We’ve come to expect this sort of thing for the holidays. Somali-born US citizen Mohamed Osman Mohamud, 19, (double Mohamed there) was arrested yesterday in Portland, Oregon, after attempting to detonate what he thought was a real bomb but which … Continue reading →
…or this, which prevents one.
Continue reading →This is exactly why civilian trials for the Guantanamo detainees were always a very bad idea. The civilian justice system is inadequate to deal with them, and was never meant to do so. Not only that, but this trial was … Continue reading →
I haven’t written much about this yet, but I know it’s a hot topic. I’m all for airport security. The problem is that what used to just be a minor hassle for the average passenger is becoming more than that. … Continue reading →
Ann Althouse reminds us that today is the 25th anniversary of the killing of wheelchair-bound Leon Klinghoffer by Palestinian terrorists. In honor of Klinghoffer and his family, I am linking to a previous post of mine on the subject of … Continue reading →
…strikes again.
Continue reading →…although it really really seems as though it should be. Nor is this.
Continue reading →The 9/11 anniversary is now over for another year. To mark the day, I went to YouTube and watched videos of the original coverage. Although I’d seen some of it before, I realized that a great deal of it was … Continue reading →
The new website RightNetwork has a tribute to 9/11, with articles by Michele Bachman, Eric Cantor, Victor Davis Hanson, and more, including yours truly, neo-neocon.
Continue reading →Nine years. So much has happened since then that it seems as though we’re a different country now. And not a better one. For a while it seemed the legacy of 9/11 would be a unity of purpose, a stunned … Continue reading →
…seems to have lost his ability to reason. The argument he offers in his Newsweek column about 9/11 and the US reaction to it is the equivalent of saying that, since the pneumonia patient recovered after getting the antibiotics, the … Continue reading →
The administration has announced the suspension of the trial of the accused USS Cole bomber, just in time for the tenth anniversary of that terrorist attack, on October 12th. I’ve read the entire article, and it’s not exactly clear what’s … Continue reading →