Blog

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

He That Pities the Brute is a Brute to Those Deserving Pity

September 2, 2009

In today’s New York Post, commentator Thomas Sowell did a great job unpacking the misguided and dangerous thinking behind the UK’s foolish and immoral decision to release Abdel Baset al-Megrahi — the Libyan terrorist whose bomb...

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Sudan’s Extermination of Christians: an Interview With Simon Deng

August 31, 2009

From Center For Security Policy

by HEATHER ROBINSON

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As a child, American human rights activist Simon Deng survived brutal enslavement by Islamists and witnessed their destruction of his village in Sudan.

Today, at 50, Deng is an American citizen and one of the leading advocates for the...

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Simon Deng Speaks Out About Persecution of Sudan’s Christians

August 29, 2009

Today the Center for Security Policy web site features the first segment of my interview with American human rights activist Simon Deng.

While many people are familiar with the fact that Sudan’s Islamist government provided...

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What Euna and Laura Faced in North Korea

August 19, 2009

From MomLogic

by HEATHER ROBINSON & JENNIFER GINSBERG

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Watching journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee return from North Korea escorted by former President Bill Clinton, no one with a heart could fail to be delighted — and relieved. Mothers across the country were especially moved to see Lee...

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Don’t Let Return of Euna Lee and Laura Ling Put Pretty Face on an Ugly Regime

August 19, 2009

Today MomLogic.com features my article, co-written with Jennifer Ginsberg, about the evil of Kim Jong-il’s widespread human rights abuses in North Korea. While Americans are justifiably thrilled that Euna Lee and Laura Ling have...

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Again, Links to Examples of “Feminist” Cruelty Towards Sarah Palin and Her Family

August 12, 2009

I’ve received a few comments and e-mails challenging me to provide concrete examples of the feminist hypocrisy in cruel attacks on Sarah Palin that my co-author Jennifer Ginsberg and I wrote about in our pieces on the media’s...

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Dick Morris: Bill Clinton Gave Kim Jong-il the Most Magnificent Photo Opportunity

August 11, 2009

Monday I had the opportunity to meet commentator Dick Morris, to sit in on his interview with the Washington D.C.-based Center for Security Policy, and ask him a question about his recent polling of American Jewish Democrats who voted for...

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Klein Battles the Left on MsNBC, and Holds Up Mirror to Leftist Hypocrisy

August 9, 2009

On Friday Philip Klein of The American Spectator did a great job of highlighting leftist hypocrisy in his appearance on MSNBC.

Klein was on to discuss Rush Limbaugh’s recent comparison of the Nazi Third Reich eagle logo and the Obama...

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Sarah’s Smackdown

August 7, 2009

From MomLogic

by HEATHER ROBINSON & JENNIFER GINSBERG

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In the aftermath of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s announcement earlier this month that she plans to resign from office, pundits have been scrambling for an explanation.

Personally, the whole matter has left me feeling a little...

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Down Syndrome: Sarah Palin’s Brave Choice

August 7, 2009

From MomLogic

by JENNIFER GINSBERG & HEATHER ROBINSON

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When I was four months pregnant with my first baby, I went to my OB for a routine checkup and structural ultrasound. I remember feeling so excited to have the opportunity to see a 3-D image of the little baby, whom I was already completely in...

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