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The Pakistani Pit of Deception

Alan Caruba — Mon, 09 May 2011 10:59:56 +0000

In his recently published book, Pakistan: A Hard Country, Anatol Lieven provides insight to a nation that, until lately, was home to the most wanted man on the face of the Earth, Osama bin Laden.

Even Pakistanis do not believe that their political and military leaders did not know bin Laden was living, as one [...]

Good Riddance to Fannie & Freddie

Alan Caruba — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:00:43 +0000

The government does not belong in the mortgage loan business and never did.

I have this theory that we, the adults, all function at the emotional level of 13-year-olds, the age of bar mitzvahs in which the young man can declare to the congregation, "Today I am a man." (Insert laughter here.)

They are, [...]

Losing Egypt

Alan Caruba — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:48:22 +0000

If Egypt is lost to the Muslim Brotherhood as the result of the current insurrection and rebellion, the implications for the U.S. and the world would be a major game change.

Those of us around at the time of the 1979 Iranian student revolution that deposed the shah are having strong feelings of deja [...]

Hating Infidels

Alan Caruba — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 03:04:10 +0000

There is a new Holocaust abroad in the world and it is directed at Christians.

The Holocaust of the last century is remembered for the mass murder of Europe's Jewish population, an estimated six million who perished. In total, an estimated eleven to seventeen million Europeans, Jews and Christians, died in the Nazi concentration [...]

Apocalypse Not!

Alan Caruba — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 03:59:43 +0000

There is no "global warming" because the Earth is a decade into a predictable and natural cycle of cooling.

There is no religion, past or present, that has not generated an End Times prediction. As the year 2011 begins, you can be sure that the media will begin to fill up with articles about [...]

Humans! Get Over Yourself!

Alan Caruba — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 02:18:03 +0000

You do not control the biosphere of life on Earth. You do not control its natural calamities.

The greatest absurdity has been the belief that human beings have any influence over the planet on which they live.

The Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the fifth largest of the Solar [...]

The Climate Mafia Gather in Cancun

Alan Caruba — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:14:20 +0000

It is time for the U.S. government to acknowledge that a climate mafia has existed since the gathering in Kyoto, Japan, to establish the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

On November 14, 1957, leaders of the American and other Mafia organizations gathered at the home of Joseph "Joe the Barber" Barbara in [...]

North Korea, China’s Hidden Dagger

Alan Caruba — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 20:51:11 +0000

Americans have largely forgotten the threat of communism. The latest North Korean attacks are China's way of reminding the U.S. of its dilemma and dependence.

The Korean War ended in a stalemate in 1953. Having begun on June 25, 1950 with the blessings of Joseph Stalin, an armistice agreement on July 27, 1953 [...]

The Federal Reserve’s Magic Money

Alan Caruba — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:03:32 +0000

The Federal Reserve is contemplating the creation of "magical money" at a time when the U.S. economy is in deep trouble.

Historically, the Federal Reserve has had a poor record when it comes to correcting an economic slide into Depression.

In his book, New Deal or Raw Deal? historian Burton Folsom, Jr., asked and [...]

Greenwashing America

Alan Caruba — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 11:28:49 +0000

Green product claims go hand-in-hand with the metastasizing Green regulations whose bottom line raises the costs of everything in America these days.

Every time you see some product being sold as "Green", allegedly safer or beneficial for the environment, you can be sure that it is more expensive than a comparable product that does [...]