Is Profiling the Solution to Stopping Terrorists? The Northwest Flight 253 bombing attempt has once again reignited the debate over using profiling as a security technique. Many have pointed out over the years that ethnic profiling could have stopped the attacks of September 11. And it probably could have. But profiling alone is not the […]
After Attack on Danish Cartoonist The West Is Choked by Fear An Editorial by Henryk M. Broder The attack on illustrator Kurt Westergaard wasn’t the first attempt to carry out a deadly fatwa. When Muslims tried to murder Salman Rushdie 20 years ago, the protests among intellectuals were loud. Today, though, Western writers and thinkers […]
http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/01/saudi_arabia_spoilt_child_of_t.html Saudi Arabia: Spoilt Child of the Middle East By Michael I. Krauss In one of the supreme acts of chutzpah of our new decade, Saudi Arabia has just accused Israel of behaving like a “spoilt child,” getting away with “war crimes” (cf. Gaza operations) and “violations of international law” (cf. new “settlements” in Jerusalem). […]
Profiling? Heavens, Not Us! Posted By Jack Dunphy A few years ago, my wife and I traveled on the Eurostar train from Paris to London. When the train arrived at Waterloo Station (today Eurostar operates from St. Pancras), we disembarked with the other passengers and filed down a long walkway toward the terminal exit. A […]
OPINION: GLOBAL VIEW JANUARY 4, 2010, 10:44 P.M. ET Our Incompetent Civilization Sometimes we have to choose between evils. By BRET STEPHENS When does a civilization become incompetent? I’ve been mulling the question in a number of contexts over the last year, including our inability to put a stop to Somali piracy, detain a terrorist […]
Dems look to skip formality on health bills Jennifer Haberkorn http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jan/05/democrats-look-to-skip-formality-on-health-bills//print/ Democratic leaders are looking to forgo a formal, public conference to merge the House and Senate’s health care overhaul bills, giving Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the White House free rein to hammer out the final measure behind closed […]
HANDING IT OVER WITH A TONGUE THAT CLEAVES TO THE PALATE AND A WITHERED HAND….THEY WILL FORGET JERUSALEM….RSK http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100105/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians Israel approves east Jerusalem building project By AMY TEIBEL, Associated Press Writer Amy Teibel, Associated Press Writer 1 hr 34 mins ago JERUSALEM – Israel has approved construction of four new apartment buildings in disputed east […]
US embassy says it is reopening in Yemen By LEE KEATH, Associated Press Writers Lee Keath, Associated Press Writers 1 hr 41 mins ago SAN’A, Yemen – The U.S. Embassy in Yemen reopened its doors Tuesday after a two-day closure, saying successful Yemeni counterterrorism operations have addressed the threat that prompted the measure. The embassy […]
SORRY VD HANSON…WE ARE THE CHICKENS WHO REFUSE CONTINUALLY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ISLAM IS BENT ON OUR DESTRUCTION…..NOT “RADICALS” OR “FASCISTS” BUT THE KORAN DRIVEN ENEMIES WHO NOW ROAM FREELY WITHIN OUR NATION PREACHING THEIR HATEFUL IDEOLOGY IN MOSQUES, JAILS, AND, INCREASINGLY, IN THE UNIVERSITIES…..ENABLED BY OUR MULTI-CULTI CIVIL LIBBIES…..RKS http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=517009 Chickens Of ’09 Coming […]
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=517022 Why Do We Put Our Lives In The Hands Of Those Whose Failures Are Manifest? By ERNEST S. CHRISTIAN AND GARY A ROBBINS(*) No matter who he is, the president of the United States has far too many powers over our lives and livelihoods. So do members of Congress. Even if the holders of […]
