28/ Jack Kevorkian, 1928-2011 Jack Kevorkian – Dr Death – died a decade after the height of his celebrity. But, even as he faded from the scene, his great cause made huge advances around the world – in Switzerland, for example, a place one once went to prolong life – in expensive sanatoria – but latterly the one-stop […]
http://edgar1981.blogspot.com/2011/06/rules-and-guidelines-for-westerners.html Rules and Guidelines for Westerners reporting on the Middle East Following my recent correspondence with the Press Complaints Commission and the Sun I am pleased to reveal the following rule book issued to all members of the Western media corps: Rule 1 (Incidents involving possible loss of Arab lives) If there is any incident […]
Connecticut Jewish Ledger…..IS THE BEST JEWISH INTEREST NEWSPAPER IN THE COUNTRY!!! RSK Supporting J Street harms Israel A few years ago the Ledger started running advertisements for a national service organization that is a key responder in disaster relief as well as a facilitator for individuals with particular problems like alcoholism and drugs. We had […]
http://townhall.com/columnists/benshapiro/2011/06/08/where_are_you,_norman_lear/print This week has been a shocking one for Hollywood. Shortly after releasing my syndicated column last week, I handed The Hollywood Reporter a bevy of tapes showing tremendous liberal bias in the entertainment industry — and a tape of one top Hollywood creator, Vin Di Bona (“America’s Funniest Home Videos” and “MacGyver”), celebrating anti-conservative […]
