MARK DURIE: A DOZEN BAD IDEAS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY***

markdurie.com blog A Dozen Bad Ideas for the 21st Century Here is a list of false beliefs and modes of thought which make it hard for people in the West to come to terms with the challenge of Islam today.  If you are deeply attached to any of these ideas or ways of thinking, you […]

REP. ALLEN WEST WILL CLOSE CONSERVATIVE MEETING

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/feb/9/florida-freshman-west-close-cpac/ Tea-party-backed Florida Rep. Allen West, regarded as among the most outspoken members of the giant freshman GOP congressional class, has been given the coveted closing address assignment Saturday at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. “Congressman West epitomizes the core conservative values CPAC attendees treasure: a basic belief in human freedom, traditional values, and […]

ALBERTO CARDENAS; NEW HEAD OF THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/feb/9/cardenas-head-american-conservative-union/ Conservative group to get 1st new chief in 27 years Cuban refugee set to replace ACU’s Keene Former U.N. Ambassador John R. Bolton, in a letter to fellow ACU board members, called Mr. Cardenas “a committed conservative with a remarkable life story.” Alberto Cardenas, who escaped from communist Cuba when he was 12, was […]

THE SULTAN: CREATING A PERFECT GOVERNMENT REQUIRES PERFECT PEOPLE

http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ The Perfect Government Mankind has been searching for the perfect government, longer than it has been searching for the ability to transmute lead into gold. But while transmutation can turn lead into gold, no amount of energy in the world can make a government perfect. The atomic structures of every metal are a known […]

USEFUL JIHADIOTS: DAVID SOLWAY

Useful Jihadiots Posted By David Solway URL to article: http://frontpagemag.com/2011/02/10/useful-jihadiots/ The turmoil we see on our screens daily enacted in Cairo’s Tahrir Square has its ideological counterpart in the skirmish of opinions among Western observers concerning its political significance for the future. Some commentators are  apprehensive that the ultimate result of the popular uprising will […]

AMATEUR HOUR AT THE WHITE HOUSE: STEPHEN BROWN

http://frontpagemag.com/2011/02/10/amateur-hour-at-the-white-house/print/ Amateur Hour at the White House Posted By Stephen Brown As strikes in Egypt have spread, violence has increased and demonstrators have widened their area of protest in Cairo right up to the parliament building, the White House responded to Egypt’s continuing problems by pressuring the Egyptian government to cancel the country’s 30-year-old emergency […]

ROGER KIMBALL:WHAT NEVER? ON THE MOSLEM BROTHERHOOD

http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2011/02/09/what-never-w-s-gilbert-on-the-muslim-brotherhood/?singlepage=true ” It’s not done to quote the Dutch politician Geert Wilders in polite company. The Establishment Narrative has declared him beyond the pale.  But as I look around at how Islam has fared over the last several decades — at what has happened not just in Iran and Saudi Arabia, but also what has […]

BOMBSHELL CORRUPTION AT ERIC HOLDER’S DOJ….TIME FOR A PINK SLIP?

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/bombshell-justice-department-only-selectively-complies-with-freedom-of-information-act-pjm-exclusive/ J. Christian Adams Bombshell: Justice Department Only Selectively Complies with Freedom of Information Act (PJM Exclusive) Eric Holder’s Justice Department has even politicized compliance with the Freedom of Information Act. According to documents I have obtained, FOIA requests from liberals or politically connected civil rights groups are often given same day turn-around by the […]

BEND IT LIKE RYAN….ON HEALTHCARE COSTS AND THE BUDGET

Obama, Ryan, and Medicare Costs Ryan and Rivlin have a better chance of bending the cost curve. James C. Capretta http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/259427 Slowing the pace of rising health-care costs is the holy grail of domestic and economic policy. It’s pretty much the key to everything that’s desirable. For starters, it’s central to heading off the debt-induced […]

CLIFFORD MAY: SUPPORT FREEDOM FIGHTERS BUT WARN THEM TOO….SEE NOTE

ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE HEDGING ALL BETS COLUMNS…..GAZA, IRAN AND PAKISTAN ARE ALL GUIDES TO “FREEDOM FIGHTERS’  WHO ARE THE UNWITTING FOOT SOLDIERS FOR ISLAM…. Pyramid Scheme Americans should support Egypt’s freedom fighters. We should warn them, too. http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/259406 “So the question now is what can be done to help those who sincerely want a […]