http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203731004576045720460065928.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_AboveLEFTTop A Prisoner in Putin’s Russia Khodorkovsky’s biggest crime was asserting political independence. Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former Russian oil tycoon who became a prominent political symbol in jail, will undoubtedly stay behind bars beyond the end of his current prison term next year. The news comes as no surprise. Russia’s Vladimir Putin wanted him out […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/dec/27/gop-challengers-stumble-on-way-to-2012-election/ PAWLENTY, ROMNEY, THUNE ARE BORING AND HAYLEY BARBOUR LOOKS LIKE A SLICK AND SLEAZY SOUTHERN LAWYER IN A GRISHAM NOVEL…..RSK This month’s early, under-the-radar campaigning by potential Republican challengers to President Obama is a reminder of something too easily forgotten: Running for president is harder than it looks, and Mr. Obama ultimately will stand […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/dec/27/doctors-are-left-in-the-lurch-by-their-own-medical/ PEREDNIA: Doctors left in the lurch by own medical associations By Dr. Douglas A. Perednia Here’s a tip for those wanting to overhaul Obamacare: Ask doctors how to make health care more efficient. They can tell you where to find hundreds of billions of dollars in cost savings. But don’t imagine that you’ll get […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/dec/27/s-floridas-west-ready-to-charge-capitol-hill/ “Compromise should mean that you never sacrifice your principles,” he said. “I understand the Beltway two-step – or whatever you want to call it – of compromise, but you can’t surrender your principles, because when you do it the first time, it just becomes easier to do it each and every subsequent time.” SEAN […]
http://www.hudson-ny.org/1756/trying-to-kill-peace-process Who Is Really Trying To Kill The Peace Process — and Why by Khaled Abu Toameh The Palestinian Authority is threatening that the peace process would be harmed if Israel launched a military operation to stop the rockets and missiles that are being fired from the Gaza Strip. In other words, the Palestinian Authority […]
http://www.jewishideasdaily.com/content/module/2010/12/28/main-feature/1/southern-discomfort Southern Discomfort By Elliot Jager Lula in Jerusalem, 2010. What is behind the rush of South American countries to recognize a unilaterally declared “free and independent” state of Palestine? Answer: a myriad of contributing factors, and a single overriding one. Leftism Triumphant Larry Rohter, New York Times. The São Paulo Forum, founded as a […]
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/557877/201012271845/TSA-Silences-Pilot-For-Telling-The-Truth.htm Terrorism: A pilot who posted a YouTube video documenting flaws in TSA’s airport security has his home raided and federally issued firearm confiscated. Body scanners and junk-touching are just the beginning. Ever watchful all 364 days of the year, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has discovered a new security threat — pilots who fly […]
http://www.aei.org/article/102937 Little to Cheer in First Two Years of Obama’s Middle East Policy By John R. Bolton HE’S RIGHT ON MOST THINGS BUT WHEN IT COMES TO “PEACE PROCESSING” HE GETS DOWN TO STATE DEPT. HASH. “Relations between Israel and the Palestinians are now at their lowest point in two years, largely because of Obama’s […]
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/ REMNICK WROTE A PAEAN TO OBAMA AND THIS IS JUST ONE MORE TANTRUM TRYING TO DEFEND A FAILED PRESIDENT….RSK New Yorker Editor Just Can’t Take Israel AnymoreJonathan S. Tobin – 12.27.2010 – 1:39 PM Examples abound of leading American Jewish liberals who find the State of Israel to be beneath their sympathy. There is […]
http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/12/what_to_expect_in_the_peace_pr.html What to expect in the peace process Ted Belman PULEEZ! RECOGNIZING “PALESTINE”????DEMAND WHAT RABIN DEMANDED? RABIN DEMANDED AND GOT CAPITULATION TO TERRORIST DEMANDS FOR PARTITION OF THE STATE. AND ANNOUNCING A PRIORI THAT ISRAEL WOULD BOMB IRAN? YIKES….WHAT A BUNCH OF TYROS….PASSING FOR STRATEGISTS…..RSK “In this context he dropped a bomb. He made it […]