
After bin Laden’s Death, Al-Qaeda Turns to the North Caucasus
After Osama bin Laden’s death, it is clear that the war on terrorism is not over. Ayman al-Zawahiri, the former al-Qaeda’s number two, may take over as bin Laden’s heir, unless the interim operations leader Saif al-Adel, the former Egyptian commando with Iranian ties, gets the job. In the meantime, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula […]

Pakistan is Playing a “Double Game” Supports Terror Camps
GULI BADRAL, Pakistan – In this Pakistani village surrounded by forests and glacial streams just 35 miles from where Osama bin Laden was killed, people become uneasy when asked what goes on up the mountain. It’s where villagers avoid cutting pine trees for firewood. And where they know not to ask questions. When pressed, they […]

What Happens When Greece Defaults
(By Andrew Lilico) It is when, not if. Financial markets merely aren’t sure whether it’ll be tomorrow, a month’s time, a year’s time, or two years’ time (it won’t be longer than that). Given that the ECB has played the “final card” it employed to force a bailout upon the Irish – threatening to bankrupt […]

US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers Raises Spectre of Second dot.com Bubble
(By Richard Blackden) His warning came as shares in professional networking site LinkedIn surged for a second day in New York. Shares in LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional networking site, jumped more than 10pc on Friday after more than doubling on their first day of trading on the Nasdaq on Thursday. The flotation of LinkedIn, […]

Good News on Lasting Marriages
While tabloid fare on marital fiascos (such as the recent demise of the Schwarzenegger–Shriver marriage) tends to dominate headlines, breaking news actually bodes well for marriage in America. According to a report based on census data released Wednesday, marriages are lasting longer, with three in four couples who married after 1990 celebrating their 10th anniversary. […]

Man Spends Life Saving Promoting May21 End of the world
A retired worker has spent his whole life saving (20 years retirement income) to advertise Harold Camping’s May 21 2011 End of the world in the Subway. Yes folks, it is Camping’s End of the world date not God’s. Robert Patrick worked 20 years for the Transit system and retired with a pretty nice saving. […]

The Administration Must Not Bend to Russian Missile Defense Demands
Recently, Russian Prime Minister Sergey Ryabkov stated that Russia might withdraw from New START—the strategic arms control agreement between the Russian Federation and the United States that entered into force on February 4—if the United States does not provide Moscow with a legally binding guarantee that the European Phased Adaptive Approach (the Obama Administration’s plan […]

Geraldo Rivera and 1967 Borders
Dear Fox and Friends, The next time Mr. Rivera is on your show advocating his vapid ideological drivel as though it might contain some deep geopolitical insight, please point out four things to him: First, “the” problem in the Middle East neither Israel’s unwillingness to return to the pre-1967 war borders nor even the Arab-Israeli […]

Europe Has Immigration Problems on Steroids
Dr. Laina Farhat-Holzman– For all the problems we think we have with immigration, Europe’s problems far exceed ours. The U.S. has always had a history of panic about new and alien groups pouring into our country (Irish, Italians, Jews, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, and now Hispanics). But all of these groups came here to become American; […]

Obama Throws Israel to the Dogs
Robert Spencer– America is on the verge of abandoning its most reliable ally in the Middle East, thanks to Barack Hussein Obama. He began his betrayal with lip service to Israel’s concerns about defending itself from the relentless jihad that has been waged against it throughout the sixty-three years of its lifetime as a sovereign […]

The Facts of Lunch: Federal School Regulations Aren’t The Answer
There is nothing wrong with fighting childhood obesity but fighting it at the federal level with ineffective methods that could cost each school district over $100,000 in budget increases isn’t going to cut it. Every school district is different and it would be more appropriate to make these decisions at the state and local level […]
