January 2010

The Legendary J.D. Salinger, Dead at 91, Did it His Way

January 28, 2010

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Last week the author J.D. Salinger died at age 91. I hesitate to eulogize him for fear, as Salinger once told Elia Kazan when the latter asked for permission to produce a play version of Salinger’s masterpiece “The Catcher in the Rye,” that...

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Coast Guard Academy Law Prof. Proposes Hybrid Court for Dealing With Guantanamo Detainees

January 26, 2010

President Obama’s self-imposed January 20th deadline for the closing of the U.S. Detention Facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba has come and gone. Although the President is taking heat from the left for this action (or lack thereof), it seems to...

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Israel, Iceland Lead the Way in Providing Earthquake Relief to Haiti

January 22, 2010

 

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Sarah Palin Is a Feminist

January 14, 2010

From Mom Logic

by HEATHER ROBINSON & JENNIFER GINSBERG

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Who is a feminist?

We’ve been asking that question since reading “Going Rogue,” Sarah Palin’s autobiography, and after reading columns by prominent feminists deriding the idea that the former Governor of Alaska...

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Thank Yoo, Mr. Yoo!

January 13, 2010

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John Yoo, former deputy assistant attorney general in the office of legal counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice during George W. Bush’s first term, sat down with me Tuesday evening prior to his talk before a Manhattan audience...

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Good Morning, Mr. President, Would You Like Some Security With Your Coffee?

January 7, 2010

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Looks like President Obama is waking up to some harsh realities.

Earlier this week the President announced he would not be sending any Guantanamo Bay detainees home to Yemen, an impoverished Arab country that has emerged as a hotbed of...

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