DHS PREDICTS DISMAL RATE OF SUCCESS IN THWARTING TRAVEL TERROR

Exclusive: In Wake of Christmas Day Bomb Attempt, DHS Predicts Dismal Success Rate in Traveler Screening Michael Cutler The idea that DHS predicts that it will only catch one in four travelers entering our country while committing criminal violations should stop all of us in our tracks. I am a realist and I understand that […]

AN INSIDIOUS FORM OF PROPAGANDA: THE MEDIA

Exclusive: Media Bias? What Media Bias? Tom McLaughlin As a history teacher, I must strive for objectivity. However, I know it’s not possible for a thoughtful person to study history, politics, or economics and not develop biases. Best practice would be to disclose those biases to students because it’s inevitable that I’ll teach concepts I […]

“GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO CROSSFIRE: OUR GUESTS ARE JAMES MADISON AND ALEXANDER HAMILTON”

Founders in the Crossfire By SETH LIPSKY | January 5, 2010 http://www.nysun.com/opinion/founders-in-the-crossfire/86895/ Host: Good evening to our television audience, and welcome to this special edition of “Crossfire.” What makes it special is that we have with us tonight two Founders of America, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton. Gentlemen, it’s nice to have you with us. […]

SOMALI JIHADISTS IN SWEDEN

 Somali Islamists in Sweden http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,670447,00.html Cartoonist Attacker Linked to Mogadishu Suicide Bomber REUTERS A Somali journalist wounded in the explosion at Hotel Shamo in Mogadishu Dec. 3, 2009. The man accused of trying to kill Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard and December’s Mogadishu suicide bomber were in Sweden together, according to a Swedish newspaper. The 28-year-old […]

AN “EXPERT ON TERRORISM” DISCUSSES TERRORISM WITH DER SPEIGEL….HELLO? SEE NOTE

DEAR E-PALS: DO YOU NOTE THAT THE WORDS “ISLAM” AND “JIHAD” ARE NOW “CERTAIN PERSONS FROM CERTAIN COUNTRIES”…..HOFFMAN IS NO BETTER THAT NAPOLITANO…AND HE’S AN EXPERT?….YIKES ARE WE IN TROUBLE….RSK http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,druck-670588,00.html US Expert ‘The Fight Against Terrorism Will Define Obama’s Presidency’ With a near strike on a flight to Detroit and a suicide attack in […]

MELANIE PHILLIPS: GEORGE GALLOWAY GOES TO GAZA

http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/5687401/the-unspeakable-in-pursuit-of-the-uneatable-or-the-other-way-round.thtml   The unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable (or the other way round) Which is more objectionable – George Galloway’s behaviour in Gaza, or the way the Guardian chose to report it? It appears that clashes took place in Gaza today between Egyptian forces and a Viva Palestina ‘aid’ convoy, including George Galloway, which […]

THE ISLAMIC ROOTS OF MUTALLAB’S SUICIDAL ODYSSEY

The Islamic Roots of Abdulmutallab’s Suicidal Odyssey Posted By Jamie Glazov The liberal milieu and mainstream media are baffled: What could have possibly led the 23-year-old Nigerian boy Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab [1] to attempt jihadi suicide on a passenger plane? How could such a nice, educated Islamic boy, who grew up in a rich and […]

RICHARD BAEHR: GOP PROPECTS BRIGHTEN….BUT…..SEE NOTE

THE DEMS ARE NOT DONE YET….WE NEED A MAJOR GRASSROOTS DRIVE TO VOTE THE SCOUNDRELS OUT….RSK With Democratic Retirements, GOP 2010 Senate Prospects Brighten Posted By Rich Baehr On January 7, 2010 In the space of a few hours, two incumbent Democratic senators facing reelection battles in 2010 announced their retirement [1] — Byron Dorgan […]

OBAMA’S NEARLY UNHINGED RESPONSE:VD HANSON

Bush Did It! And, Really, Bush Did It! And Bush Really Did It! Posted By Victor Davis Hanson That Damn Guantanamo! Obama gave a rather incredible press conference about his review of security lapses. When he evoked Guantanamo, the president all at once (“make no mistake about it”) (a) promised to close it, (b) promised […]

ONE “ALLEGEDLY” TOO MANY: DOROTHY RABINOWITZ

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703436504574639930433024734.html#printMode One ‘Allegedly’ Too Many In her raw and disastrous way, Janet Napolitano is revealing. By DOROTHY RABINOWITZ Shocking though it was, the Christmas Day terror attempt by a 23-year-old Nigerian has only hardened Americans’ awareness that they confront an implacable enemy in a war whose end is nowhere in sight. It is a hard-won […]