I was interviewed this morning by Lee Rayburn of WHCU 870 AM in Ithaca. The topic was the release of prisoners by Israel and the Middle East Peace Process. ...
As the defense neared the end of its side in the sentencing phase of Bradley Manning's trial, the convicted Wikileaker spoke to the court himself today. In an unsworn statement, he began with an apology, saying, "I am sorry that my actions hurt people; I...
We don't actually know that Megyn Kelly is replacing Sean Hannity, even if the Drudge scoop is true that Kelly is taking the 9 p.m. slot at Fox News. Hannity may be moving to another prime time slot, or there may be some out-of-the-box schedule...
What with the damn rodeo clown getting fired, banned, and the whole association subject to sensitivity training for the offense of clowning around at the expense of the President. What with the long history of rodeo and other clowns mocking presidents at public events (even down to the...
It appears Israel is gearing up for its own citizen army to defend itself - on social media. From the Jerusalem Post's article, Government to use citizens as army in social media war: The Prime Minister’s Office has a far-reaching plan to utilize students and other supporters...
Mideast Media Sampler 08/14/2013...
Has politics become so divisive that a new intolerance keeps left and right from connecting emotionally? Research purports to show that left and right are that different, according to this post at NPR titled For Democrats And Republicans, It's Happily (N)ever After: Political preferences seem to come...
From Pete, spotted outside Tacoma, WA: Prof. Jacobson, Thought you would enjoy the photo and I read you on a daily basis. Thanks for all your work. I can't tell what the sticker next to the "Steady Hand" says: ...
Earlier this afternoon in a post that featured an interview with Lavabit's owner on his abrupt decision to shutdown his encrypted email service, I also mentioned the shutdown of Silent Circle's secure email service, Silent Mail. As good luck in timing would have it, ZDNet has...
The analysis of the Natural Born Citizen clause in the Constitution as it applies to Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. I promised to do this long ago, and did the research with the assistance of a former student, but couldn't bring myself to actually write it...
Late last week, we reported that Ladar Levison, the founder of encrypted email service provider Lavabit, abruptly shut down his service without notice, leaving only a cryptic message for users and visitors to the company’s website as to the reasons behind his decision. While Levison explained...
It was widely reported earlier this week that there was a mass coaching of Mexicans as to which phrases to use at the border to gain them temporary asylum, including lodging: A sudden influx of illegal immigrants from Mexico requesting asylum is overwhelming immigration agents in...
Yucca Mountain ruling has important implications for Obamacare implementation and other refusals of the Obama administration to comply with congressional mandates....
She's already playing the race card. To add on top of the war-on-women card. https://twitter.com/michellemalkin/status/367280328022302720 Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy That, and Anthony Weiner's slip of the tongue (I know, not the imagery you want in the morning), Anthony Weiner: Huma Will...
Mideast Media Sampler 08/13/2013 - Terrorism is Diplomacy by Other Means...
