Decades of autocratic government and a lack of free elections are, of course, the main drivers of the political upheaval in Egypt. But did the sinking dollar and skyrocketing food prices trigger the massive unrest now occurring in Egypt —
I now turn to the other side of the coin, the efforts of the Soviet Union to create a power bloc in Eastern Europe, with a small aside into the Soviet Union itself. The Iron Curtain – Post-World War II
From Milton to Hedegaard: “Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.” The Kafka-esque trial proceedings against Danish journalist and historian Lars Hedegaard today included a final statement by the
We regularly hear the term “nation building” these days, but there is a woeful lack of discussion of the history of the practice. Given how rarely it has happened that is understandable, but there are valuable lessons to be learned
Even though it is President Obama who has ramped up the use of drone attacks to deal with militants in Pakistan, he is not named as a defendant in the lawsuit. A lawyer representing the plaintiffs admits that $500 million
Over the last few years, we’ve all become familiar with the sight of masses of Muslim men clogging up public spaces in major Western European cities with their posteriors pointed skyward as they pray towards Mecca. Paris is the most
When the calendar approaches the Jewish Holiday of Passover there is usually much discussion and unfortunate new examples of the infamous lie against Jews, the blood libel which charges that Jews use the blood of Gentile children to make Matzo
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
Newsweek magazine hailed Cuba among “The Best Countries in the World,” quality-of -life-wise. “Cuba outdoes its fellow middle-income countries in quality of life,” explains the 1993 “National Magazine Award for General Excellence” winner who recently fetched one dollar on the
Germany’s Der Spiegel publishes an interview today with the Egyptian Ambassador to Germany about the massacre of Coptic Christians in his country. Clearly, denial and double-speak are official government policy. Listen to what Ambassador Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy says: SPIEGEL ONLINE:
The news is going from bad to worse for Ireland. The Irish Independent is reporting that the Swiss Central Bank no longer will accept Irish government bonds as collateral. The story also notes that one of the world’s largest bond
Our Flemish correspondent VH has compiled a report on a scandal which unfolded during the Christmas holiday and caused quite an outrage in the Netherlands. It seems that the socialist leader Job Cohen dusted off the time-tested comparison of European
On trial for his freedom and facing the possibility of a life sentence, Sergeant 1st Class Kelly A. Stewart refused to violate his Code of Conduct as a member of the Army’s elite Special Forces. At one point during his
Army Sgt. 1st Class Kelly A. Stewart‘s life turned upside down Nov. 7, 2008, the day a German woman accused him, among other things, of raping and kidnapping her two and a half months earlier during a one-night stand that
Well, it turns out that the slow snow removal process in New York City was the act of childish adults protesting budget cuts. According to the New York Post: “[Unionized city workers] sent a message to the rest of the
I hate to dampen the Christmas cheer, but our economic elites continue to drive the Western world down with their manipulative economic policies. First we were told “trust us,” and they would deliver perpetual prosperity, the welfare state, economic equality,
As you sit down and watch football over the holidays, take a look at this list below compiled by The Army Times which shows the deep links between the NFL and those who serve our country. Additions are welcome. PLAYER/COACH
One of the most remarkable occurrences in modern warfare occurred just a few months after World War I had begun. On December 24, 1914, the German and British soldiers laid down their arms, crossed into the “No Man’s Land” separating
Sixty-five years ago, on December 21, 1945, America lost one of its greatest champions of liberty – Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., a largely unsung hero today of the Liberal-Conservative battles that have raged in America most of this century.
As reported by the Washington Post, these were Richard Holbrooks’s last words, As Mr. Holbrooke was sedated for surgery, family members said, his final words were to his Pakistani surgeon: “You’ve got to stop this war in Afghanistan.” More than
Until Saving Private Ryan, the 1963 film The Victors was what I considered the best war movie ever. Although some have pegged this as an anti-war film, I believe it is more descriptive of a movie that proves that war
Sometimes it’s not a good idea to be at the top of a list. And now that Japan has announced a five-percentage point reduction in its corporate tax rate, the United States will have the dubious honor of imposing the
Today, in 1941, Germany and Italy declared war on the United States. It wasn’t one of their better decisions.
Bill Sammon, manager of Fox’s Washington Bureau, sent out an email instructing staff to call the “public option” the “government option.” Renaming government projects and entities to falsely reflect public ownership (and suggest choice, when in fact, there is none)
Remember during the height of the Iraq war how the Left proclaimed that the war was ultimately about oil, that we were sacrificing the blood of American soldiers for the sake of oil company profits? Some of the more interesting
