Cultural Relativism, Political Correctness, Elitist Racism and the Death of...
From January 2011 Pundits are extolling the advent of freedom and democracy in the Arab Middle East. I only wish that that were true. There are no true viable democratic movements in the Arab world and...
View ArticlePray for the Peace of Jerusalem Repost
This post originally appeared May 7, 2010. Of course since this was first published Egyptians have “elected” into office an Islamist theocracy run by an avowed anti-Semite; Syria has descended into...
View ArticleFree Speech Versus the OIC
Free speech versus the OIC from Pat Condell “If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” – George Washington. OIC coming back with another...
View ArticleSometimes Israel’s real friends also need to know when to be quiet…..
Repost August 22, 2011 A barrage of rockets rained down on southern Israel this weekend, and despite a “cease-fire” supposedly brokered by Egypt the rockets still are coming. Granted not quiet as often...
View ArticleAn Israeli Soldier’s song to the world for Passover
From latma Am Yisroel Chai…the Jewish people live Chag Pesach Sameach…Happy Passover Filed under: antisemitism, foreign policy, freedom, Israel, Judea and Samaria, Middle East, terror, United Nations,...
View ArticlePolitical Correctness, Cultural Relativism and the Need to Repair the World
From Oct 2010. I am reposting this article in light of last weeks inane actions, whereby Yeshiva University, an orthodox Jewish institution of higher education, honored the virulent antisemite Jimmy...
View ArticleWe Are a “People of Parts” Not a Feeble Lot
Yes the original saying is “man of parts,” but this being an egalitarian blog I decided to add in a little political correctness (oh no say it ain’t so) to the phrase. Sadly I think it does lose the...
View ArticleWatcher’s Council – One Day in Boston
Welcome to the Watcher’s Council, a blogging group consisting of some of the most incisive blogs in the ‘sphere, and the longest running group of its kind in existence. Every week, the members...
View ArticleWatcher’s Council Nominations – Benghazi Bites Back Edition
‘What difference does it make’? Well, Mrs. Clinton, we may be about to find out. (graphic by the amazing Chris Muir at Day By Day, of course) Welcome to the Watcher’s Council, a blogging group...
View ArticleForum: Which of the current scandals do you think is potentially most...
Every week on Monday morning, the Council and our invited guests weigh in at the Watcher’s Forum, short takes on a major issue of the day. This week’s question:Which of the current scandals do you...
View ArticleIsraeli Settlements, “Occupation,” Lawfare, Islamism and Terrorism
Northwestern University Professor Eugene Kontorovich and Director Brooke Goldstein for the Lawfare Project Read: Lawfare: The War Against Free Speech Fordham International Law Journal: The Emerging...
View ArticleAdministration Appointees Seek the Destruction of Israel
Samantha Powers, the erstwhile Harvard professor best known for her Soros funded policy of “protection of civilians,” is now going to be the US Ambassador to the UN. Nice for the Jew-haters of the...
View ArticleWatcher’s Council Nominations – Under Surveillance Edition
Welcome to the Watcher’s Council, a blogging group consisting of some of the most incisive blogs in the ‘sphere, and the longest running group of its kind in existence. Every week, the members nominate...
View ArticleThe Palestinian Authority’s Reign of Terror
From Gatestone Institute by Khaled Abu Toameh Until recently, the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank used to arrest Palestinians who criticized its leaders, especially Mahmoud Abbas. But now the...
View ArticleSometimes A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Rolling Stone’s Miscalculation
Not sure what was the thinking behind the new cover of Rolling Stone. Placing a beatifying picture of a mass murderer on your cover truly may be the way to gin up controversy but it really is not the...
View ArticleIt’s Only Dead Jews-Who cares? Not the Obama Administration For Certain
I wonder when John Kerry would insist that the US Government release convicted terrorist-murderers in order to garner good will among the Taliban and al-Qaeda? Interestingly, we don’t really have to...
View ArticleThese are the times that try men’s souls…..
A commentary…. Happenstance had it that I ran into an old acquaintance, a very well-educated individual in fact, one I had known now for decades. As persons who have been comfortable with each other...
View ArticleForeign Policy Clowns #7: Allowing Tyrants to Dictate Exceptionalism
There is something ironic about a dictator who destroys his own people’s sense of well-being telling another nation that they cannot think of themselves as exceptional. Here An oligarch whose main...
View ArticleWorld Summit on Counter-Terrorism Roundtable
Round Table: Radicalization and Terrorism – hosted at the IDC International Radio studios (IDC Herzliya). Participants: Dr. Qanta Ahmed, Mr. Tarek Fatah, Prof. Peter Neumann, Dr. Matthew Levitt and Dr....
View ArticleThe Genderfication of Thought
So we are now entreated to the fistbumps and highfives of those who think that the most important aspect of US monetary policy has to do with the genital placement of the Fed Chairman candidate. Or...
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