We, like many others, hoped for more from the State of the Union Address. We thought that, just maybe, President Obama might lead for a change, and signal a Clintonian tack to the center, with a strong pro-growth message and
Well… not THAT dirty work, but pretty close. In an article released in today’s Politico, reporter Kate Nocera excitedly declared to her readers that she had “exclusively obtained” a letter signed by 27 liberal groups addressed to Congress calling on
With the over-the-top headline: “Why Is Live Action Doctoring Its Planned Parenthood Audio?“, Media Matters of America has offered its readers (all the content producers at MSNBC and network news) a pitiful story meant to plant the idea that the
It was reported that Alternet, Soros’ Media Matters, and other progressives staged a conference call this afternoon where they mapped strategy to defend Planned Parenthood from the choices Planned Parenthood staffers made on tape. Because apparently there still exist people
It was reported that Alternet, Soros’ Media Matters, and other progressives staged a conference call this afternoon where they mapped strategy to defend Planned Parenthood from the choices Planned Parenthood staffers made on tape. Because apparently there still exist people
Halfway through the 2011 fiscal year, our military is continuing to fight a ramped-up war in Afghanistan, preparing to redeploy 50,000 forces out of Iraq, conducting numerous humanitarian missions, and maintaining all other operations abroad. And it’s doing all this
Proof positive that the Pentagon, despite a noble mission, is just another bloated, inefficient, bureaucratic entity: hundreds of contractors who have committed fraud against the Department of Defense are still getting contracts! From the AP: WASHINGTON — Hundreds of defense
In the journalistic blockbuster videos posted at Breitbart’s Big Government and Big Journalism, Live Action exposes Planned Parenthood’s apparent complicity in putative underage sex-slave rings in New Jersey and, most recently, Virginia. And the Make-Believe Media has circled the wagons
A report by the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission claims that China is making a play to control the global telecom industry. The Commission, which was established by congress, says that Chinese state-owned telecom companies are producing much
In trying to predict what Egypt’s next leadership will look like, two unlikely names keep popping up: Nelson Mandela and the United Nations. Mandela, to illustrate what Egypt lacks; the UN, to demonstrate what there might just be too much
As their nation’s capital descends into chaos and violence, one thing that continues to characterize this crisis in Egypt has been the behavior of its army – an army showing restraint. This is in a nation that in living memory
Castro and the latest victim of his unilateral “law.” On December 3rd 2009 Alan Gross, a U.S. citizen distributing cell phones and computer equipment to Cuba’s Jewish community on contract for the U.S. Agency for International Development prepared to board
Despite the media firestorm over her military travel abuses, Nancy Pelosi continued to use the United States Air Force as her own personal travel agency right up until her final days as House Speaker according to documents we uncovered from
Israel’s Antagonists Never Give Up First came WikiLeak’s revelations that Arab leaders were way more worried about an Iranian H-bomb than they were about the “Palestinians.” Indeed, they implored the USA and/or Israel to attack Iran and blow the mullah’s
“Israel is waking up to a new reality in the Middle East; one that’s becoming less stable, more dangerous – a reality that isn’t encouraging at all,” former Israeli defense minister Shaul Mofaz said Sunday of the violence sweeping Egypt
Recent events in China suggest that the country’s leaders are being duplicitous, but that’s really nothing new. When U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates arrived in China a couple of weeks ago, he was surprised to see China’s latest alleged
The time is now and the moment is at hand. We must deal with the run-away spending of our federal government before our compounding debt drives us all into forced servitude for generations to come. There is little doubt that
Israel’s incoming of Military Intelligence (MI), Maj.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi, failed to recognize the imminent threat to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s government on his first briefing before a crucial parliamentary committee – the same day that the unrest erupted in Cairo
Saturday evening Defense Minister Ehud Barak called Israel’s top military and intelligence brass into an emergency session to evaluate the chaotic situation engulfing their neighbor to the west, and its ramifications for relations with the Jewish State. Both Prime Minister
The Institute for Justice has been vindicating the rights of entrepreneurs for the last twenty years. Across the country, IJ has teamed up with casket makers, florists, hairbraiders, horse teeth-floaters, interior designers, sign-hangers, taxi-drivers, trash haulers, vintners and numerous other
The Washington Post, which never passes up an opportunity to attack Sarah Palin, has gone after her for criticizing President Barack Obama’s “Sputnik” reference in the State of the Union Address. Palin noted accurately that what Obama was calling for
The Washington Post, which never passes up an opportunity to attack Sarah Palin, has gone after her for criticizing President Barack Obama’s “Sputnik” reference in the State of the Union Address. Palin noted accurately that what Obama was calling for
The title of this article refers to pro-Palestinian groups that organized last May’s six-ship bid to breach Israel’s anti-armament maritime blockade of Gaza. The so-called humanitarian mission ended with nine passengers dead and dozens of other injured. Seven Israeli naval
The “fix” to securing our border was supposed to be SBInet, a high-tech integrated system that was supposed to blanket the area with sensors, camera and radar. Now, the Department of Homeland Security has figured out that…ah, well, terrain might
Some purists in the Russian military are aghast at comments by the Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov that Russian small arms are outdated, including the Kalashnikov and the Dragunov SVD sniper rifle. As Pravda reports: “Mr. Serdyukov stated that the Russian
Even as President Obama maintains close to 50,000 troops in Iraq and continues to escalate and expandthe war in Afghanistan, the antiwar movement in America continues to shrink (PDF). So, what happened? Reason.tv visited two antiwar protests–one left-leaning, one libertarian–in
Michael Moore is a greedy, lying, hypocritical sack of ferret excrement. Tell you something you don’t know? Alright. Even worse, it now appears that he’s an unintelligent man. It’s no secret that I’ve never been a fan of Moore’s, but
Is there a new Cold War developing between China and the United States? That’s a question hovering over President Hu Jintao and his entourage as they come to Washington to discuss military, trade, and financial flash points with the Obama
Greg Sargent at the Post had an interesting theory on the real meaning of Obama’s memorial speech: It’s true that Obama stated clearly there that rhetoric didn’t cause the shooting. But these lines are best understood as a set up
[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets011711.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed Today on Coffee and Markets Francis Cianfrocca and I discuss the fiftieth anniversary of Eisenhower’s “military-industrial complex” warning, Defense spending and cuts, and the challenges of Fed policy on inflation. We’re
Several new reports illustrate how Iran and Syria continue to aid terrorist groups that target Israeli civilians by providing weapons and terrorist training to jihadist organizations on Israel’s borders. In Gaza, Hamas and other terror groups have fired thousands of
[Editor’s Note: This list is arranged in no particular order. Read Part I here.] 6. “Nuclear weapons are awful.” – Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) There are probably a few inventions
Just forget about that whole global warming scare that was still in vogue up until just over a year ago before the “climategate” scandal erupted, to say nothing of updated research that interlinks natural forces with warming and cooling trends
China’s President Hu Jintao was possibly hugely embarrassed on Tuesday during a meeting with US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in Beijing. Robert Gates and Hu Jintao on Tuesday (VOA) The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) conducted a major test of
Cut “pork” before military spending. In a recent article in the “Stars and Stripes” Defense Secretary Robert Gates is planning to reduce the strength of Soldiers and Marines by up to 70,000 by 2015 due to “this country’s dire fiscal
“Fidel Castro is one hell of a guy!” Ted Turner gushed to a capacity crowd at Harvard Law School during a speech in 1997. “You people would like him! Most people in Cuba like him.” Within weeks CNN was granted
Yesterday evening I was on AC360 to discuss the Arizona Tragedy with David Gergen and Roland Martin. While I personally like Gergen, his knowledge of Arizona’s gun laws and invalid premises on conceal carry were a disservice to our discussion.
What exactly is the position of the Obama Administration and the Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on the Pentagon budget? Are they going to cut? By how much? No one seems to really know. Foreign Policy has a nice summation
On the night of June 5-6, 1944, a group of young men–boys many of them–embarked on an extraordinary mission. Hunched in the dark cabins against the sides of their C-47s and contemplating what fate had in store for them in
He appears to be wrong to the same degree that 5th generation stealth fighters are not defensive. Secretary Gates, who in July 2009, predicted that, “nearly 1,100 [combat aircraft in the U.S. Air Force] will be the most advanced fifth-generation