German Left Ramps Up Attacks on Islam Critics


The future for free speech in Europe gets darker.

The Internet Sales Tax: Another Assault On The Constitution


Can a last minute conservative backlash stop the anti-consumer bill from being rammed through Congress?

China Weaponizes Cyberspace


A dire threat of the 21st century — and the unwillingness of the Obama administration to confront it.

Internet Hate and Double Standards


The Norwegian Left’s perverted world of respectable standards.

Pro-Palestinianism: A Movement of Hate, Pt. IV


Will the truth about Israel overcome the vicious pro-Palestinian propaganda campaign?

“Demonizing” Government Leads to Violence?


Get a grip, Mr. Clinton.

Navy Denies Access to Fox; MSNBC, CNN Okay


“Access to this site has been denied in accordance with Navy policy to safeguard the security posture and/or to maintain the operational integrity of the NMCI.” 
This was the message encountered on Friday by Navy corpsmen when trying to access FoxNews.com via the Navy’s internet system. Other news sites during this time, including the New York [...]

NewsReal Blog Interview, Part 2: Hayden Talks about America’s Enemies and How to Defeat Them


General Michael Vincent Hayden served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from May, 2006 until February, 2009. He is a retired United States Air Force four-star general and a former Director of the National Security Agency. Currently, Hayden is a principal at the Chertoff Group, a security consultancy, co-founded by former Homeland Security Secretary [...]

Punk Max Blumenthal Gets Punk’d At CPAC


A few hours before Glenn Beck brought the house down Saturday at the 2010 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)*, conservative Internet entrepreneur Andrew Breitbart gave the clownish left-wing performance artist Max Blumenthal a much deserved dressing down in public.
Adding to David Swindle’s insightful observations, I witnessed the verbal sparring in person in the lobby of Washington, D.C.’s Marriott [...]

A Post About Comments: Thanks to Ron Paul Fans, I Have An Answer for Swindle and Rushkoff


Last month, Editor David Swindle introduced NRB guests to the sagacious Douglas Rushkoff and his latest work, Digital Nation. Joining the author in his musings about the mental dribble and dung that accounts for much of what is consumed by the “Digital Nation,” Swindle posed the question:
“Is the Internet Destroying Our Lives or Enriching Them?”
Before [...]