http://www.carolineglick.com/ Change has come to the Middle East. Over the past several weeks, multiple press reports indicate that Turkey is collaborating militarily with Syria in a campaign against the Kurds of Syria, Iraq and Turkey. Turkey is a member of NATO. It fields the Western world’s top weapons systems. Syria is Iran’s junior partner. It […]
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1296856/Saudi-man-chains-son-basement-years-possessed-evil-female-genie.html Saudi man chains his son in the basement for six years because he is ‘possessed by an evil female genie’ By Michael Theodoulou A Saudi man has been chained in a basement apartment for more than six years because his father believes he is possessed by an evil female genie. ‘When he has fits […]
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=182219 The Jerusalem Post Magazine, Friday, July 23, 2010 Doctors without scruples By Michael Freund As far as international humanitarian organizations go, few can compete with either the reach or the reputation of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders. Active in nearly 60 countries across the globe, the group has been providing much-needed […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/watercooler/2010/jul/23/fighting-unnamed-enemy-waging-unrecognized-war/ Fighting an unnamed enemy waging an unrecognized war THE WASHINGTON TIMES Daniel Mandel Since arriving in office, the Obama administration has delved deeply into its thesaurus to find ways of speaking about Islamism without mentioning it. In his June 2009 Cairo speech, a not atypical example, President Obama referred repeatedly to ‘extremists,’ ‘violent extremists’ […]
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/138752 Published: 07/23/10, 4:27 PM / Last Update: 07/23/10, 4:01 PM PLO Flag to Fly in Washington D.C. by INN Staff The United States State Department has announced to the Palestinian Authority/Palestinian Liberation Organization Mission representative in the United States that its status will be upgraded from a ‘bureau’ to that of a “general delegation’ […]
HE IS SUCH AN UNLIKELY SENATOR…FRANKLY, I FIND HIM REFRESHING…AND I’M NOT WILD ABOUT DE MINT…..BUT I DO WANT A GOP MAJORITY…BUT I LOVE SURPRISES IN ANY PARTY…..RSK Alvin Greene, South Carolina’s Mystery Senate Candidate, Draws a Crowd MANNING, S.C. — For his first public speech, Alvin Greene didn’t travel very far. He didn’t have […]
Book Review: The Frozen Rabbi An earlier review of this book is at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/21/AR2010062104405_pf.html ‘The Frozen Rabbi,’ Steve Stern’s fantastical comic novel By Jess Walter Tuesday, June 22, 2010; C06 THE FROZEN RABBI By Steve Stern Algonquin. 370 pp. $24.95 Among the wonders awaiting the reader of Steve Stern’s exuberant new novel, “The Frozen Rabbi,” […]
Behind the mosque By ANDREW G. BOSTOM http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/behind_the_mosque_yXUJDCpszRLF9dG1heLU1H?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME= Imam Feisal Rauf, the central figure in the coterie planning a huge mosque just off Ground Zero, is a full-throated champion of the very same Muslim theologians and jurists identified in a landmark NYPD report as central to promoting the Islamic religious bigotry that fuels modern jihad […]
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.6835/pub_detail.asp Exclusive: Do We Really Have a Free Press? The Editor An Ethical Press? Scandals connected with the behavior of journalists who subscribed to the now-defunct “Journolist†private web forum have once again opened up the debate about what role the press is meant to serve in a democratic society. Originally, notions of “Freedom of […]
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,707255,00.html Cuban President Raul Castro has begun releasing 52 imprisoned dissidents. Is this the hoped-for signal of liberalization? Critics of the regime do not believe that a sea change is in the works. Instead, they fear it is just a tactical move designed to weaken the opposition. The meeting point is in a rundown apartment […]
