Israel is often in this position. Its enemies threaten it in unacceptable ways or commit acts of violence just under some unspoken-but-very-real threshold of tolerance (not Israel’s threshold, mind you, but that of the U.S., the UN or the EU). Read More »
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Jews, Party Identification, and Political Realignment
The recent Pew Research Center poll showing a formidable 9% change in party identification among American Jewish voters favoring the Republicans is only a harbinger of things to come. Party identification is not voting preference. Read More »
Lessons from North Korea for Israel and Iran
On January 20, President Obama told a New York reception that “we’re not going to tolerate a nuclear weapon in the hands of this Iranian regime. Read More »
Apple Branches Out to High-Tech Israel
In January, U.S. electronics firm Apple confirmed its purchase of Israeli flash memory company Anobit. Read More »
A Muslim Brotherhood Smear Job on The Third Jihad
To date, the New York Times has published at least ten articles (op-eds disguised as news, real op-eds, letters) about the film The Third Jihad , the Wall Street Journal , Fox News, and other mainstream media venues. Read More »
No More ‘Peace Talks,’ Please
The current round of Israeli-Palestinian meetings in Jordan ended with a Palestinian decision to leave. “The Israelis brought nothing new in these meetings,” said one official, without bothering to note the obvious — neither did the Palestinians. Read More »
The ‘Turkish Model’ of Democracy: Neither Moderate nor Democratic
Both U.S. policy and Middle Eastern Islamists have repeatedly held up the “Turkish model” as an ideal. As early as 2002, the Bush administration supported the Justice and Development Party (AKP) as a model for democratic “moderate Islam.” Recently, State Department spokesman Mark Toner called Turkey an “Islamic democracy” in action. Read More »
Hunkered Between Santorum and Paul Lies Peace Through Total War
The Peacemaker Imagine discovering that your police force, funded through local taxes, has begun diverting patrols to a neighboring town instead of protecting your own. Most people would be up in arms, and rightfully so. A similar impulse informs Ron Paul’s foreign policy. He claims our military is off adventuring outside its jurisdiction. Read More »
Do ‘Sanctions’ Work?
Politically charged words, over the slow course of their use, have a funny way of emptying themselves of all meaningful content. A “neoconservative” used to be a Cold War liberal who, having witnessed the dry rot of Great Society economics and Soviet appeasement, moved somewhere to the right of center. Read More »
Is Israel Making the Electric Car Work?
On a winter day of pounding rain, quite uncharacteristic for Israel, a convoy of 80 completely electric, battery-powered cars drove from Rosh Ha’ayin on Israel’s eastern border through Tel Aviv. On the outside, the autos are perfectly normal Renault sedans built in Turkey. Read More »
Denying Islamists Federal Security Clearances
Federal departments and agencies tasked with safeguarding the U.S. must first safeguard themselves against Islamist . Recent news items about Muslims having security clearances rejected or revoked suggest that at least some government entities are forgoing political correctness and taking this problem seriously. Read More »
The Marxist Mission to Destroy Ayaan Hirsi Ali
The feminism I once championed — and still do — was first taken over by Marxists and subsequently “Stalinized.” It was then conquered again by Islamists and “Palestinianized.” I and a handful of others maintained honorable minority positions on a host of issues. Read More »
On the Ground in Florida
Florida is the fourth most populous state in America, yet it’s still pushing to become more relevant. Despite the GOP’s objections, party leaders in Florida recently moved up their 2012 primary to be among the first five nominating contests and thus to play a crucial role . And why not? Florida “represents” America well. Read More »
Do or Die for Romney in Florida?
If former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney loses the Florida primary next week, his 2012 presidential campaign strategy may go down in the annals of political history as one of the worst ever. Mitt had it all: money, name recognition, a grassroots organization, business experience, and experience running a presidential campaign. Read More »
In Praise of Worry
Dear Belladonna Rogers, I’m a worrier. My husband says worrying does no good, wastes time, and won’t help. Is he right? Worried in Wyoming Dear Worried, No. While too much worry creates stress, which is hazardous to your health, too little worry can be just as dangerous. Read More »
‘Arab Spring’ Leaves a Weakened Hezbollah
In early January 2011, Hezbollah and its allies took up the reins of government in Lebanon, having ensured the collapse of the coalition led by March 14 leader and then Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri. Read More »
U.S. Defense Cuts Hobble Allies, Embolden Enemies
President Obama’s new defense strategy is sending the wrong message to America’s foes. The new cut-rate approach to national security provides opportunities for Iran and others to exploit an under-funded and under-equipped military. Read More »
Helping the NY Times Become ‘Truth Vigilantes’
Last week, Arthur Brisbane — the public editor of the New York Times – asked: “Should the Times be a Truth Vigilante ?” Apparently many of the Times ‘ readers count on the paper to cast a skeptical eye on dubious claims of politicians. (Based on Brisbane’s examples, the word “politicians” should be modified with “Republican. Read More »
What We Really Learned from ABC News and Marianne Gingrich
Anyone who made the decision last night, as I did, to watch Nightline’s appallingly tawdry interview with the second Mrs. Newt Gingrich learned nothing new about the target, whose marital infidelities are well known, but did, however, witness two of the most dangerous pathologies of the mainstream media (MSM) on vivid display. Read More »
Gaza: Blueprint for Muslim Brotherhood Rule?
Mahmoud Abu Rahma, international director of the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights in the Gaza Strip, was attacked outside his home in Tel el-Hawa in southern Gaza on January 13 by thugs almost certainly sent by the Hamas authorities. As they stabbed him, the attackers taunted Abu Rahma, calling him an “atheist” and a “collaborator. Read More »
Enough: Israel Crushes Extremism. Others Promote It.
The myth must be dispelled. Religious extremism is not taking hold in Israel. It is being squelched. In a world where fanaticism and fundamentalism are so rampant, the citizens of Israel are putting on a clinic regarding the only way to stem the tide Read More »
Iran Seeks Lifeline in Latin America
A recent front-page story in the Washington Post declares: “Iran is quietly seeking to expand its ties with Latin America.” Actually, the Iranians have been expanding their Latin American ties for several years now, and they haven’t been particularly quiet about it. Read More »
¿De Teherán Con Amor?
Un artículo publicado recientemente en primera plana del Washington Post afirmaba que “Irán trata sigilosamente de expandir sus lazos con América Latina”. En realidad, los iraníes han estado expandiendo sus lazos latinoamericanos desde hace ya varios años, y lo han hecho con particular sigilo. Read More »
Four Reasons To Overthrow Iran’s Mullahs in 2012
In its 32 years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has killed lots of U.S. Marines. The Iranians were behind the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing , which killed hundreds of Marines. They were behind the bulk of deadly IEDs in Iraq and Afghanistan, which killed and maimed hundreds more. Iran has been killing Americans all over the world for decades. Read More »
Hamas Seeks a New Patron
The emergent winner of the Arab upheavals of 2011 is Sunni Islamism. This is reflected most centrally in the election results in Egypt, where the Muslim Brotherhood and the more extreme Salafi trend have won a landslide victory. Arab Sunni Islamist regimes are set to emerge in the period ahead as factors in the regional contest for power. Read More »
Gulf States on Arms Buying Binge to Counter Iran Threat
Saudi Arabia and the smaller Gulf monarchies are buying huge amounts of advanced arms from the United States and Europe. The weaponry is clearly aimed to counter the growing threat they see coming from Iran. The United States alone has around $100 billion in potential sales in the pipeline right now. Read More »
Plain and Simple: Anti-Zionism Is Anti-Semitism
It is easy to see that many critics of Israel are unquestionably anti-Semitic in outlook and feeling and are merely using a political argument to camouflage a religious, racist, or ethnophobic sentiment. Read More »
Tariq Ramadan-Supporter Diana Eck Leads the Charge Against Fired ‘Islamophobic’ Professor
The evil of small minds has triumphed over all that is good intellectually and morally at Harvard. Professor Diana L. Read More »
How to Confront the Anti-Israel Fixation of the Left
Dear Belladonna Rogers, Of all the challenges I face dealing with leftists, one of the most difficult is contending with their anti-Israel bias. I realize Ron Paul has also expressed and mobilized anti-Israeli sentiments, but I, personally, don’t have to deal with them and hope I never do. Read More »
Santorum Appears to Have Momentum Going into Tuesday Night
The Des Moines Register is out with its final poll before the Iowa caucus on Tuesday night. Its survey shows Mitt Romney ahead by 2 points over Ron Paul with Rick Santorum in third place. The poll, reflecting interviews with 602 likely voters (mostly Republicans, with some independents), was taken over four days from December 27 to December 30. Read More »
Obama’s National Security ‘Not Top 10′ of 2011
(See last year’s “Not Top 10″ here with Bill O’Reilly, Egypt was in the midst of a revolution that eventually led to the ouster of longtime Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Read More »
Commander-in-Chief Ron Paul?
came to mind recently after I heard Ron Paul utter more of his irrational ideas on foreign policy — the gist of course being that the jihadist enemy wages war because of us “being over there. Read More »
Iraq in Political Crisis Following U.S. Withdrawal
Immediately after the full withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, Iraq’s political crisis has deepened considerably. The Interior Ministry issued an arrest warrant for Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, a Sunni Arab who previously served as general secretary of the Islamist Iraqi Islamic Party. Hashemi fled to Iraqi Kurdistan. Read More »
North Korea’s Transition: Time of Mistrust and Uncertainty
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il died the morning of December 17, according to an official North Korean news broadcast at noon on December 19. Initial reports say Kim died of a heart attack brought on by fatigue while on board a train. Kim is believed to have suffered a stroke in 2008, and his health has been in question since. Read More »
Why the West Is Best: A Muslim Apostate’s Defense of Liberal Democracy
The legendary Ibn Warraq is my dear friend. I decided to review his new and very excellent book Why the West is Best: A Muslim Apostate’s Defense of Liberal Democracy and to interview him here as well. But let’s be clear from the outset. I am reviewing his book not because he is my friend. Read More »
Will Ron Paul Be the Next GOP Frontrunner?
Ron Paul, the 76-year-old Texas congressman, appears to have a real chance of winning the Iowa caucus on January 3. In the two most recent surveys taken this week, he has moved into second place, leading Mitt Romney by 5 points in each poll and pulling within one point of Newt Gingrich in one of the surveys . Read More »
Huntsman, Gingrich Shine in Lincoln-Douglas Debate
Newt Gingrich and Jon Huntsman held their Lincoln-Douglass-style debate today in New Hampshire, though it was less of a “debate” and more like an expert panel. The topic was foreign policy and national security and it was Huntsman’s best performance to date. Read More »
How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Nanobots
The Disney cartoon “Phineas and Ferb” rules at my house, a house that is, in turn, ruled by my two boys, ages 6 and 7. Read More »
Five Lessons for Republican Candidates Courtesty of Herman Cain
Last Sunday, Washington Post columnist George Will appeared on ABC News’ This Week with Christiane Amanpour to discuss the GOP primary. Read More »
Resisting the Obvious
In much of my recent work — books and articles — I have addressed the issue of antisemitism in the contemporary world. Read More »
France Has Second Thoughts About the Euro
The French have growing reservations about the euro: 36% want to withdraw from the eurozone and go back to the franc, the old national currency; 4% have no opinion, which means that they don’t warmly support the single European currency; 44% say it Read More »
Saturday’s GOP Debate: It’s Going to Get Nasty
Newt Gingrich has huge leads nationally and in Iowa, South Carolina, and Florida. He’s creeping up on Romney in New Hampshire. There is only one more debate featuring all the candidates left before the January 3 caucus in Iowa, a mere three weeks away. This means that Saturday is do-or-die for every other candidate. Read More »
University of Chicago Students Call On Anti-Israel Prof Mearsheimer to Retire
John Mearsheimer, once an appropriately obscure political scientist at the University of Chicago, was little noticed outside academia until 2007. Read More »
I Sleep in Hitler’s Room: An American Jew Visits Germany
I Sleep in Hitler’s Room: An American Jew Visits Germany. That’s the book’s title, and the text itself is every bit as compelling as the title leads one to expect. So, for that matter, is the book’s back story, as the author, Tuvia Tenenbom, relates it in his preface. Read More »
The End of Religious Freedom
Time has run out for the cause of worldwide religious freedom. On November 18, 2011, America chose not to extend any further lifeline to persecuted religious minorities around the planet. On that day, the U.S. government shut down the work of an important and unique American effort: the U.S. Read More »
The 94-Year-Old Frenchman Behind ‘Occupy’
A little more than 13 months ago, a left-wing French publishing house specializing in Third World advocacy published a very short (32 pages) and very cheap (three euros) political brochure titled Indignez-vous! ( Time for Outrage! ). Read More »
Screening for Terrorists vs. Screening for Cancer
As the holiday travel season approaches, millions of American air passengers will become painfully reacquainted with Transportation Security Agency (TSA) screening measures. Passengers must submit to either medically unnecessary X-rays or intrusive gropings. Read More »
Promoting Moderate Islam: An Interview with Holland Taylor
“Our goal is to marginalize, discredit and defeat the ideology of radical Islamism,” says C. Holland Taylor, the chairman and CEO of the LibForAll Foundation, “and to transform the understanding that Muslims have of their religious obligations. Read More »
The Death of the Individual
The displacement of the “individual” as a primary category of social and political thought — a distinctly observable trend in the contemporary West — is an infallible sign of civilizational despair. Read More »
GOP Candidates to Clash on Foreign Policy
Tonight’s debate is the first since Newt Gingrich rose to the top of the pack and luckily for him, it is about foreign policy and national security. The dividing lines will be on the wars in Afghanistan and Libya, foreign aid, and China. Read More »
Christian Cross Is Seen as the ‘Mark of the Beast’ by Islamists
US Army MEDEVAC helicopters in Afghanistan are marked with Red Crosses. Helicopters sporting a Red Cross are not allowed to be armed. The enemy knows this. The enemy tries to shoot down these unarmed helicopters with the added advantage that our people cannot shoot back. Read More »
Once Again, Islamists Bully Europe on Free Speech
Recently, French Islamists (presumably) firebombed by a Turkish hacker. Read More »
Why Evangelicals May Win the Nomination for Newt Gingrich
When I was on Fox & Friends Sunday morning to analyze the previous night’s debate, host Alisyn Camerota was surprised when I said that I saw evangelicals moving in force to Newt Gingrich. If I’m correct, their support could win him the nomination. Read More »
Occupy vs. the LAPD
Now that these Occupy Wall Street people have been at their occupation for however long it’s been, what’s next?
No one seems to know, but whatever the denouement that awaits in the final act of this drama, it will be police officers who will be asked to bring the curtain (and the tents) down. Read More »
The Narrative of Perpetual Palestinian Victimhood
The following is excerpted from a speech delivered September 22, 2011 in New York City at the conference “The Perils of Global Intolerance: The UN and Durban III,” sponsored by the Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust and the Hudson Institute. Read More »
Muslim Prayers of Hate
Someone recently sent me an Arabic video that juxtaposes snippets of sermons delivered by Christian and Muslim leaders in the Middle East. Read More »
The Victim Factory: Occupy Wall Street and The Left’s Culture of Crime
While the big story in conservative circles is the stunning amount of criminality coming out at the Occupy Wall Street protests , I’m shocked there hasn’t been more. Read More »
The Ark and the Titanic
In our indulgent multicultural society, it has become a rule of conduct that one must neither insult nor restrict the expression of another’s religion even if the price we pay for our overweening tolerance is individual suffering and cultural upheaval. Read More »
Introducing PJ Culture: A New Team of Seven Weekly Columnists
As Pajamas Media continues its evolution into PJ Media, one of the shifts readers may begin to notice more prominently is an increase in the publication’s cultural content. The first step in that direction was the debut of the PJ Lifestyle blog a few months ago. Read More »
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