Listening to many commentators on the cable news stations last night talking about the terrorist attack in Nice, I kept hearing the phrases: “We’re at war.” “This is World War III.” “This is war.” My reaction was, “Where’ve you been … Continue reading →
The death toll in yesterday’s horrific terrorist attack in Nice, France, has now reached 84, with many more injured, some of them very seriously and 25 on life support, so one can expect the death toll to rise. The perpetrator … Continue reading →
[Further UPDATES as the story develops.] A terrorist drove a truck through a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, killing 73 people. As with all such horrific events, reports of the death toll and other details will probably change over … Continue reading →
It’s a terrible and repetitive story, this time occurring in the predominantly Muslim country of Bangladesh: Islamic terrorists, perhaps allied with ISIS, attack a restaurant. In this case they took the patrons hostage (after possibly killing some in the initial … Continue reading →
This clip features an exchange between Senator Ted Cruz and Homeland Security head Jeh Johnson that occurred during the Senate hearing on ““Willful Blindness: Consequences of Agency Efforts To Deemphasize Radical Islam in Combating Terrorism.” In it you can see … 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 →
I’ve learned over the years that if you want the most thorough coverage of terrorist attacks—even ones in this country but especially attacks that occur abroad—go to the British papers. The Daily Mail has a lot of details (some of … Continue reading →
Ted Cruz isn’t taking a vacation. Yesterday Cruz began conducting a hearing: …investigating the willful blindness on the part of the relevant law enforcement agencies to domestic Islamic terror networks. The subject of the hearing is “Willful Blindness: Consequences of … Continue reading →
No one has claimed responsibility yet, and varying numbers of people have been reported killed, but loss of life is large. The terrorists eluded security because they exploded their bombs at the airport entrance, apparently at the taxi stand. Three … Continue reading →
The long-awaited Benghazi report is out, and it catalogues a multitude of omissions and commissions that should outrage Americans of any party or persuasion. Of course, it won’t. The CNN article I just linked which describes the content of the … Continue reading →
Omar Mateen was adorned with red flags, absolutely festooned with them. We already know that law enforcement was warned about Mateen, investigated him, and decided there was nothing they could do because he had not acted on his beliefs. But … Continue reading →
Here’s a typical and actually relatively subtle case of liberal propaganda about the Islamic terrorist Omar Mateen. Do they teach this stuff in journalism school, or does the press learn how to do it afterwards? Or does it just come … Continue reading →