The End of Palestinian Democracy? by Asaf Romirowsky and Jonathan Schanzer The Weekly Standard Blog DEMOCRACY AMONG PALARABS ? NEVER HAPPENED NEVER WILL….RSK Saturday, July 17, was the day Palestinians were slated to hold a municipal election in the West Bank. But the elections were scrapped. Initially, only groups like Hamas rejected the vote. Then, […]
http://www.susanamartinez2010.com/about-susana/ About Susana Susana Martinez is the District Attorney for the 3rd Judicial District in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, a position she has held for 13 years. On July 17, 2009, Martinez entered the race for governor of New Mexico, pledging to cut wasteful spending, lower taxes to create more jobs, end “pay-to-play†practices […]
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.6752/pub_detail.asp July 15, 2010 Crying Wolf Over Racism? The Editor Samuel Johnson, the English 18th century intellectual, once said that “Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.†He was not attacking patriotism per se, but those who claimed to be patriotic as a means to mask their own foul behavior, distracting from their own […]
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.6741/pub_detail.asp Exclusive: DOJ v. State of Arizona Michael Cutler The United States Department of Justice clearly has the state of Arizona in its legal sights. A news article appeared in Sunday’s Washington Times about the legal challenge being mounted by the United States Department of Justice in an effort to block the state of Arizona […]
http://www.military.com/news/article/airstrikes-against-insurgents-drop.html?col=1186032310810 Airstrikes Against Insurgents DropJuly 14, 2010 There has been a 25 percent reduction in the number of bombs and missiles warplanes are dropping on insurgents in Afghanistan, U.S. Air Force records indicate. The reduction, in comparison to three years ago, comes amid debate about restricting the use of overwhelming firepower in order to reduce […]
http://www.military.com/news/article/saddams-inner-circle-transferred-to-iraqis.html Saddam’s Inner Circle Transferred to Iraqis July 14, 2010 Associated Press BAGHDAD – The U.S. has handed over 55 former members of Saddam Hussein’s inner circle, including the longtime international face of the regime, Tariq Aziz. The announcement comes a day before U.S. authorities are to transfer authority of Camp Cropper, the last American-run […]
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ Throughout the War on Terror, liberals have been lecturing us on the virtue of holding on to the “Moral High Ground”, which is their way of saying that we should forgo trying to defeat terrorists military, and instead show them up with our superior civil liberties. Yes Abdul, you may have a suitcase nuke, […]
http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/6143404/summing-up-for-a-legal-lynching.thtml Remember Judge Bathurst Norman, who summed up for the jury that went on to acquit the seven defendants who had attacked a Brighton factory that sold armaments to Israel by commenting that ‘you may well think that hell on earth would not be an understatement of what the Gazans suffered in that time’. Well, […]
http://www.robinshepherdonline.com/french-ban-on-muslim-burka-brings-out-multi-culturalist-prejudices-as-liberal-establishment-descends-into-self-parody/#more-2983 French ban on Muslim burka brings out multi-culturalist prejudices as liberal-establishment descends into self-parody Now, let’s be clear about a couple of things right from the beginning: First, all other things being equal a liberal-democratic society should have no problem accommodating a multiplicity of different cultures, and the traditions and customs that go with […]
The War on Burqas French Ban only Latest in European Debate http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,706446,00.html The French parliament moved on Tuesday to ban full face veils, such as burqas, across the country. A similiar law was passed earlier this year in Belgium and others could soon be considered in other European countries. Human rights groups warn it could […]
