Defense Spending Is Not the Problem Congress should remember that we are still facing very real threats. http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/279535 The approaching debt-reduction recommendations from the “Super Committee” seem unlikely to generate a bipartisan consensus. Under the law that created the committee, if Congress doesn’t trim at least $1.2 trillion from the next ten years’ worth of […]
The Price of ‘Palestine’ http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/279605 The U.S. may be forced to withhold funds if Palestine is recognized as a state. Palestine is in — almost! The 58-member executive board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted 40–4, with 14 abstentions, to let the organization’s General Conference vote on admitting “Palestine” as […]
Russia’s Art of Resentment Posted By Ben Shapiro URL to article: http://frontpagemag.com/2011/10/10/russias-art-of-resentment/ There seems to be some global confusion about just where Russian dictator (call him for what he is) Vladimir Putin stands and what it is that he wants. Instead of looking at his contradictory public positions, let’s look instead at the most honest […]
Wall Street’s Disgruntled Utopians Posted By Bruce Thornton URL to article: http://frontpagemag.com/2011/10/10/wall-street%e2%80%99s-disgruntled-utopians/ The Occupy Wall Street protesters are looking more and more like the shock troops of the Democratic Party’s electoral tactic of class warfare. Responding to a question about the protesters, the President gave an oblique endorsement when he said, “The American people understand […]
In Eric Holder’s Pocket: A Review of Christian Adams’ Injustice Posted By Roger L Simon URL to article: http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2011/10/10/in-eric-holders-pocket-a-review-of-christian-adams-injustice/ J. Christian Adams is an American hero and his new book INJUSTICE: Exposing the Racial Agenda of the Obama Justice Department [1] is an indispensable work for our time. But be warned that I — […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204450804576621020897377388.html?mod=WSJ_hps_editorsPicks_1 MIAMI—Sen. Marco Rubio, a Cuban-American Republican from Florida, has been hailed in the GOP as someone who could draw more Hispanics to the party. Yet an escalating dispute between him and Univision, the largest Spanish-language television network in the country, could complicate the GOP’s efforts to reach out to Latinos.The spat stems from an […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/9/holder-to-get-new-subpoenas-on-fast-and-furious-pr/ The chairman of a House committee investigating the failed “Fast and Furious” weapons operation in which hundreds of guns were “walked” to gun smugglers in Mexico says the panel will issue new subpoenas this week to ask Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. – again – what he knew about the investigation and when […]
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9Q914SG3&show_article=1 Iran calls Wall Street protests ‘American Spring’ http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/08/us-venezuela-usa-idUSTRE79726120111008?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&rpc=22&sp=true Chavez slams “horrible repression” of U.S. protests TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – An Iranian military commander said Sunday that the protests spreading from New York’s Wall Street to other U.S. cities are the beginning of an “American Spring,” likening them to the uprisings that toppled Arab autocrats […]
http://www.hudson-ny.org/2487/french-suburbs-islamic-societies France’s decrepit city suburbs are becoming ‘separate Islamic societies’ cut off from the state, according to a major new study that examines the spread of Islam in France. Muslim immigrants are increasingly rejecting French values and identity and instead are immersing themselves in Islam, according to the report, which also warns that Islamic Sharia […]
http://www.hudson-ny.org/2489/egypt-destroying-churches What clearer sign that Egypt is turning rabidly Islamist than the fact that hardly a week goes by without a church being destroyed, or without protesting Christians being attacked and slaughtered by the military? The latest chaos in Egypt—where the military opened fire on unarmed protesters, and ran armored vehicles over them— killing 35 […]
