Understanding The Default Debate by Herbert I. London August 2, 2011 at 3:15 am http://www.hudson-ny.org/2319/default-debate “Default” is a word used so often in the last weeks it engenders numbness across the nation. Presumably default would mean the U.S. credit rating would be downgraded resulting in higher prices, increased interest rates and a belief that America […]
The Myth of Brotherhood Moderation U.S. State Department “Realism” Is Not Realistic by Amr Bargisi http://www.hudson-ny.org/2306/muslim-brotherhood-moderation Although in the early days of Egypt’s revolution, the predominant narrative in American media and decision-making circles insisted that the revolution had been brought about by essentially secular people — that Egypt was on the verge of becoming a […]
http://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2011/08/02/the_reluctant_presidential_candidate DENVER — Some wives don’t want their husbands to run for president — Alma Powell (Colin Powell) and Cheri Daniels (Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels). Texas Republican Governor Rick Perry doesn’t have that problem. In an interview with me following a well-received address to the Western Conservative Summit in Denver, said, “My wife is a […]
http://www.prudenpolitics.com/Now the real fun begins. Assuming that the debt deal has been effectively sealed—and it began to look more likely once the House voted “yes” by a comfortable margin Monday evening—all that’s left is deciding who won the fight over raising the debt limit. iHouse Speaker John Boehner, who spent the day Monday with his […]
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/8676212/Israel-ready-to-negotiate-borders-with-Palestinians.htmlHAS HE LEARNED NOTHING? NOW, WHEN THE WORLD’S ATTENTION IS OCCUPIED ELSEWHERE WITH DEBTS, PLUNGING ECONOMIES, RISING ISLAMIC FANATICISM THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, HE RECYCLES OBAMA’S DICTAT TO AIPAC…..RSK By Adrian Blomfield :The offer, which emerged tonight appeared to represent a major climb-down by Mr Netanyahu, who has consistently refused to discuss specific borders of a […]
The Perils of Global Intolerance: the United Nations & “Durban III” New York, NY– The Hudson Institute and the Touro College Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust today announced an historic conference targeting manifestations of racism, anti-Semitism and other forms of intolerance at the United Nations. The conference will coincide with the highly […]
