Left Creates New Class of Victims, Illegal Aliens, While Real Victims Are Smeared as Racists


People often say there is nothing worse than losing a child. Yes there is. Losing a child is only the beginning of the grief. How that child died is the other half. That knowledge will either bring a modicum of comfort, or intensify the pain.
While the Left uses their usual tactics to muster feelings of [...]

NBA Playoffs Are Not A Place For Politics


Last week I attended a Milwaukee Bucks NBA playoff game; not until today did I realize how lucky we were to avoid a civics discussion. Yesterday, the Phoenix Suns team revealed that they are going to be wearing alternative jerseys on Wednesday night with the name “Los Suns” in protest of Arizona’s new immigration crackdown.
As [...]

Excuses for Islamists


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UCLA’s “see no evil” approach to terrorism financing.

NewsReal Blog Book Club: David Swindle’s Distractions From Moving


What to do after a long day of moving arrangements and packing?
NRB’s managing editor, David Swindle, described what’s been on his reading agenda the past few weeks:
While flying out to Los Angeles last week to find our apartment I finished Howard Bloom’s first book, The Lucifer Principle. (I’d previously raved about Bloom’s newest book The [...]

The Dr. Ruth of Counter-Terrorism


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Dr. Nancy Kobrin explains how a culture that forces males to be terrified of females leads them to murder and suicide.

The Left Squashes Life’s Little Pleasures


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Why every poll has concluded that liberals are less happy than conservatives.

CAIR’s Friends in U.S. Law Enforcement


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Why is a Los Angeles County Sheriff endorsing jihadi material published by the Muslim Brotherhood?

Celebrating the Iranian New Year


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Ex-patriot Iranians celebrate in Los Angeles and send a message back home.

Social Justice as a Code Word for Socialism: Remembering the Young Barack Obama


I’m excited I stumbled over Richard Wolffe’s article, “When Barry Became Barack,” Newsweek, March 31, 2008.  This piece covers the period around when I first met the young Barack Obama, during his sophomore year at Occidental College in Los Angeles.

My review of this article is particularly relevant right now [...]

Eighteen Years, Five Books, One Torah, and Dennis Prager


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The talk radio host’s Torah studies help a Catholic deepen his faith