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November 2010

THE SULTAN: TIME TO LET GO OF RABIN:….AMEN…SEE NOTE

http://sultanknish.blogspot.com Rabin was killed tragically, but no less tragically than the victims of the terror spree that he unleashed with his surrender at Oslo. Of those victims….children, babies, soldiers, elderly and settlers , he coldly said “they are the casualties of peace”…or they were in the wrong place at the wrong time.” Of the settlers’ […]

THE MESSAGE IS SIMPLE: STOP SPENDING….

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/nov/3/the-gops-fab-five/ EDITORIAL: The GOP’s Fab Five The world’s most exclusive country club, the U.S. Senate, is in for a shock come January. Five Republicans handed their membership cards Tuesday have promised to shake up the chamber famous for its accommodation – otherwise known as caving to liberal ideas. Because individual senators have a greater ability […]

MICHAEL BARONE: AND NOW?

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Voters-reject-Obama_s-big-government-ambitions-1419887-106562593.html Voters reject Obama’s big-government ambitions By: Michael Barone Senior Political Analyst November 2, 2010 Uncharted territory. Historic upheaval. The tallies are not all in as this is written. But it seems that the 2010 elections have produced results that are unprecedented in the lifetimes of most readers. Some numbers are clear. In nine of […]

ANOTHER BEGINNING IN THE ELECTIONS CYCLE….ONWARD TO 2012

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703506904575592522305597634.html? A More Purple Senate KIM STRASSEL Democrats are likely to have 21 incumbent senators up for re-election in 2012 (depending on retirements), plus the two independents.. Few were watching yesterday’s results more closely than those senators up for re-election in 2012. Their takeaways may also prove hugely consequential for what happens in Congress over […]

DISPUTING SKEPTICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS

http://townhall.com/columnists/WillieSoonandDavidLegates/2010/11/04/disputing_the_skeptical_environmentalist By Willie Soon and David Legates 11/4/2010 Editor’s note: Bob Carter co-authored this story. Bjorn Lomborg, author of The Skeptical Environmentalist and Cool It, is right about the need to focus on critical health and economic priorities. But he is wrong about human carbon dioxide emissions causing what is now being called “global climate […]

AFTER THE FALL: DO THEY NOW GET IT? CAL THOMAS

http://townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2010/11/04/after_the_fall/print The cynic in me says that Democrats will learn nothing from the midterm election. They not only took a bath, they were effectively water-boarded by voters. Democrats lost the House by a margin not seen since 1948. They lost 10 governorships while retaining two — New York and California. Both states are insolvent and […]

DOUGLAS FEITH: CAN ISRAEL BE BOTH DEMOCRATIC AND JEWISH?

From the Wall St Journal: Can Israel Be Jewish and Democratic?http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304410504575560670943882014.html?KEYWORDS=DOUGLAS+FEITH Many nations have laws and practices that recognize their majority group’s history, language or religion while also protecting the rights of minorities. By DOUGLAS J. FEITH Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently asked Palestinian peace negotiators to acknowledge Israel as a Jewish state. Some […]

CAN ACADEMIC FREEDOM ACCOMODATE HOLOCAUST DENIAL? RICHARD L. CRAVATTS

http://www.jewishpress.com/pageroute.do/45867 OP-ED Should Academic Free Speech Accommodate Holocaust Denial?More Articles By Richard L. Cravatts, Ph.D.Richard L. Cravatts, Ph.D. Posted Nov 03 2010 If you scratch a Holocaust denier long enough, you may reveal an anti-Semite, but not always. You will, however, probably find someone like the morally repellant Kaukab Siddique, a Pakistani-born tenured associate professor […]

Opinion: What Will It Be: A Palestinian State, or More Foot-Shuffling?

http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/22205/ Opinion: What Will It Be: A Palestinian State, or More Foot-Shuffling? November 04, 2010 John Cohn More than a decade ago, during Benjamin Netanyahu’s first term as prime minister, Palestinians threatened to unilaterally declare statehood. Israel resisted, and the idea went into limbo. Negotiations with Netanyahu’s successor, Ehud Barak, bogged down, and Palestinian leader […]