Here’s a fascinating—and chilling—2006 Atlantic article by Matthew Teague about the world of terrorists and double-agents. The specific setting is the British counter-war against the IRA. But the situation it describes is relevant to our own war with Islamicist terrorism. … Continue reading →
Yesterday I wrote about the wide disparity in poll results for next week’s special election to fill Ted Kennedy’s Massachusetts Senate seat. I wanted to add this link, which attempts to explain some of the differences between the polls, as … Continue reading →
So, which Brown/Coakley poll is closer to reality? This one, which says the Massachusetts Senate race is a dead heat? Or this one, which has Coakley up by 15? Dunno. However, the all-important details of the demographics of the second … Continue reading →
Most people now recognize that Obama has been lying about a lot of things. But it’s often said that’s just business as usual for politicians, and that anyone who thinks otherwise is being naive. Blogger Richard Fernandez of Belmont Club, … Continue reading →
I noticed a commenter calling him/herself “KrauthammerIn2012,” and it got me thinking: hey, why not? He’s smart. The fact that he’s a paraplegic doesn’t matter; we’ve had one (or close to one) for president before, and he did pretty well, … Continue reading →
It’s finally dawning on many states that Obamacare as currently constructed will place enormous extra burdens on them when they can least afford it. And even Time magazine is now pointing out just how bad that will be, although it … Continue reading →
This is shocking news: This needs to go viral ”” everyone you know needs to read this. Democrats have admitted to a scheme to ram through the Healthcare Rationing vote before Scott Brown can be sworn in as Senator, should … Continue reading →
Will his efforts be enough to accomplish the unthinkable—a Republican taking the Senate seat vacated by the late Ted Kennedy, reducing the sixty previous votes for cloture on health care reform to only fifty-nine? Don’t know. But Brown is giving … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →As we learn more about the suicide bombing of CIA officers in Afghanistan, it seems that time-honored safety precautions were broken: [The bomber] fed the agency honest-to-goodness actionable intelligence about jihadis to build up his credibility, to the point where … Continue reading →
…because those Guantanamo prisoners are petitioning to be allowed to stay there.
Continue reading →Pigs fly, and liberal CNN pundit Jack Cafferty is very angry at Obama for breaking his campaign promise about health care debate transparency: [See a transcript here.] Not only is Cafferty unequivocal in calling Obama a liar, but he’s pretty … Continue reading →