"If Only Germany Had Solved Its Unemployment Problem in 1933, Germans Wouldn’t Have Become Nazis...Er, Maybe not." - David P. Goldman (Sprengler) Denmark’s Compromised “Values” - Rachel Ehrenfeld - The Danes should have known better, but they … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – February 16-20, 2015
U.S. Policy
Weekly Briefing, February 8-13, 2015
Deterring ISIL is Not Enough - Rachel Ehrenfeld - "Muslims need to change the religious discourse and remove from it things that have led to violence and extremism.”... President Obama’s requested Congressional authorization to indefinitely use U.S. … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing, February 8-13, 2015
Deterring ISIL is Not Enough
"Muslims need to change the religious discourse and remove from it things that have led to violence and extremism.” Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 22, 2015 President Obama’s requested Congressional authorization … [Read more...] about Deterring ISIL is Not Enough
Bad Iran Deal in the Offing
(Left) Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif underlined on Tuesday (Feb.9) that the nuclear talks between Tehran and the world powers will end in a final agreement if the western powers stop seeking excuses and reciprocate Iran's goodwill … [Read more...] about Bad Iran Deal in the Offing
The History of History*
Historians cheat. Mostly, they reconstruct the story of our past as a straightforward narrative with a beginning, middle, and sometimes even an end. What they don’t usually tell us is that a great deal more was going on than that single narrative of … [Read more...] about The History of History*
Weekly Briefing – February 1-6, 2015
Hell on Earth - Dr. Mordecai Kedar@Arutz7 - Burning alive a human being is a method of eliminating enemies that is well known and documented in early Islamic sources, and based on a deductive legal principle of Sharia law… Anyone who attacks Islamic … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – February 1-6, 2015
Beware of the Ides of March
March 2015 is looking like it is going to be a very "interesting" month, to quote the well-known Chinese curse "May you live in interesting times". First Prime Minister Netanyahu will address the joint houses of Congress while he is in Washington to … [Read more...] about Beware of the Ides of March
AID to Pakistan: Money Down A Rat Hole
After Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif's visit to the Pentagon, Islamabad defense officials claimed that the United States would give Pakistan $1 billion through the Coalition Support Fund (CSF). The officials added that … [Read more...] about AID to Pakistan: Money Down A Rat Hole
Semantics? Not on our lives!
Yeah, it’s a big joke! The most amateurish hacks performing as government spokesmen, whether it is an arrogant but totally incompetent campaign apparatchik at the State Department, the White House’s befuddled spokesmen, or the embarrassed uniformed … [Read more...] about Semantics? Not on our lives!
Back to the 1930s*
As the US retreats from global responsibilities, disintegrative and destructive forces are taking hold. The world is coming to resemble the 1930s more and more. From Argentina to Yemen to Ukraine to Syria and Lebanon, entropy, the natural tendency … [Read more...] about Back to the 1930s*