President Barack Obama will deliver a speech at Georgetown University Tuesday afternoon in which he will call for new regulations aimed at restricting carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal-fired power plants, not just new ones. Previously, Obama had aimed regulations
Despite mounting evidence of the federal government’s abuse of power, Politico’s analysts have decided that the cure for Obama’s second-term “doldrums” are that he must use “fear” to exert his will on Washington. “Obama does not instill fear–one of the
Just as the Obama administration hoped to start peace talks with the Taliban and the government of Afghanistan in Doha, Qatar, the Taliban launched an attack on President Hamid Karzai’s compound in Kabul. Last week, Karzai had balked at talks
Nelson Mandela’s illness has brought the South African icon back into the news, and conservatives have begun to debate his legacy. Mandela was a leftist whose African National Congress (ANC) built ties to the Soviet Union during the struggle against
Spoken word poet Malik Yusef performed the Star-Spangled Banner at a June 13 naturalization ceremony in Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago on June 13 in a unique, “jihadist-chic” style as part of the city’s Flag Day observances. The Chicago Sun-Times captured Yusef’s
Don’t fall for the false claim that Nelson Mandela was anti-Israel! It is based on a hoax–a letter written by anti-Israel activist Arjan El Fassed more than a decade ago in the style of New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman’s
Dave Weigel of Slate, who was a central figure in the “JournOlist” controversy in 2010, has been running another listserv, described as “Weigolist” in an article by Ana Marie Cox at the UK Guardian on June 22. Cox, casually outing
One paragraph in an op-ed by Seth Cropsey in Friday’s Wall Street Journal summed up the essential reason that China and the U.S. are on a collision course–willful American refusal to maintain our military edge: The growing disparity between Chinese and
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has estimated that the “Gang of Eight” immigration reform bill currently before the Senate would reduce the federal budget deficit by $175 billion over the next ten years. Proponents of the bill, such as Sen.
In response to IRS oppression and the 2012 election: Whatever role the IRS played in suppressing the Tea Party during the 2012 election, I think that Tea Party supporters have to acknowledge that the movement made its own mistakes that
The recent sale of Al Gore’s Current TV to Al Jazeera, which is owned by the government of Qatar, could bring the voice of a foreign government directly into millions of living rooms across the United States. Though Qatar is
The decision by the Taliban to hoist their own “Islamic Emirate” flag above what was supposed to be just a “political office” in Doha, Qatar is more than just an embarrassment for President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, and more than
On Wednesday, as Tea Party activists rallied against the IRS and the Senate immigration bill on Capitol Hill, President Barack Obama’s campaign-turned-lobbying arm, Organizing for Action (OfA), emailed a warning about “threats on women’s health” in Congress. It urged its
The mainstream media in the United States have ignored comments made by President Barack Obama during his a speech in Northern Ireland this week in which he described religious education as a source of conflict. The president’s comments have sparked
In response to But Did He Favor “A Balanced Approach”???!?!!!: Yes, he did. From the transcript [emphasis mine]: And given these changes, last month, I spoke about America’s efforts against terrorism. And I drew inspiration from one of our founding
I’m laughing as I listen to NPR fawn over President Barack Obama’s speech at the Brandenburg Gate today. They are straining to compare his mediocre, self-referential and platitude-packed address with the stirring historic orations of President John F. Kennedy and
Against a backdrop that evoked historic speeches by Presidents John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan, President Barack Obama vowed to “move beyond [the] Cold War” and to begin a push for reducing nuclear weapons, eventually eliminating them: “As long as
Tamara Keith of National Public Radio filed a story Tuesday on efforts by liberal non-profit groups to claim that they, too, were “targeted” by the IRS, just as conservative groups were. None of them, however, can claim that they were
In response to Is Any Syria Strategy Really Viable?: Yes. It is in the vital strategic interest of the United States that the Iranian regime be replaced. To the extent that defeat for Bashar al-Assad means that the Iranian regime
Eliana Johnson of National Review Online reports that Cincinnati-based IRS agent Gary Muthert told the House Oversight Committee that the IRS does, in fact, subject pro-Israel tax-exempt groups to higher scrutiny–by sending their applications to a special IRS unit that
Though he ran as the anti-war candidate, and took office with an outstretched hand to America’s rivals, the course President Barack Obama has set may lead to a direct war with Iran, whether he likes it or not. That is
On Sunday’s edition of Global Public Square, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria invited Mona Eltahawy to offer her perspective on the anti-government protests in Turkey and the rights of women in the Muslim world. It is unclear what qualifies Eltahawy as an
