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August 2011

FIVE MYTHS ABOUT PERRY: BEN SHAPIRO

Five Myths About Rick Perry Posted By Ben Shapiro URL to article: http://frontpagemag.com/2011/08/17/5-myths-about-rick-perry/   Gov. Rick Perry of Texas is now the frontrunner for the Republican nomination.  Many people are aware of his focus on the Tenth Amendment, his state’s tremendous record of job creation (40% of all jobs created since the beginning of the […]

BRIAN HERBERT: ON NIALL FERGUSON’S FORTHCOMING BOOK :CIVILIZATION AND THE WEST”

The Futures of Civilization  On the glorious (though not unblemished) past and uncertain future of the West http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/272653 On the glorious (though not unblemished) past and uncertain future of the West Since classical antiquity, historians have tended to think that empires, like individual organisms, evince a discernible rhythm. They come into being, mature, and then, […]

PLEASE READ IT ALL: THE POLITICIZED HIRING OF ERIC HOLDER: J. CHRISTIAN ADAMS

Every Single One: The Politicized Hiring of Eric Holder’s Education Section Posted By J. Christian Adams URL to article: http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/every-single-one-the-politicized-hiring-of-eric-holder%e2%80%99s-education-section/ All 11 new hires to the Justice Department’s Education Section have far-left resumes — which were only released following a PJMedia lawsuit. (This is the fifth in a series of articles about the Justice Department’s […]

JAMES LEWIS: ISRAEL, LIBERALISM AND MORAL COWARDICE *****

http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/../2011/08/israel_liberalism_and_moral_cowardice.html There are touchstones of morality in life. In 1938, resisting Hitler was a big one in Europe; in 1990, support for freedom in the Soviet Empire was another one. Today we have a new test of character. Americans have never had much of a problem telling the good guys from the bad guys. It […]

CARRIE LUKAS: PERRY HAS MORE THAN IMPRESSIVE RECORD ON JOB CREATION…CONTROL OF COLLEGE COSTS

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/aug/16/rick-perry-brings-presidential-pop/print/ Finally, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has officially entered the Republican presidential primary. Political handicappers have long noted the strengths he would bring to a match-up against President Obama. In particular, the Texas economy has been one of the country’s few bright lights. Over the past decade, Texas has created half of the nation’s jobs, […]

OBAMA THE BIOFOOL: WASHTIMES EDITORIAL

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/aug/16/obama-the-biofool/ Administration uses military to expand subsidies for pricey green schemes ‘With Mr. Obama as commander in chief, there’s no telling what comes next. He’s already ordered green fuel and green bullets. Perhaps the next move is to ensure our bombs are environmentally friendly so he can claim to be saving the planet, one explosion […]

BAUCUS, KERRY AND MURRAY ON HOW TO BEAT THE DEFICIT (HUH?)

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903480904576510701640477160.html?mod=opinion_newsreel Together We Can Beat the Deficit We did it in the 1990s and we can do it again today. By  MAX BAUCUS AND JOHN KERRY AND PATTY MURRAYOur country has long been a beacon of light in the world because the American people always come together when times are tough. Over the past few […]

DOROTHY RABINOWITZ: MOB VIOLENCE AND THE “LOOTING BANKERS” DEFENSE

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903480904576510814144419874.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion Mob Violence and the ‘Looting Bankers’ Defense In Philadelphia and London, excuses for criminality are the same. Former Los Angeles and New York police chief William Bratton has been busy the last few days preparing for a new role overseas. The mayor of Philadelphia, Michael Nutter, has been busy as well, walking the streets […]

DANIEL JOHNSON: A SHAMEFUL CALL TO DENY JEWS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT

Source URL: http://www.thejc.com/comment-and-debate/comment/53062/a-shameful-call-deny-jews-a-fundamental-right A shameful call to deny Jews a fundamental right By Daniel Johnson In a signed article last week, the Guardian’s foreign leader writer, David Hearst, looked forward to “a one-state solution in which Jewish citizens lose an in-built majority”. While insisting that such a unitary Palestinian state would be a secular and […]

ADAM DAIFALLAH: WHY IS AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ATTACKING CANADA?

  http://www.hudson-ny.org/2358/amnesty-international-attacking-canada It is a rare occurrence when a top government official comes out – on the record – to attack a human rights group. But that is what happened last week when Canada’s Immigration Minister ripped into Amnesty International after it criticized Canada’s plan to crack down on alleged war criminals hiding out in […]