In his radio address to the nation on July 4, 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt acknowledged the growing global threat to human freedom and to democracy. He spoke of the new tyrannies that have "been making such headway that the fundamentals … [Read more...] about July 4th, 1941- July 4th, 2016
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Caesar’s Wife*
Left: “The former president steps into her plane. They then speak for 30 minutes privately. The FBI there on the tarmac instructing everybody around ‘no photos, no pictures, no cell phones.’” Reporter Christopher Sign of ABC 15 in Phoenix, AZ, on The … [Read more...] about Caesar’s Wife*
Free Speech, Libel Tourism and the Little Sabra Who Could*
How a feisty Israeli-American scholar faced down a Saudi billionaire banker and an arrogant British judge-and strengthened free speech rights in the process. I first heard of Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld in the spring of 2005. A New York-based, Israeli-born … [Read more...] about Free Speech, Libel Tourism and the Little Sabra Who Could*
Of Mosques, Moms and Mayhem*
Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin. The Jihadi Dictionary: The Essential Intel Tool for Military, Law Enforcement, Government and the Concerned Public. Mamaroneck, NY: Multieducator Press, 2016. 286 pp. Regular readers of Family Security Matters will be … [Read more...] about Of Mosques, Moms and Mayhem*
Special Relationship II*
Back in 1887 the famous poet and storyteller Oscar Wilde quipped: ‘We [English] have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language’. We got another example of this malediction in the blah-blah-blah which has attended … [Read more...] about Special Relationship II*
A Global Witches’ Brew*
Left: This is an engraving from Mechanics Magazine published in London in 1824. Surviving a new world of debt, liquidity, corruption, money laundering, and social entropy. It is said that the great Ottoman Sultan, Suleyman the Magnificent … [Read more...] about A Global Witches’ Brew*
The Emperor’s Iranian Clothes
The unfolding misrepresentations of Obama Administration’s “deal” with Iran, suggest that either the President or the Iranians or both, have been avid readers of Hans Christian Andersen’s "The Emperor’s New Clothes." As in Andersen’s tale, the vain … [Read more...] about The Emperor’s Iranian Clothes
Is “Jihad- Denial” Contagious?
President Obama's angry outburst to ISIS terrorist's June 12th shooting of more than100 people at a nightclub in Orlando, FL, murdering 49 and wounding 53, was not aimed at the radical Islamic ideology that motivated the killer. Obama was livid … [Read more...] about Is “Jihad- Denial” Contagious?
US Powerless as “Europe” Collapses*
The British vote in midweek looks more and more like endorsing withdrawal from the European Union. But the process looks increasingly messy. The U.S., whose sponsorship of a united Europe has played a huge role in the past six decades, now appears … [Read more...] about US Powerless as “Europe” Collapses*
Mr. Obama’s Conscience*
Left: President Obama delivered the remarks after a shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida left more than 100 people dead and wounded. June 12, 2016. (YouTube) The schizophrenic nature of the Obama Administration continues to run … [Read more...] about Mr. Obama’s Conscience*