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What Baseball Might Tell Homeland Security: The High Risks of Sloppy Induction

John Harris — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:08:57 +0000

The truth is that several such saboteurs as the infamous Underwear Bomber have been foiled only by their own incompetence and by the vigilance of private citizens—not by this contradictory system’s “efficiency”. Of the many talents useful for living in the twenty-first century which I lack, one is clearly a facility for creating catchy acronyms. [...]

‘Voluntary’ Imprisonment At Camp Liberty!

Abbas Rezai — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:00:55 +0000

Iranian refugees at Camp Ashraf in Iraq, are told by UN to move to a new camp which is nothing short of a Prison. It shall be done "voluntarily". But if they don't, they shall be killed!

MEK – Once again the plight of Camp Ashraf attracts international attention. The issue: a statement published [...]

Occupiers Hang With White Supremacist, Tell Him “You Really Rock Man”

IC News — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:33:10 +0000

Where is the mainstream media coverage of this? An Arizona white supremacist with ties to neo-nazis shows up with his group at Occupy Phoenix in solidarity with the Occupy movement. One of the Occupiers interviews him in an almost 10-minute long video, never bothering to reveal that he is a white supremacist. At one point [...]

A Beating and Racial Slurs – but No Hate-crime Charges

Selwyn Duke — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:06:46 +0000

In Philadelphia, three teenage boys start calling a fourth teenager racially derogatory names, then attack him and a white cab driver, yet no hate crime charges are filed. Ah, the left-wing capacity for rationalization knows no bounds. While we’re told that even substantive criticism of Barack Obama is driven by the hatefulness the left has [...]

U.S. will Work with Israel in Preventing a Nuclear Iran, said Obama

Jim Kouri — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:02:44 +0000

"Obama has been attempting to regain his political support by American Jews, many of whom were angered at his rhetoric about Israel and his treatment of Netanyahu. I wouldn't put a lot of stock in what he's been saying on a number of issues." President Barack Obama stated on Sunday that the United States will cooperate with the Israeli [...]

Nation Building: From Success to Failure

Ron Lipsman — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:05:21 +0000

An examination of the differences between recent and past US nation building efforts; why the latter succeeded and the former failed. The United States has been involved in serious nation building over the last decade in two Middle Eastern nations – Iraq and Afghanistan. These ventures recall two other major efforts of this type dating [...]

If Fox Fails Us

Bruce Walker — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:15:51 +0000

Conservatives can survive the end of Fox News as we know it is because conservatives have proven to be expert communications guerrillas. Over the last decade conservatives have enjoyed Fox News, a national news network which gave conservatives a fair shake and which was willing to expose the bigotry of the establishment media towards conservatism. Yet [...]

Stealth Unionization Campaign Exposed by Free Market Groups

Competitive Enterprise Institute — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:08:39 +0000

Workers alerted to union shenanigans, attempts to unionize home health care workers in Connecticut statewide mailing. by Christine Hall

Washington, DC, February 6, 2012 – The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is trying to unionize home health care workers in Connecticut by stealth—and Governor Dannel P. Malloy is helping them. In response, the Competitive Enterprise Institute [...]

I do not like Thee, Governor Romney

Dan Miller — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:59:02 +0000

I do not like thee, Dr. Fell. The reasons why I cannot tell. But this I know and know full well: I do not like thee, Dr. Fell. B.S. I can say and have said why. But I will support you as the Republican candidate.

Roger L. Simon, of PJ Media, wrote here that [...]

The President’s Two Prong Attack on Religious Faith

Bill Wavering — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:48:11 +0000

President Obama believes government, and by extension himself, to be the savior of Man. It is conventional wisdom that progressives believe that government can provide for the perfection of Man. To ensure 100% participation by the population, progressivism must ensure there is nowhere else to turn for salvation. In order to accomplish this [...]