Our contributor Andrew Bostom, the world's leading historian of jihad, has another important article today, in Front Page Magazine, on the scriptural and historical roots of infidel—killing in Islam. As always, his examples are vivid, numerous, and chilling. A small excerpt: Muhammad's... More

Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Soros—funded Human Rights Watch, is exposed in an editorial of the New York Sun, contradicting other key members of his organization, in order to justify his one—sided condemnation of Israel in the current crisis in Lebanon. Mr. Roth, who says he... More

David Bernstein, writing at the Volokh Conspiracy, finds Salon Magazine publishing a self—refuting article purporting to demonstrate that Hezbollah doesn't really hide behind innocent human shields. First two paragraphs of the article: "The bombs came just as night fell, around 7 p.m. The... More

The site EU Referendum demonstrates the extent to which the Qana deaths are being exploited heartlessly by Hezbollah propagandists and their willing enablers in the mass media. The cynical exploitation of the dead bodies of children over a period of hours shows beyond any doubt that Hezbollah has... More

If you go to a Blockbuster or some other video store or rent from Netflix, you can obtain the movie Shanghai Ghetto. It is about Jews who fled Germany and Eastern Europe in the late 1930s to the only place in the world they could go without a visa: the International community in the Hongkew... More

It takes a lot to stun the folks in Hollywood.  Marital infidelity?  Nah!  Very common, and in the latest oh so public instance, Brad and Angelina are supposedly bigger than ever.  Sexual deviancy?  How boring of middle America to think that even exists.  But... More

J.R. Dunn, who is as well qualified as anybody to judge these things, believes that Israel really blew its opportunity to defeat Hezbollah. He thinks that Prime Minister Olmert, without direct experience of combat himself, interfered with military judgment in just the way LBJ screwed up the US... More

New York Senator Charles Schumer's capitulation to allow a vote on UN Ambassador John Bolton's confirmation for reappointment means he will be confirmed. The Schumer position allows Democrats to vote no on the nomination itself to preserve their multilateralist commitments and opposition to all... More

In an August 7th Newsweek piece up at MSNBC.com here, Jonathan Alter points out the potential disaster looming for the Democrats if the loons on the left get their way. The author quotes none other than that oracle of political wisdom Monica Lewinski on the perils of political risk—taking, as... More

Michelle Malkin has a devastating video takedown of the media—sponsored theme of the "lone gunman" theory when it comes to Muslims killing Jews and other Americans. She uses the potential of internet video skillfully, combining words and images to show instance upon instance of Muslims... More

Now that ex—U.S. envoy Joe Wilson has discredited himself as a laughingstock, some great and mysterious PR machine of the Bush—deranged Left appears to have supplanted him with Ed Peck, another ex—U.S. envoy who's now making the TV—talk show rounds in his place.... More

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are noting the strange 8 hour gap between the attack on Qana and the colllapse of the apartment building which killed so many children. "The attack on the structure in the Qana village took place between midnight and one in the morning. The gap between the timing of... More

As Hizbollah cynically exploits  the tragedy of the 34 children killed along with 22 others in an Israeli air strike the estimable Charles Johnson at Little Green Footballs puts the tragic pieces together, daring to ask the questions and give the answers few seem willing to do.  And... More

YARGB has posted this comment (registration required) from Belmont Club which I think is right: The French ceasefire proposal, according to the Jerusalem Post has the following stipulations: The proposal stresses the need "to create the conditions for a permanent cease—fire and a lasting... More

The Israeli Foreign Ministry website has video of missiles being fired from behind the building in Qana. Meanwhile, Australia's Herald—Sun posts pictures of Hezbollah armaments being fired from within suburban neighborhoods. Using civilians as human shields in this manner is a war crime.... More

Human Rights Watch is one of the many NGO's (non—government organizations) that has made the term a euphemism for no good operators. In recent months it peddled lies about Haditha and the "attack" on a family of Arabs on the beach in Gaza, But that is just the tip of the misdeeds of this... More

"Irish refused bombs sent to Prestwick airport" Well, we now know where the Irish stand regarding support of Israel versus the jihadist Iranian proxy Hezbollah: BOMBS destined to be used by Israel are being flown via Scotland only because the Irish government refused to allow them to land on... More

Thank—you, New York Times. Poeple throughout the world, including the Arab world, will see this headline and truly believe Hezbollah is winning its fight against America. "A New Enemy Gains on the U.S." A group of fanatical terrorists, who shield themselves with civilians, who raise their... More

In the middle of an article on Isarel's domestic politics of the war, Gil Hoffman of the Jerusalem Post cites Benjamin Netanyahu's response to a British interviewer citing civilian causiaties as a reason to object to Israel's response to Hezbollah's aggression. His point is well worth keeping in... More

David Warren, writing at Real Clear Politics, provides what may be the best short critique of Israel's actions in Lebanon. The stops and starts have delivered a mixed message. One moment Prime Minister Olmert says Israel is prepared for a battle to the death, the next he starts talking about... More

Martin Bright, political editor of the UK New Statesman, has written a column in the Sunday edition of the UK Guardian (called The Observer on Sundays) in which he calls The American Thinker a "neocon journal." While we think the label is not very useful, and often simply a way of calling someone... More

We recieved this letter commenting on our coverage of Ed Peck: It is a rare thing for me to write to a political blog.  However, the subject article raised my hackles.  In my nearly 30 year foreign service career I was fortunate to meet some outstanding foreign service officers. ... More

Wednesday the Seattle Times ran a letter—to—the—editor that stated "We need to weed out these neocons and their globalist conspirators!" [emphasis added] And the Wednesday Seattle Times letter headlined: "Eradicate those who have put us in the Middle East" Now on Saturday the... More

Our contributor Andrew Bostom examines the words of the Grand Imam of Al Azhar University in Cairo, the closest to a supreme religious authority in Islam in exitence, hence the sobriquet "Muslim Pope." Almost needless to say, he finds some appalling stuff. The marvelous Pamela of Atlas Shrugs posts... More

Hassan Nasrallah was reported to be in Damascus today .  This could be a very disturbing development. Hitler has set the gold standard in this department — blowing your brains out in your bunker as the good guys close in.  After all the talk about Hizbullah's readiness to... More

Curtis Dahlgren recognizes the trouble one can encounter when thinking becomes a habit, and begins to take over a life. Like all good satire, his essay published at Renew America has painfully accurate overtones. A few examples: I began to think on the job. I knew we weren't paid to think, but I... More

A little while ago, former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft was roundly criticized for stating in a New Yorker article that there had existed "50 years of peace" in the Middle East under previous diplomatic policies  — which consisted of tolerating autocratic regimes. Of... More

Tikkun Magazine, published in Berkeley, California, is a primary journal of the Jewish religious left. Its managing editor Joel Schalit has expressed his shock at the shooting of Jews in Seattle in a manner that is itself shocking. It seems that real responsibility lies with the "tensions... in the... More

A Washington Post article today describes the way toys are being adapted to serve in the battle against improvised explosive devices in Iraq. Robert Pervere's fight against insurgents in Iraq started with an Emaxx monster truck from Debbie's RC World Inc. in Chesapeake, Va., a $335 toy that he... More

Bookworm deftly deconstructs an interview between a left wing journalist and a left wing activist, in which it is a given that Bush is a criminal liar. Members of the crisis cult apparently find these rituals comforting. Thomas Lifson   7 29 06 More

Yesterday, a self—proclaimed "Muslim American, angry at Israel" forced his way into a Jewish community center in Seattle, Washington, pulled out a gun, and opened fire.  Six people were wounded, one fatally.  The five others are hospitalized.  The reaction by local authorities... More

When Dems are playing tricks with national security matters.The Washington Post's Walter Pincus is our first clue that the game is on. Lawmakers Want More Data On Contracting Out Intelligence Congress is taking its first steps to oversee the Defense Department's rapidly growing activities in the... More

Prominent Duke University Law Professor Erwin Chemerinsky was interviewed again by Professors Hewitt and Eastman and continues to show a complete ignorance of the facts of the case, in which he serves as counsel. Most significantly, he  has ignored all the evidence of Plame's role in sending... More

The AP carries a hand—wringing dispatch about pollution from China blowing across the Pacific, and being detected on Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, California, just across the Golden Gate Bridge to San Francisco. On a mountaintop overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Steven Cliff collects... More

Via Ummah News Links, we learn that Iran's embassy in Canada does not like the press coverage of the war in Lebanon: ...we are disappointed at the way facts have been presented in order to sway public opinion toward an anti—Muslim, anti—Iran mindset. It is unfortunate the media has... More

Sometime ago I wrote about Russell Tice, self—denominated "whistleblower".  Macsmind reports that he has been served a subpoena to testify before a federal grand jury looking into illegal leaks of classified information: On Wednesday, July 26, Russell Tice, former National Security... More

After George Washington crossed the Delaware and won a victory at Trenton on Dec. 26, 1776, he did not rest on his laurels. Using Patton—like tactics to press the battle, he then marched his troops to attack the British at Princeton, NJ on January 3, 1777. Washington himself participated in... More

Note: This is NOT an Onion article. It actually appeared frontpage above the fold... In an all too predictable move, NYT writer Neil MacFarquhar is asking readers to believe that a once—supportive Muslim world is now turning against Israel. That's right! Mark your calendars: On July 28, 2006,... More

North America gained another city of over one million population this week, as Calgary, Alberta passed that magic milestone. Of course, many other metropolitan areas with extensive suburbs are far bigger in total, even if the core city has less than a million population. But nevertheless, Calgary's... More

The New York Times reports a truly alarming development: the conflict in Lebanon is threatening the Saudi—New York Times Peace Plan. Readers of the Times will remember that this plan was actually conjured up by columnist Tom Friedman who was discussing the outlines of such a plan in the good... More

Jimmy Carter stood by while Iran's Shah asked for American support to defend his government against Islamic extremism. After his overthrow, Carter stood by while American hostages withstood 444 days of imprisonment and torture under the Khomeini regime. This fecklessness emboldened Iran, which... More

In the last couple of days a number of news outlets have reported the findings of the World Health Organization concerning the incidence of skin cancer across the globe. Routers, for instance, opened its article  thus: As many as 60,000 people a year die from too much sun, mostly from... More

Failing a sensible position on foreign policy (see, if you haven't, how Bolton skewered Senator Kerry in yesterday's hearings for an extraordinary example), the Democrats have been trying to pull the wool over our eyes in a way that is at the same time transparent and... More

Precision guided karma munitions scored a direct hit on Sheldon Drobny this week. Confronted with the the anti—Israel venom now spewing from bloggers of the rancid Left, Sheldon Drobny blamed it on the other side, seeing "Karl Rove's fingerprints all over this."  Could it get any more... More

There is a reason that many derisively refer to CNN as standing for Certainly Not News.  After all, this is the network that crowed when they were the only ones allowed to remain in Saddam's Iraq until it was revealed the price was to be his propaganda organ.  And just a few days ago... More

I still struggle to find any substantive accomplishments of Warren Christopher as Secretary of State. Yet here he is calling for a cease fire. If one talks of propping up Yeltsin, how long did that last and what were ultimately the consequences? Corruption, disorder and national cynicism that... More

An unscientific poll of posters at a Democratic Underground discussion board yields a result that maybe isn't so surprising: 72% of those responding say they are "dealing with severe mental illness in their home." Based on the URL, this appears to be genuine, not a spoof. Whether DU posters are... More

Tom Maguire has a lot of fun at Just One Minute with the New York Times' avoidance of asking any awkward questions about Ned Lamont's membership in a whites—only, no—Jews—need apply country club in Greenwich, something he dropped only when contemplating a run for the Senate... More

Clinical psychologist Robert Godwin proposes an interesting framework for understanding the increasingly bizarre behavior of the American Left at his very interesting website One Cosmos. Drawing on the work of psychoanalytic anthropologist Weston LaBarre, he posits that the left has become a... More

In the fever swamps of the left, Michael Ledeen is seen as a shadowy figure trying to urge the U.S. to wage war on Iran. Nothing could be further from the truth. Rolling Stone has gone so far as to publish the false ravings of one such swamp denizen and Ed Morrissey deftly shreds... More

Bill Roggio, of the Counter—Terrorism Blog presents a sobering assessment of Hezbollah's military status. He concludes: In just two weeks, Hezbollah has been fighting the Israeli military to an effective standstill on the ground (remember that time is not on Israel's side due to pressure to... More

The number two leader of al Qaeda is calling for holy war against Israel and the West until Sapin is reconquered by the sword of Islam. The AP reports: Al—Qaida's No. 2 leader issued a worldwide call in a new videotape released Thursday for Muslims to rise up in a holy war against Israel... More

Recall Kofi Annan's snap judgment that the Israelis deliberately targeted the UNIFIL outpost in an attack that accidentally killed a few UNIFIL "peacekeepers." His rush to judgment, needless to say, is always against Israel. Annan, who endlessly deliberates over every sentence in his... More

A New York Times op—ed today by Abbas El—Zein concludes: ...the West has abandoned its claim to moral superiority based on respect for human rights and international law, and is pursuing instead a war based increasingly on tribal solidarity. What a tragedy this would be,... More

The New York Sun picks up an article from the UK Telegraph about the trial in Paris of a Saudi prince who is alleged to have smuggled $92 million in cocaine into France on his private 727 jet. A Saudi prince went on trial in his absence in Paris yesterday, accused of being involved in a plot to... More

In 1970 the late French political philosopher Jean—Francois Revel said this: Democratic civilization is the first in history to blame itself because another is trying to destroy it. This is an apt articulation of a startling truth, but it still fails to capture the whole reality. With the... More

When Hitler was totally enraged, the story goes, he would throw fits and bite the carpet. Whether it's true or not, Tehran's mullahs look like they are biting a Persian rug. There are some Mad Mullahs in Tehran today. According to the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) someone named... More

The next time Hezbollah is characterized as a social welfare movement by the New York Times and others, consider this from the New York Sun: Just like Hitler fought the Jews, we are a great Islamic nation of jihad, and we too should fight the Jews and burn them." — Hisham Shamas,... More

A search of all the news stories with the key words "heat wave" + "power failure" + "population growth" turned up nothing, nada, zip! When I removed the key words "power failure" I found only 8 stories for "heat wave" + "pop. growth." By comparison, a search of "heat wave" + "global warming"... More

Radioblogger has the transcript of a Chris Matthews appearance on the Imus in the Morning radio program yesterday which should do more than raise a few eyebrows. You've got to be a friend of the Israel Yiddish Star. That's American policy, it's American morale. We're friends of Israel. It's... More

The New York Sun reported yesterday on the developing scandal in Sweden over that nation's knowledge of the bribes being paid in the UN Oil—for Food scandal. The Swedish government knew in 2000 that Saddam Hussein's government demanded kickbacks from companies participating in the U.N.... More

There is a disturbing phenomenon on the rise in Britain's Muslim community called honor killings. This barbaric practice involves the killing of a female for alleged sexual or marital impropriates by members of her own family. Scotland Yard is currently investigating eighteen such cases. Last month... More

A New York Times op—ed :praises Hezbollah for fighting under Islamic laws re: advance notice, discrimiantion in selecting targets, and proportionality. How obtuse can the New York Times editorial board be when choosing to run an op—ed that actually praises Hezbollah for its principled... More

On what possible basis can Annan make this snap assertion? The Secretary General is now claiming that the unfortunate killing of UN personnel by the Israeli Defense Forces during its maneuvers against Hezbollah terrorists were the result of "deliberate" targeting. He has called for an... More

Pirate movies are once again popular, after some hard times a few years ago. But the most recent buried treasure has nothing to do with pirates. In Ireland, a worker digging with an excavator in a peat bog to package potting soil uncovered an ancient book of psalms, 20 pages long, and very well... More

Nicholas Kristof ($link) and others repeat the mantra that somehow Hezbollah was on its way our of power in Lebanon and that Israel will not only prevent this dynamic from playing out but will further strengthen Hezbollah. He fails to point out that Hezbollah had two Cabinet seats in the... More

Avi Bell, writing in the New York Sun, demolishes a report on Hezbollah from the Soros—funded Human Rights Watch as a tissue of lies, omissions, mischaracterizations, and other flaws: ...the authors' distorted views of the underlying facts, selective omission of crucial legal issues, and... More

A University of Southern California researcher discounts links between Iran and Hezbollah, and writes of Hezbollah as an agent of reform. In the Los Angeles Times, of course. Ed Lasky   7 25 06 More

This past weekend marked the culmination of a curious week in London. Called the Big Dance, it sought to get people dancing en masse in the streets for the purpose of 'promoting dance as a social and physical activity.' Call me a killjoy, but I find this idea weak—minded. It strikes me as... More

A fascinating Lebanese TV interview is reported by MEMRI featuring Hassan  Nasrallah, head mafioso of the Party of God. Nasrallah managed to flee the destruction of his thirteen—story underground headquarters in Lebanon ——— only to land in heap big trouble with the... More

Barron's reports that insiders at the New York Times Company are selling their shares: ...company insiders including: Robert H. Eoff and P. Steven Ainsley, both group presidents; publisher Richard H. Gilman; vice president Catherine J. Mathis; and director Cathy J. Sulzberger. Since... More

Even the sports page is infected with pernicious media bias. The Washington Post dispatched reporter Molly Brown to Paris to cover the miraculous comeback of American Floyd Land in The Tour de France. Brown couldn't resist leading the second paragraph with the loaded and frankly inaccurate... More

The Washington Post's Sebastian Mallaby is on his second installment of his carbon dioxide tax scheme.аThis time he resorts to that old standby logical fallacy "appeal to authority" citing renowned Silicon Valley tech tycoon Vinod Khosla to make his specious argument. аMallaby suggests that an... More

As the battle intensifies, the IDF is conducting a carefully planned and coordinated combined arms operation to reduce Hezbollah's bunker complexes in Southern Lebanon.  As discussed previously in these pages, the IAF can do a lot with to support the ground operation with precision strikes,... More

Indignant at the extra security checks at the Glasgow airport some Muslims have decided to launch a boycott . Describing one of the procedures, Bashir Mann of the Muslim Council of Great Britain had this to say: 'This was a show of sheer discrimination, victimisation of certain sections of the... More

Op—ed columnist Bob Herbert equates ($link) Israeli and American killing of innocents to Hezbollah, Hamas and Al Qaeda murdering The moral inversion at work at the New York Times is truly amazing.   But the unnecessary slaughter of innocents, whether by Hezbollah, Hamas, Al Qaeda,... More

Historian Diana Muir considers the question of crushing a populat religious movement, and concludes that it can be done, if one is willing to be brutal. From the History News Network: ...popular, religious movements have been crushed by military force many times, and in all parts of the world.... More

Is any prison guard worth $200,000 a year? According to the San Francisco Chronicle,  Jose Chacon, a lieutenant in the state prison system, earned $228,971 in 2005 He has plenty of company among state employees. 77 state employees earned at least $200,000 —— including... More

Once again, the Muslim world treats non—Muslims as second class citiznes or worse. So much for gratitutde for the help NATO (mostly the USA) provided against Serbia. From Ummah News Links: ... a new property restitution law in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina that officially... More

Senator Chris Dodd, has announced that his party will put up a "bruising fight" to prevent the confirmation of John Bolton to remain as U.S. Ambassador to the UN: Democratic Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut on Sunday promised a bruising fight in the U.S. Senate against confirming John Bolton... More

The New York Times Sunday Magazine publishes a long and detailed view of the North Korean counterfeiting operations, which have long plaugued the United States Treasury, and which have generated hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign exchange. As the article notes, Kim Jong—il continued... More

Dear Sir, In response to Mr James Lewis's article "Israeli AF has the range to hit Iran nuke sites", I would like to point out that even if Iran's quest for nuclear weapons could be stopped by attacking the sites,I think that there are 8 reasons why even a neocon or hawk should be a little wary of... More

Sheldon Drobny is a wealthy Jewish financier of the Democrats, and founder of Air America, the liberal—left "answer" to conservative talk radio.  See this Chicago Jewish News interview for a sense of the man. Remarkably, Drobny actually believes the virulent anti—Semitism... More

Iran makes money every time oil prices go up, giving it an incentive to keep turmoil roiling, and keep oil prices at terror—threat levels. But Iran also imports 40% of its refined products. And those imports keep goping up in price too, and are underwritten by huge government subsidies, to... More

Nicholas Kristof, the man who stoutly defended Sami Al—Arian (the man who was a key supporter and financier for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad network) now counsels Israel to, well, capitulate, in his subscriber—only New York Times column. This sentence is particularly obtuse: "All... More

Hmm..time to call in Ethan Bronner and Juan Cole and  translate away this somewhat unequivocal declaration via the APIran: Israel doomed to 'destruction' Ed Lasky   7 23 06 More

The Weekly Standard has an outstanding article called "Intelligence Dominance" by  Richard H. Shultz Jr. and Roy Godson. If you thought Valerie Plame is not the model for a CIA that can win the war on terror, Shultz and Godson make a strong case for a better way. They have done their... More

The Weekly Standard has an outstanding article called "Intelligence Dominance" by  Richard H. Shultz Jr. and Roy Godson. If you thought Valerie Plame is not the model for a CIA that can win the war on terror, Shultz and Godson make a strong case for a better way. They have done their... More

The website China Confidential reports that the North Korean missile tests in early July are regarded in North Korea as successful, implying that the Taepodong missiles were destroyed intentionally, after proving their lift—off and guidance capability. According to the report, the tests... More

From Ummah News Links: THE HAGUE, 22/07/06 — Socialist Party (SP) leader Jan Marijnissen has suggested that Islam terrorism may be compared to resistance against the Nazis during World War II. "Terrorism occurs in all times and places and its objective is usually to make things as unpleasant... More

From Arutz Shiva (link includes downloadable audio): Aaron Klein, Jerusalem Bureau Chief for WorldNetDaily.com, reports that the British intelligence service MI6 has established that Hezbollah is poised to launch a new "rain of terror" on Israel (c"v) with rockets equipped with "dirty bomb"... More

Captain Ed, the extraordinarily astute and hard—working proprietor of Captain's Quarters blog is joining together with the Heritage Foundation, the extraordinarily effective and influential think tank in Washington, DC. This is a match made in heaven, and both sides deserve... More

Many are the critics of Israel who react in horror when accused of anti—Semitism. Of course it is theoretically possible to criticize Israel without being a Jew—hater. Many Jews criticize Israel, and so do many well—meaning friends seeking a better future.  But our... More

Michael Young, opinion editor of Beirut's Daily Star: stalemate with Hezbollah would be viewed as a victory and weaken the Lebanese government further. So, while there is much caterwalling about preserving the power of the Lebanese Government, one expert on the ground sees that acease—fire... More

This explains why UNIFIL did not restrain Hezbollah: The French are in charge of it! Ed Lasky   7 21 06   More

From an New York Sun article by David Twersky: Javier Solana argued that Israel's actions could be seen as "not proportionate." Under international law, "proportionality" has nothing whatsoever to do with whether one party's response is proportional in some complex measurable way to the... More

"We're going to hang out the washing on the Siegfried Line," sang the British Tommies in WWII as they marched to war. In fact, they were bloodied in North Africa, along with the Americans, and then pursued the painful campaign through Sicily to Italy, before even touching the soil of Western... More

Check out this buried correction at the New York Times involving the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: An article yesterday about a statement released by Louise Arbour, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, in which she said that the killing of civilians in the Middle East... More

They clutch to the notion as does a baby who cannot sleep without her pacifier. Within a group never known for its consistency, it has been the one thing upon which the left agrees: George W. Bush is an intellectually incurious baboon. How do we know this? Well, Jonathan Chait said so — again... More

Wanna read a great Horatio Alger story? Except that in Latin America, it's a far more radical thing: President Alejandro Toledo, the outgoing president of Peru, a staunch, effective opponent of leftist Chavista populism, has decided to go back to being a shoeshine boy for charity, doing $100... More

The Associated Press interprets the House vote (410—8 in favor of supporting Israel against Hezbollah) as a result of its fear that the pro—Israel lobby will retaliate against those who dissent: "So strong was the momentum for the resolution that it was steamrolling efforts by a small... More

Little Green Footballs has been documenting the frequent anti—semitic screeds on Daily Kos for sometime, screeds like this.   But if you check the ad links to see who is keeping Kos afloat, you will see it's people like Senator Feingold and People for the American Way. Perhaps... More

Spain's Prime Minister Zapatero owes his electoral success to the 3/11 train bombing in Madrid. Maybe that explains why he donned a Palestinian—style scarf and criticized Israel. Or maybe he has already surrendered in his heart to reconquista, the sworn goal of bin Laden and many other... More

Maybe this helps explain why Switzerland departed from its usual silence and declared two weeks ago that Israel was violating international law as it tried to recover its kidnapped soldier and stop missile attacks aginst Israel . Islamic radicals are making inroads in Switzerland. Last month,... More

Victor Davis Hanson well articulates at Real Clear Politics a theory that I have been mulling ever since 9/11: step—by—step, Western patience with Islamic terror and its supporters on multi—cultural grounds is dying. Sooner or later we will start fighting as if our lives... More

The Inter American Press Association, a media watchdog group protecting a free press, has issued a report highly critical of the Chavez regime in Venezuela. Freedom of the press is on the way out there. AP reported it. But so far, the New York Times, which prides itself on its international... More

Investors Business Daily publishes an editorial supplying ample information justifying a future Israeli attack on Syria, should that come to pass: The order given to Hamas to kidnap the first Israeli soldier came from Khaleed Meshal, exiled Hamas warlord, from his perch in Damascus. The missile... More

All mourn as peace dies.   Rockets fall where spears once flew.   Did peace ever live?   Tim Bruner    7 20 06 More

The CIA subsidized politicians in Japan's Liberal Democratic Party in the 1950s, according to a document just released by the United States government, and reported by Japan's Kyodo News Agency. The LDP was and is the dominant political party of postwar Japan, a center—right coalition of... More

One of the more disgraceful recent instances of political obstructionism was the Senate's refusal to confirm the superbly qualified and eloquent John Bolton as ambassador to the UN. The President for forced to use an interim appointment to temporarily bypass the Senate. That interim appointment... More

A multiple choice question. Please choose one or more: A. Screwy enough to fire its tough chief inspector for Iran nukes, Chris Charlier, as demanded by Ali Larijani, the head foreign policy spook for the Mullahs. B. Screwy enough to allow its 15 inspectors to be constantly bugged and videotaped... More

Richard Cohen's WaPo column yesterday called Israel "a mistake"and was roundly denounced by AT's James Lewis and many others. Cohen stated that Israel was created as a haven for European Jews under attack from anti—Semitism, ...the idea of creating a nation of European Jews in an area... More

I am a huge fan of Canadian Prime Minister Harper. All the more so today, as I read this report from the Canadian Press: Speaking as the Group of Eight summit wound up, Harper also offered his condolences to the families of seven Canadians killed in an Israeli bombing raid in Lebanon, but... More

King—min Liu compares Japan's situation with North Korea to Israel's situation with Iran in the New York Sun. Prime Minister Koizumi was in Israel last week, and met with Prime Minister Olmert as the war was ongoing. Israel is surrounded by nasty neighbors who would stop at nothing to try to... More

Suppose a famous columnist for the Washington Post wrote the following: Black Harlem is a mistake. It just arose from Southern Blacks who migrated to New York City a century ago. It would be better if it never existed. or The Gay community of San Francisco is a mistake. It just came from... More

Unlike Hezbollah which deliberately targets civilains, the IDF has worked hard to minimize civlian casualties in southern Lebanon by , among other things, dropping fliers urging non—combatant civilians to leave. Hezbollah, however, is determined to use the people of Lebanon as a human... More

Even by Krsitofian standards, this column ($link) is one of the more obtuse it has been my misfortune to have read by him. No mention of the 1000 plus rockets that have been launched from Gaza into Israel despite the complete withdrawal of an Israeli prescence from there. No mention of... More

Even as the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) are battling to knock down Hezbollah, Iran's terror proxy in Lebanon, the Washington Times reports that the Israeli Air Force is now equpped to take on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad even while he is busy channeling the Twelfth Imam in Tehran. The timing of this report... More

"Semper I" is an old Marine Corps term applied to those selfish careerists who place their own success ahead of their men and the  wellbeing of  the Corps. Congressman John Murtha is a living example of that disgraceful term. A bugle blows in Arlington, Lilting notes fill still sad... More

Lucianne Goldberg: "If they are going to make the Times smaller it won't be the right width for a lot of litter boxes. What are cat lovers to do?"   More

Rosslyn Smith writes:   Note the reference to how this move was announced on the ever of the quarterly earnings report.    Note also that there should be a nice transportation cost savings because of the reduced weight.     Reducing page size appears to... More

The New York Times is desperately flogging circulation. Richard Baehr comments: I got a call from the Times yesteday offering me the Monday to Saturday paper free for two months. I accepted, and told the caller (who undoubtedly couldn't care less, since he probably got a commission for selling two... More

While Hizbollah, Hamas and their terrorist funding enablers such as Iran spew  hatred towards "the Zionist entity"  (they can't even squeak out the word Israel), Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert spoke forcefully about Israel's mission and determination but with quiet regret at the loss... More

Our friend from Dublin, Ireland, Tom Carew, asks some basic questions about proportionality. In WW II, the total German dead were 10.82% of the population, and the much lower Japanese rate was 3.61%. But the UK lost 0.94% and the USA 0.32%. Were the Allied defenders of freedom... More

The Corner's Michael Rubin reminds readers of the disastrous role of UN peacekeeping forces in the Middle East: An International Force for Lebanon? [Michael Rubin] Both Tony Blair and Kofi Annan are calling for deployment of an international peacekeeping force to Lebanon.  Yeah, right. Three... More

What happened to the Taliban? During a bout of channel—flipping Sunday night I briefly stopped to watch ESPN's ESPY awards show. Actress Ashley Judd introduced the winners of something called the Arthur Ashe courage in sports awards. Ms. Judd introduced a video showing two Afghan teenage... More

The San Francisco Chronicle continues its investigation of the pay practices in state—run higher education, moving from the University of California System to the California State University System, the second tier of campuses. The same sort of practices seem to be occurring: high officials... More

Yousseff Ibrahim argues in the New York Sun ($link) that the majority of Muslims want to be free of backward the fundamentalists in their midst. I don't know if he is right that his views are representative of the majority, but, like me, he thinks the Arab League's response to Hezbollah's... More

David Paulin explores the strange fact that a number of prominent terrorists have connections to Jamaica and the Caribbean at ModernConservative.com. He points a finger at the alienated intellectual classes in many Caribbean islands, who have never been able to get over the imposition of slavery by... More

Bookworm remembers an interesting gathering in Beirut: In September 2004, there was a huge gathering of anti—American, anti—Israeli organizations in Beirut to attend a conference entitled 'Where Next For The Global Anti—War And Anti—Globalization Movements? An International... More

There are many reasons to be grateful that Dean's Dems are not in control of Congress and the presidency.  Here is one of them: Speaking at DemocracyFest "billed as part conference, part festival for progressive activists in San Diego," Dean asked 'Explain to me how it is that this president... More

Listening to the talking heads and pundits discussing the War in Lebanon, I am struck by the lack of anyone's observation of the lack of air defenses by Hizbollah. From all reports I'm seeing and reading, the Israelis totally own the airspace over Lebanon. As of the moment, I've heard not a word... More

Here's an interesting question in light of current world events, 'What terrorist organization was responsible for the most number of American deaths prior to the 9/11 attacks?'  A tough question and the answer might surprise you. J. Cofer Black, the U.S Department of State Coordinator for... More

I do not think this remarkable event would have been possible without our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: "Arab FMs hold emergency summit" | Jerusalem Post: "The Saudi foreign minister appeared to be leading a camp of ministers criticizing the guerrilla group's actions, calling them... More

The disclosure that certain favored employees of the University of California have received home loans at non—market rates struck my accountant's eye.  Two items: 1) The article stated that UC officials argue the loans do not cost the university any money because it generally... More

In a report today, the AP  notes that Iran has indicated the Western incentives to halt its nuclear program are an acceptable basis to begin talks. No sensible person can read that as but yet another stall effort. Nevertheless this Russian response is heartening Russian lawmaker Konstantin... More

Thanks to the National Rifle Association and other pro—gun rights groups around the world, the UN's five—year effort to essentially establish a global gun control scheme has gone nowhere.  The UN Small Arms Conference ended Friday, July 7, with no 'formal conclusions or... More

Mediacrity quickly disposes of the ridiculous rhetoric on Israel and proportionality: Today's No. 1 Israel—smear word is "disproportionate." Just run the words in Google News and you'll see what I mean —— 3,500 hits! It's a fave of such epitomes of moral authority as the European... More

By having Hamas and Hizbollah attack Israel, the Islamic extremists, presumably under the leadership of Iran, have succeeded in calling into the field at the same time the two most effective military forces in the world — those of the US and Israel. The last person to achieve a strategic... More

Frank Salvato, editor of the New Media Journal, sees us asа"on the brink of world war" and responds with a callа to"acknowledge the reality of war," as the editorial's title has it. ...аit is time to reject the idiocy of political correctness. It is time that those of the fifth column, both... More

Two prominent law  bloggers say that the Specter Bill punts and that the Addington/Yoo contentions about presidential power to monitor communication under FISA have won the day stealthily. Orin Kerr: Maybe I'm missing something, but my sense is that it largely tracks the David... More

The San Francisco Chronicle deserves great praise for its work on the University of California's scandalous compensation policies. Yesterday Todd Wallack disclosed: The University of California has issued thousands of low—interest home loans to executives, faculty members and other... More

Youseff Ibrahim in the New York Sun sees a historic moment in the war raging on Israel's borders. Iran's "tentacle" Hizbullah enjoys no support among Sunni Arabs, and Syria is a pariah: The right address for Israel's wrath was and remains Damascus. The right targets are Syria's civilian and... More

The wayward ways of our leadership have given rise to palpable discouragement and disappointment in the conservative base. So much so that in some quarters the frustration is slowly growing into indifference. And although the frustration is both understandable and justified, apathy is a dangerous... More

Last week I wrote a piece on Al Gore's global warming tour   No sooner were the pixels burned into my LCD display than Washington Post columnist Sebastian Mallaby affirmed my wildest suspicions. In Monday' s Post, Mallaby wrote a column advocating carbon taxes to alleviate global warming... More

As a bookend to the preposterous Wilson/Plame case, Dan Rather indicates he doesn't quite know on what grounds, but he may sue CBS. Pretty funny except when you realize he made tens of millions peddling pap for the network. Look, if that's what it takes, I could hang horizontal from a lamppost in a... More

Olivier Guitta draws our attention to some important overlooked news reagrding the conflict underway on Osarel's borders, at the Counterterrorism Blog: 1— According to Israeli Channel 10, Hezbollah was able to hack into the Israeli Army's computer systems prior to the attack. 2— For... More

The article "On Fanatics, Religion, and Islam" is excellent, but contains a sentence that needs some clarifying response. "Another Christian sect, despite Jesus' words on the comparative unimportance of the sabbath, seems to believe that salvation is determined by whether one goes to church on... More

The "organized crime" elements the New York Times instructed us to suspect of the Mumbai train bombing outrage have been tentatively identified. From the Hindustan Times: Forty—eight hours after bombs ripped through Mumbai, the needle pointed to Pakistan. Intelligence agencies on Thursday... More

Well, James Bond girl Valerie Plame finally took off her sunglasses — the ones she wore in a vanity cover of Vanity Fair next to a frowning Joe Wilson, sitting in their real—spy sports car. All to cover her secret agent identity. Today Valeria Plame, who has resigned from the CIA,... More

I expect the defense can finance itsellf by selling tickets to the depositions. WASHINGTON——(Business Wire)——July 13, 2006—— Valerie Plame Wilson, Ambassador Joseph Wilson and their counsel, Christopher Wolf of Proskauer Rose LLP, will hold a news conference at... More

Between Syd Barrett, the founder of Pink Floyd who died last Friday at aged 60, and Aljazeera.net's latest hero Kevin Barrett, the University of Wisconsin's new 9/11 conspiracy professor, the surname Barrett is all over the headlines this week. But thanks to John T. Barrett, an alert, patriotic NY... More

Non—state organizations like al Qaeda and Hezbollah are difficult to war against. Hamas controls the Palestinian Authority (not quite a state itself), and now Hezbollah in Lebanon is behaving as a state, to some degree. Megan K. Stack and Rania Abouzeid writen an op—ed in the... More

The New York Sun has an excellent editorial by Daniel Freedman on the situation in Israel. He points out that Sharon, architect of the Gaza withdrawal, is cruelly unavailable to guide Isarel through a situation he probably anticipated. It is another example of the excellent writing that... More

Editor & Publisher, the leftist publiucation serving the leftist press, predictably loves leftist Frank Rich's forthcoming book. Matt May is not impressed and blogs what he wrote to E&P: "Your 'review' of the new Frank Rich offering is a prime example of why the mainstream news media... More

London mayor Ken Livingstone announced yesterday that the ｣8—a—day congestion charge will be raised to ｣25 for SUVs. In other words, if you own an SUV you will have to pay almost 50 dollars for the privilege of driving through central London. Livingstone said that the charge will... More

I thought I'd seen it all I guess In videos from the East; Enough to tell me nothing less, We're dealing with a beast. Such savagery and blood lust, Sawing off our soldier's head, Ensures to me that we must Leave all these bastards dead.   And yet may God preserve us From those too weak to... More

Sweetness & Light reminds us that the Judge (Royce Lambreth) who was removed from a long running suit against the Department of Interior for his bias and who so described the Department in the challenged opinion: 'the morally and culturally oblivious hand—me—down of a... More

Bookworm notes that San Francisco has lost its first native son to die in Iraq. The war claimed another life, that of Army Spc. 4 Christopher D. Rose. His death is noteworthy, not only because it's a tragedy every time an American soldier dies, but because he is San Francisco's first Iraq tragedy... More

Strange as it sounds, the red—state phenomenon in elections is starting to spread beyond U.S. borders. In Mexico, there are (figuratively speaking) red states too. Their support explains why a free—market candidate, Felipe Calderon, won Mexico's election on July 2 against a rather... More

The New York Times spends 118 words going to bat for the presumptive innocence of Muslims in the Mumbai train blasts in its coverage this morning: But they also reminded many here of a series of bomb blasts in this city of 17 million in 1993, later attributed to organized crime, that killed more... More

The visible rise of particularly brutal Central American ethnic gangs in the United States has not contributed much to the general celebration of diversity. This is a matter of considerable concern to our betters in the media/academic/therapeutic establishment. The elite need a bit of... More

The G8 summit has not yet started, but already there is no shortage of squabbling and controversy. The pre—summit talks have been dominated by the question of how to fund a program to provide cheap drugs to Africa. As could be expected, Jacques Chirac has a brilliant idea. He is proposing a... More

The tape has finally been released — the one of the desecration of the bodies of PVT Menchaca and PVT Tucker.  We knew the opposition would not be able to resist.  The best guess of informed observers is that they were killed in the firefight, not afterward.  We pray that is... More

This is just about the last nail that needs to go into the Bush Doctrine coffin to bury it for good. Let's not make any more cracks about the Euroweenies or 'Cheese eating surrender monkeys.' We're well on our way to full membership in the E.U. thanks to a President who has little if any political... More

North Korea continues to bait the rest of the world with its program to launch missiles with no offcial notification of other nations, and with no regard for its neighbor Japan, which has been overflown contrary to international law. That Japanese cabinet secretary Abe has publicly spoken of... More

Louis Pepe has the distinction of being the first victim of Islamic terrorists in America. A jailer at the federal lockup in Manhattan, Pepe was attacked and severely injured when a top lieutenant of Osama bin Laden stabbed him in the eye, and he was beaten. Disgracefully, he has had to fight for... More

A few rotten apples really do spoil the barrel. The Los Angeles Times reports that four men alone comprised a virtual crime wave in a a substantial portion of the city, the Northeast Division. In June, police arrested four men they say were responsible for more than 500 crimes, including car... More

The Times of London reports that HINDUS living in Britain do not want to be described as 'Asian', according to a big study of the community. Instead, they want to be known as British Indian, Hindu — or even Desi, a Hindi word growing in popularity with the young that means being rooted in... More

Many speeches were given to mark the 1st anniversary of the London terrorist bombings, but none can beat the one given by Omar Brooks. Repeatedly poking fun of the victims, the Muslim cleric who is also known as Abu Izzadeen, described the actions of the attacks' ringleader as 'completely... More

General Lehnert's speech is excellent, and I am all for proper recognition of our warriors. And the recognition needs to continue.  But we must realize the true reward for military service will be the knowledge that our sacrifices ensure the survival of the... More

Russia is seeking more influence in the Middle East via heightened Arabic language television news broadcasts. Russia Reform Monitor reports: The Financial Times reports that RIA Novosti, the state—controlled news agency and umbrella organization for Russia Today, the Kremlin's... More

Few American Thinker readers will ever get the opportunity to sit down and have a heart—to—heart conversation with a Marine Corps General, get a feel for how he views the world, learn what influences his thinking or hear some of his personal experiences. In what was most likely part of... More

Iranian news agency ISNA proudly reports that Iran is now able to perform overhauls on its aging fleet of 5 Boeing 747s, which date from prior to the imposition of sanctions by the United States during the Jimmy Carter presidency. "Of course we can not deny the negative effects of the placed... More

Buried in the New York Times (but at least it showed up there) is information suggesting that lawyers for the Gitmo detainess may have helped them to coordinate suicides, resulting in a worldwide firestorm over alleged abuse of the poor darlings. Such assistance would be a major abuse of... More

... but not as we did then when we could do something In his current column, John Stoessel  makes a point in passing that most of us are familiar with, but we should still not forget. The Kyoto Protocol, the rejection of which seems to count so much against Bush in the Bushitlerburton... More

In his San Diego Union—Tribune commentary, 'A political battle Bush is winning,' Robert Caldwell notes the following regarding Americans' opinions concerning press revelations of classified programs that are part of the war against terrorists: An Opinion Dynamics Corp. poll conducted for FOX... More

Yesterday the New York Times published a story about a once—confidential letter sent by Congressman Hoekstra, Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee to the President. Tom Maguire reports that the NYT reads into the Hoekstra letter what isn't there——domestic spying ... More

The Gaza—based "PCHR" — Palestine Centre for Human Rights — is funded by the Irish Goverment, to the tune of £ 100,000 [ = ｣ 69,460 or $ 127,850 ]  in 2005, and also by the EU, but its statement on the current crisis attacks Israel, but not the attack on the IDF by... More

We buried a great American on Friday. Marine Staff Sergeant Raymond Plouhar was killed by a roadside in Anbar province on June 26th,  while on his second tour to Iraq. He left behind his wife, Leigha and two sons Raymond and Michael.  He also left them and us a legacy that few men can... More

I am glad we have passion on our side, but I don't agree with Aussiegirl's cri de coeur. We are winning.  It is very important not to mistake that for losing, although in the middle of the fight it can be difficult to tell.  Yes, there certainly are backsliders, and we have to hope that... More

How would you like to run a business where gross revenues were absolutely guaranteed regardless of the quality and quantity of output? Now imagine that as the head honcho you can make cuts in staffing so that you can redirect funds into your own financial remuneration package. And I'm not talking... More

So little attention is being paid to the now translated captured Iraqi documents, it's a pity. For the reveal a great deal that flies in the face of conventional (media generated) opinion about Saddam's connections to terrorism and his WMD program. Captain Ed has been running a series of them.... More

Aussiegirl has just fired a political missile at President Bush at Ultima Thule.  She's fed up with all the political dithering —— over North Korea's nukes, Iran's weapons program, the failure to secure our borders, and much else.  She's worried about the survival of our... More

Former British defense secretary Lord Healey said yesterday that the United Kingdom should divest itself of its nuclear arsenal. "I don't think we need nuclear weapons any longer," he said. So let me see if I get this right. North Korea, Iran and other madcap regimes are all working overtime to... More

Krugman's thesis today in his column "The Treason Card" (behind the Times Select Wall) is that Bush and the Republicans exploited 9/11 to enact tax cuts and appoint right—wing judges. He misreads the WSJ editorial he cites. T he preamble of the editorial (and laced throughout the opinion... More

Diana West, in a Washington Times op—ed, provides a vignette of dhimmitude as practice by the UK police. The following incident took place during hte anti—Danish cartoon rally by Muslims in London: ...[an] English bobby vigorously silencing such a citizen, described as a van... More

An extensive survey  of baby boomers in Great Britain uncovered that many of them are apt to exaggerate their exploits during the decade of flower power and the Summer of Love. It turns out that many boomers actually experienced far less sex, drugs and rock'n'roll than they claim. Somehow the... More

The New York Sun has been covering recent research on UN diplomats who ignore parking tickets (as they are able to do via their diplomatic immunity. It is an anti—America thing. "Researchers who examined tens of thousands of parking tickets issued to United Nations diplomats found those... More

I have been reading the current issue of the New Yorker.  It contains a fascinating article called, "The Agent", by Lawrence Wright. Unfortunately it is not available on—line, at least for now. The journalist points out how the CIA refused to cooperate with the FBI during the Cole... More

At the FOX News site, Roy Robison and his translator "Sammi" have posted their latest translation of and analysis of a document declassified and released by the Foreign Military Studies Office — a training manual for terrorists operating inside Afghanistan.  As the article states: "The... More

Sacre bleu! France, which has roundly alluded to American racism and primitivism, is highly racist in its housing policies, according to this AP dispatch. Time for a French Fair Housing Act? Time to stop the finger—pointing at us? PARIS —— An undercover test found... More

"368,000 private new jobs added in June" Are you just lolling around the pool, enjoying the summer sunshine?  If so, while you're lazing more and more Americans are working. U.S. private sector employers created an estimated 368,000 jobs in June, compared with 122,000 jobs in the previous... More

Anjem Choudary — the extremist Muslim lawyer who in February organized the march on the Danish Embassy in London in protest against the Mohammed cartoons — has been punished for his actions. As you may remember, the march seized the world's attention thanks to the breath—taking... More

Douglas Hanson writes that it's unlikely that Kim Jong Il exploded his own long—range missile after 42 seconds yesterday. True, with one possible exception: if it was on course to a real target. Ballistic missiles have predictable trajectories soon after launch ——— that's... More

The past week has seen two cases of hysterical overreaction that we could have done without.  The first is the domestic left—wing response to the Hamdan decision. This was a strictly procedural decision in which the majority of justices decided that President Bush failed to touch... More

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg testifed before the Senate today in support of the Senate bill to allow illegal aliens to become legal permanent residents and citizens.  I strongly oppose this bill, but I recognize that plenty of smart people support some sort of "amnesty" as part of... More

Just a small observation. Why did the North Koreans fire multiple missiles today?  They know that we have a layered anti—missile defense, ranging from Aegis cruisers near the coast of North Korea to catch missiles in the slow boost stage, to developing mid—flight and... More

Marathon Pundit has an important dispatch on the case of Thomas Klocek, which we have been closely following. Since a civil suit by Klocek is proceding, the attorneys for Klocek will be very interested in the following. Documentary filmmaker Grant Crowell recently met with Christina Abraham, a... More

Thomas Nast would be proud: An Algerian cartoonist who has faced death threats and legal harassment for his work, and 11 Danes whose cartoons in the newspaper "Jyllands—Posten" last year sparked a storm of controversy, have been named winners of the CRN Award for Courage in Editorial... More

Doug Hanson is right — as usual — in concluding that North Korea's missile launches are intended to test U.S. resolve.  The question is: Resolve about what? Let's cut through all the super—sophisticated analysis that's flooding this morning's newspapers and talk shows and get... More

Alberta, Canada's oil—rich economic powerhouse, is in the midst of a boom that has created severe labor shortages. The oil and gas industry, including the vast tar sands with more reserves than Saudi Arabia, is hiring at a prodigious rate. Many businesses, such as restaurants, cannot... More

Alberta's Prime Minister is responding to Al Gore's attack on tar sands development in a forthcoming ssue of Rolling Stone. From the Calgary Sun: Former U.S. vice—president Al Gore is full of hot air for comparing oilsands backers to junkies seeking their next fix, charges Premier Ralph... More

In Front Page Magazine, Robert Spencer looks at the internet postings of wives of some of the men arrested in Canada's anti—terror bust, and what they reveal about the western world's experience of receiving Muslim immigrants. He supplies lots of good analysis.  His main... More

Anything is possible with 'Lil Kim, but I don't think deliberately failing the missile tests is one of them.  Rather I think he was testing our resolve and our new missile defense system.  Here is a good rundown of the missile firings (though it was published before today's firing of a... More

Jack Risko of Dinocrat.com listened to the webcast of the Times' presentation at the Newspaper Association of America conference a couple of weeks ago, and is decidedly unimpressed. While most critics of the Times focus on its journalistsic slant, the company continues to give evidence of very bad... More

Massachusetts is one of the bluest of the blue states, with stagnant population growth (negative in some years), despite a yearly influx of young people from elsewhere, thanks to the state's many excellent colleges and universities. As a result, the state faces the possible loss of one or even two... More

Almost a month ago the world was treated to a heart—rending video of a little girl wailing over the death of her father on a beach in the Gaza territory administered by Palestinians. The narrative was quite clear to most of the world's press: evil Israel had shelled the beach and another... More

It looks like Hollywood is not the only film—making place in trouble these days. Following the death of Zarqawi there has also been a noticeable decline in the quality of the cinematographic output by the Iraqi insurgents. Their trademark beheading videos — so artfully staged not so... More

Editorial page editors at the McClatchy Co.—owned Minneapolis Star—Tribune removed king—sized hunks of syndicated columnist Jonah Goldberg's recent column about New York Times, et al. revealing   national secrets and compromising national security, during the war on... More

Is it my imagination, or is there a sudden hush in the shrieking media barrage today? Was it only yesterday that the NYT and WaPo were roaring and thundering, month after month, at President Bush and the GOP ——— to surprisingly little effect? Have we run out of phony scandals yet?... More

The flag desecration amendment vote last week fell one vote short of passage in the Senate, 66—34. A two—thirds majority was required.  As with most things important to the majority of Americans, it did pass in the House.  That stalwart of the Senate, Dick Durbin,... More

Venezuelan Carlos the Jackal, the 1960s yeayyy—babeee Austin—Powers—era terrorist who sits whining in a French jail these days, has lost his case with the European Court of Human Rights. He told the court his human rights were being violated because he never got the... More

I recently received this note from one of our readers, a military mother from Texas: During the Vietnam War I was a teen. I graduated in 1968. During the last two years of High School I was taught math by a retired Army Colonel who had five Masters' Degrees. He would write on the chalkboard each... More

Last week in the Hamdan v. Rumsfeld case, the Supreme Court declared that the military tribunals used to try captured terrorists are unlawful and in violation of both federal and international law. This, despite Congress' clear intention in the Detainee Treatment Act (DTA) to deprive the... More

When Renault, the partially state—owned French auto maker, purchased a controlling interest in Nissan, it was a daring move, but one whose risk was mitigated by the backing of the French treasury. Carlos Ghosn, the Brazilian Renault executive sent to turn around Nissan, performed brilliantly,... More

Shares of British Aerospace opened sharply lower today, on news of the unexpectedly low valuation placed on its 20% stake in Airbus. Speculation abounds that BAe shareholders will decline the deal when they vote on it. Such a rejection would add further chaos to Airbus and its parent EADS, which... More

The Washington Times reports: An amnesty for foreign students who are in France illegally expires with the end of the school year tomorrow, making tens of thousands of youths eligible for deportation and prompting cries of alarm from left—wing and pro—immigrant groups. Even as surveys... More

Richard Baehr wrote an article for AT about the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux over a year ago. The NCAA is on the warpath against some schools with team mascots deemed "offensive" to certain minorities, while others, most notably Notre Dame's Fighting Irish, get a pass. Racial... More

Last week a group of economists called on Britain's Chancellor of Exchequer Gordon Brown to follow the lead of the US Treasury and create an institution to look at the dynamic effects of tax cuts and include these in his public finances forecasts. Brown assumes at present that changes in tax rates... More

Jon Corzine seems to be doing a Gray Davis imitation by furloughing workers before the July 4th weekend, including gaming commission workers, leading to a probably shut down of Atlantic City casinos. He has already shut down the state lottery to "save money." Of course, the Tony Sopranos of... More

In a story headlined "Journalists and Leakers feeling the Heat" AP special correspondent Charles Hanley  has now tagged Joe Wilson a "whistleblower." Apparently, he never read the Senate Intelligence Committee's Report. Perhaps he didn't have time to read it,  it's a long report... More

Noël Forgeard, the onetime protégé of Jacques Chirac, has been ousted from his position as co—CEO of Airbus parent EADS.  Also 'resigning' is the German co—CEO of Airbus itself, Gustav Humbert. The two had been all but openly squabbling over responsibility for the delays in the... More

Leftist London Mayor Ken Livingstone has a pretty bizarre set of priorities. As mayor of one of the world's great cities, he sits in the crosshairs of the international war on terror. His situation is more precarious than most because London is infiltrated by thousands of angry Islamofascists... More

Dear editor, Timothy Birdnow's article "EMP and the Unfought Victory [7/1/2006] is pure fiction. As demonstrated in 1962 thermonuclear tests in the upper atmosphere, it takes a fairly heavy hydrogen bomb [10 megaton] to generate significant EMP waves over thousands of miles that will actually cause... More

Our contributor Rocco DiPippo, writing at The Autonomist, notices that the New York Times has just published information very helpful to any crazies or terrorists who have an animus for Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, based on David Horowitz's blog notation of same. Rocco adds: I issue a... More

The International War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague convicted a former Bosnian commander of war crimes yesterday in connection with incidents which took place in Bosnia between 1992 and 1993. His punishment? Sentencing Oric to two years' imprisonment, the judges said that his time served in jail... More

A ruling on Friday against Ronnie Earle suggests that the Delay case dismissal should soon follow: "AUSTIN — A state district judge threw out a felony indictment against the Texas Association of Business on Thursday, ruling that the group's ads in the 2002 legislative elections did not... More