Will Lindsey Graham Be a Part of His Feared “Unholy Alliance?”

Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union, Senator Lindsey Graham worried that Democrats and some Republicans could form an “unholy alliance” in order to de-fund the War in Afghanistan if there doesn’t not appear to be any significant achievement by next year:
That there are some Republicans who are not going to take a, you know, [...]

August 3rd, 2010
Topic: NRB

“Is Campus Censorship the New Normal?” in Free Inquiry Magazine

“Is Campus Censorship the New Normal?” in Free Inquiry Magazine By Greg Lukianoff Check out the latest issue of Free Inquiry magazine which features an article by my colleague Will Creeley and me that explores how censorship of campus speech ends up hurting all of us in the long run. The article, entitled “Is Campus [...]

August 2nd, 2010
Topic: News and Press Coverage

Iraq: American combat mission likely to end without an elected Iraqi government in place

“Does President Bush have a realistic plan for bringing democracy to the Middle East?” was the title of an Insight In the News Symposium from April 1, 2003. Abdulwahab Alkebsi, executive director of the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, answered “YES: Human dignity, the rule of law…

August 2nd, 2010
Topic: JW

How Judge Bolton Undermined Obama

Why the court’s decision on Arizon’a SB 1070 hurts the president’s political interest.

August 1st, 2010
Topic: FPM

U.K.: Recycled “extremist” group threatens “new 7/7″ attacks

According to the article, a number of the supporters of “Muslims Against Crusaders” are former members of Islam4UK, which actually got itself banned earlier in the year. No problem; they’re taking a page from Pakistani groups like Jamaat ud-Dawa and simply re-branding as needed. And also, according to the article,…

August 1st, 2010
Topic: JW

State Dept Sends CAIR Director Overseas – America’s New Face

The Detroit News reports that Obama’s State Department underwrote a trip to Mali for CAIR-Michigan’s executive director Dawud Walid. One can only suppose that the regime is upgrading its programs of Mohammedan outreach to jihadist outreach.
This is your second trip to Mali? What program are you participating in there?
This is my second time participating in [...]

July 31st, 2010
Topic: NRB

Confronting Jew Hatred on Daily Kos: Are They Nazis?

Well, no.  Of course, they are not Nazis.  That is, they are not members of the National Socialist German Workers Party (that’s not quite possible, now is it?) nor are they modern day Neo-Nazi white supremacists.  They are, for the most part, leftists who claim to hate war, favor environmental regulation, women’s rights, gay rights, [...]

July 30th, 2010
Topic: NRB

Gingrich at American Enterprise Institute: “This is not a war on terrorism. Terrorism is an activity. This is a struggle with radical Islamists in both their militant and their stealth form.”

“…The stealth form believes in using cultural, intellectual, and political [means]. But their end goal is exactly the same.” While the emphasis on “radical Islamists” sidesteps the fundamental ideological cause of Islamic jihad — the teachings of the Qur’an and the sayings and example of Muhammad — there are…

July 30th, 2010
Topic: JW

The Madness of Gaddafi

Libya’s unstable leader reveals his ruthlessness at an international conference.

July 29th, 2010
Topic: FPM

Sharia in a First Amendment Society

Would the framers of our constitution have countenanced the erection of a statue of King George on the site of the Boston Massacre?

July 29th, 2010
Topic: FPM