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Posted by Mandy Nagy on April 21, 2014 14 Comments
Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Ukraine Monday, where he planned to meet with the acting prime minister and president, as well as various members of Parliament and representatives from non-governmental organizations over the next two days.  Biden’s trip comes on the heels of yet...

Posted by David Gerstman on April 10, 2013 2 Comments
1) Egyptian plagues Last week Zvi Mazel wrote in the Jerusalem Post (h/t Leslie Eastman) In a remarkable and enduring show of unity, non-Islamic opposition parties under the banner of the National Salvation Front are boycotting the regime until their demands – canceling the Islamic...

Posted by David Gerstman on April 05, 2013 5 Comments
1) Casting the first stone – and all the subsequent ones too What’s the difference between assault with a deadly weapon – a shooting – and assault with rocks that hit cars at potentially lethal speeds? Why should teenagers think of rock-throwing as something fun...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 02, 2012 46 Comments
U.S. soldiers who accidentally burned Korans to be charged, ““For the soldiers, it will be serious — they could lose rank.” Feels like a good night for a White House document dump.  Yup, something in the air. Ted Kennedy too conservative for today’s Dem party? ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 24, 2011 26 Comments
Back in November, Sarah Palin delivered a sharp criticism of Fed monetary policy, as reported by The Wall Street Journal: Sarah Palin, delving into a major policy issue a week after the mid-term elections, took aim Monday at the Federal Reserve and called on Fed...

Posted by Kathleen McCaffrey on February 28, 2011 4 Comments
K. McCaffrey — It’s always refreshing to see people coming together in countries that have seen nothing but strife and oppression. While the phrase “uprising” has an affiliation with violence, some folks in eastern Libya are finding themselves better off without their totalitarian state. Something...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 30, 2010 0 Comments
As my readers know, we have been on a New York Time’s cone of silence watch as relates to allegations by an upstate reporter (corroborated at least in part by others) that Congressman Maurice Hinchey assaulted the reporter after the reporter asked tough questions regarding...
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