Mideast Media Sampler 07/10/2013 - Why doesn't David Kirkpatrick of the New York Times tell the complete story about the Muslim Brotherhood?...
On university campuses, in Great Britain, at the United Nations, and in much of the world he would be called "Islamophobic" if his words were spoken by someone else. But clearly he is not that. I call him hope for the future of Egypt. ...
Elizabeth Warren's student loan proposal to utilize the overnight rate the Fed loans money to banks has been widely criticized even by some liberal commentators as a "cheap political gimmick." [Note - link is to LI and is safe, some people are getting warnings] There seems to be...
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There is a term known as “newsjacking,” and it refers to the takeover of a news story or narrative and using it for other purposes. See the example in that link about when Oreo took over the power outage during the Super Bowl 2013, and...
In my post last night I noted a near shouting match between defense attorney Don West and Judge Debra Nelson over whether text messages on Trayvon Martin's phone regarding fighting were "authenticated." Judge Nelson stated that there was no evidence that Trayvon typed the texts even...
Was Muslim Brotherhood rule the end of democracy as Egypt briefly knew it?...
By far the biggest news of the day came mid-afternoon when defense attorney Mark O'Mara informed Judge Nelson that his next witness, Elouise Dilligard, would be his last of the trial, and that he expected the defense to rest their case tomorrow. Given the expectations...
Another "who bombed it" mystery in Syria...
I've flagged the pathway to citizenship (even more so than other forms of legalization) as the critical issue in the immigration debate. Granting citizenship to adults who came here illegally is horrible policy which historically has proven a huge carrot to increased illegal immigration regardless of...
Many weeks ago we suggested that one outcome of Hezbollah's involvement in the Syrian civil war on behalf of Assad, particularly the conquest of Qusayr, would be car bombings in pro-Hezbollah sections of Beirut. That prediction appears to be coming true. Via The Daily Star of Lebanon: A...
The #fem2 hashtag is "A catch-all for Feminist tweets, sometimes combined with #p2." The Pebble Mine is the latest worst thing ever to happen to the environment. From Nick, with the subject line "Portland Crazy": I couldn't help but think of you when I saw this near the...
Literally, the middle of the night, just before dawn....
