National Security

Note: In an email last week to the board of directors of the American Conservative Union (the group that runs CPAC), Frank Gaffney laid out the extensive case against Suhail Khan, a member of that group’s board. In it, he

I’ve never a fan of the self-funded political neophyte – their runs for office tend to be driven by equal parts of ego and mercenary consultants. That said it appears that there are no candidates preparing to run for President

Bassam Frangieh, Claremont McKenna College’s resident Hamas, Hezbollah and Saddam Hussein-supporting head of Arabic and Middle East Studies, trains the next generation of Arabic diplomats at one of America’s top colleges. We’ve already exposed his anti-Israel views, but today, we’ll

Last night, free speech suffered a setback in Ottawa, Canada and tyranny notched a win. The Free Thinking Film Society had scheduled a screening of the new Clarion Fund film, “Iranium,” this evening at the Library and Archives of Canada

As Hu Jintao visits Washington, China continues to persecute Christians, enforce the one-child policy, and lock up dissidents. And don’t forget its relentless military buildup and its expanding territorial claims. A rich China–contra the Washington policymaking establishment–is not turning out

This is still breaking so we anticipate updates later tonight or tomorrow morning. A showing of the documentary on Iran’s nuclear and world domination ambitions, “Iranium,” was planned to be shown tonight at 7 pm at the Free Thinking Film

As President Obama chats and smiles with China’s President Hu, South Korea’s Chosun has an alarming report concerning China’s construction of a massive underground tunnel to store and hide nuclear weapons. The goal is not only to conceal the size

One of the things I love about blogging is the abundance of authors and their books we get to see. Whether it’s Brad Thor putting up one, Ollie North getting a new tome’ out, or some of the others, we

Freedom House issues its annual survey of freedom around the world and says that Mexico has gone from “free” to “partly free.” The reason? “Mexico’s political rights rating declined from 2 to 3 and its status from Free to Partly

The Washington Post has just reported that Mullah Omar suffered a heart attack on January 7th and was rushed to the hospital by Pakistan’s spy network, the Inter-services Intelligence Agency. And how is it that the ISI was right there

I saw this chilling video of the American Conservative Union’s Suhail Khan at Gates of Vienna. In it, Khan receives an award– and really, really lavish praise from a man who had just a few years before, openly prayed, “Oh,

The current argument over women in combat units is gonna be a long and lively scrap, so strap in. Deebow led off nicely noting the simple fact that the law of tonnage applies in combat. Women are not as big

In 1999, James Earl Ray was found innocent of killing Martin Luther King Jr. in the same way O.J. Simpson was found guilty of killing his wife Nicole and Ron Goldman – in a civil trial. In fact, King’s family

Here are two stories that should be blended into one: Story 1, from the New York Times: The Afghan government and its international partners are set to approve a plan that would expand the nation’s army and police forces to

Here’s an interesting story, about the son of Jamaican superstar Bob Marley and his collaboration on a reggae song with…..Hasidic rapper named DeScribe. I’m not a fan of rap or reggae, although the video below is catchy. But I found

By John Eibner and Charles Jacobs Juba, Sudan–On Jan. 9, the people of South Sudan began their week-long referendum to decide whether to separate from the Arab-Muslim North and form an independent country. But Achol Yum Deng didn’t vote. Though

Gunfights erupted in major Tunisia cities on Sunday, two days after president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled the country from deadly protests, after 23 years in power. It appears that the gun battles were between the army and security

Life in Russia continues to resemble a Dostoyevsky novel. An ultranationalist leader has been arrested in Moscow for, well, I will let The Moscow News explain: “The Moscow City Court on Monday approved the arrest of retired colonel and ultranationalist

Marine Sgt. Lawrence Hutchins has spent the last eight months free after serving four years at Ft. Leavenworth on an 11-year-sentence for an unpremeditated murder conviction related to the kidnapping and fatal shooting of an Iraqi man in 2006. The

Two westerners who gave up seemingly comfortable lives to wage terrorist attacks are singled out for praise in the latest issue of Inspire, al-Qaida’s English-language magazine. Though he killed only himself, Taimour Abdulwahhab al-Abdaly, responsible for the first suicide bombing

In the minutes after the Fort Hood massacre at the hands of Nidal Malik Hasan, Americans waited to hear from their president, who was scheduled to speak at the Tribal Nations Conference. Hundreds of American Indian leaders were on-hand to

The word that conservatives most associate with President Barack Obama is “socialism.” But moving up quickly should be “appeasement.” This description of the Obama Administration’s plans for China President Hu’s visit from the AP says it all: “Chinese leader Hu

Just as the Great Society didn’t work in our own country on our own people, the Great Society Abroad doesn’t work on alien peoples in foreign cultures, either. It didn’t work in Vietnam, as discussed here by the late Peter

Church bombings kill scores in Iraq, Nigeria and Egypt. Iran rounds up dozens of Christians for allegedly being “hard-liners” who threaten the Islamic republic. An Egyptian police officer opens fire on a crowded train, targeting only the Christian passengers. For