Five Signs of Hope (Maybe) for Europe
By Bruce Bower: Every now and then readers of this site, while thanking us for the coverage of the Islamization of Europe, have kindly asked if it’s possible for me to provide an occasional break from the endlessly depressing accounts of jihad and appeasement and dhimmitude and, quite simply, report on some good news for […]
Guess How Many New Laws Take Effect in 2014
Welcome to the year 2014 and the nearly 40,000 new laws written by state legislatures set to take effect in the United States this year, eroding on more and more freedoms. From regulations involving “lemon pets” to take-home placentas, 2014 looks like it will be an interesting year for new laws, several of which are […]
NYT’s Now Claims of Al Qaeda Involvement in Benghazi ‘Strictly Political’
Smarting from the number of witnesses who came out to challenge The New York Times’ weekend article downplaying terrorist involvement in the 2012 Benghazi attack, NYT editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal “argued that those trying to claim Al Qaeda was involved” do so “for strictly political reasons.” According to Fox News, Rosenthal said: For anyone […]
Romney grandchild latest victim of racist media
For the racist media, 2013 was another bad year. It culminated with the hideous display on MSNBC where a gang of nasty jabber-mouth panelists played the “knockout” game on Mitt Romney and his adopted black grandchild. Now there has been a lot of this “knockout” game going around where thugs sneak up on unsuspecting victims […]
Muslim Terror Wave in Russia
There have now been three major jihad terror attacks in Russia in four days. The attacks are a grim reminder of how vulnerable crowded public places are worldwide to jihad mass murder — and an indication of what the United States could look like sooner or later. The latest round of jihad mass murder began […]
Volgograd Terror Wave Threatens Sochi Olympics, Russian Civic Peace
RIA Novosti/Xinhua/Photoshot/Newscom Russia’s holiday cheer was shattered by brutal suicide bombings on December 29 and 30 in the city of Volgograd that killed at least 31 people. Many experts believe that the bombings, which come just weeks before the opening of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, are an attempt by North Caucasus Islamist insurgents to […]
New Study: Does Income Inequality Harm Opportunity?
Income inequality is a hot topic for 2014. The liberal Center for American Progress recently launched a new center devoted to the subject, and President Obama has been making it a centerpiece of his speeches. But what causes income inequality; is it inherently bad; and what (if anything) should be done about it? These are […]
Irony of Global Warming Scientists Trapped in Antarctic Ice
Somewhere far, far to the south where it is summer, a group of global warming scientists are trapped in the Antarctic ice. If you missed the irony of that situation, it is because much of the mainstream media has glossed over that rather inconvenient bit of hilarity. As an example here is an Associated Press story that […]
Another Muslim Terror Attack on Russia
Two suicide bombings on consecutive days by Muslims radicals have killed at least 31 innocent people in a southern Russia city, highlighting the Islamic terror threat Russia faces as it prepares to host the Winter Games in six weeks. An Islamic suicide bomber on a bus early Monday in Volgograd murdered at least 14 people […]
Report: NSA intercepts computer deliveries
LONDON (AP) — A German magazine lifted the lid on the operations of the National Security Agency’s hacking unit Sunday, reporting that American spies intercept computer deliveries, exploit hardware vulnerabilities, and even hijack Microsoft’s internal reporting system to spy on their targets. Der Spiegel’s revelations relate to a division of the NSA known as Tailored […]
The United States Should Lead with Power and Purpose on China
Yao Dawei/ZUMA Press/Newscom Recently I posted here on China’s unprecedented military buildup and the reasons for it. The Chinese Communist leaders are pursuing a “coercive but non-kinetic” policy – essentially bullying the smaller countries in the region with the threat of armed conflict – and rapidly developing the means to deny the American military access to the East […]