WASHINGTON — Irving Kristol, the recently deceased godfather of neoconservatism, once said to me, “Fairness is not a Liberal value.” I thought about his asseveration while observing the Liberals' colossal indignation over conservative activist James O'Keefe's entry under false pretenses into the district offices of Senator Mary Landrieu D-La.. O'Keefe is the merry prankster who [...]
Bob Tyrrell: Liberal Unfairness vs. James O’Keefe – The American Spectator
February 4, 2010 By 1 Comment
The Lure of Radical Islam
February 4, 2010 By 11 Comments
Why some Western men find the lifestyle of the jihadist so captivating.
Anger all around for Democratic leaders – POLITICO.com
January 27, 2010 By 1 Comment
President Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will be all smiles as the president arrives at the Capitol for his State of the Union speech Wednesday night, but the happy faces can’t hide relationships that are fraying and fraught. The anger is most palpable in the House, where Pelosi [...]
NRO’s Peter Wehner Schools Pat Robertson on Christian Theology
January 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
As news began to pour in yesterday from Haiti, my thoughts turned to Mission of Hope , an orphanage-school which friends of mine volunteered at. I wondered about their safety, the safety of the children and staff, and the condition of the ministry’s infrastructure. I thought about the country, the stories I’d heard, the history [...]
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Bret Stephens: Can Intelligence Be Intelligent? – WSJ.com
January 13, 2010 By 4 Comments
“Intelligence,” Daniel Patrick Moynihan once observed, “is not to be confused with intelligence.” To read two recent analyses of U.S. intelligence failures is to be reminded of the truth of that statement, albeit in very different ways.Exhibit A is last week’s unclassified White House memo on the attempted bombing of Flight 253 over the skies [...]
Harry situation: Inside the Reid eruption – POLITICO.com
January 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Harry Reid isn’t talkative. But the Senate majority leader chatted freely with the two disarmingly charming book authors who came to his office at the Capitol shortly after the 2008 election. They — and their tape recorder — were soaking in his reminiscences about the wild campaign that had turned a backbencher in his caucus [...]
Jihad Tactics From Elementary School
No one ever said that jihadists have to be mature. According to The Jerusalem Post, the police in Judea and Samaria are receiving 30-40,000 prank phone calls from Palestinians per month, forcing them to install screening software and to train their staff on how to distinguish fake calls from real ones. The police say that [...]