Fitzgerald: Muslim Triumphalism: “It’s Over. It’s Over. We’re Here. Get Used To It.”

Georgie Anne Geyer, known for decades for her anti-Israel and pro-Arab views, has come out with an article on the New York mosque that is not, as one might have expected it would be, a defense of the Ground Zero mosque as an inoffensive and innocent “free exercise of religion,”…

July 25th, 2010
Topic: JW

“Obama’s Not a Socialist”

A glimpse of the analysis in Dr. Leonard Peikoff’s forthcoming book, The DIM Hypothesis.
At the 2010 Objectivist conference/OCON, Dr. Leonard Peikoff was presenting material from his forthcoming book, The DIM Hypothesis, in which he analyzes Western culture and history from the perspective of the epistemological process of integration. I was surprised to learn that, according [...]

July 23rd, 2010
Topic: NRB

Rashid Khalidi Appeals for Funds for Ship to Run Israeli Blockade of Gaza – Campus Watch

From Winfield Myers at Campus Watch: Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University, has signed an appeal for funds to outfit a ship–to be named The Audacity of Hope after Barack Obama’s second book–that will challenge the Israeli blockade of Gaza in September or October, according to a report by Robert [...]

July 22nd, 2010
Topic: News and Press Coverage

The National Association of Scholars :: Ideological Discrimination in Academe: The Burden of Proof – Steve Balch

July 19, 2010 By Steve Balch When it comes to proving discrimination in academe, the bar is set fairly low. Little more than the simple fact of underrepresentation is usually required, after which the worst can safely be assumed. Exempt from this inference are a few groups deemed beneficiaries of past bias and hence legitimate [...]

July 22nd, 2010
Topic: News and Press Coverage

Obama Squeezes Israel

The bullying of an ally — and a perpetual victim of terror — continues.

July 20th, 2010
Topic: FPM

A Natural Rights Movement Must Further Dr. King’s Dream

In a 2005 interview with 60 Minutes, actor Morgan Freeman took Mike Wallace completely aback by calling Black History Month “ridiculous.” Freeman affirmed the condescending nature of the commemoration by prompting Wallace to confess no desire for a “Jewish History Month.”
“Black history is American history,” Freeman proclaimed. When a confounded Wallace asked how else to [...]

July 20th, 2010
Topic: NRB

The Music World Goes Anti-Israel – Part III | FrontPage Magazine

[Editor's note: This is the final installment of a three-part series. Click the following for Part I and Part II.] The campaign to pressure artists to boycott is part of a highly organised mass movement. As with pro-Palestinians generally, the so called BDS (Boycott Divestment Sanction) Movement continually draws parallels between apartheid South Africa and Israel. [...]

July 19th, 2010
Topic: News and Press Coverage

Mourning a Jihadist

The death of a Hezbollah “spiritual leader” casts disturbing light on his admirers.

July 18th, 2010
Topic: FPM

America’s Orthodox Catholic Nuns Under Fire from Daily Kos

Educated and faithful Catholics who are veterans at navigating the political world understand all too well that the Catholic Left thrives on continuous arguments against clericalism and orthodoxy in the Roman Catholic Church. Daily Kos diarist Sherman De Brosse provides plenty of fodder with his dire prediction of “eventual near-extinction” of America’s Catholic religious sisters.
Two questions immediately [...]

July 17th, 2010
Topic: NRB

History is Hard. For Rep Sheila Jackson-Lee

Actually, not just history is hard for Congresswoman Jackson-Lee (D-TX). It appears as if thinking itself is rather difficult for her. After watching this, I couldn’t decide if I was wiping away tears of laughter or tears of dismay at the state of our alleged representatives in Congress. Via RedState:

Oh, my. Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee is [...]

July 16th, 2010
Topic: NRB