Majority of Iraqis Oppose Obama’s Withdrawal
Democracy, Whiskey, Sexy, Redux: based on recent polling numbers, Iraqis want American soldiers to stay in their country more than the Americans do.
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Democracy, Whiskey, Sexy, Redux: based on recent polling numbers, Iraqis want American soldiers to stay in their country more than the Americans do.
Thomas Sowell stops by to discuss his new book, Dismantling America, with producer Ed Driscoll. Plus Glenn Reynolds on the higher education bubble, Bill Whittle on "Star Hustler" Jack Horkheimer, and more. Hosted by the Vodkapundit, Steve Green!
If the peace talks fail, they fail; if Israel surrenders to Palestinian demands, Israel fails.
They are over and done with the topic of James J. Lee, despite the mounting number of attacks committed in the name of environmentalism.
The Tea Party Express wants to derail the Senate candidacy of the moderate but very electable Republican Mike Castle in favor of a perceived political lightweight with a string of negatives.
Tomorrow's elections today, because it's never too early.
If Iran needed reassurance that their proxy warfare strategy is working ...
"To make the list in California, textbooks must be scrupulously stereotype free: No textbook can show African Americans playing sports, Asians using computers, or women taking care of children."
Shameful journalism, yet again, when it comes to murdered Israelis.
Miriam Schwab tried to counter bias against Israel on Wikipedia, and was stunned to both be called out in the NYT and by the volume of hate directed at her.
The assault on reason? A suspect (James Lee, pictured in thumbnail) who apparently wrote an extremist environmental manifesto is holding three hostages in the Discovery Channel's DC offices. (Update 2:50 PM PDT/5:50 EDT: Suspect shot and killed, hostages safe.)
This tactic points in only one direction: allowing an EPA power grab.
Worse, the book's author is also the editor of a new book praising the Gaza flotilla.
How extremists from both the left and the right have destroyed our education system — and what we can do about it.
Many elites assume that the building of the mosque near Ground Zero says something about themselves as caring, tolerant, and liberal souls — the sort of progressive community that they wish the world to see and hear about.
A string of arson fires and material found during an arrest point to "animal rights" groups now being willing to kill for their goals.
Since the Agassi-Sampras era, Americans have given tennis the cold shoulder even as the sport has gone through a golden age. With the US Open starting this week, it’s time to get reacquainted with a sport we once loved.
Five astounding things The One has taught us so far.
In the tradition of that great Dos Equis ad, wherever you go and whatever you do — stay Islamophobiaphobic, my friends.
Our parents and grandparents left us a wonderful infrastructure and constitutional system. So it's hard for our generation to screw things up entirely, although we have done our best, within a mere twenty years of coming into the responsibility of governance.
Whatever we may think about Imam Rauf and his Manhattan project, sooner or later we are going to have to face a serious problem: what to do about the hundreds of radical mosques in America.
The New Black Panther case? That type of behavior didn't just happen on Election Day. It was rampant during the Democratic primaries. (Update: Don't miss Joe Hicks's new interview with the filmmaker of the documentary on PJTV.com.)
If Americans are saddened by Hitchens’ illness, it’s not only because he has cancer. It’s because one of the few journalists in the country still able and willing to cross the political divide has cancer.
Is the Dell Streak the Apple iPad killer? Not even close. Commentary and video by NBC-KNTV technology reporter and regular Edgelings contributor, Scott Budman.
So, you think President Obama had a tough week? Wait'll you get a load of what happened to the Congressional Democrats.
It takes the Congress and the president to enact or to change laws; the president can't do it alone and neither can an administrative agency.
The key to everything Obama does is that he truly is a committed, 99-44/100ths pure progressive. And when a man only reads one century-old playbook, his options are extremely limited.
The U.S. ranks right between Red China and Hugo’s Venezuela as a Castro business partner.
As Pelosi tries to muzzle the public, it's time for a renewed call for a congressional investigation into government censorship.
The list of vulnerable House Democrats is growing while GOP chances for a takeover brighten on the Senate side.
Incumbent Democrat Tom Perriello is in critical danger, but Republican Robert Hunt has run afoul of local tea party activists due to his past support for tax increases.
Is it fair to say, as Armond White of the New York Press recently claimed, "that Roger Ebert destroyed film criticism"? (Update: And don't miss Ed Driscoll on "Springtime for Ebert.")
Glenn Reynolds, Arthur C. Brooks and Joel Kotkin on Big Government in DC and CA, Jennifer Rubin and James Lileks on the Ground Zero Mosque. Hosted by the VodkaPundit, Steve Green.
Whatever happens, I’ll plan to be in charge of my own destiny. I won’t be looking to a “lightbringer” or “messiah” or “The One” to solve my problems.
Two weeks in Israel gave me optimism about what is happening on the ground, away from the radical Palestinian leadership.
Understanding the mindset that causes a mob of 50-to-100 men to stone a 13-year-old girl to death, as happened in October of 2008 in Somalia.
The continued silence of Feisal Abdul Rauf is a sorry portent of how he might manage his "bridge-building" $100 million mosque near Ground Zero.
The "Bush=Hitler" signs have been temporarily retired as the left flank of the commentariat casts about for authoritative voices to help them put through this project to besmirch the memories of the 9/11 victims.
Prior to Star Wars, often all it took was the right man, with the right brush, to work movie magic, one matte painting at a time.
The "Internet Kills Israeli PR" video: funny, timely, with a beat you can dance to. Can Israel's spokespeople compete in a YouTube age? (Also read Michael Totten: "Israel Through Israeli Eyes.")
I have attacked the construction of the Ground Zero mosque, sometimes quite vehemently. I hereby humbly beseech you to investigate me. (Also read Richard Fernandez: "Concerted".)
Scott Brown has changed the equation regarding conservatives in Massachusetts, and Sean Bielat may present a Frank challenge.
I think the world of John Bolton, but this business about "if Israel doesn't bomb Iran within a week it's over" has me scratching my head.
No crisis should ever be allowed to slip by without calls for greater public expenditure of doubtful worth, and the Gulf oil spill crisis is no exception to this golden rule of bureaucratic opportunism.
The excess pay and benefits are outrageous — and unaffordable.
The project threatens to send a message of weakness to Islamists the world over, warns Dr. Zuhdi Jasser in an exclusive interview with PJM.
There's no escaping the conclusion that whites and Hispanics see SB 1070 — and the immigration problem — very differently.
The Taliban order a young couple who had eloped to be stoned to death; the Gray Lady plays "name that religion" in response.
Americans must demand government transparency as a corollary to the broader principle that a properly limited government should be our servant, not our master—as the Founders intended.
Ignoring the obvious point that Democrats like Sen. Harry Reid and other politicians of both parties are making, Beinart’s implication is that if one opposes a mosque near the World Trade Center, they are opposed to freedom of religion.
Will our country return to its founding principles, or continue morphing into Sweden without meatballs or France without croissants? Stand by, Mr. and Mrs. America, Pajamas Media and PJTV will be ringside this fall to bring you "The Battle for America 2010."
Some surprising — even startling — results from our first PJTV survey of likely voters and their attitudes toward the tea party movement.
As video from late April of 2008 illustrates, the network went from praising Rev. Wright's racism at the NAACP to the hilt, to declaring CNN a "Wright-Free Zone" when then-candidate Obama dropped by one week later. We don't know if anyone from CNN was on the JournoList, but the timing is certainly curious.
Or even Nixonologist-style: a modern-day equivalent of Woodward and Bernstein would have lots of fun tying together all of the strange stories that have circulated recently from the former home of Ben Bradlee and Katharine Graham.
Radical Chic: The Next Generation. (Also see PJTV: J. Christian Adams: NAACP Lobbied Obama Administration to Dismiss New Black Panther Case.)
An open letter from the founder and president of the Alliance of Iranian Women.
President Obama wanted us to discuss race; lest we be called a nation of cowards by his attorney general yet again, let's do it.
"It's like sailing the seas for the first time. I feel like Magellan. I don't know what's going to be on the other side," says researcher Viktor Kerzanovich.
In 1998, Stephen Hawking discussed a way to establish the possibility of an impersonal God by construction. Now the British mathematician claims he has done just that.
Then: “There are times where you can afford to redecorate your house, and there are times where you need to focus on rebuilding the foundation," Obama said in early 2009. Now: The Audacity of Taupe!
While some lame-duck Republicans might support Harry Reid's schemes, many vulnerable Democrats standing for election in 2012 must be made to feel the heat from back home.
The first four parts of Zombie's essay were a look at what's wrong with the American educational system. The series concludes with some solutions to our current mess.
The regime's Quds Day rallies are smaller and tightly secured this year, indicating lack of support and concern about the growing opposition movement.
As President Obama’s polls dip, as Congress is widely disdained, and as the economy slumps, suddenly George Bush is missed. Why so? VDH lists ten likely reasons.
Despite MSM reports to the contrary, Abbas actually chose to exploit the murders rather than condemn them.
How could the Israeli writer get taken in by Rauf's surface charm while missing problems with his agenda?
Education is no longer about facts, it's now all about feelings. Which is why the third greatest scientist in history is a man you've probably never heard of.
The "Golden Age" of pluralistic Muslim rule, alluded to by Rauf's proposed mosque title, has been thoroughly debunked by historians.
Hop onboard for yet another ride on the Middle East Mobius Loop.
The Violence Against Women Act includes a definition of domestic violence that is so wide you could drive a Mack truck through it.
If the "corrected" story is true, wouldn’t we be having these kinds of terror alerts every day?
Not only was Obama's Iraq speech long on empty boilerplate, it was scrubbed clean of anything memorable or forthright.
Federal spending is out of control. Even the nominal spending and deficit reductions claimed by the Congressional Budget Office aren't real.
The MSM might just be the only business that openly despises its potential customers; it shouldn't be surprised when those same customers tell them that the feeling is mutual.
Makes one wonder if their recent climate announcements are politically influenced.
Prior to the Israel-PA direct negotiations, a high-ranking administration official briefed the media on what to expect. Here, a summary of the most interesting points.
Let's hope the Israel-PA direct talks don't even get off the ground, as they inevitably will end in violence.
Part II of Zombie's five-part series on the left/right divide over education.
While defying common sense, a Yemeni citizen carrying mock bombs and $7,000 in cash apparently does not defy TSA security. (Updated at 1:50 PM PDT/4:50 PM EDT.)
We will never have a limited government until we have a culture that allows for one. (And don't miss Roger Kimball: "Things the U.S. government could do without.")
Where are the flotillas protesting the PA's version of apartheid?
The mullahs have declared Carla Bruni a prostitute, in response to her letter to an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery. We should join in solidarity with France's first lady and declare ourselves Prostitutes for Freedom.
Yet another news flash on the whereabouts of the self-described "bridge-building" couple behind the Ground Zero mosque.
Things are complicated for Illinois Democrats in the race for the U.S. Senate seat to fill the unexpired term of Barack Obama.
Russia Today thinks of Stalin as a romantic poet, and terminates reporters who won’t toe the Kremlin’s party line, but that hasn't stopped the TV network from being nominated for an Emmy Award.
In the Levant, everything good and worth living for feels all the more precious because it could be lost and destroyed in a violent catastrophe.
An update to this morning's estimate of the crowd at Glenn Beck's DC rally.
How many people showed up for Saturday's "Restoring Honor" rally? If you listen to the legacy media, you'll never know. (Related: Don't miss Ed Driscoll on "Subliminal Reduction at the Washington Post.")
Despite what progressives preach, individual freedom is always the quickest path to domestic stability.
Sharia law is set up like the Hotel California. You can check in any time you like, but you can never leave.
People in the country illegally should be apprehended and deported by authorities, not beaten and killed by thugs.
Ed talks with Angelo Codevilla about his epic article, "America's Ruling Class." The Trifecta gang wonder if the GOP has a roadmap to November; Roger and Lionel wonder if Hollywood has a roadmap away from Obama. Plus Austin Bay on Iraq. Hosted by Steve Green, the VodkaPundit!
Free enterprise had nothing to do with the U.S. getting to the moon ahead of the Russians.
Tiny Azerbaijan, a majority Muslim nation, has taken a risky stand by befriending Israel despite attempts by Iran and Russia to destabilize her.
Protecting the rights of active duty military to have their vote counted is apparently not a priority for this administration.
The CNN pundit makes an outrageously false comparison which deserves a flood of complaints to his employer.
Having a different vision of what America should be doesn't make President Obama less of an American than anyone else.
Races to fill the unexpired terms of Biden and Obama might make the difference in thwarting Harry Reid's plans to ram through a big government agenda during the lame-duck session after the elections.
The muted colors have been boiled down to a near monochromatic taupe in the new fall Restoration Hardware furniture catalog, but the "Depression Porn" atmosphere is seeped into every page.
Fully 79% of voters believe government deficits could destroy the American Dream.
Why a working mom thinks she can beat career politician Lloyd Doggett in such a heavily blue district.
We should treat them all just like known mafia members; we don't have the evidence to send them to prison just yet, but we'll keep the FBI constantly on their tail.
Neither military action nor concessions are going to work entirely, but recognizing you have enemies is the first step in dealing with the problem.
Whether it is possible to outrun your own shadow remains to be seen; the mounting debt from Obama's massive Keynesian spending brings to mind the fate of the World War I German naval raiders who were living on borrowed time.
An interview with Israeli journalist Jonathan Spyer, who went undercover in the "strange dark kingdom" of Iranian-controlled south Lebanon.
Stigmatizing opposition and appealing to emotion is all the left ever had, as they certainly can't point to facts.
There is plenty of available, verifiable information that belongs in the GZM debate.
The Department of Transportation did require the signs on stimulus projects ... at least until Rep. Darrell Issa and PJM pointed it out.
The recent controversy over the cancer drug Avastin highlights the dangers inherent in government-run health care that can only be avoided by repealing ObamaCare.
According to an economist quoted Tuesday by CNBC, "Positive gross domestic product readings and other mildly hopeful signs are masking an ugly truth: The US economy is in a 1930s-style Depression."
I did not think that the pro-Muslim/pro-Islamist and anti-Western propaganda could get any worse — and yet it just has.
As an African American Muslim convert for nearly a quarter century, I believe I’ve earned the right to weigh in on the bitter controversy surrounding the proposed mosque at Ground Zero. (Also read Claudia Rosett: "And Now, Daisy Khan’s $12,000 Taxpayer-Funded Trip to the UAE.")
A response to Lee Smith, who says that the former House speaker is wrong to mention sharia, since it is a “hopelessly abstract concept” and an “Orientalist fantasy.”
A rematch from last year's special election to fill the seat of the late John Murtha between GOP hopeful Tim Burns and the incumbent Democrat Mark Critz will turn on jobs and energy issues.
Worst economic slogan since Herbert Hoover — for what really is the worst economy since Herbert Hoover.
Feisal Rauf's grasp of "Shia political theory" is a bit shaky, but the desire of the Cordoba House's house imam that the US should endorse the rigged elections in Iran is luminously clear. Just read his contributions to the Huffington Post.
J Street representatives met with the Obama administration frequently during the flare-up resulting from Joe Biden's visit to Israel. (Update: Don't miss Bill Whittle's new interview with Ben-David on PJTV.com.)
Barack Obama should go to Baghdad at the end of this month and state that the seven-year conflict to free Iraq from tyranny has been won.
Ann Hornaday of the Washington Post has no problem with political movies that distort history: "A too-literal allegiance to the facts can sometimes obscure a larger truth," she writes, bringing a century old socialist meme up-to-date.
Muslim immigrants want to start from the premise that Australia is a "racist" country and not a fit place to raise children. (Also read Richard Fernandez: "The Australian Elections.")
The imam behind the Ground Zero mosque tells AP Television News that in his current travels he is discussing "extremism" and working on a way to "Americanize Islam."
Manute, Spud, and Muggsy as metaphors: bouncing some ideas around.
Goldwater's comments 20 years ago regarding the decline of the USSR are relevant to Obama's orchestration of America's slide.
The very process the Democrats used to pass legislation could be denied Republicans to amend that same legislation next year, even if Republicans regain the House and Senate in November.
During his campaign, Obama was a blank canvas upon which people projected their dreams. Now they are projecting their fears upon that canvas, including worries over his religion, or the lack thereof.
The firm's Russia website proclaims financial support for Putin's virulently racist youth group.
Why do top MSA leaders keep joining terror groups and involving themselves in terror plots?
Congressional Dems can't pass leftist legislation between the election and the swearing-in without a few Republican votes.
AC made D.C. much too comfortable. I'd prefer someplace the congressmen can't stand to be.
If they can do it, why can't we?
I don’t believe America is in inevitable decline or will falter, but I am starting to see things that I haven't observed in the past. Yet the problems are solvable; here are 11 eccentric suggestions that would have far more positive repercussions than we think.
Why many non-Western Muslims reject the 9/11 mosque, while Western Muslims insist on it.
Western governments have secured the survival and stability of a revolutionary terrorist Islamist regime that is dedicated to destroying their interests.
Generating so much information that no one person can digest it all, the post-9/11 intelligence business is an endless maze of bloated bureaucracy — one that does not necessarily keep America safer or more secure.
War gaming the November elections shows that Democrats have serious disadvantages in well over half of the congressional districts that are in play.
A class of radicals who live off charitable donations and devote their lives to spreading ideology has expanded its reach all the way to the White House.
A Top Ten-style video look at the Democratic, Bureaucratic, Gaffe-O-Matic senator from Nevada.
Did the late historian leave the Communist Party eventually? Yes, but only because they weren't radical enough.
The illusion that the Democrats are the party of the people continues. (Also read Ron Radosh: "A Tale of the Two Mezvinskys.")
The husband of California Democratic Congresswoman Jane Harman now owns the venerable liberal publication, along with its massive losses and collapsing sales.
“Rev. Wright is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life.”