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Obama Favors Pre-911 Approach to Fighting Terror
June 20, 2008
This incisive piece by Philip Klein in this week’s American Spectator online outlines the evidence that Barack Obama considers terrorism a problem for traditional law enforcement, and favors a pre-911 approach to tackling this...
Brooke Sheilds’ Hubby Chris Henchy Wishes Iraq Vet Well
June 16, 2008
The party following tonight’s TONY awards took place at Rockefeller Center’s Rock Center Cafe, and yielded me a nice celebrity siting/anecdote. The champagne was flowing liberally, but I’m happy to say a drop of patriotism was in...
Brooke Sheilds’ Hubby Chris Henchy Wishes Iraq Vet Well
June 16, 2008
The party following tonight’s TONY awards took place at Rockefeller Center’s top of the rock, and yielded me a nice celebrity siting/anecdote. The champagne was flowing liberally, but I’m happy to say a drop of patriotism was...
Guantanamo Detainees Granted More Protections Than Any Enemy Combatants in U.S. History
June 14, 2008
On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that habeas corpus applies to detainees at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. While the ruling does not mean federal courts will necessarily release any of the detainees any time soon, it...
Iraqis Stand Up to al Qaeda
June 10, 2008
Check out this terrific story about an Iraqi sheikh who helped U.S. forces expel al Qaeda from Anbar province. Apparently he is now providing the U.S. with information about Afghan tribes, presumably including those along the...
Obama at AIPAC: Words, Just Words
June 4, 2008
by Heather Robinson
Barack Obama just delivered his requisite pro-Israel speech to delegates of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) at the annual policy conference, an important moment on the cusp of his ascension as the Democratic nominee for...
Israel Must Not Reject Natural Allies
June 2, 2008
A must read for all members of the pro-America, pro-Israel, pro-human rights, anti-terror community, this excellent article in this week’s Jerusalem Post magazine highlights the Israeli government’s disordered...
Selective Praise, Selective Outrage
May 28, 2008
The front page of today’s New York Times carries a photograph of an American soldier smoking a cigarette. A caption beneath the photo reads, “A Pause Before Beating Back the Taliban” and the caption goes on to explain...
A Strange Dichotomy
May 27, 2008
Having recently returned from the middle east, where I went to Ramallah and met Palestinians on their turf, I’ve been thinking about the risk I took, and also about the strange dichotomy that exists in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
In...
It’s Not Only Me. There are Thousands of Liberian Children Who Have Been Through War
May 21, 2008
“My mother told me, ‘My heart is broken to be separated from you, but you will find family in America,'” says Morris Sheriff. “That never left my mind.”
Nattily dressed in a tan suit and a red and...