Bruce Bechtol, author of Defiant Failed State: The North Korean Threat to International Security and adjunct professor at Angelo State University, joins Frank Gaffney to discuss the aggressive North Korean regime. The main stream press is missing the mark on
The Center for Security Policy today launched an innovative and interactive Youtube feature exposing the danger that Obama’s New Start Treaty will disarm America in a threatening world of many emerging nuclear powers. Disarmed & Dangerous: Stop the New START
If there’s one phrase the media loves, it’s “a chilling effect.” Whether it’s the Patriot Act, censorship laws or nudity bans – it always causes a chilling effect on something (usually my toes). This “chilling effect” is defined as speech
[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets113010.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Joshua Stanton of One Free Korea to discuss the latest developments as tensions remain high in
In coming days, legislators on Capitol Hill will begin thrashing out a new Continuing Resolution needed to provide “stop-gap” funding for the government in the absence of the annual appropriations bills. Perhaps in that context – and certainly in the
The loud clanging alarm clock went off promptly at 6:00 a.m. as it always did. I hopped off my government-issue twin mattress right away. As an unmarried single dweller, I’m not permitted to own a queen-size mattress, and concealing a
As Secretary of Defense Gates noted any question about North Korea has only one response: “I don’t know.” There is indeed so little we know about this barbarian kingdom with nuclear weapons. Hence almost anything one does say is speculative.
The two remaining members of the Axis of Evil, Iran and North Korea, have made clear their lack of respect for our callow and shallow President, as he traipsed around the world with his gold-plated posse in tow. Tehran continues
North Korea, officially known as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (neither democratic, nor for the people, nor a republic), barraged an island belonging to South Korea, setting fire to more than 50 homes and killing two South Korean marines
It was “very, very bad behavior” for North Korea to fire artillery at South Korean soldiers and civilians on South Korea’s Yeonpyeong island, according to the U. S. Department of State. State appreciates that North Korea has inverted the trope
Once again, North Korea is in the news with a fresh provocation to its South Korean neighbor and the region. This time Pyongyang has fired salvos of artillery rounds onto South Korea’s Yeonpyeong Island, killing two South Korean soldiers and
I don’t know about you, but one of my favorite things on earth is when foreigners, ensconced in liberal bubbles, possessing zero understanding of segment of America’s population, extrapolate theories to fill the voids of knowledge. Perhaps I’m kicking off
Environmental Protection Agency officials Wednesday provided power companies and states with new guidance on EPA’s plans to regulate greenhouse gases. A D.C. lobbyist for two major power companies told Bloomberg News that “the energy and manufacturing sectors will essentially be
The Communist People’s Republic of China is confronting its neighbors and the United States in the Pacific. But how strong is their muscle in the fight? And, to paraphrase John McClane from “Die Hard”, what can we do to throw
President Obama went from an Election Day “shellacking” to an Asian drubbing, and American power and prestige are worse off for his ineffectual, even embarrassing, efforts. First of all, there was the failure to close on a free trade agreement
China funded the largest economic stimulus programs in world history from July of 2009 through June of 2010. As a percentage comparison to the U.S. stimulus plan; the Chinese spent twice the amount of money in half the time. China
Part I: Part II: What was really scary was when Larry Summers said [that] when we look back [from] the end of this century, people are not going to talk about this recession. Their going to talk about the rise
US Marine Corps Capt Brian IGLESIAS, director, and Anton Sattler, co writer, have produced an outstanding DVD on the Nov/Dec, 1950, Chosin Reservoir battle in North Korea. Iglesias enlisted in the US Marine Corps and was promoted to Captain. He
From the New York Times: And as officials frenetically tried to paper over differences among the Group of 20 members with a vaguely worded communiqué to be issued Friday, there was no way to avoid discussion of the fundamental differences
With his remarks in Jakarta, Indonesia, President Obama made history once again. Sadly, it’s a most unenviable title. I believe he is the most anti-Israel President in U.S. history. In going to Jakarta, Indonesia, to launch his latest attack, he
One of my first blog posts (and the first one to get any attention) highlighted the amusing/embarrassing irony of having Chinese students laugh at Treasury Secretary Geithner when he claimed the United States had a strong-dollar policy. I suspect that
The military junta in Burma (Myanmar) had hoped to regain some international credibility by holding the first supposedly free election in 20 years. Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, daughter of Burma independence war hero Aung San (VOA) Burma’s election
President Barack Obama’s now concluding trip to India seems to have turned out to be a failed or at the very least unhelpful effort. His false starts, unhelpful comments and bad policy moves mark this visit as a bit of
In recent months, we’ve seen China’s policies in the South China and the East China seas become increasingly confrontational and belligerent, as they’ve claimed that hundreds of islands, waters and sea lanes that have historically been part of other countries
Can we blame Jon Stewart for the economy now? Regardless, this might help explain the post below (and Saturday’s “Restore Sanity” rally), why Stewart found Republican victories so much more high-larious than the Dems losses… Satirist, Economist Per Bloomberg, here’s
