P. DAVID HORNIK: GLENN BECK’S BASHERS

Glenn Beck and His Bashers Posted By P. David Hornik http://frontpagemag.com/2011/06/23/glenn-beck-and-his-bashers/print/ When Glenn Beck’s upcoming Jerusalem rally was first announced last month, he said it would be called “Restore Courage”—modeled on his “Restoring Honor” rally last year in Washington that drew half a million. Or as Beck put it: “Last summer, we set out to […]

DAVID SOLWAY: SEEING THE LIGHT

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/seeing-the-light/ Seeing the Light Posted By David Solway I have often wondered why the preponderance of left-liberal writing and expression-in-general has recently grown so wrong-headed, obtuse, hackneyed, tedious, stagnant, uneventful, dismal, shallow, and, in a word, dingy. Long have I sought for an answer to this nagging question as I struggled through the curdled murk […]

SUZANNE GARMENT AND LESLIE LENKOWSKY: THE IRS’S CHARITY PURGE

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303936704576397482909877032.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion The IRS’s Charity Purge Small nonprofits don’t need more paperwork assignments from Washington. By SUZANNE GARMENT AND LESLIE LENKOWSKY The Internal Revenue Service announced this month that 275,000 nonprofit groups—around 18% of the country’s tax-exempt organizations—have lost their federal exemptions because they failed to file Form 990s. The announcement was a long time in […]

THE ODD COUPLE: SEN. LIEBERMAN AND SEN. RUBIO ON LIBYA

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304070104576399923803151478.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion OH PULEEZ!! WHEN A DULL BRAIN COLLIDES WITH A GOOD ONE LIKE RUBIO’S WHAT NONSENSE EMERGES WHEN THEY BACK OBAMA’S MOVEABLE WARS….AS IF QADDAFI WOULD BE REPLACED WITH AN ALLY …AND “DEMOCRACY”….RSK The deepening confrontation between the White House and Congress over Libya is both counterproductive and unnecessary. Whatever one thinks about the constitutional […]

GEERT WILDERS ACQUITTED OF ALL CHARGES…..

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43505888/ns/world_news-europe Dutch court acquits lawmaker Geert Wilders of Muslim hate speech charges Politician claimed Islam is violent by nature, called for banning of Quran  

LEE SMITH: THE GOLAN HEIGHTS

http://www.tabletmag.com/news-and-politics/69920/the-heights/ http://www.jewishideasdaily.com/ U.S. and Israeli policymakers are yet to acknowledge that their decades-long push to use the Golan to make peace with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is a far-fetched dream By Lee Smith | Jun 22, 2011 7:00 AM The Obama Administration’s decision [1] to refer Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to the International Criminal Court […]

ARYEH TEPPER: THE OSIRAK PRECEDENT

http://www.jewishideasdaily.com/content/module/2011/6/23/main-feature/1/the-osirak-precedent In May 1981, eight Israeli fighter jets were on the runway waiting for the go-ahead to execute the most daring operation ever undertaken by the Israeli air force: flying more than 1,000 miles east over enemy territory to destroy Osirak, Iraq’s nuclear reactor. At the last minute, the operation was called off by Prime […]

JOHN ROSENTHAL: AL QAEDA’S BIG ROLE IN THE LIBYAN REBELLION

Al-Qaeda and the Libyan Rebellion  A new report explains the connection. http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/270293 A new report from two French think tanks concludes that jihadists have played a predominant role in the eastern-Libyan rebellion against the rule of Moammar Qaddafi, and that “true democrats” represent only a minority in the rebellion. The report, furthermore, calls into question […]

REP. PAUL RYAN: AVOIDING THE CREDIT CLIFF…NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/270274 Avoiding the Credit Cliff As our debt nears 90 percent of GDP, now is the time to act. The shadow of an oncoming debt crisis is hindering job growth today and threatening our fiscal and economic future. The latest warning came today from “The Long-Term Budget Outlook,” an annual report from the Congressional Budget […]

The Evolution of the Terrorist Threat by Sebastian L. v. Gorka

The Evolution of the Terrorist Threat by Sebastian L. v. Gorka (This testimony was delivered before its presentation to the House Armed Services Committee on June 21, 2011.) http://www.hudson-ny.org/2218/terrorist-threat-evolution Thank you Chairman Thornberry, ranking member Langevin, and the members of the Subcommittee for honoring me with the opportunity to testify before you on the vital […]