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When AIPAC Went AWOL

by Daniel Pipes The Washington Times March 4, 2013 Washington Times title: “Israel lobby tiptoes around Hagel nomination” Chuck Hagel’s notorious 2008 statement about the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the leading institution of the pro-Israel lobby, claimed that “the Jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here [in Congress]. I’m a United […]

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Uniting Around the Constitution

Budget cutters, cultural conservatives, and national defense hawks ought to be able to rally around a common standard. But what is that standard? In order to properly unite our forces, author Peter Berkowitz recommends that we must first temper our tempers. In his new book Constitutional Conservatism, Berkowitz writes that moderation allows people to find […]

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China Is Not Our Banker

China has fallen behind Japan as the largest foreign holder of U.S. securities. The Department of the Treasury’s new numbers are good only through June 30, 2012, but it puts Japan at $1.84 trillion and China at $1.59 trillion. There are lots of things to say about this, but one stands out: The loose talk […]

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How Obama is Turning the USA into a Police State

‘From drones to gun raids, under Obama law enforcement is being ‘fundamentally transformed’ The federal Department of Homeland Security is stockpiling billions of rounds of ammunition have prompted many Americans to ask: Just who is the government preparing to go to war with? The answer is that “our society is unraveling” and DHS is preparing for “the collapse […]

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Cloakroom: Resolving to Continue

House Cloakroom: March 4 – March 8 Analysis: This week, the House plans to take up a bill that would fund the government for the remainder of the 2013 fiscal year. As of March 1, we are now living under the sequester that was passed overwhelmingly by Congress and signed into law by President Obama […]

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Bangladesh Spring Turns Violent

Shariful Islam/Xinhua/Photoshot/Newscom At least 44 people have been killed in the past two days in protests in Bangladesh following the third conviction by a war crimes tribunal set up to investigate the role of Islamist political leaders in Bangladesh’s independence movement in 1971. The recent spurt in violence follows a month of largely peaceful protests […]

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