On the Friday after Thanksgiving 1962 Cuban agents planned to detonate 500 kilos of TNT inside Macy’s, Gimbel’s, Bloomingdale’s and Manhattan’s Grand Central Terminal. Che Guevara was the head of Cuba’s “Foreign Liberation Department” at the time. On September 11th
Today on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio, Frank welcomes back John Yoo, Professor of Law at University of California, Berkley, former deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice and Co-editor for the
If you ask most Americans what was the bloodiest day in our history, you would probably get either 9/11 or Pearl Harbor, depending on the age of the responder. Neither would be correct. In Western Maryland is a sluggish creek
This series was inspired by the a six part, video examination of Dimitri Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony. Before you go to sleep, however, or bump up another article, stay with me and this article’s title. The cited video is Michael Tilson
Each of us has a unique experience of September 11th. I was in my last few days of summer vacation before heading back to college in Scotland. For me, the cultural response to 9/11 experienced was British. I arrived back
When Ground Zero Mosque promoter Imam Feisal Rauf’s book What’s Right with Islam: A New Vision for Muslims and the West was published in Indonesian in 2007, it acquired a modified title – “Seruan Azan Dari Puing WTC: Dakwah Islam
I think Rumsfeld may have been the last person in the country with a subscription to the New York Times. Krugman thought he could avoid the heat by disallowing comments on his bitter 9/11 post which angered many on both
The NYPD says a Dallas Cowboys fan from South Carolina sneaked a taser past tightened security and then fired it in a crowd during a fight just prior to halftime of Sunday’s game on the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
The artistic community is always ready to stand against censorship – and we know that because it constantly tells us so. If you want to drape an American flag across a walkway to make a statement by letting goateed hipster
In the presidential debate last night, Ron Paul parroted the Al Qaeda line about why they are at war with us. The “real motivation” for their attacks was the American “occupation” of the Middle East, explained the Texas Congressman. In
It’s well known Hollywood is a liberal town so I went into all of their 9/11 specials with caution. I was expecting jabs at President Bush, Republicans, or even sympathy for radical Islam. I’m shocked, literally shocked. The majority of
Former Bush administration official Brad Blakeman debates the founder of Code Pink, Medea benjamin over the controversial post by Paul Krugman at NYTimes.com calling George W. Bush a “fake hero” who “rushed to profit” from the horrors of 9/11.
On September 11, 2001, I was supposed to be on Flight 77 on the way to guest on ABC’s Politically Incorrect in LA that night. Even though the appearance conflicted with a conference I was hosting in DC with a
As America passed with solemn tribute the murder of 3000 citizens 10 years after September 11th, 2001, social media networks, like Facebook, were filled with tributes, thanks, passages from the bible, and pleas. Amongst those pleas, that we spend no
Big Journalism’s Larry O’Connor yesterday highlighted New York Times columnist Paul Krugman’s unhinged screed that marked the 10th anniversary of 9/11 — an attack on common decency for which Krugman (conveniently) refused to allow any comments. But in his mean-spirited
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) spoke at an event for first responders in Minnesota and reflected on the past ten years since the September 11th attacks on America.
A newly released poll by Public Policy Polling confirms the 6-point lead held by Republican Bob Turner over Democrat David Weprin in the race to replace Anthony Weiner in New York’s 9th congressional district. The poll, showing Turner winning 47
For many, Sept. 11, 2001, was a day that will forever be seared into the minds of those who were witness. On that day, the nation was awoken by a harsh reality that there are people who want nothing more
[youtube -kxbwu3vkLg] As Americans prepare to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the September 11th terrorists attacks, The Heritage Foundation has been busy reminding Congress and the public of the importance of staying the course in the War on Terror. Since
Many Muslims don’t believe that Arabs were responsible for 9/11 Many Americans believe that ordinary Muslims are out to kill Americans. Muslims return the favor by overwhelmingly believing that Muslims were NOT responsible for the 9/11 terror acts. This is
On the same day we heard reports that the Obama Administration wants to draw down troop levels in Iraq from 45,000 to a dangerously low 3,000 by the end of the year, the Washington Post published an article titled “Al-Qaeda
As someone who lost a friend in the Towers (Port Authority officer Donald Foreman ), I still have a hard time thinking of 9/11 without gritting my teeth in anger. I do remember in those early days after the attacks
A decade after 9/11 it is hoped America’s security establishment better understands what threats we face of which the attacks of 9/11 were one facet. The answer to that question remains incomplete. After the end of the Cold War we
I pray for those who lost so much on September 11, 2001. We are still not able to openly say “Radical Islam is our enemy,” and therefore I fear for our country. There is this illusion that we are “too
Ten years ago at this exact time I was standing in my pajamas in my living room with tears streaming down my face, my hair a wreck. I was a 21-year-old newlywed and mother. My months-old infant sat in a
