Emails are probably not the best way to conduct clandestine business, as Hillary Clinton, David Petraeus, and now Debbie Wasserman Schultz have learned: The Florida congresswoman’s resignation — under heavy pressure from top Democrats — comes amid the release of … Continue reading →
Yesterday a discussion began with commenter “Irene” asking an important question about a photo of one of the Istanbul suicide bombers at the airport, taken some time prior to his self-detonation: What struck me right away was that, in all … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is Part I of a two-part series.] A short while ago I wrote this about the so-called “moderate Muslims”: Islam may not have moderate branches, but there are moderate Muslims who are good citizens of this country and … Continue reading →
Ann Althouse reports on Jimmy Carter’s major regret, according to Carter: REPORTER: And anything you wish — I’m sorry — that you had not done or that you’d done differently? JIMMY CARTER: I wish I’d sent one more helicopter to … Continue reading →
The extremely sad and horrifying story of how Jennifer Pan, a Canadian woman whose parents hailed from Vietnam and who had huge dreams for her academic success and pressured her to achieve it, came to hire three hit men to … Continue reading →
It turns out that the answer is “a great deal.” The first weekend in May I attended a conference held in Boston entitled “GenerationCaliphate: Apocalyptic Hopes, Millennial Dreams and Global Jihad.” It was organized by Richard Landes, millennial scholar, inventor … Continue reading →
First we have Ben Rhodes, fiction writer morphed into Obama’s deputy National Security Advisor while barely in his mid-thirties, with nary a bit of foreign policy experience under his belt except what he learned on the job. But he has … Continue reading →
The IRS is going to turn over to Congress’ House Ways and Means Committee all of Lois Lerner’s emails during the Obama administration and a little bit earlier. Thanks very much. But who in his/her right mind implicates him/herself in … Continue reading →
It occurs to me from a recent exchange in the comments section that it might be a good idea to visit the topic of the reaction of the Jews of Germany to Hitler. First I’d like to clear up one … Continue reading →
…that this sort of thing is rife in the reporting of the action in Egypt right now. Watch the video: Someone just sent me a short video clip with some footage by AlJazeera that was taken inside the mosque yesterday … Continue reading →
[BUMPED UP] …seems to be happening in Egypt, although it’s not clear what it is. [UPDATE: It’s a military coup, with a suspension of the Constitution (supposedly, the parts Morsi had added will be rewritten), and an interim president. Egypt … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a re-post of an piece I wrote in 2008. I found it yesterday while doing a search for some information I wanted for a comment, and I thought that, in light of recent news in Syria and … Continue reading →