http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903454504576486752134553990.html?mod=djemEditorialP Obama and the Narcissism of Big Differences ‘He becomes visibly agitated. . . . He does not like to be challenged on policy grounds,’ says the House majority leader of the president. IN SIMPLER LINGO….THE PRESIDENT BEHAVES LIKE A SPOILED BRAT…RSK Whatever the rhetoric that preceded this week’s deal, the debt-ceiling debate was never […]
Cuba upholds imprisoned American’s 15-year sentence http://www.kansascity.com/2011/08/05/3059898/cuba-upholds-imprisoned-americans.html HAVANA | Cuba’s highest court Friday upheld a 15-year prison sentence for a U.S. contractor charged with crimes against the state for distributing satellite telephone equipment to Jewish groups in Havana. The ruling leaves Alan Gross, 62, without another opportunity for appeal. He has spent 1 1/2 years […]
http://www.jpost.com/LandedPages/PrintArticle.aspx?id=232731# What if Iran’s leaders do not consistently value Iran’s national survival more highly than any other preference? Nuclear deterrence is a game that even sane, rational governments may have to play, but there can be no assurance that enemies will always be rational. This presents a grave security problem, because the entire logic of […]
‘Energy independence’ is a pipe dream by Jeff Jacoby The Boston Globe http://www.jeffjacoby.com/10071/energy-independence-is-a-pipe-dream LATE LAST MONTH, President Obama announced new automobile fuel-efficiency standards that will require cars to achieve an average of 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. Vehicle fleets currently average 27 miles per gallon, so the new target would boost fuel efficiency by […]
The Jihad Against the Armenian, Assyrian, and Greek Christians By Janet Levy See also: The Persecution of Christians in the Middle East In Germany, where Holocaust denial is punishable by up to five years in prison, Stuttgart University recently capitulated to pressure from resident Turkish Muslims and canceled an event entitled, “Persecution, Expulsion and Annihilation of Christians […]
