Category Archives: Politics

Pope to visit PA Mufti who preached Jews are enemies of Allah destined to be exterminated by Muslims

PALESTINIAN MEDIA WATCH by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik May 20, 2014 In the course of his visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority next week, as a matter of protocol, Pope Francis, the most senior figure in the … Continue reading

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Commencement Speaker Gets Standing Ovation For Calling Leftist Protesters ‘Immature,’ ‘Arrogant’

DAILY CALLER May 18, 2014 By Eric Owens On Sunday, the commencement speaker at Haverford College satisfyingly used his pulpit to tell off 40 or so radical leftist students and three radical professors who had forced an honorary degree recipient … Continue reading

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China is the Likely Winner in Ukraine

BSA CENTER By David Goldman May 19, 2014 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Ukraine crisis has created a catalyst for Sino-Russian rapprochement. Events in Ukraine have persuaded Russia that it cannot rely on Western Europe as its primary market for hydrocarbon exports. Consequently, … Continue reading

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UPCOMING EVENT An Evening with Caroline Glick Wednesday June 11

The David Horowitz Freedom Center Invites You To An Evening with Caroline Glick Click here to register or contact Stephanie Knudson at 818.849.3470 extension 209, email stephanie@horowitzfreedomcenter.org Wednesday, June 11, 2014Location: Union League Club65 W. Jackson Blvd.Chicago, IL  60604Time: 7:30 p.m. – Wine Reception, 8:00-9:30 p.m. – Program … Continue reading

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Martin Indyk’s Appalling Answers

COMMENTARY By Rick Richman May 14, 2014 Ambassador Martin Indyk’s address last week to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, castigating Israel for “rampant settlement activity,” featured assertions that, as Elliott Abrams and Tom Wilson have noted, were simply wrong. Settlement activity was not rampant, … Continue reading

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Obama rises and falls on his oratory

CHICAGO SUN TIMES By Steve Huntley May 16, 2014 Barack Obama rose to national prominence and to the White House on a reputation for oratory. Yet his administration has turned out to be one notable for empty words, misstatements, politically … Continue reading

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Ethics, Geopolitics, and Architecture

ARCHITECT MAGAZINE May 15, 2014 By Ned Cramer, Assoc. AIA Should architects be held accountable for the politics of their clients or their country? The Royal Institute of British Architects seems to think so. …..Architecture usually doesn’t play much of … Continue reading

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Hillary Clinton Celebrates the Iran Sanctions That Her State Department Tried to Stop

DAILY BEAST By Josh Rogin May 15, 2014 The former Secretary of State claimed Wednesday she was responsible for tough sanctions on Iran. But while they were being crafted, her State Department opposed them again and again. Hillary Clinton is … Continue reading

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Arabs: We Want Democracy – Like Israel

GATESTONE By Khaled Abu Toameh May 16, 2014 The Tel Aviv District Court’s decision to send former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to six years in prison for corruption has prompted calls in the Arab world for endorsing Israel’s standards … Continue reading

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Inconvenient Truths about Race and Slavery; Not to deny African-American history, but to contextualize

DAILY MAILER By Jack Kerwick May 15, 2014 “The truth is harsh.” So spoke the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, back in the 19th century. On no topic is the truth harsher than on that of race. The Eric Holders of the … Continue reading

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