It is a well-established fact that the United States is a center-right nation, yet over the last fifty years, the country’s laws and policies have slowly drifted leftward. One reason for this is that the Right has passively accepted the premise that the Left holds the middle ground. By labeling conservative ideas as extreme, the Left is laying claim to a default position in the center.
The more the rich pay in America, the more people insist that they’re getting a free ride. Well, here’s a little bad news for progressives who think that way.
The fact that Gaddafi is a reprehensible human being and no friend of the U.S. does not automatically turn his opponents into Thomas Paine. "U.S. to deploy more ships to support Libya planning," by Phil Stewart for Reuters, March 18: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will deploy additional amphibious…
Curiouser and curiouser. An update on this story. "U.S. denies paid compensation over Pakistan killings," from Reuters, March 16 (thanks to Block Ness): CAIRO (Reuters) – The United States did not pay compensation to the families of two Pakistanis killed by a CIA contractor who was acquitted of their murder…
This is a concern only in Britain? And does anyone care now, or did they only care in 2006? "US terrorist concern on UK sharia banks -WikiLeaks," from Reuters, March 15: LONDON, March 15 (Reuters) – U.S. authorities expressed concerns that Britain’s growing sharia banking sector may be exploited to…
$2.34 million! The Islamic principle of qisas, or retaliation, allows for blood money (diyya) to be paid by the perpetrator to the relatives of the deceased in cases of accidental death or even murder. This is not just an Islamic ritual; it is part of Islamic law and suffices as…
"Moderates." "U.S.-trained forces arrested in bloody slaying of kids," by Aaron Klein for WorldNetDaily, March 14 (thanks to Pamela Geller): JERUSALEM – Two members of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ official security forces were arrested in conjunction with this past weekend’s bloody massacre in which five family members were brutally…
The disparity between the perspectives and values of the political elites and their allies and those of the common people grows ever wider. We saw it again tonight on Staten Island, where my SIOA colleague Pamela Geller and I attended a civic meeting that discussed the mysterious sale of…
