Archive for October, 2010

David Moshman: Academic Freedom: Not Just for College Professors

Academic Freedom: Not Just for College Professors Academic freedom is commonly seen as a special right of tenured university professors to do as they please and get paid for it. As a tenured university professor, I’m tempted to say: If only it were so! But in fact this elitist conception of academic freedom is not [...]

October 31st, 2010
Topic: News and Press Coverage

Islamic Jew-Hatred and the Yemen UPS Bomb Plot

A revealing new strategy of Islamic jihadists.

October 31st, 2010
Topic: FPM

Sanity Is Not an Option

Was the message behind the Jon Stewart rally asking too much of the Left?

October 31st, 2010
Topic: FPM

Getting Afghanistan Wrong

The Washington Post dismisses signs of progress.

October 31st, 2010
Topic: FPM

Revenge of the American Robot

Drone strike kills al-Qaeda terrorist responsible for CIA deaths.

October 31st, 2010
Topic: FPM

Baghdad church attack: Jihadists "came into the prayer hall and immediately killed the priest" when gov’t forces stormed building

Again: Contrasting ideals of martyrdom on stark display, as several attackers subsequently detonated suicide vests. Those ideals have clear and far-reaching implications for the character of their respective cultures, societies, and civilizations, where giving one’s life for what is believed to be a noble cause is a supreme form of…

October 31st, 2010
Topic: JW

The Murder Bureau

The truth surfaces about the Bulgarian communist assassination squad during the Cold War.

October 31st, 2010
Topic: FPM

The Failures of ObamaCare

Why very few people — including the Congress’s chief accountant — like the looks of change.

October 31st, 2010
Topic: FPM

Don’t Cry for Juan Williams

Cry for America.

October 31st, 2010
Topic: FPM

Journalists Conspire to Slander Joe Miller

by Publius The following voice mail message was inadvertently left on the cell phone of Joe Miller campaign spokesperson Randy DeSoto. The voices are believed to be those of the news director for CBS Anchorage affiliate KTVA, along with assignment editor Nick McDermott, and other reporters, openly discussing creating, if not fabricating, two stories about [...]

October 31st, 2010
Topic: NRB