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Posted on: 21 July 2010 | 12:37 pm

Turkey in Cyprus versus Israel in Gaza

Turkey in Cyprus vs. Israel in GazaBy DANIEL PIPESNorthern Cyprus shares features with Syria; resembles 'open-air jail' more than Gaza. In light of Ankara’s recent criticism of what it calls Israel’s “open-air jail” in Gaza, this week, which marks the anniversary of Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus, has special relevance...• The subsequent occupation of 37 percent of the island amounted to a “forced

Posted on: 21 July 2010 | 12:18 pm

QOTD: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Thomas Sowell quotes Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.The timid civilized world has found nothing with which to oppose the onslaught of a sudden revival of barefaced barbarity, other than concessions and smiles.

Posted on: 2 September 2009 | 11:19 am

QOTD: Jonathan Keiler

Interesting article by Jonathan Keiler, The End of Proportionality.Accusations of "disproportion," ..., will almost certainly be applied to American forces when domestic and international opposition to US actions can find no other complaint. Yet it is apparent that proportionality is not a useful yardstick for determining appropriate levels of force. The principle of proportionality is so vague

Posted on: 17 July 2009 | 6:29 pm

Link Between Baseball and Political Philosophy?

An article in the WSJ on the voluminous statistical research done on baseball contained this interesting tidbit.In the May 2007 Quarterly Journal of Political Science, Christopher Zorn, a Penn State professor, and Jeff Gill, of Washington University, demonstrated that Democrats tend to support the designated-hitter rule more than Republicans or independents do. Using data from a 1997 CBS News

Posted on: 17 July 2009 | 10:16 am

How to Advance the Peace Process

Khaled Abu Toameh, Muslim Arab reporter, in the National Post.Great fortunes stolen by Fatah officials are only occasionally reported in the West. When Abu Toameh first suggested foreign journalists tell this story, he was asked by some of them if he was paid by the Jewish lobby. Other reporters explained that information on Palestinian corruption simply didn't fit into the stories their editors

Posted on: 17 July 2009 | 10:12 am

We Must Define Terms: Who is "Innocent"?

Muslim leaders in their own words say that only Muslims are considered "innocent" or perhaps non-Muslims living in Muslim lands as well.See Daniel Pipes for all the quotes.

Posted on: 4 June 2009 | 7:27 pm

The Illusion of Reforming Islam

The Illusion of Reforming Islamwritten by Ali Sina, an ex-Muslim.

Posted on: 2 June 2009 | 5:18 pm

QOTD: Two-State Solution Will Lead to the Collapse of Israel

Palestinian Ambassador to Lebanon Abbas Zaki: Two-State Solution Will Lead to the Collapse of Israel (via MEMRI). Pebble to Atlas."With the two-state solution, in my opinion, Israel will collapse, because if they get out of Jerusalem, what will become of all the talk about the Promised Land and the Chosen People? What will become of all the sacrifices they made – just to be told to leave? They

Posted on: 14 May 2009 | 7:46 pm

Renewable Energy Farce

Doubling or quadrupling renewable energy, even if possible, will not stop our use of renewable energy according to Robert Bryce, the managing editor of Energy Tribune.During his address to Congress last week, President Barack Obama declared, "We will double this nation's supply of renewable energy in the next three years."While that statement -- along with his pledge to impose a "cap on carbon

Posted on: 1 May 2009 | 10:35 am

Lots to Give Thanks For

Mark Steyn on ThanksgivingSpeaking as a misfit unassimilated foreigner, I think of Thanksgiving as the most American of holidays.Christmas is celebrated elsewhere, even if there are significant local variations: In Continental Europe, naughty children get left rods to be flayed with and lumps of coal; in Britain, Christmas lasts from Dec. 22 to mid-January and celebrates the ancient cultural

Posted on: 1 May 2009 | 10:31 am

The Australian carries a worrisome article about how one of our closest allies has succumbed to political correctness.BRITAIN appears to be evolving into the first modern soft totalitarian state. As a sometime teacher of political science and international law, I do not use the term totalitarian loosely.There are no concentration camps or gulags but there are thought police with unprecedented

Posted on: 1 May 2009 | 10:28 am

Barry Rubin: Ahmadinejad's Wager, the World's Peril

Ahmadinejad's Wager, the World's Peril By Barry RubinWhy Iran's president has the cojones to take on the WestWhy did Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, with the full backing of Iran's regime, behave as he did at the Durban-2 conference?One reason, of course, is that he believed every word he said, and much of the Iranian Islamist regime thinks the same way. This factor should always be

Posted on: 22 April 2009 | 11:23 pm

Islam Will Not Agree to a Jewish State -- Ever

This is one of the best descriptions written of how Islamic militants view Israel and Jews. It shows how they will only conscent to limited agreements because they cannot stand the existence of Jews and a Jewish state. Jeffrey Goldberg writing in the NYT.Anyone who believes the disagreement is over land or borders is completely blind and naive, perhaps on purpose.In the summer of 2006, at a

Posted on: 14 January 2009 | 1:30 pm

QOTD: Moshe Arens -- Defeat, Not Deter Terrorists

Moshe Arens in the Ha'Aretz.It does not seem likely that a terrorist organization could be deterred from pursuing its aims, which include terrorizing civilians. Terrorist organizations do not generally own substantial assets that are vulnerable to attack, and striking them seems to increase their support from their fanatical fans. Their leaders, if killed, are quickly replaced by others. No, Al

Posted on: 14 January 2009 | 1:13 pm

It Really is a Wonderful Life

Don Feder has a great article contrasting the real message of the movie It's A Wonderful Life with the New York Times vision of it.A friend told me: "Show me a list of a person's favorite movies and I'll tell you what he believes — including his politics." Another said he could pretty much tell how someone felt about America by his reaction to John Wayne movies. I'm inclined to think that cinema

Posted on: 24 December 2008 | 11:58 am

Movies Can Alter Perceptions of Romance

Watching romantic comedies can spoil your love life, a study by a university in Edinburgh has claimed. Rom-coms have been blamed by relationship experts at Heriot Watt University for promoting unrealistic expectations when it comes to love. They found fans of films such as Runaway Bride and Notting Hill often fail to communicate with their partner.Many held the view if someone is meant to be with

Posted on: 19 December 2008 | 1:37 pm

QOTD: Bret Stephens -- 'Tolerance' Is Not the Lesson of Kristallnacht

Bret Stephens in the WSJ:So here we are, 70 years after Kristallnacht, as good an example as any of what happens when the evil of the few (or, perhaps, not-so-few) takes advantage of the cowardice of the many. [He mentions European capitulation to Islamo-fascism.] If there's a lesson here, it's in the need not for "tolerance," but for moral courage. Now as before, Europe finds it in short supply.

Posted on: 1 December 2008 | 5:04 pm

QOTD Followup: The Dark Knight

Following up from the previous quote, here is how they had to deal with evil.Bruce Wayne: The bandit in Burma, did you catch him? Alfred Pennyworth: Yes.Bruce Wayne: How?Alfred Pennyworth: We burned the forest down.Fighting evil isn't always pretty.

Posted on: 7 November 2008 | 5:58 pm

QOTD: The Dark Knight

Love this quote from The Dark Knight about trying to understand why some truly evil people do bad things.Alfred Pennyworth: A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were working for the local government. They were trying to buy the loyalty of tribal leaders by bribing them with precious stones. But their caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a bandit. So we went

Posted on: 7 November 2008 | 5:54 pm

Redistributing Wealth

Insightful letter to the editor in the Chicago Tribune yesterday. It's easier to identify the problem when it is happening to you.On my way to lunch recently, I passed a homeless guy with a sign that read "Vote Obama; I need the money." I laughed. In a restaurant my server had on an "Obama 08" tie. Again I laughed. Just imagine the coincidence. When the bill came, I decided not to tip the server

Posted on: 30 October 2008 | 11:50 pm

Gore Urges Civil Disobedience But Emits Lots of Hot Air

Is anything on earth as gaseous as Al Gore blathering?Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmental crusader Al Gore urged young people on Wednesday to engage in civil disobedience to stop the construction of coal plants without the ability to store carbon.The former U.S. vice president, whose climate change documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" won an Academy Award, told a philanthropic meeting in

Posted on: 24 September 2008 | 10:43 pm

Green Hypocrites Fail to Make Grade

The Guardian has an article on the hypocritical behavior of rich greenies.People who believe they have the greenest lifestyles can be seen as some of the main culprits behind global warming, says a team of researchers, who claim that many ideas about sustainable living are a myth.According to the researchers, people who regularly recycle rubbish and save energy at home are also the most likely to

Posted on: 24 September 2008 | 10:21 pm

Acceleration of Islamization Post-9/11

Diane West has an excellent article on the West's sleep post-9/11 on the gathering storm.As a society, we appear to have decided to remember 9/11 as something akin to a natural disaster that came and went rather than as a part of a diffuse but discernable push to advance the law of Islam.

Posted on: 23 September 2008 | 11:38 am

Hypocrisy of financial patriotism

Patriotism Starts at the Top, Sen. BidenBy Arnold Ahlert Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden thinks paying more taxes is "patriotic." You wanna talk patriotism, Mr. Biden? Here we go…First and foremost, let's talk about why Joe thinks people should pay more taxes: to fund a government run with no concept of fiscal responsibility. Zero. This year's budget is close to three trillion

Posted on: 23 September 2008 | 11:04 am