Before today’s elections in Israel, the mainstream media seemed interested in arguing that Israelis had moved to the hard-right. After today’s surprising result, which leaves Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu likely to return to power but leading a smaller, more centrist
With polls closing in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party is leading the parliamentary elections, based on projections from exit polls. However, Netanyahu may struggle to form a governing coalition, after several opposition parties posted strong performances. Israel’s channel
In keeping with the revisionist ambitions of President Barack Obama’s second inaugural address, National Public Radio has taken the opportunity of the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade to rewrite the history of that decision. According to NPR’s Julie Rovner,
It was either an embarrassing slip, or a frightening revelation of the president’s true worldview. Either way, the words “peace in our time,” made infamous by British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain as he promised an illusory peace with Adolf Hitler
Israeli voters–Jewish, Arab, and otherwise–have begun voting in that country’s parliamentary elections. The 19th Knesset will almost certainly return Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to power at the head of a coalition government led by his Likud Party, though the precise
As President Barack Obama settles in for his second term, several conservatives are wondering whether it’s time to “face the reality of Obama’s success” and acknowledge him as the “liberal Reagan.” Certainly that is Obama’s ambition–to be as “historically consequential”
Grass roots activists from the country’s most well-known pro-Israel group, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), are voicing increasing frustration at the organization’s passive approach to President Barack Obama’s nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) as Secretary of
President Barack Obama takes office today on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day for the second time as the first black president of the United States. If his election and re-election represent the fulfillment of Dr. King’s vision in a
Have we, as a nation, reached the point at which we judge our leaders not “by the color of their skin but by the content of their character,” in Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous words? We would wish it
In a statement Saturday on the terror attack in Algeria, President Barack Obama failed to mention the Americans who endured it, including 58-year-old Fred Buttaccio of Houston, who was killed. Instead, the President included the American victims of the attack in
Hollywood is buzzing over the impending film adaptation of 50 Shades of Grey, the hit erotic novel by E.L. James that turned publishing on its head and brought bondage sex into the literary mainstream. The screenwriter, Kelly Marcel, has made
There was much for urban, blue-state conservatives to enjoy in the left-wing freakout over Whole Foods CEO John Mackey’s comparison of Obamacare to “fascism” earlier this week. It was almost too much for National Public Radio, where Mackey first made
Surprisingly little attention has been paid to former Sen. Chuck Hagel’s 2008 memoir, America: Our Next Chapter. In it, Hagel lays out his thoughts on a wide range of issues, including the Israel-Palestinian conflict and Iran, to which he devotes one
President Barack Obama will feature eight “citizen co-chairs” at his second inauguration festivities, each of whom has purportedly benefited from policies he enacted in his first term. As with the use of children at his announcement of new gun control
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) infamously said: “I’m not an Israeli senator. I’m a United States senator.” But Hagel, who is President Barack Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Defense in his second term, does take Israel very seriously–so seriously that
National Public Radio’s Tamara Keith narrated her way through a four-minute story on Republican opposition to the Sandy relief bill without once mentioning the fact that the bill was filled with “pork” funding for unrelated projects, which is why Republicans
The killing of Osama bin Laden was touted as the beginning of the end of Al Qaeda (the term “war on terror” having long since been abandoned). Yet as the nation’s capital prepares for President Barack Obama’s second inauguration, Al
CNN’s Piers Morgan confirmed Ben Shapiro’s skepticism about whether tonight’s “debate” on gun control would be “balanced.” The Breitbart Editor-at-Large accepted an invitation to appear on Morgan’s show for a rematch, then turned down the offer when it became clear
Jon Stewart’s continued mockery of Paul Krugman and the trillion-dollar coin has been the focus of much-deserved attention, but there was another part of yesterday’s Daily Show that was even more revealing: Stewart’s interview with Pink Floyd bass guitarist Roger
As leading Jewish Democrats–including Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, and the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC)–abandon their previous reservations and support President Barack Obama’s nomination of former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense, the Republican Jewish Coalition
