Obama reacts to critics of his immigration policy with the sort of style and substance we’ve come to expect of our president: Speaking to reporters Wednesday morning in the Philippines, Obama scoffed at attempts to block refugees following the Paris … Continue reading →
A shoot out left some dead and some in custody: For the second time in a week, gunfire and explosions ripped through France on Wednesday — this time in an hours-long ordeal that ended with at least two terror suspects … Continue reading →
It really was inevitable that Bobby Jindal would drop out of the race. He never really caught on, and he knows when it’s time to quit: “I’ve come to the realization that this is not my time,” Jindal said on … Continue reading →
It’s no secret that Marco Rubio is vulnerable with conservatives on his Gang of Eight history. On reading this Powerline piece about Cruz’s possible vulnerabilities (which don’t seem that bad to me, by the way) it occurs to me this … Continue reading →
At first I read this article thinking that the escuses offered by Faklan Abdeslam—the mother of Paris suicide bomber Ibrahim Abdeslam, who blew himself up during the Paris attacks, injuring another man—were mordantly, bitterly, absurd. Faklan, by the way, is … Continue reading →
We knew it anyway, but now it’s official, according to Russia: A homemade explosive device brought down a Russian passenger plane over Egypt last month, the head of Russia’s FSB security service said Tuesday, telling Russian President Vladimir Putin it’s … Continue reading →
…but the fingerprints were real.
Continue reading →I didn’t watch Obama’s press conference, but I’ve seen the reports: He’s a remarkable man, in all the wrong ways. He is the apotheosis of progressivism, the avatar and godling that is the living embodiment of all their cowardices, lies, … Continue reading →
This might change a few minds. Send it around; I’d like it to get a wide audience: To see how spot-on with his timing Cruz was, take a look at this: I suppose Ted haters will consider it too “robotic.” … Continue reading →
Quite a find: The interior ministry said 168 searches had taken place across the country in the wake of the Paris terror attacks… Searches in Lille, Strasbourg, Lyon, Grenoble, Marseille and Toulouse resulted in the rocket launcher, flak jackets, 15 … Continue reading →
I just want to note that, although I think the governors refusing to accept Syrian refugees are doing the right and necessary thing, it is important only in the sense of alerting people to what’s going on. It won’t ultimately … Continue reading →
I had notes for a piece that would explore France’s options in fighting the terrorists within. I saw two possible models: their own campaign against Algerian terrorists in the 50s (which I had mentioned in one of my first posts … Continue reading →