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Ruth King

FIDEL CASTRO AND HIS RECENT CHARM OFFENSIVE….

Fidel and the Jews What should we make of Castro’s charm offensive? BY JAIME DAREMBLUM September 27, 2010 2:10 PM In a recent series of conversations with Atlantic reporter Jeffrey Goldberg, Fidel Castro made several eyebrow-raising comments. The one that received the most attention was Castro’s assertion that the Cuban economic model no longer works. […]

IS MALWARE A GAME CHANGER IN DEFENSE? JERRY GORDON

Posted September 29, 2010 www.jewishledger.com Published in the Connecticut Jewish Ledger October 1, 2010 Is Malware the free world’s first line of defense? By Jerry Gordon A chance  discussion with a defense scientist at a presentation on  the Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Congressional Commission in March 2007 alerted me to the possible uses of Malware.   This […]

JANET LEVY: BOOK REVIEW “THE NEXT AMERICAN CIVIL WAR” BY LEE HARRIS

Book Review: The Next American Civil War By Janet Levy http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/book-review-the-next-american-civil-war/ Patriotic Americans continue to unabashedly affirm their love of country, honor its historical defense and pursuit of freedom, and mourn its present day departure from the nation’s founding principles. This was evident at last month’s “Restore Honor” rally sponsored by Glenn Beck at the Lincoln Memorial […]

CAROLINE GLICK: ISRAELI LEFT CHOOSES PRE-EMPTIVE DOOM

To The Point News – ISRAELI LEFT CHOOSES PRE-EMPTIVE DOOM ISRAELI LEFT CHOOSES PRE-EMPTIVE DOOM Written by Caroline Glick Tuesday, 28 September 2010 Following the example of its counterparts in the West, for decades the Israeli Left has carefully cultivated its image as the fun side of the political divide. In a thousand different ways, […]

ISI LIEBLER: STOP DENYING THE FACTS ABOUT ISLAM

Candidly Speaking: Islamophobia and the Jews “There is indeed a desperate need to encourage moderate Muslims. But appeasing the extremists and groveling to Muslim bullies merely emboldens them. There is not a single instance in history in which appeasing religious fanatics of any faith has brought about progress. If we allow ourselves to be intimidated […]

OUT OF THE ASHES, A TRIUMPH…THE FILM “NUREMBERG”

Out of the Ashes, a Triumph The Story of a Film, a Family and the Trial of the Century http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704082104575516110673347730.html#printMode By STEVE DOLLAR It’s textbook stuff, right? Watching Stuart Schulberg’s documentary “Nuremberg” in junior high school history class was an experience shared by many Americans of a certain generation. At least, it seems so. What […]

RICHARD COHEN: WHY OBAMA’S DIPLOMACY IS FLAILING

A strikeout on settlements: Why Obama’s diplomacy is flailing Richard Cohen: http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2010/09/28/2010-09-28_a_strikeout_on_settlements_why_president_obamas_diplomacy_is_failing.html#ixzz10qVZRIjT Every so often, the sayings of Casey Stengel come to mind. The longtime manager of the New York Yankees, accustomed to a Prussian professionalism, moved over to the astonishingly hapless New York Mets in 1962 and, surveying his new team, uttered an exasperated […]

THE RELIGION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

http://badrachel.blogspot.com/2010/09/religion-of-domestic-violence.html Thursday, September 23, 2010 Religion of Domestic Violence From MEMRI, by way of Andy McCarthy at NRO, a fascinating interview on Egyptian TV with Muslim cleric Sa’d Arafat (Mr. McCarthy quotes it in full, and so shall I): Interviewer: Wife beating is a serious accusation [leveled against Islam]. Let us examine this matter bit […]

“EDUCATING” MARTY AT HARVARD: PHYLLIS CHESLER

Red Guard Harvard Students “Educate” Dr. Martin Peretz by Phyllis Chesler NewsRealBlog http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/872/harvard-students-martin-peretz Excerpt: This past weekend, a throng—nay, a large crowd of Harvard students publicly taunted, shamed, and stalked the venerable liberal intellectual Martin Peretz. Like the jihadists who distribute videos of their beheadings, the protesters also released their mini “Aktion” on YouTube. They […]

HUMBERTO FONTOVA: JFK LIED AND CUBANS DIED

Humberto Fontova The Kennedy-Nixon Debates: JFK Lied, Cubans Died Mon, Sep, 27, 2010 Last week in the New York Times JFK speechwriter and adviser Ted Sorensen commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy/Nixon debates. “When Kennedy Met Nixon: The Real Story,” reads the op-ed’s title. Turns out, however, that the “real story” as “revealed” by […]