http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=529592 ‘I Want My Free M.D.’ Dependency: The Democrats’ reform bill had hardly become law before doctors and insurers began getting calls asking about free health care. The growing sense of entitlement is disheartening, to say the least. ‘Where do we get the free ObamaCare, and how do I sign up for that?” That’s what […]
——————————————————————————– The Real Two-State Solution: Let the people choose By Fred Leder Published: Wednesday, April 7, 2010 1:06 PM EDT Has there ever been a country whose very existence has been subject to more intense scrutiny than Israel? Other considerations aside, there is one thing that should be apparent to any objective observer: everything proposed […]
Obama weighs new peace plan for the Middle East By David Ignatius Wednesday, April 7, 2010 Washington Post Despite recent turbulence in U.S. relations with Israel, President Obama is “seriously considering” proposing an American peace plan to resolve the Palestinian conflict, according to two top administration officials. “Everyone knows the basic outlines of a peace […]
http://www.tabletmag.com/news-and-politics/30018/respectfully-yours/ Respectfully Yours Dalia Mogahed may be the most influential figure guiding the Obama Administration’s Middle East outreach. But does the approach she champions actually work? By Lee Smith | 7:00 am Apr 7, 2010 | Print | Email / Share The most important person shaping the Obama Administration’s Middle East message isn’t Hillary Clinton, […]
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com Obama is Not the Problem We’re on the mailing lists of several American conservative groups, and every day their emails come rolling in with a steady drumbeat of Obama… Obama… Obama… Obama, the Socialist. Obama the Marxist. Obama the Muslim-appeaser. Obama the late-term abortionist. Obama the destroyer of the American economy. And on and […]
The Obama Administration and Sanctions on Iran: The Farce Deepens By Barry Rubin* http://www.gloria-center.org/blog/2010/04/obama-administration-sanctions For more than a year I have repeatedly pointed out that the Obama Administration’s strategy of increasing the level of sanctions against Iran has been a mess. Deadlines set by the U.S. government for September and then December weren’t met. Even […]
Posted: April 7, 2010 12:04 PM Dear Irish Foreign Minister Micheál Martin Dear Foreign Minister Martin, I’m an admirer of Ireland, a country whose charm, culture, and beauty have all captivated me. And, as a Jew, I always identified with William Butler Yeats’ famous quote, “Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which […]
Published on The Weekly Standard (http://weeklystandard.com)  Terms of Endearment BY Elliott Abrams April 7, 2010 1:05 PM “Obama to Impose Terms on Israel†is the headline you didn’t read on David Ignatius’s column in the Washington Post today. The story ran under the title “Obama’s Mideast Plan,†which Ignatius describes as “proposing an American peace […]
PLEASE READ THIS IN SEQUENCE….WHAT WILL THE OBAMATHONS SAY ABOUT THIS? WATERBOARDING IS BAD BUT JUST OFFING THEM IS GOOD?….RSK FIRST:Obama OK’s Targeted Assassination of Awlaki, a U.S. Citizen  [Andy McCarthy] NRO — The CornerWednesday, April 07, 2010 Reuters has the short story (via the Washington Post) here. This is obviously the right call. […]
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/kuwait/kuwaiti-singer-sparks-furore-for-singing-in-hebrew-1.608166 Kuwaiti singer sparks furore for singing in Hebrew Emma, 28, said that she was shocked by the negative reaction By Habib Toumi, Bahrain Bureau Chief Published: 14:31 April 5, 2010 “I have written in Russian and performed in Arabic, English, Spanish, Japanese and French. Does that make me a spy for France or Britain?” […]