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2011

BRUCE KESLER: ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND THE HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE

Click here: Academic Freedom and the Higher Education Bubble – Maggie’s Farm http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/16524-Academic-Freedom-and-the-Higher-Education-Bubble.html Academic Freedom and the Higher Education Bubble Symptoms of the higher education bubble include students and their families in debt for unemployable degrees, taxpayers and the economy weighed down to support colleges that put country-club campuses, lack of academic rigor, even outright […]

THE PEOPLE OF EGYPT WERE ABANDONED BY THE UN FOR 30 YEARS: ANNE BAYEFSKY

For Immediate Release: February 3, 2011 Contact:  Anne Bayefsky info@eyeontheun.org The People of Egypt Were Abandoned By the U.N. For 30 Years Click here here to see the article by Anne Beyefsky today on Fox News.. There is one main reason why the Obama administration misjudged Egypt entirely – they cannot get their facts straight. […]

DIANA WEST: WHAT IS FREEDOM OF RELIGION IN ISLAM?

http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/1672/-Freedom-vs-Freedom.aspx Americans must learn two concepts to better understand the political earthquake the United States is now pushing as President Obama gives his nod to “the Arab street,” predominantly organized, it seems, by the Muslim Brotherhood, to force out an ally, Hosni Mubarak. Many on the right have seen in the anti-Mubarak movement vindication of […]

JOHN R. BOLTON: BEIRUT CALLING

Lebanon, not Egypt, may determine the fate of democracy in the Middle East. By John R. Bolton http://www.latimes.com/ Despite the media’s recent focus on Egypt, events in Lebanon may well tell us more about the troubled prospects for Middle Eastern democracy. The fall of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s government, replaced by a Hezbollah-dominated coalition, […]

MY SAY: CAMP DAVID ACCORD WAS A TRAP NOT A TREATY

The pundits…even some decent ones who have nostalgia for Egypt and use the Camp David Accords as a touchstone of policy in the Middle East are getting silly. Camp David occurred only because in spite of a sneak attack by Egypt in evil combination with Syria which almost overwhelmed Israel, the Israelis won…..and thanks to Arik Sharon […]

THE CANADIAN BORDER: A WEAK LINK IN AMERICAN SECURITY BY MICHAEL CUTLER

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.8607/pub_detail.asp A news report that appeared in the Washington Times on February 1, 2011 states that the top two senators on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee have discovered that the federal government has control of only 32 miles of the 4,000 mile border that is supposed to separate the United States from Canada. […]

BILL SIEGEL: OBAMA’S “STEALTH” EGYPTIAN DILEMMA

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.8597/pub_detail.asp Obama’s “Stealth” Egyptian Dilemma Bill Siegel Much has already been written about the Obama administration’s difficulties in responding to the current protests in Egypt. Serious unenviable ramifications lie in wait for any strategy adopted by the administration. Like every serious Middle East turn of events, where stability is so threatened and vital, a delicate […]

ERIK STAKELBECK: A GLOBAL TERRORIST INFLUENCE

A Global Terrorist Influence Posted By Erick Stakelbeck http://frontpagemag.com/2011/02/03/a-global-terrorist-influence/print/ This article is reprinted from CBN.com. Many analysts believe that the radical organization known as the Muslim Brotherhood will gain great influence with a change of government in Egypt. A closer examination of the secretive group provides insight as to why its possible climb to power […]

SHORT LIVED UNITY IN ISRAEL: P. DAVID HORNIK

URL to article: http://frontpagemag.com/2011/02/03/short-lived-unity-in-israel-2/ Short-Lived Unity in Israel Posted By P. David Hornik Earlier this week Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu reportedly allowed about 800 Egyptian troops to deploy around Sharm el-Sheikh at the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula. Some reports said Bedouin in the area—as part of the unrest now roiling Egypt—were challenging […]

OBAMA AND THE MOSLEM BROTHERHOOD: ROBERT SPENCER

http://frontpagemag.com/2011/02/03/barack-obama-and-the-muslim-brotherhood/ Barack Obama and the Muslim Brotherhood Posted By Robert Spencer Now that Barack Obama has given a green light to Muslim Brotherhood participation in a new Egyptian government, it is unlikely that the organization will be kept out of power. And since the Brotherhood is the largest and most ideologically committed group in Egyptian […]