WASHINGTON – Taking an important step on the thorny path to closing the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the White House plans to announce Tuesday that the government will acquire an underutilized state prison in rural Illinois to be the new home for a limited number of terrorist suspects held at Guantanamo. via [...]
Progressives go to War over…War
December 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The purpose of all war is peace—Saint Augustine: The City of God
While President Barack Obama was in Oslo, Norway yesterday accepting his Nobel Peace Prize (while at the same time justifying his troop surge in Afghanistan), back home Congressman and fellow progressive Democrat Dennis Kucinich was busy metaphorically pulling the red carpet out from under [...]
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A God Who Hates – by Pamela Geller
December 10, 2009 By 60 Comments
Wafa Sultan’s courageous new book.
The Left Whitewashes ACORN’s Corruption
December 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
An eagerly anticipated ACORN report that whitewashes the group’s lawbreaking and corruption was unveiled yesterday. ACORN ordered the sham study as political cover in September after videos surfaced showing its employees abetting child prostitution.
I participated in listen-only mode in the teleconference call in which the allegedly independent “audit” was released. I regret it was difficult to make out what the [...]
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Hey, Hey, LBJ: How Many Kids Did You Starve Today?
December 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Last week, one of our hottest discussions on NewsReal involved the controversy over Bishop Thomas Tobin recommending that Congressman Patrick Kennedy not partake of communion as long as he is a proponent of abortion.
Former Johnson Administration official, Joseph Califano Jr. had a rather chilling op-ed in response to this principled action by the Bishop in [...]
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Welcome to the New NewsReal
December 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Loyal and Cherished Readers,
As you all can see, things look a little different at NRB. Last night we relaunched NewsReal with a newer, better publishing system and on a new server. These changes will allow us greater freedom and mobility as we continue to pursue our mission. Over the next few days a few technical [...]
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Poll: Narrow majority support Obama’s Afghan strategy – USATODAY.com
December 4, 2009 By 1 Comment
WASHINGTON — A narrow majority of Americans support President Obama’s revamped strategy on Afghanistan, according to a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Wednesday, but there are broad concerns that the costs of the war will sap the government’s ability to address problems facing the nation at home. via Poll: Narrow majority support Obama’s Afghan strategy – [...]
The Welfare State and Military Power – WSJ.com
December 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
For our money, one of the better parts of President Obama’s speech at West Point this week was his connection between a healthy economy and U.S. national security. To quote: “Our prosperity provides a foundation for our power. It pays for our military. It underwrites our diplomacy.” We only wish Mr. Obama understood the link [...]
Ross Douthat: Obama’s Nobel Speech, NYTimes.com
Since I gave him so much grief for accepting the prize in the first place, I have to give the president credit for the speech itself. He faced the impossible task of having to give multiple addresses at once: A speech his European hosts expected to hear from a Nobel Prize winner; a speech that [...]