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I’ve been saying for years that the various “peace processes” in the Middle East aimed at getting the Palestinians and Israelis to live next to one another without killing each other were useless until the media and culture of the Palestinians prepared the people for that day. The Palestinian equivalent of Sesame Street where a […]

The Society for Professional Journalists is considering whether or not to remove notorious anti-Semite Helen Thomas’ name from the organization’s Lifetime Achievement Award at its executive committee meeting this weekend. The SPJ’s magazine, Quill, has published pro and con letters on the subject and I wanted to draw attention to Lloyd Weston’s defense of keeping […]

Shortly after taking office, President Barack Obama fired Inspector General Gerald Walpin after Walpin had found evidence that Obama ally and former pro basketball player Kevin Johnson had misappropriated more than $800,000 in federal funds for Americorps. Today the D.C. court of appeals ruled that Walpin’s firing was legal, a ruling that effectively guts the […]

Some background: Washington Post wonder boy/blogger Ezra Klein went on MSNBC last week and said the constitution was hard to understand. Yes, to answer your question: any idiot can get a job at the Post. What followed was this bit of explanation from Don Surber, who’s far too intelligent to get labeled a “wonk” on […]

On his last day in office, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger abused the power of his office one last time to reward a political crony and undermine justice. On his final night in office, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger reduced the prison sentence of the son of former Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, Esteban Nunez, who had pleaded guilty […]

James Cole as the No. 2 in the Department of Justice seems to be the one gaining the most attention of the six recess appointees President Obama installed earlier this week. Daniel Foster over at NRO has some of Cole’s CV: Appointed as the Independent Consultant for American International Group, Inc., to exam its transactions […]

Here’s some links that I’ve had up in my browser window for a few days: Surprise, Obamacare costs more, helps fewer than originally predicted The announced expectations was that it would attract 375,000 people by the end of the year.  It has only 8,000 enrollees, which means it missed its mark by 97.9%.  If any […]

I’ve been outraged about the infamous Kelo decision ever since it came down. For those of you who are unfamiliar with it, the Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision construed the “public use” clause of the Fifth Amendment to include higher tax income. Before Kelo if the government was going to take property through eminent […]

When Democrats assailed then-President George W. Bush over the prosecution of the war on terror or treatment of terrorists held at Gitmo, those of us on the right called them wrong, stupid, misguided, foolish and a variety of other unflattering names. One thing we didn’t do, was question Democrats’ patriotism. Of course, when you did […]