After a diplomatic crisis last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been working to bring calm to the region, while U.S. President Barack Obama inexplicably appears to be trying to escalate tensions. Obama, a novice in Middle East diplomacy, may soon learn that fabricating controversy is not a good …
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Will the State of the Union speech tonight mark the resurgence of Brand Obama or just give us more evidence that the man we thought we had elected president simply doesn’t exist? Let’s face it. Obama was seen by many who voted for him as a man who would be …
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The Obama administration, clearly exasperated that Iran’s terrorist state hasn’t reciprocated its public and private engagement overtures, took a new tack during U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s recent Mideast tour. The secretary declared that the Islamic Republic’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is supplanting the country’s clerical and political leadership …
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If all goes the way sponsoring NGOs planned it, an eight-ship armada of activists is already enroute from Cyprus to break the “siege” of Gaza. Timed for the slow news cycles of the Memorial Day weekend in the United States, organizers, led by “peace crusaders” from Turkey, Greece, Ireland, Sweden …
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I am pleased, but not surprised, that the new survey from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life shows that atheists know just as much — if not quite a bit more – about religion than do religious people in general. The simple truth is this; the more someone …
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What would it take to blow up a large part of Manhattan? Or Chicago? Or Los Angeles? A fairly primitive atomic bomb composed of some 55 pounds of highly enriched uranium packed tightly in two hemispheres the size of a grapefruit – a very heavy grapefruit – and an explosion …
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Exiting the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in early October, I found myself caught in a crossfire. Across Independence Avenue stood a handful of Christians carrying placards encouraging the museum’s visitors to forego the evolutionary leanings of Darwin. On the steps of the museum stood an increasingly vocal crowd …
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Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:19:56 +0000 – By Lanny DavisAttorney/Former White House Special Counsel Barack Obama’s key philosophy and message in the campaign and during the transition has demonstrated just the new kind of politics that rises above partisanship that he promised in his campaign. If he wants to be …
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Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:44:02 +0000 – Walid Phares, Ph.D.Terror Expert/FOX News Contributor With the end of the Bush presidency in sight, it’s time to take stock of the War on Terror, something that didn’t begin with George W. Bush but which entered the American collective consciousness on his watch. …
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Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:16:17 +0000 – The example set by Sarah Palin today in accepting David Letterman’s apology for insulting her children is extraordinary. She is showing the world how people should treat one another, particularly when they aren’t getting along. Here’s the short lesson regarding insults: If an …
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