Copying the NHS is the last thing the US should do http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/janetdaley/7883381/Copying-the-NHS-is-the-last-thing-the-US-should-do.html The future health care in both countries must involve a mix of state and private provision, says Janet Daley. Bad idea: Barack Obama has appointed a man as head of the American public healthcare programmes who professes a passion for some of the […]
By GERALD M. STEINBERG Foreign money’s influence on Israeli politics. http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?id=181028 Israel is a very porous country, in the sense that individuals and organizations, particularly with money, can easily gain influence. This is both a reflection of an open and lively democracy and a remnant of the early Zionist movement, when Jewish philanthropists from the […]
The Dreyfus Wars They were fought on several fronts. BY CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS July 19, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 41 WEEKLY STANDARD Dreyfus Politics, Emotion, and the Scandal of the Century by Ruth Harris Metropolitan, 560 pp., $35 I  was brought up on une certaine idée de l’affaire Dreyfus. A loyal captain of the French armed […]
PHYLLIS CHESLER AND JIHADWATCH HAVE BEEN WRITING ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS…..RSK http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/9/harry-potter-and-sharia-law/ ADAMS: Harry Potter and Sharia law Honor killings may not be on the big screen, but a celebrity angle is getting them big coverage By D.L. Adams Sometimes, only a celebrity angle can get the public to pay attention to what’s important. The […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/8/drilling-delay-to-boost-oil-imports/ President Obama’s moratorium on deep-water drilling could have the unintended effect of increasing U.S. dependence on oil imports — thus raising the risk of a more common type of oil spill from tankers, energy analysts say. The six-month moratorium already has thrown thousands of oil workers in the Gulf region out of work and […]
BORN IN THE USA? Senate-seeker wants Obama birth-certificate treatment Mexican-born candidate: ‘If I didn’t prove citizenship, I’d be removed from the ballot’ ——————————————————————————– Posted: July 08, 2010 9:20 pm Eastern By Chelsea Schilling © 2010 WorldNetDaily A Mexican-born candidate for U.S. Senate said he is considering a lawsuit against the Missouri secretary of state for […]
NRO — The Corner So, Will Holder Tell Arizona that the States Are Pre-empted from Defending Themselves from Hezbollah, Too? [Andy McCarthy] Steve Emerson’s Investigative Project on Terrorism reports that the Hezbos are at the Mexican border — and we’re not talking here about those “moderate elements” of Hezbollah that Obama’s counterterrorism czar is searching […]
Further thoughts about immigration, ‘racism,’ and political correctness (a lesson in common sense) http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2010/07/09/immigration-racism-and-political-correctness/ Yesterday, I was cabbing up Park Avenue in New York. Somewhere just north of Grand Central, I noticed a crowd of people with placards milling about on the sidewalk. The word “Racism†figured prominently on the signs and I caught a […]
Rick Lazio and Andrew Cuomo fight over Ground Zero mosque By Caroline May – http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/08/rick-lazio-and-mario-cuomo-fight-over-ground-zero-mosque/print/ New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who is also a Democratic candidate for governor, alleged Wednesday that Islamophobia is what is motivating Republican gubernatorial candidate and former U.S. Congressman Rick Lazio to question plans for a 13-story mosque and Islamic […]
Friday, July 9, 2010 Another Tack: Isolation II – My American cousins By Sarah Honig When one of the world’s more influential economists, Nobel laureate Paul Krugman, took pains on his recent visit here to dissociate himself personally from Israel’s obvious odiousness, I was hardly surprised. I couldn’t quite put my finger on what in […]
