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 […]
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=517004 Mayo Vs. Medicare Posted 01/04/2010 07:11 PM ET Health Reform: President Obama suggested last summer that the Mayo Clinic was the model for government medical care. On Monday, the Mayo Clinic in Arizona stopped taking Medicare patients. Now what? If the nonprofit Mayo Clinic is “what works,” as the president believes, then it’s clear […]
Collaborators in the War against the Jews: Ian Lustick – by Steven Plaut “There is no winning this war, because the war on terror is the enemy.†— Ian Lustick [1] Three years ago, the tenured left at DePaul was attempting to force the university into granting tenure to the anti-Semitic embarrassment Norman Finkelstein [2], […]
Freed Guantánamo inmates are heading for Yemen to join al-Qaeda fight – Times Online  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6975971.ece  Freed Guantánamo inmates are heading for Yemen to join al-Qaeda fight  Said Ali al-Shihri, Ibrahim Suleiman al Rubaish (ID not confirmed); Abdullah Saleh Ali al Ajmi; and Abdullah Mahsud Tom Coghlan At least a dozen former Guantánamo […]
http://townhall.com/columnists/DianaWest/2009/12/18/how_a_surge_fails_us,_part_1 http://townhall.com/columnists/DianaWest/2009/12/29/the_surge_and_success,_part_ii http://townhall.com/columnists/DianaWest/2009/12/31/victory_in_iraq_really_%5Bpart_3%5D Part 1 The main reason the “surge” in Afghanistan is on is because the conventional wisdom tells us the “surge” in Iraq “worked.” The problem is, the Iraq surge did not work. Yes, the U.S. military perfectly executed its share of the strategy — the restoration of some semblance of calm to […]
http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/p18267.xml Where does ‘the buck stop’? Center for Security Policy | Jan 04, 2010 By Frank Gaffney, Jr. Harry Truman kept on his desk a sign that read “The Buck Stops Here.” As President Obama gathers with his national security team Tuesday to ensure that, as he put it last week, “there is accountability at […]
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/incompetence-government-%E2%80%9Cde-radicalization%E2%80%9D-expert-on-terror-watch-list/ Shock: Government ‘De-radicalization’ Expert on Terror Watch List:How incompetent is the National Counterterrorism Center? They invited a notorious hatemonger to speak on de-radicalization. Patrick Poole Following the attempted bombing of Northwest Flight 253 on Christmas Day, the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) has come under fire for failing to connect the dots concerning bomber Umar […]
http://pajamasmedia.com/claudiarosett/homeland-security-with-talent-like-this/2/ Claudia Rosett :Homeland Security: With Talent Like This… Uh-oh. From the Homeland Security system that “worked,†we now have word that Secretary Janet Napolitano is mobilizing a broad response to the underwear bomber. As part of this security “review,†Napolitano is dispatching her deputy, Jane Holl Lute, “on a broad international outreach effort [1]†[…]
http://townhall.com/Common/PrintPage.aspx?g=d93cda27-db98-4f43-b578-6f29dd66e6ae&t=c A War By Any Other Name Cal Thomas Tuesday, January 05, 2010 Suppose Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, the Christmas Day underwear bomber, had succeeded and blown up Northwest Airlines flight 253, killing nearly 300 people on board and perhaps others on the ground? Would the response of the Obama administration have been different? The […]
There has probably never been an era in history when intellectuals have played a larger role in society. When intellectuals who generate ideas are surrounded by a wide range of others who disseminate those ideas– whether as journalists, teachers, staffers to legislators or clerks to judges– the influence of intellectuals on the way a society […]
