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NATIONAL REVIEW EDITORIAL: NOT AT GROUND ZERO

http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=YWMxZjhmYjkwNzBjYTc1MWM5OGQ0ZTcxMmQ5Y2FiNzI= August 4, 2010 4:00 A.M. Not at Ground Zero The story of the proposed mosque at the site of the World Trade Center has been thoroughly misrepresented, as have the parties behind the project. They present themselves as ambassadors of moderate Islam. Daisy Khan, executive director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement, says […]

TRENTON THUNDER; CHRIS CHRITIE THE GOVERNOR THAT CAN DO IT…DANIEL FOSTER

http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=ZmQ5MmNhZGQwYzhlZTQzZWRhODYxZWM4YzRkOGJiYjU= Chris Christie: The Scourge of Trenton From the Aug. 16, 2010, issue of NR. It was supposed to have been the biggest fight of Chris Christie’s young administration: a May showdown over what Democrats in Trenton were calling the “millionaires’ tax,” designed, like each of the 115 statewide tax increases of the last decade, […]

MAJOR HURDLE CLEARED FOR THE ZERO TOLERANCE MOSQUE IN NYC

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/3/panel-allows-mosque-close-to-ground-zero/ Panel allows mosque close to ground zero No sign of Muslim-9/11 healing An Islamic cultural center that the Cordoba Initiative and the American Society for Muslim Advancement hope to build near ground zero has been trumpeted as an effort toward building bridges between Muslims and the families of Sept. 11 victims. But that wasn’t […]

NOSTALGIA FOR BUCKLEY IS MISPLACED ….SEE NOTE PLEASE

http://townhall.com/columnists/JonahGoldberg/2010/08/04/nostalgia_for_buckley,_et_al_is_misplaced/print?showfull=true BUCKLEY ET.AL. SOME GOOD, SOME AWFUL, SOME SNOBS….COULD NOT HAVE IGNITED MORE THAN A MARTINI PARTY WHEREAS BREITBAT, LIMBAUGH, BECK HAVE IGNITED A NATIONAL MOVEMENT…AND TEA PARTY….READ “CONFRONTATIONAL CONSERVATISM” http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/….RSK Jonah Goldberg Nostalgia for Buckley, et al is Misplaced Conservatives, being conservatives, have a soft spot for the good old days, but this is […]

MICHELLE MALKIN ON MAD MAXINE WATERS AND THE FAT CAT BANKERS

http://townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2010/08/04/mad_maxines_minority_fat-cat_bankers Michelle Malkin Mad Maxine’s Minority Fat-Cat Bankers Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California is notorious for her high-decibel rants against corporate executives and career exploitation of identity politics. Class warfare and racial division are her two-decade-long stock and trade. She would normally be first in line (and in front of the cameras) to lambaste […]

JOHN LOCKE, ISLAMIC SUPREMACISM AND THE GROUND ZERO MOSQUE

http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2010/08/04/john-locke-islamic-supremacism-and-the-ground-zero-mosque/ John Locke, Islamic Supremacism, and the Ground Zero Mosque Posted By Andrew Bostom Apropos to very legitimate concerns about the proposed Ground Zero Mosque [1]—which today (8/3/10), unfortunately cleared a zoning hurdle [2], celebrated by the witless Mayor Bloomberg [3]—John Locke, 325 years ago, discussed the predicament of Islamic supremacism in his first of […]

WHAT ABOUT THE JOURNOLIST AND ISRAEL AND J STREET? LENNY BEN DAVID

http://dailycaller.com/2010/08/03/was-j-list-in-the-service-of-j-street-2/print/ Was J-list in the service of J-Street? 11:58 AM 08/03/2010 ADVERTISEMENT Even in Israel, the Daily Caller’s “Journolist” exposé has received its share of attention. The Jeremiah Wright and Sarah Palin email threads were less interesting to Israelis than the Journolist discussion of whether to report on the Islamist background of the Ft. Hood […]

LIBERAL PIETY AND THE MEMORY OF 9/11: DOROTHY RABINOWITZ

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703545604575407160266158170.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop#printMode Liberal Piety and the Memory of 9/11By DOROTHY RABINOWITZ The enlightened class can’t understand why the public is uneasy about the Ground Zero mosque. Americans may have lacked for much in the course of their history, but never instruction in social values. The question today is whether Americans of any era have ever confronted […]

UNIFIL AMBUSHES IDF SOLDIERS AT NORTHERN BORDER: RICHARD LANDES

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/israeli-officers-ambushed-on-northern-border/ Israeli Officers Ambushed on Northern Border August 3 Posted By Richard Landes At around 1:30 pm Israel time today (August 3), an exchange of fire took place between Israeli and Lebanese forces along the border. (This map [1] reflects the exact location of the incident.) According to Lebanese sources, the Israelis had gone over […]

JEFF JACOBY: ANTI-SEMITISM AND DOUBLE STANDARDS

IF ANTI-ISRAEL SLANDER BECAME PART OF LEGITIMATE DISCOURSE, ANTI-SEMITISM COULD NOT BE FAR BEHIND. VANESSA REDGRAVE IS STILL A “STAR” AND PAT BUCHANAN STILL APPEARS AS A RESPECTED PUNDIT AND WHEN THE LATE AND UNLAMENTED NOVAK DIED THE PANEGYRICS WERE REVOLTING….RSK Anti-Semites and double standards by Jeff Jacoby The Boston Globe August 4, 2010 http://www.jeffjacoby.com/7781/anti-semites-and-double-standards […]