President Obama talked about voting rights in the State of the Union address, claiming we are “betraying our ideals” when any American has to “wait for five, six, seven hours just to cast their ballot.” He announced a “nonpartisan commission to improve the voting experience in America.” While there may have been some Americans who […]
[NRO title: “No Surprises: Israel, America, and Spying”] Israelis spying on Americans is in the news again: leaders of the Jewish state just petitioned for Jonathan Pollard’s release and the Associated Press reported with alarm that U.S. national security officials at times consider Israel to be “a genuine counterintelligence threat.” Its tone of breathless outrage […]
by Daniel Pipes July 3, 2012 Cross-posted from National Review Online: The Corner Two recent developments – Vladimir Putin’s recent trip to the Middle East and the Chinese government’s financing of an Israeli cargo railway – hint at a reshuffling of alliances in the region. The Middle East’s most consequential divide is no longer the […]
Israel’s mysterious Prisoner X, believed to be an Australian citizen named Ben Zygier who allegedly committed suicide in an Israeli prison in 2010, was under investigation by the Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO), an Australian newspaper revealed on Wednesday. According to the report, ASIO had suspected Zygier of using his Australian passport to spy for […]
by Daniel Pipes The Washington Times September 19, 2012 WT title: “Islamic violence advances Shariah law: Is U.S. ready to accept second-class status?”; includes updates When Muslims take to the streets in nearly 30 countries to engage in various degrees of anti-Western violence, something important is underway. Reflections on what this might mean: The Rushdie […]
by Daniel Pipes FoxNews.com September 24, 2012 To stop Islamist violence over perceived insults to Muhammad, I argued in a FoxNews.com article on Friday, editors and producers daily should display cartoons of Muhammad “until the Islamists get used to the fact that we turn sacred cows into hamburger.” This appeal prompted a solemn reply from […]
by Daniel Pipes FoxNews.com September 21, 2012 When Salman Rushdie mocked Islamic sanctities in 1989 in his magical realist novel The Satanic Verses, Ayatollah Khomeini did something shockingly original: He pronounced a death edict on Rushdie and all those connected to the production of his book. By doing this, Khomeini sought to impose Islamic mores […]
by Daniel Pipes FrontPageMagazine.com October 1, 2012 This past Saturday, folks, was a big day for the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Its “Leadership Conference 18th Annual Banquet” at the Marriott Crystal Gateway Hotel in Arlington, Va. lasted from 9 am until past 10 pm. Sadly, I missed the event. Not that I wouldn’t eagerly have […]
by Daniel Pipes National Review Online October 16, 2012 NRO title: “Erdogan and Assad at War” Why does the Turkish government act so aggressively against the Assad regime of Syria? Perhaps Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan hopes that lobbing artillery shells into Syria will help bring a satellite government to power in Damascus. Maybe he […]
With current funding for government operations scheduled to run out March 27, the House is beginning work on another Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government through the rest of the fiscal year. As they do this, they must take firm steps toward their commitment to balance the budget in 10 years. That means delivering […]
