Dhimmitude and Ibn Ajibah on the Death of the Non-Muslim Soul By Mark Durie http://markdurie.blogspot.com/ This lack of a genuine tradition of benevolence or grace in dealing with non-Muslims is one of the key ideological problems confronting Islam – and non-Islam – today. It will simply not do to sweep it under the carpet by […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jun/12/obama-heads-to-puerto-rico-with-eye-on-12/ HISPANICS ARE TAKEN FOR GRANTED BY THE DEMS, BUT THEY ARE JUDGING NYC HISPANICS…IN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY HISPANIC AMERICANS ARE NOT MONOLITHIC LIBERALS…THEY ARE CONSERVATIVE, RELIGIOUS AND ENTERPRISING AND VERY INVOLVED IN BUILDING SMALL BUSINESSES…..RSK In a trip heavy with implications for 2012, President Obama will visit Puerto Rico on Tuesday with […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jun/12/new-hampshire-politics-requires-personal-touch/?page=all#pagebreak THESE FOLKS SURE ASK GOOD QUESTIONS…RSK NORTH CONWAY, N.H. — For more than an hour Saturday evening, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty stood in a living room here and played the part that every presidential hopeful has to play to win the New Hampshire primary: political salesman. Mr. Pawlenty spent the first 15 minutes […]
http://www.worldjewishdaily.com/israel-oil-superpower.php Saudi Israelia: Israel Poised to Become Oil Superpower 10:58 PM on Sunday, June 12, 2011 – Sivan 10, 5771 Tiny Israel, long dependent on outsiders for its energy needs, is poised to become a major exporter of oil. That’s according to Lawrence Solomon, writing in the Financial Post. The new energy order is founded […]
Q & A with Jeff Jacoby by CindyMindell on June 8, 2011 Connecticut Jewish Ledger Jeff Jacoby Jeff Jacoby has been an op-ed columnist for The Boston Globe since February 1994, when he left his position as chief editorial writer at the Boston Herald. The Boston Phoenix has dubbed Jacoby’s twice-weekly essays ”a must-read,” describing […]
British Methodists: Palestine First, Germany Next? by Malcolm F. Lowe http://www.hudson-ny.org/2190/british-methodists-palestine-germany In 2010, the Methodist Church in Britain produced a report entitled “Justice for Palestine and Israel“. The report was adopted as official Methodist policy. Consequently, British Methodists are now called upon to boycott certain Israeli products and support the pro-Palestinian initiatives of the World […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304432304576367932443104952.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion An Antiterror Roadmap Entebbe-style derring-do is great, but ‘routine, grind-it-out’ measures have been essential to Israel’s security. By Gabriel Schoenfeld What can we learn from Israel about fighting terrorism? Seemingly, a great deal. Ever since its founding in 1948, Israel has been contending with attacks that have exacted an awful human toll. They have […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304474804576369191445114876.html?KEYWORDS=BRET+STEPHENS Iran, Syria—and Seymour Hersh Why won’t the New Yorker reporter debate me? By BRET STEPHENS When does a half-cooked notion, a conspiracy theory or a tissue of vaguely sourced and improbable claims become an item of journalistic “fact”? If you’re a person of normal intelligence, the answer is: never. If, however, you’re a […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304259304576375943962621206.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion Syria: Where Massacre Is a Family Tradition The mask of the Assad regime finally falls, and the world is forced to confront its illusions about Iran’s ally and Hezbollah’s patron. By FOUAD AJAMI Pity the Syrians as they face the Assad regime’s tanks and artillery and snipers. Unlike in Libya, there is no Arab […]
http://michaelcutler.net/ Hi Gang: If you are reading this commentary hoping to find words of encouragement, unless you are a terrorist, you won’t find anything to encourage you in this commentary. As I once told then Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. a number of years ago when we had a quick […]
