Last year Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) landed on Judicial Watch’s “Washington’s Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians,” and for good reason. Waters (and her partner in crime, Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)) helped secure a TARP grant for the failing Massachusetts bank
by Tom Fitton20 Apr 2011, 6:07 AM PST0
Judicial Watch continued its aggressive, nationwide campaign against illegal alien sanctuary policies. Last Monday, I sent a letter to the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for New Jersey’s County College of Morris (CCM) challenging the school’s policy of providing
by Tom Fitton19 Apr 2011, 3:01 PM PST0
The self-immolation on Dec. 17, 2010 of an obscure Tunisian, Mohammed Bouazizi, set off a political firestorm across the Middle East that has yet to subside. His story as first told contained some inaccuracies; so now, with facts and his
by Daniel Pipes19 Apr 2011, 9:30 AM PST0
From Defense News: WASHINGTON – NATO is running short of precision bombs and other munitions in its Libyan operation against the forces of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, The Washington Post reported April 15. Citing unnamed senior NATO and U.S. officials,
by Niccolo Machiavelli18 Apr 2011, 5:58 AM PST0
Today’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Nato is running short of precision bombs in Libya A month ago, when the Libya campaign began, it was expected to end quickly, and the United States, which was already involved in two wars in
by John J. Xenakis17 Apr 2011, 6:51 AM PST0
The state of our national government is in shambles. We are so far removed from the traditional political divide. To explain what is going on in Washington would require use of a metaphor such as The Mariana Trench to explain
by Jason Bradley14 Apr 2011, 10:41 AM PST0
With Palestinian efforts going full steam ahead to get United Nations recognition of a Palestinian state in September, the Obama administration is attempting to refocus world attention on a negotiated agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, according to NPR. Hillary
by John J. Xenakis14 Apr 2011, 6:49 AM PST0
[Editor’s Note: This post is co-authored by Bob Morrison] Richard Goldstone is a retired justice of South Africa ‘s Constitutional Court. He is Jewish and a Zionist. So, when this distinguished jurist issued a report commissioned by the UN’s Human
by Ken Blackwell11 Apr 2011, 10:01 AM PST0
In a spectacular reversal, this past Friday Judge Richard Goldstone published an op-ed in the Washington Post which reverses the key charge against Israel in the report about the Gaza War which bears his name. He no longer believes the
by Jeff Dunetz7 Apr 2011, 9:05 AM PST0
In a blow to the autonomy of the media it has been discovered that employees of two Old Media outlets are the happy beneficiaries of hundreds of thousands of federal dollars from an Obamacare slush fund. CBS and the Washington
by Warner Todd Huston7 Apr 2011, 4:58 AM PST0
When you think about a highly aggressive cartel teaming up with politicians to pass protectionist laws that kick entrepreneurs out of work, you probably don’t think about interior designers. But you should. [youtube C_4U3VehaW4&] The American Society of Interior Designers
by Bob Ewing6 Apr 2011, 7:30 AM PST0
In April of 2009, the United Nations Human Rights Council commissioned a report on the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians that had taken place the previous winter. That report is colloquially known as the Goldstone Report, so named for
by Evan Pokroy6 Apr 2011, 4:58 AM PST0
When you think about a highly aggressive cartel teaming up with politicians to pass protectionist laws that kick entrepreneurs out of work, you probably don’t think about interior designers. But you should. [youtube C_4U3VehaW4&] The American Society of Interior Designers
by Bob Ewing5 Apr 2011, 7:19 PM PST0
The Senate will, one presumes, finally vote either this week or next to block EPA from imposing President Obama’s ‘other way to skin the cat’ of Kyoto-style energy rationing, by using the Clean Air Act – a law that EPA’s
by Christopher C. Horner5 Apr 2011, 6:57 AM PST0
Last night, Judge Richard Goldstone published a mea culpa in the pages of the Washington Post. He trashed his own report which has been used by Israel’s opponents to delegitimize the Jewish state. “We know a lot more today about
by Jeff Dunetz3 Apr 2011, 5:23 AM PST0
In a newly published op-ed in the Washington Post, Richard Goldstone abandons the central conclusion of his infamous report on the Gaza conflict of 2008-2009: that the Israeli military and political leadership deliberately targeted Palestinian civilians. Now, after a follow-up
by Joel B. Pollak2 Apr 2011, 7:25 PM PST0
US officials have confirmed that American war planes, ground-attack aircraft and Tomahawk cruise missiles will be pulled out the Libya operation, starting this weekend. In addition, US naval ships and submarines are being withdrawn from the seas off Libya according
by John J. Xenakis2 Apr 2011, 4:16 AM PST0
I don’t believe in burning any religious books, so I wish those seeking attention by doing so would stop. Islamists extremists want their attack to convey strength. In fact, it demonstrates their weakness and inability to deal with any alternative
by El Cid1 Apr 2011, 11:23 AM PST0
Israeli military maps Hezbollah bunkers A few thoughts, as you look at those maps of southern Lebanon provided by the IDF to the Washington Post. Israeli intelligence is not an oxymoron. They are only showing us a fraction of what
by Dan Friedman31 Mar 2011, 12:41 PM PST0
It comes as no surprise that The Washington Post’s E.J. Dionne isn’t a fan of conservatives or Republicans, but it is occasionally surprising how far he goes to distort their positions in support of the Lightbringer. In his most recent
by Evan Pokroy30 Mar 2011, 1:30 PM PST0
President Obama’s hometown of Chicago is nearly 1,000 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. But like many other communities across the country, it is suffering the consequences of his Administration’s anti-drilling agenda. Illinois accounted for $376.2 million in shallow-water drilling
by Robert Bluey25 Mar 2011, 10:05 AM PST0
The Washington Post deserves credit for letting some embarrassing material slip into this story about Media Matter’s efforts to train progressives for TV appearances: The morning was dominated by a PowerPoint presentation by Drew Westen, the Democratic message guru and
by John Sexton24 Mar 2011, 7:10 AM PST0
There is good news and bad news about the effectiveness of allied airstrikes against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s forces. On the plus side, U.S. Navy Admiral Samuel Locklear, commander of U.S. Naval Forces in Europe and Africa, said Tuesday that
by The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT)23 Mar 2011, 5:43 PM PST0
Ever wonder how the Libya mission got its name “Operation Odyssey Dawn?” Apparently the name has nothing to do with anything. The Washington Post reports: Significant military operations in Libya are expected to wind down in the coming days, marking
by Niccolo Machiavelli23 Mar 2011, 3:26 AM PST0
In 1981, Secretary of Health Education and Welfare Patricia Harris wrote in the Washington Post that libertarian economists Walter Williams and Thomas Sowell are “middle class” so they “don’t know what it is to be poor.” In fact, Williams grew
by Reason TV22 Mar 2011, 1:03 PM PST0