http://townhall.com/Common/PrintPage.aspx?g=fdd6761d-2405-48b7-ab4d-896522bff349&t=c  “Cuba Si!—Arizona No! “ Says Mexican President Felipe Calderon (Among Many Others) Humberto Fontova Tuesday, May 04, 2010 Mexican President Felipe Calderon can hardly contain his revulsion and rage against Arizona’s SB 1070. He’s “deeply troubled” reports the Associated Press over a law he denounces as “discriminatory and racist,” not to mention “a […]
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/03/books/03book.html?emc=eta1&pagewanted=print  In Pursuit of Prey, Carrying Philosophy By DWIGHT GARNER THE FLIGHT OF THE INTELLECTUALS By Paul Berman 299 pages. Melville House. $26. Paul Berman’s new book, “The Flight of the Intellectuals,†plural, might as easily have been titled “The Flight of the Intellectual,†singular. It is essentially a booklong polemic against one magazine […]
http://israelbehindthenews.com/bin/content.cgi?ID=3967&q=1 Israel Resource Review OIL, CELL PHONES AND MOUNTAIN JEWS:WHAT FUELS AZERBAIJAN’S GOOD RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL? By Rhonda Spivak, attorney, writer, and member of Canadian & Israel Bar Associations, now edits Winnipeg Jewish Review at http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/ http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/archives-azerbaijan.html Rhonda Spivak Azerbaijan, a country made up mostly of Shiite Muslims, with only 25,000 Jews, has some rather […]
 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/books/review/Joffe-t.html?emc=eta1  The Worst of the West By JOSEF JOFFE ILL FARES THE LAND By Tony Judt This little book is a cri de coeur — an outburst of rage and sorrow in equal parts. The language of “Ill Fares the Land†is felicitous and polished, as befits such an intelligent and erudite author. […]
Palestine Betrayed by Efraim Karsh Yale, 336 pp., $32.50 Reviewed by Daniel Pipes National Review May 17, 2010 http://www.danielpipes.org/8329/palestine-betrayed Nakba, the Arabic word for “catastrophe,” has entered the English language in reference to the Arab–Israeli conflict. As defined by the anti-Israel website The Electronic Intifada, Nakba means “the expulsion and dispossession of hundreds of thousands […]
General Petraeus’ Thirty Years War By Spengler May 4, 2010 Asia Times Memo to heads of state: beware the clever general who turns up at a tough moment, and says “Leave it to me: I can fix it for you.” Two examples come to mind. The great field marshal of the Thirty Years War of […]
 WELL FIRST LET’S SAY THAT IKE’S “SURGE” IN NORMANDY DID NOT INCLUDE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT THAT HAMPERED OUR TROOPS ABILITY TO WIN. NO SPONGY LITTLE MESSAGES ABOUT AVOIDING “CIVILIAN” DEATHS…..AND CALLING THE NAZIS “INSURGENTS.”…BUT THE TROUBLE IS THAT USING IKE AS AN EXMAPLE IS PRETTY POOR READING OF HISTORY. IKE ENDED THE KOREAN WAR, LEAVING […]
IT IS VERY HARD FOR THE AVERAGE CITIZEN TO WADE THROUGH THE “IT CAUSES CANCER-IT PREVENTS CANCER” REPORTING FOR THE LAYMAN….VACCINES ARE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT AND THE NEWS IS AS MUDDLED AND MUDDIED AS CAN BE…..HERE IS ANOTHER TAKE….RSK Dr. Jay Gordon: Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing Dr. Jay Gordon: Full of sound and […]
May 03, 2010 The Two Vietnam Wars By Jim Guirard On Friday of last week, much of the establishment media reminded us of the awful 35th anniversary of the so-called “End of the Vietnam War” — on April 30, 1975. This is only partly true, and now we need to know what the late commentator […]
http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/p18375.xml?media=print The oil leak’s silver lining? Center for Security Policy | May 03, 2010 By Frank Gaffney, Jr. It is hard to see anything positive about the offshore drilling debacle that has countless barrels of oil washing ashore in Louisiana, and perhaps soon in other Gulf states. The environmental and economic damage will come at […]
