Iran State TV station FARS announced Saturday morning that four American dual-nationality prisoners were released from Iranian custody in a “prisoner swap” with the United States.
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President Obama made much of the Executive Order he signed last March. It was supposed to stop federal funding of abortion. It was given as a fig leaf to formerly pro-life Democrats who had voted for ObamaCare and enabled it
Norway made jihad-related news twice last week, first with the torching of an asylum center – populated mainly by illegal Muslim immigrants – and secondly with the arrest of three suspected Al Qaeda terrorists. Our Norwegian correspondent Zylark has compiled
One man to walk free from his culpable acts, while an honest man must deplete his checking account to prove the truth? Calumet Park, Illinois Mayor Joseph DuPar is an honorably discharged veteran of the U.S. Army who served for
Update: the Judiciary Committee has passed the SPEECH Act; it now goes to the full senate As an American citizen who has spent seven years fighting against and promoting awareness of the threat of libel tourism to American free speech
Hezbollah has had a presence in Latin America since the late 1980’s, particularly in the Tri-Border Region, where Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina meet. But since Hugo Chavez’s ascension to power in Venezuela in 1999, Hezbollah and Hamas’ activities have increased
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Recently, Bill O’Reilly interviewed John Stossel about the dangerous situation along Arizona’s porous border with Mexico. Stossel is probably my favorite reporter. I admire the way he demolishes popular myths, particularly economic myths. However, on the topic of how to
The following article is adapted from a series of translations from the Dutch media that was posted at Gates of Vienna on July 10. Readers who are interested in the details of the political crisis in the Netherlands will want
From The Telegraph (UK): “We suspect it’s al-Shabaab because they’ve been promising this for long,” he said on Monday. There has been no claim of responsibility for the bombings. But an al-Shabaab commander in Mogadishu praised the attacks. He admitted
Me too. Like stuff about USS Constitution? Me too! So that must mean you will be watching “History Detectives” on PBS tonight. All my favorite stuff; history, Navy, Old Ironsides, politics, hooliganism, proper Bostonians acting improperly…. I wouldn’t miss it.
Below is the final installment of a four-part interview with Gandalf, the French writer who launched the Alliance to STOP Sharia. Part 1 is available here, Part 2 is here, and Part 3 is here. Q: Your program makes complete
In her testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan faced justifiable criticism for her deliberate discrimination against military recruiters while she was Dean of Harvard Law School. But with the exception of Ranking Member
The Russian spy scandal, which Russian officials denounced as “absolute rubbish,” is now ending with a de facto Russian admission of guilt and an exchange with echoes of the Cold War. At stake was the fate of ten deep cover
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[youtube z6zHWGFEg7w nolink] In the wake of 9/11, it became rare for American Islamist groups to openly call for the establishment of Islamic sharia law or the revival of the pan-Islamic state, or caliphate. Media-savvy, Muslim Brotherhood-linked operations like the
All politics is about power. On one end of the spectrum we have the power of the individual through voluntary action guided by free will; on the other we have the power of the state through coercive action guided by
Below is the third installment of a four-part interview with Gandalf, the French writer who recently founded the Alliance to STOP Sharia. Gandalf has been discussing his initiative to oppose sharia — Islamic law — rather than Islam itself. Part
The last line in the movie “The Bridges At Toko Ri” asks the poignant question about the US Military: “Where do we get such men?” That same question being asked during the Korean War film is just as applicable today
Turkey is a member of NATO and has long been held out as an example of democracy and secular society in the Middle East. That has been changing since Prime Minister Erdogan came to power in 2003. He and his
My friend, Jim Kouri, vice-president of the National Association of Chiefs of Police, writes a wide-ranging, daily column and frequently breaks news from his extensive and fully informed sources. Here, in particular, is one such: “ObamaCare-for-prosthetic-medical-devices.” He broke this news
When the United States first invaded Afghanistan, the objective was clear and direct: defeat al Qaeda and oust the Taliban regime that had given the terrorist organization a safe haven from which to plan the 9-11 attacks. The mission has
Mitt Romney, the once and future presidential candidate, is the biggest gun so far to come out against the New START arms control agreement. In a no-so-subtlety titled opinion piece “Obama’s worst foreign-policy mistake” in The Washington Post, he flatly
