Is Mitt Romney the Political Reincarnation of Hubert Humphrey?
By Rich Rubino.
Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican Presidential nominee, is making noises about another run for president. He is contacting past financial benefactors and supporters, and telling them that he is concerned with [...]
Afghanistan: No End to War and to Asylum-seeking
By Jamil Maidan Flores.
Days ago the United States and the NATO officially brought down the curtains on the 13 year old war in Afghanistan. Officially. Actually, nothing’s over till the fat lady sings. And there’s [...]
Europeans are trapped in their self-made loop of political and security incorrectness
By Barry Shaw.
When European countries voluntarily surrender territory and control to a strong immigrant minority that, unlike the once immigrant Jewish community, refuses to integrate, you know that country is on its [...]
Denazification – urgently needed in Europe
By Anis Bey.
There is a claim constantly circulating the EU: ‘multiculturalism is dead in Europe’. Dead or maybe d(r)ead?… That much comes from a cluster of European nation-states that love to romanticize [...]
The Charlie Hebdo massacre: Martyrs to US Endless War?
By Ronald Bleier.
One sentence stood out in a NYT article on the two brothers — not yet captured at the time of writing – who are allegedly responsible for the terrible Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris.
Chérif’s [...]
Islam Kills Again
By Alan Caruba.
The news from Paris about the killing of twelve journalists highlights Islam’s war on the West that represents a fundamental truth about this cult of Mohammad.
Most are familiar with the Islamic [...]
Wave of Islamic terrorism in greater Middle East background and global impact
By Adil Raja.
While Pakistan is mourning the greatest ever massacre on its soil by the Taliban terrorists killing hundreds of school children in a daylight suicidal attack, 150 women were beheaded at Iraq by the Islamic State terrorist [...]
White House Climate Lunacy
By Alan Caruba.
As January 2014 arrived with a blast of cold air ominously dubbed the “polar vortex”, the White House released a video in which the Chief Science Advisor, Dr. John Holdren, to President Obama managed to get on both [...]
NATO Wraps Up its Flag from Afghanistan
By Aslam Khan.
History is a fine mirror, particularly among the war opponents where ‘cognitive dissonance’ plagued them deep all along. Thirteen years ago, US pre-attack psy-warfare effort depicted a shirtless [...]
US Forces Withdrawal From Afghanistan-Impact On The Region
By Adil Raja.
With the Afghan Elections and its aftermath over, the US hopes for a smooth democratic governance on the Afghan domestic front while at the same time, extricate it’s forces with minimum amount [...]
Making Predictions: 2015 Edition
By Alan Caruba.
If there is one thing pundits like to do it is to make predictions. If they turn out to be right you can always look back and quote them as proof of your prescience and if they are not, you can always ignore [...]
People I Don’t Like
By Alan Caruba.
People I don’t like
At the end of every year it is customary to offer up lists of all kinds—the best this, the worst that—and it is a brief, generally amusing exercise.
I don’t usually make lists, [...]
Peace on Earth? I Don’t Think So
By Alan Caruba.
Around the world millions of Christians joined together to celebrate the birth of Jesus and to pray for “peace on Earth, good will toward men.”
The 2015 World Almanac puts the number of [...]
“Merry Christmas, And Don’t Take Offense”
By Richard Larsen.
Following is an excerpt:
“I’m offended every time I hear a Christmas Carol, or see a nativity scene, or see a cross, especially if it’s all lit up. Even the Santa Claus and decorations bug [...]
Ayad Akhtar’s Invisible Hand at NYTW
By Gary Sick.
New York Theatre Workshop’s world-premiere production of Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar’s The Invisible Hand, directed by two-time Obie winner Ken Russ Schmoll, officially opens Dec. 8.
This new play [...]
In Hacking Motive is Everything
By Stephen Bryen.
m techno “experts” that the Sony hack cannot definitively be laid at the door of the North Koreans, or their cohorts like the Iranians. The “experts” say it is not completely clear that [...]
Longstanding US Cuba Policy: Regime Change
By Stephen Lendman.
Obama is right. Sanctions don’t work. Not against Cuba. Russia. Iran or other countries. Provided they stay firm.
Defending their sovereign rights. Cuba did admirably. For over half [...]
Is there peace partners in Israel?
By Fadi Husseini.
Again, the peace process between the Palestinians and the Israelis has been grinded into halt and each party blames the other for this unfortunate failure. Israeli officials repeat continuously that there [...]
Hillary Clinton Thinking Wisely ‘What’s the Rush?’
By Peter Rosenstein.
As we approach 2015 Hillary Rodham Clinton’s thought process on declaring a run for president appears to include the words “what’s the rush?” It is an approach apparently frustrating [...]
Are all Foreign Fighters a terrorist threat upon returning home?
By Alexander Athos.
The mere presence of a Western Muslim fighter in prohibited zones like Syria/Iraq does not mean they are necessarily going to commit a terrorist act upon their return to the West. However, some [...]