So that weird sound you’re hearing right now is the collective hand-wringing of liberals both in government and in media, who can’t help but fret as the Great One’s poll numbers drop like an ACME safe on their enormous expectations.
DAVID GREGORY: Our guest today on Meet the Press, CIA Director Leon Panetta. Welcome, sir. PANETTA: Good Morning, Tim. I heard you’d passed away. Glad you’re back. GREGORY: Uh, thanks. How do you see the Afghan struggle playing out? PANETTA:
Art is a tricky subject. Everyone’s a critic and some react a little more strongly than others. Just ask Molly Norris. Art critics in the Muslim world have put her on a hit list for some of her work. Ms.
The headline President Obama wants uppermost in the minds of American voters today is that the stimulus bill is translating into real jobs, after all. For this purpose, he travels to Holland, Michigan to celebrate the groundbreaking of a new
“I cannot recall at any time when the gap between the kind of words which statesmen used and what was actually happening in many countries was so great as it is now. The habit of saying smooth things and uttering
As the world continues to do little more than wring its hands over the Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear ambitions, what passes for a government in Tehran is preparing to stone to death a mother of two for the crime
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
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
UPDATE: The Iranian government has announced that Ashtiani will not be stoned. But they have left open the possibility that she might be executed. According to CNN, a 42-year old Iranian mother of two – Sakineh Mohammadie Ashtiani – will
On Tuesday President Obama met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel. I am disappointed that President Obama did not take this opportunity to reinforce his commitment to our allies in the Middle East by pledging stronger action to stop
Absent a coherent U.S. foreign policy in Latin America, the best ally of democrats in the region has always been the inevitable economic backlash that is concomitant with socialist economic policies. Other than the military coups and popular rebellions that
After a kerfuffle regarding an ill-advised tweet, Octavia Nasr has been dismissed from CNN. The tweet in question read, “Sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah… One of Hezbollah’s giants I respect a lot.” [youtube gau2O6FPW6A
As Netanyahu returned to Washington and met again with Barack Obama on Tuesday, it’s important to recall what neither man would mention: the specific reason for the war between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs. It’s a religious war, just as
Last week, with nearly unanimous support, Congress agreed to a new package of unilateral sanctions against Iran, which, if enforced, will put significant pressure on the regime. The failure of our current policy to stop Iran’s nuclear ambitions presents a
When the founding fathers declared our independence, they could not have imagined that, 234 years later, our nation would be so spectacularly dependent on a market dominated by countries fundamentally hostile to America, some implicitly and some explicitly, for something
Pro-lifers have long understood the issue of media bias. Years ago, the late, pro-choice David Shaw wrote a series of articles in the Los Angeles Times showing how biased his own newspaper was when reporting on abortion. Shaw showed that
—– Watch the whole video, especially the warm and fuzzy last shot, but here’s Stone’s killer quote: The Cold War became the war against terrorism and continues to this day. We have two wars in Iraq. One in Afghanistan and
I have a frequent nightmare: In the year 2011, with the full support and complicity of their shadow ally, Russia, the Islamofacist regime in Tehran announces that they have developed a deliverable nuclear weapon(s). That any attempt by any nation
Dear Imam Rauf and Daisy Khan, The remains of another seventy-two people were discovered on Friday not far from where you plan to build a thirteen-story Islamic center and mosque. Here we are, close to ten years after the largest
The HBO documentary For Neda, directed by Antony Thomas and narrated by famed Iranian actress Shohreh Aghdashloo, first aired on HBO in the United States on June 14 but went viral in Iran on June 1, well before the regime
The President’s recent commencement address to Hampton University students in Virginia counseled the young minds about the dangers of being bombarded by too much information, but who knew that Joe Lieberman was listening when the President said: Meanwhile, you’re coming
After the Israeli action against the Turkish jihad flotilla aroused more international condemnation of Israel, Iran is now sending two of its own Islamic jihad flotillas – Moetillas – to Gaza. The war ship convoy (which the media affectionately has
The movie of the summer won’t be in theatres, going instead straight to DVD on June 15. That’s a shame, because Unthinkable, a ripped from the headlines suspense thriller, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Carrie-Ann Moss, Michael Sheen and Brendan Routh,
Filmmaker Antony Thomas talks about the making of “For Neda,” his documentary about the death of protester Neda Agha-Soltan.
