http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/ Yes, it’s getting to be that time again. During the run-up to the November 2010 elections, many observers — including me — remarked that the tea party, which was clearly shaping up to be a major power in many states, was not so much anti-Democrat or even anti-incumbent as it was anti-business-as-usual. The tea […]
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/who-study-used-to-justify-obamacare-a-scientific-fraud/ During the long debate over health care reform in 2009 and 2010, the advocates for the legislation made several key arguments, suggesting most of all that a health care financing system that covered a large number of the currently uninsured would be fairer — that a primary goal of health care reform was redistribution. […]
http://www.robinshepherdonline.com/anti-zionist-london-review-of-books-no-longer-to-receive-state-subsidy-for-anti-israeli-articles/ Anti-Zionist London Review of Books no longer to receive state subsidy for anti-Israeli articles In an interesting development at the militantly anti-Zionist London Review of Books (LRB), the magazine is no longer to receive funding from the UK Arts Council’s regular donor programme. This follows years of campaigning by a variety of individuals and […]
The Arab Revolt and U.S. Interests A U.S. strategy has to begin by distinguishing between friends and enemies. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703806304576233103653662410.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop As a general rule, Middle Eastern regimes divide into two types: the bad—and the bad. To understand where the American interest lies in this season of Arab revolt, it’s important to know the difference. We don’t […]
http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2011/04/04/robert-baer-koran-inspired-libyan-rebels-%E2%80%9Cas-likely-to-attack-the-cia-as-qaddafi%E2%80%9D/ Robert Baer: Koran-inspired Libyan rebels “as likely to attack the CIA as Qaddafi” Baer’s essentials of the Libyan “freedom fighters” Former CIA operative Robert Baer had extensive hands-on experience in Libya during his career. Here is Baer’s assessment of the Libyan “freedom fighters” from a recent CNN interview [2], which features his acknowledgments of […]
Stamp of approval? Alan Fraser http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/04/stamp_of_approval.html MARY LASKER ACTUALLY DESERVES A STAMP…SHE WAS A CHAMPION OF MEDICAL INNOVATION AND RESEARCH AND A GREAT PHILANTHROPIST SEE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Lasker…RSK AND RICHARD WRIGHT IS ACCEPTABLE…A FINE GROUNDBREAKING NOVELIST…. A civilization that exalts and celebrates its rock-stars and movie actors over its soldiers and important leaders has forgotten obvious things […]
Rethinking the End Game http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/04/rethinking_the_end_game.html By Lori Lowenthal Marcus and Asaf Romirowsky As the world watches the Arab Spring unfold, few pundits are foolish enough to predict what will be blooming when the rains cease. Yes, there are fervent hopes that freedom, dignity and democracy will blossom, but they are tempered with fears that what […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703712504576240930813440532.html?mod=WSJ_newsreel_opinion Now the U.N. author says he didn’t have the facts when he accused Israel of war crimes in Gaza. AS WE USED TO SAY IN THE BRONX: HE SHOULD TAKE A LONG WALK OFF A SHORT PIER…..RSK Regrets, Richard Goldstone has a few, if you can believe it. The principal author of the U.N. […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703806304576236773023662808.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_BelowLEFTSecond Jimmy Carter Lobbies for Cuban Spies Why lend legitimacy to the Castro brothers? They say that Cuba is a place where time stands still and it certainly seemed that way last week when Jimmy Carter arrived in Havana to fraternize with the Castros. The image of the 86-year-old American ex-president wearing a wide smile […]
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9MC914O0&show_article=1 MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) – A pair of suicide bombers struck a shrine in Pakistan Sunday, killing 30 people gathered there and pressing a campaign of attacks against places of worship that extremists consider un-Islamic, officials said. The practice of praying, singing and meditating at the shrines of holy men is widespread and much loved […]
