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Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 11, 2013 13 Comments
As Americans are debating over how to react to the situation in Syria, there have been some fascinating developments elsewhere in the world well worth noting. For example, one of Scandinavia’s most nanny-state governments has had an election that tilted their state dramatically rightward: Conservative...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on September 10, 2013 4 Comments
The Syrian Electronic Army has claimed responsibility for another attack on media outlets, this time through a Hootsuite account associated with at least two international FOX television networks. The incident was first reported by Matthew Keys’ The Desk: The Syrian Electronic Army compromised a Hootsuite...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on September 06, 2013 30 Comments
Speaking from the G20 meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia this morning, President Obama addressed the topic of Syria, where he acknowledged that he knew it would be a tough fight to convince Congress and the American public to move forward with a military strike. The...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 27, 2013 11 Comments
The NY Times experienced an outage today for the second time in two weeks.  On August 14th, the issue was said to have been an internal issue.  But today, the issue was characterized as something more malicious.  And that may not be the only target,...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on August 16, 2013 11 Comments
In an online video forum hosted by the transparency organization OurSay.org before a live studio audience in Australia on Friday, Campus Reform editor-in-chief Josiah Ryan asked Wikileaks founder Julian Assange his thoughts about Matt Drudge and Rand Paul. Assange praised Drudge for breaking down self...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 15, 2013 0 Comments
Shut yo mouth: Texas high school cuts valedictorian’s mic for talking about the US Constitution Australian University Censors Speech Deemed Offensive to Islam Pro-Palestinian groups on campus aren’t big fans of free speech And dress the way we tell you: New Hampshire senior not allowed...

Posted by Mandy Nagy on June 01, 2013 10 Comments
Private First Class Bradley Manning, the soldier responsible for leaking over 700,000 documents containing classified information to Wikileaks, will finally face military trial this week at Fort Meade, Maryland.  Colonel Denise Lind will ultimately decide the soldier’s case. From Reuters: Manning, an intelligence analyst, was...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 29, 2013 8 Comments
Via Times of Israel: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke out Tuesday against what he described as a rising trend of anti-Semitism around the world, calling for an international effort to combat the phenomenon. Addressing delegates in Jerusalem for the Foreign Ministry’s fourth annual anti-Semitism conference,...

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 12, 2013 12 Comments
Happy Mother’s Day. As part of my personal celebration, I am planning to indulge in one of my pamper pastimes: Sipping some fine California wine. Sadly, eco-activists have targeted the Golden State’s vineyards in their latest fear campaign: The study, published recently in the Proceedings...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 08, 2013 16 Comments
The academic boycott of Israel organized by the BDS movement claimed a big success when the Guardian ran an article yesterday, Stephen Hawking joins academic boycott of Israel. That report set off a furious response, since the academic boycott of Israel is anathema to almost...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 05, 2013 4 Comments
For the details at the start of the bombing, take a look at last night’s post, Reports – large explosions in Damascus (Update – Syria blames Israel), which has embedded videos and Twitter accounts.  The Twitter feed now is at the bottom of this post....
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