http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/oct/6/another-house-ethics-problem/ WANG: Another House ethics problem Hypocrisy taints caucus members who rail against Wall Street ways By Eric Wang The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has not had a good run of luck before the House ethics committee lately. Two of its senior members face trials before the panel. Rep. Charles B. Rangel, New York Democrat, […]
http://letthemfight.blogspot.com/2010/10/afghanistan-understanding-failure.html Afghanistan; Understanding the Failure A couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of speaking on a radio show broadcasting in Florida about the complexities that arise when you attempt to fight an enemy with a faulty assessment. Of course we were talking about Afghanistan in particular but Islam, globally. During that interview the […]
The Other Existential Threat Daniel Gordis – Commentary Magazine, October 1st, 2010 In August, two pieces of news about Iran’s nuclear ambitions were revealed almost simultaneously. The first was that Iran had fired up its first nuclear reactor. The second, delivered in an ostentatious leak to the New York Times, was that the Obama administration had […]
http://www.israpundit.com/archives/28855 Israel must say “no” to the peace process, sooner or later. By Ted Belman * Israel must say “no” to extending the freeze formally or de facto. Israel must also say “no” to the peace process sooner or later. Even if Israel continued to build and the PA was prepared to return to the […]
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Freedom-of-Speech-on-trial-in-the-Netherlands-is-a-hint-of-things-to-come-in-America-104479289.html Freedom of Speech on trial in the Netherlands is a hint of things to come in America By: Mark Tapscott Editorial Page Editor 10/07/10 7:43 AM EDT Dutch political leader Geert Wilder is on trial for exercising a right most Americans take for granted – the right to speak our minds on any topic […]
http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/1537/Shredding-Societys-Fabric.aspx Shredding Society’s Fabric Breitbart reports: A US security official on Wednesday said the country was capable of withstanding another terrorist attack and bouncing back, saying Americans needed to put extremist threats in “perspective.” Michael Leiter, head of the Nationa Counterterrorism Center, said despite recent successes there was no guarantee that intelligence and law enforcement […]
http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/6348450/home-truths-and-one-illusion.thtml Home truths and one illusion Britain’s former Prime Minister Tony Blair was forced out of office early because, weakened by his backing for the war in Iraq, he refused to condemn Israel for the Lebanon war of 2006. The treatment he received bore ample testimony to the derangement over Israel that has taken hold […]
Mass European Rally for Israel http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/139895 by Hillel Fendel A mass rally-demonstration entitled “For the truth, for Israel” will be held in Rome this Thursday. It is being organized by Fiamma Nirenstein – journalist, MP, and vice president of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Italian Chamber of Deputies – and other leading European personalities. MK Nirenstein forwarded […]
http://uchicagolaw.typepad.com/faculty/2007/04/our_faithbased_.html The University of Chicago Law School should revoke Professor Geoffrey Stone’s tenure By Alexham Posted in Law — In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Gonzales v. Carhart, Professor Geoffrey Stone made the following statement on the law school’s faculty blog in a post entitled “Our Faith-Based Justices”: What, then, explains this […]
ON MEARSHEIMER, WALT, AND PROFESSOR GEOFFREY STONE AT U OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL…note correction please
There is a minor correction to this excellent letter…the following: “at Harvard (where a few days ago, police protected from an angry student mob of hundreds, the editor of Commentary Magazine, who had opined that Moslems should speak out against Islamaic terrorism)” It was not the editor of Commentary but Martin Peretz who was barred from speaking.….rsk […]
