Profiling Works – Profile Muslims or Die
Here is how our present airline security measures have worked and failed, and will progress in the future: 1. We are required to remove footwear because of the failed Muslim shoe bomber Richard Reid. 2 We are severely limited to bringing liquids on planes because of multiple, failed Muslim attempts at destroying airliners. Civilians don’t […]
Science: Another Ice Age?
From Time Magazine 1974: In Africa, drought continues for the sixth consecutive year, adding terribly to the toll of famine victims. During 1972 record rains in parts of the U.S., Pakistan and Japan caused some of the worst flooding in centuries. In Canada’s wheat belt, a particularly chilly and rainy spring has delayed planting and […]
Islamic Terror? This is Worse!
A new threat is emerging – or re-emerging – that moves terror beyond even what has been created by blood-thirsty radical Islamists who want a worldwide caliphate under control of the Shariah and the Qu’ran, says a report from Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin. The new multi-national threat comes from Muslims who want a stateless society […]
A New Year and a New Direction for Health Care Reform
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act became the law of the land in 2010, but debate over its existence and implementation will rage on in the New Year. The law’s serious policy flaws are already impacting health insurance and costs, but these are part of a deeper and broader issue: the proper role for […]
Hiding A Depression: How The US Government Does It
By: Daniel Amerman Overview The real US unemployment rate is not 9.8% but between 25% and 30%. That is a depression level of job losses – so why doesn’t it look like a depression for many people? How can so large of a statistical discrepancy exist, and how is it that holiday shopping malls are […]
If We Close Our Eyes, The Monster Will Go Away
Refusing to face the need for radical change and adaptation only makes the eventual adjustment more traumatic and less likely to succeed. As an initial reaction to unwelcome crises, denial serves a psychological purpose. Closing our eyes and hoping the Monster will go away is the first stage of eventual acceptance and engagement with unwelcome […]
Top Ten Foundry Posts of 2010
Rounding out our Top Ten of 2010 series (we already listed the Top Ten Charts, Top Ten Papers, Top Ten Videos, Top Ten Morning Bells, and Top Ten Side Effects), today we bring you the Top Ten Foundry Posts of this year. As always, posts are ranked by pageviews with the 10th most popular post […]
Top Ten Reasons America Won’t Miss the 111th Congress
The 111th Congress is officially over, and according to Gallup, it’s also officially the worst Congress in the history of polling. Yet despite its 13% approval rating there are those who are hailing the 111th Congress for its myriad legislative “accomplishments.” Not surprisingly, many of those touting those “accomplishments” are the very members of Congress […]
No Time For Israel: An In-Depth Analysis
When Time magazine published its September cover story, “Why Israel Doesn’t Care About Peace,” we were stunned by the bias of the article and its fundamental misrepresentation of Israeli attitudes. We wondered whether that article was a one-time failure of objectivity or if it represented a prevalent bias in Time’s reporting on Israel. So we […]
Obama Appoints Robert Ford as Ambassador to Syria
The White House has announced the appointment of a new ambassador to Syria — a controversial move by U.S. President Barack Obama, who used his Constitutional muscle on Wednesday to name the envoy while the Senate was not in session. The previous ambassador to Syria was withdrawn by former President George W. Bush in 2005 in […]
Fayyad: No ‘Facebook State’ for the PA
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad is not looking for a “Facebook State” – and moreover, he is convinced he isn’t building one. Fayyad told the Reuters news agency Wednesday he expects more countries around the world will fall into line and announce formal recognition of the PA as a new country, which is the way […]
