Blog

My running commentary on events: local, national, and international. Areas of special interest include Israel, Iraq, and dissidents in the Muslim world.

Obama Favors Pre-911 Approach to Fighting Terror

June 20, 2008

This incisive piece by Philip Klein in this week’s American Spectator online outlines the evidence that Barack Obama considers terrorism a problem for traditional law enforcement, and favors a pre-911 approach to tackling this...

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Brooke Sheilds’ Hubby Chris Henchy Wishes Iraq Vet Well

June 16, 2008

The party following tonight’s TONY awards took place at Rockefeller Center’s Rock Center Cafe, and yielded me a nice celebrity siting/anecdote. The champagne was flowing liberally, but I’m happy to say a drop of patriotism was in...

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Brooke Sheilds’ Hubby Chris Henchy Wishes Iraq Vet Well

June 16, 2008

The party following tonight’s TONY awards took place at Rockefeller Center’s top of the rock, and yielded me a nice celebrity siting/anecdote. The champagne was flowing liberally, but I’m happy to say a drop of patriotism was...

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Guantanamo Detainees Granted More Protections Than Any Enemy Combatants in U.S. History

June 14, 2008

On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that habeas corpus applies to detainees at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. While the ruling does not mean federal courts will necessarily release any of the detainees any time soon, it...

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Iraqis Stand Up to al Qaeda

June 10, 2008

Check out this terrific story about an Iraqi sheikh who helped U.S. forces expel al Qaeda from Anbar province. Apparently he is now providing the U.S. with information about Afghan tribes, presumably including those along the...

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Obama at AIPAC: Words, Just Words

June 4, 2008

by Heather Robinson

Barack Obama just delivered his requisite pro-Israel speech to delegates of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) at the annual policy conference, an important moment on the cusp of his ascension as the Democratic nominee for...

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Israel Must Not Reject Natural Allies

June 2, 2008

A must read for all members of the pro-America, pro-Israel, pro-human rights, anti-terror community, this excellent article in this week’s Jerusalem Post magazine highlights the Israeli government’s disordered...

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Selective Praise, Selective Outrage

May 28, 2008

The front page of today’s New York Times carries a photograph of an American soldier smoking a cigarette. A caption beneath the photo reads, “A Pause Before Beating Back the Taliban” and the caption goes on to explain...

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A Strange Dichotomy

May 27, 2008

Having recently returned from the middle east, where I went to Ramallah and met Palestinians on their turf, I’ve been thinking about the risk I took, and also about the strange dichotomy that exists in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.

In...

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It’s Not Only Me. There are Thousands of Liberian Children Who Have Been Through War

May 21, 2008

From The New York Daily News

by HEATHER ROBINSON

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“My mother told me, ‘My heart is broken to be separated from you, but you will find family in America,'” says Morris Sheriff. “That never left my mind.”

Nattily dressed in a tan suit and a red and...

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