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My running commentary on events: local, national, and international. Areas of special interest include Israel, Iraq, and dissidents in the Muslim world.

Obamacare looks to be D.O.A.; now what?

November 15, 2013

by Heather Robinson

Barack Obama

President Obama’s apology on Thursday for the first of Obamacare’s unforseen consequences is a reminder that the road to hell is often paved with good intentions.

This truism is perhaps especially the case when it comes to the...

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Obamacare is dead on arrival

November 15, 2013

by Heather Robinson

Barack Obama

With all the hubbub about the impossibility of signing up for Obamacare, why not just scrap it and create a smaller program insuring the 40 million uninsured?

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Why should Lindsey Graham let it go?

November 15, 2013

by Heather Robinson

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In response to renewed calls from the public for examination of the Benghazi coverup, voices on the left have urged senator Lindsey Graham and others who persist in holding the Obama administration to account to just “let it go.”

If...

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Where is JFK’s vision?

October 28, 2013

by Heather Robinson

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With the 50th anniversary of JFK’s death approaching next month, it is tempting to speculate as to what JFK would have made of the inception of Obamacare and the general direction in which the country is headed.

On the one hand, in...

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Shutdown is Over. Now What?

October 18, 2013

by Heather Robinson

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Lots of commentators act like the shutdown was the height of irresponsibility. But it’s really more irresponsible to continue a pattern of excessive spending that could saddle future generations with financial catastrophe.

Look at what...

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This week at UN, Israel’s Bibi Netanyahu condemns Iran’s Rouhani as a “wolf in sheep’s clothing”

October 2, 2013

by Heather Robinson

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week lambasted Iranian President Hassan Rouhani as a "wolf in sheep's clothing."

Last week Iran’s new President, Hassan Rouhani, managed a charm offensive at the United Nations that convinced many world leaders that his country does not seek nuclear weapons.

This week at the United Nations Israeli Prime...

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Has Obama Gone Full-on Neo-Con?

September 2, 2013

by Heather Robinson

Greetings and welcome to the new and improved Heatherrobinson.net, an independent source for commentary, news, and feature stories about Israel, the Mideast, U.S. politics (including the Jewish-American vote), human rights,...

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A-Rod to fight steroid charge; will have more chance than Armstrong did

August 7, 2013

by Heather Robinson

Today’s Daily News reports that New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez is challenging his 211-game ban in connection with the Biogenesis scandal.

One thought about this: I’m no hard core sports fan and not so knowledgeable about the...

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With Rowhani’s election, Alusi warns West: do not backslide on Iran

June 16, 2013

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“We have the right to optimistic, but nobody should be naive,” said former Iraqi Parliamentarian Mithal al Alusi today via phone from Iraq concerning Friday’s election of Hassan Rowhani as President of Iran.

The election of Rowhani,...

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Got accountability?

May 19, 2013

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A few thoughts on the unfolding news regarding Benghazi, the IRS tax scandal, the subpoena of personal and work telephone records for at least 20 of the AP’s reporters and editors, and the seizure of information regarding Fox News...

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