http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,741766,00.html Lebanon 01/26/2011 The World from Berlin Hezbollah’s Rise to Power Is ‘a Disaster for Lebanon’ Hezbollah has confirmed its standing as the most powerful political force in Lebanon by installing its candidate, businessman Najib Mikati, as prime minister. German media commentators say the move could turn Lebanon into an outpost of Iran on Israel’s […]
Fighting the “Soft War” on Israel Posted By Giulio Meotti http://frontpagemag.com/2011/01/27/fighting-the-soft-war-on-israel/print/ More and more, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have become one of the most powerful — and controversial — pressure blocs in the global arena. In recent weeks, Israel’s parliament established a commission of inquiry into NGO funding from Arab regimes such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar […]
The Speaker’s Opportunity Box By Kathryn Jean Lopez http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/257946/speakers-worthy-guests-kathryn-jean-lopez This week is National School Choice Week and that’s not lost on Speaker of the House John Boehner, as he prepares for tomorrow night’s State of the Union Address. His first Speaker’s box will include parents, students, and teachers. Three of four children who will be […]
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/258068 Canada Stands Up to Iran The theocrats do not succeed in intimidating our neighbor to the north. Last week, Canada’s Free Thinking Film Society — love that name — was scheduled to screen Iranium, a new documentary about the regime that has ruled Iran since 1979, its drive to acquire nuclear weapons, and the […]
http://townhall.com/columnists/AnnCoulter/2011/01/26/hope,_change,_and_invest I missed the middle section of Obama’s State of the Union address when I took a break to read “War and Peace,” but I gather he never got around to what I was hoping he’d say, which is: “What was I thinking?” The national debt is $14 trillion, the Democrats won’t stop spending, and […]
http://pajamasmedia.com/claudiarosett/state-of-the-future/ State of the Future Posted By Claudia Rosett “He sought to sway his audience with rhetoric rather than specifics,” reports the Washington Post, trying to piece together what went on in the State of the Union address Tuesday evening. I haven’t been drunk-blogging with the marvelous Vodkapundit [1] (wish I had!), but I came […]
http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/01/making_obama_a_one_term_presid.html Making Obama a One Term President By Richard Baehr We are slightly more than 21 months away from the 2012 presidential election. The election in 2012 will be not a simple referendum on Barack Obama (for which an approval score is a proxy), but a choice between two candidates. While many potential GOP candidates […]
Honor Killing in America By Pamela Geller http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/01/honor_killing_in_america.html The trials of two “honor killers” are underway in America this week: one in Buffalo, New York, and the other in Arizona. In Buffalo, the moderate Muslim beheader and bridge-builder to the West, Muzzammil Hassan, was granted the right Monday to act as his own attorney. That […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703293204576106293283157786.html?mod=WSJ_article_MoreIn_Opinion Amid his Reaganite sunshine and new admiration for the wonders of private enterprise, President Obama’s political message in Tuesday’s State of the Union address boils down to this: Republicans, it’s your budget problem now. The deficit is awful and must be cut, entitlements are unsustainable and must be addressed, the tax code hurts growth […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704698004576104481200969162.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop By STEPHEN MOORE Words matter in politics, which is why the federal government no longer “spends” (and wastes) money, but rather “invests” it. According to Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, nearly every penny of the $2.5 trillion domestic budget—for installing solar paneling on the roofs of libraries, funding lavish teacher retirement funds, […]
