Apocalyptic Thinking Leads to the Apocalypse By Ben Shapiro http://townhall.com/columnists/benshapiro/2011/08/03/apocalyptic_thinking_leads_to_the_apocalypse/print We were told over and over again that if America didn’t raise her debt-ceiling, the financial roof would come tumbling down about our ears. We were told that the consequences for our credit rating would be disastrous. We were told that the stock market would […]
China’s New Aircraft Carrier Program Regional Ambitions – or Global? by Taylor Dinerman http://www.hudson-ny.org/2298/china-aircraft-carrier China’s first aircraft carrier, named, according to reports, the Shi Yang after the Chinese Admiral who first conquered Taiwan, will sail soon on its first cruise. According to a Chinese Government spokesman, it will be used for “scientific research, experiment and […]
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=269 Contrary to conventional wisdom, the Palestinian issue is not a primary Middle East concern. Pro-Western oil-producing Persian Gulf leaders are traumatized by the lethal Iranian nuclear threat, by a raging Arab street of their own and by a potential Iraqi earthquake in the aftermath of the U.S. troop withdrawal. The pro-Western Hashemite regime in […]
Russia’s Muddy Mediation in Libya Daniel Vajdic http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/russia-s-muddy-mediation-libya_581923.html Last month President Obama called his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, to “discuss a range of bilateral and international issues,” according to the White House, and to formally back Moscow’s arbitration in Libya. Meeting with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov a day later in Washington, D.C., Obama reiterated […]
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/print-friendly/39062 As a youth, I was fascinated to read about the travels of Marco Polo who, in 1275, had journeyed from his home in Italy to distant China. That was no mean feat in the thirteenth century, even though Alexander the Great had taken his Greek army as far as the Punjab in India, fighting […]
Brothers at War: Israel and the Tragedy of the Altalena (New Orleans, LA: Quid Pro Books, 2011). MILCHEMET ACHIM!—Brothers at war!—is a subject that has preoccupied Jews throughout their literature and history, from the narratives of Cain and Abel, Joseph and his brothers, in Genesis, the mutiny of Korach against the authority of Moses in […]
http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=232185 Israel to negotiate using 1967 lines, with mutually agreed swaps, if Palestinians accept two states, one Palestinian and one Jewish With the Palestinians set to seek recognition of statehood at the UN in just a number of weeks, Israel said Tuesday it would be willing to accept the 1967 lines as a framework for […]
http://michaelcutler.net/ Hi Gang: Here we go again! Not long ago the federal government went after the State of Arizona for daring to enact its own immigration laws in an obvious effort to fill the void created by the failures of the federal government to secure our nation’s borders and create an immigration system that has […]
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4103672,00.html No Muslim ‘radicals’ Op-ed: Those known as ‘radicals’ in West are simply the ones who adhere to Muslim faith For years we’ve heard Muslims commonly defined by a couple of different terms, “radical” or “moderate.” Yet what exactly do these terms mean? Dr. Wafa Sultan, born and raised in the Muslim culture of […]
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/146326 Putin Bashes American Parasites as Part of Presidential Campaign As a sign of worsening relations Vladimir Putin accused the US of parasitism and the US and Russia argued over Georgia. Aryeh ben Hayim Russian-American relations presumably “reset” by the Obama administration are entering into a deep chill. This is partially due to policy differences […]
