A few years ago, I got into an argument with an expert on military operations. I had written a white paper proposing the creation of a national-security court for terrorism cases. In the paper I criticized the trend to “judicialize” warfare, arguing that, in our system, judgments about the detention and treatment of alien enemy [...]
Intellectuals and Society
February 12, 2010 By 57 Comments
Why Thomas Sowell does not put much faith in Ph.D. degrees.
Court Rejects Wilders’ Witnesses – International Free Press Society
February 5, 2010 By 3 Comments
Dutch politician Geert Wilders was visibly annoyed when he failed to get what he asked for from the three judges hearing his case at the Amsterdam District Court. Mr Wilders, through his lawyer Bram Moszkowicz, had requested that 17 witnesses testify as part of his defence against charges that include inciting hatred of Muslims and [...]
My ‘Snap Answer’ To Mort Zuckerman
January 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Nancy Morgan’s latest article at RightBias.com
Mort Zukerman, editor-in-chief of US News and World Report, in his article, How To Get Americans Working Again opines that there is no snap answer as to how accelerate job growth. He is wrong.
I’m not an intellectual, nor a PhD., nor have I ever labeled myself [...]
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SAN’A, Yemen—In nearly a decade of rebuilding its terror network here, al Qaeda has put down deep roots, a move that is now complicating U.S.-backed efforts to battle the group. Unlike other chapters of the global terror network, Yemen’s Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is a largely homegrown movement, with carefully cultivated ties to [...]
Gauging the Iranian Threat
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How Come Marc Lamont Hill can call John Mayer a “White boy” and Not Be Called a Racist for It?
Joe Klein had a great post today calling out Marc Lamont Hill on last night’s O’Reilly Factor. Those new to NewsReal Blog might be unfamiliar with our history of confronting Hill for his extreme views and for Fox and O’Reilly for putting him on as a foreign policy expert when he specializes in hip-hop culture. [...]