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March 2011

MOSQUES FLOURISH IN AMERICA, CHURCHES PERISH IN THE MUSLIM WORLD

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/mosques-flourish-in-america-churches-perish-in-muslim-world/ RAYMOND IBRAHIM As Muslims prepare to erect a mega-mosque near the site of the 9/11 atrocities, it is well to reflect that the sort of tolerance, or indifference, that allows them to do so is far from reciprocated to churches in the Muslim world. I speak not of Islamist attacks against churches — such […]

KENNETH BIALKIN: THE ARAB REVOLT; A BUSH REDUX

The Arab Revolt, 2011; A Bush Redux? By:  Kenneth J. Bialkin, Chairman America-Israel Friendship League The world is watching the spreading demands for change by Arab citizens to throw off the shackles of autocratic and repressive rulers.  So far, the governments of Tunisia and Egypt have fallen and demonstrations continue in Bahrain, Yemen, Jordan and […]

ROBIN SHEPHERD ON THE MIDEAST REVOLUTIONS: HOPE FOR THE BEST BUT PLAN FOR THE WORST

http://www.robinshepherdonline.com/understanding-the-mideast-revolutions-hope-for-democracy-plan-for-something-worse/#more-3842 Understanding the MidEast revolutions: Hope for democracy; plan for something worse So which is it to be: the end of communism or the rise of the ayatollahs? As we consider the extraordinary wave of revolutions sweeping the Middle East there is a certain inevitability about the struggle for an appropriate frame of historical reference […]

PRESIDENT OBAMA’S PATRONIZING LECTURE TO JEWISH “LEADERS”

Our patronizing President lectures the Jews http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/03/our_patronizing_president_lect.html Ed Lasky President Obama just can’t seem to be able to stop scratching that itch. At a meeting with Jewish leaders regarding his approach toward Israel he delivered a lecture, patronizing in tone and foolish in content. From the JTA: President Obama reportedly urged Jewish communal leaders to […]

YEHUDA MIRSKY: ON JOSEPH SOLOVEITCHIK THE SPIRITUAL LEADER OF MODERN ORTHODOXY AND A GREAT THINKER AND SCHOLAR

http://www.jidaily.com/virtuosoofjudaism/e Religious virtuosity comes in many forms. One of them is the ability to reconcile seeming irreconcilables, like faith and freedom, piety and intellect, revelation and science. The dream of synthesis has lured many in the past two centuries. One who seemed to live it was Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the spiritual leader of modern Orthodoxy in America […]

EVEN JERKS ARE PROTECTED BY THE SUPREMES

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703559604576176493840422046.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_AboveLEFTTop Free Speech for Jerks Antiwar bullies unite left and right on the Supreme Court. Even jerks are protected by the First Amendment, as the Supreme Court reaffirmed again yesterday with an 8-1 decision in the important free speech case, Snyder v. Phelps. The jerks at issue are members of the Westboro Baptist Church who […]

OBAMA IS MAKING US MORE DEPENDENT ON FOREIGN OIL

http://bigpeace.com/pmaffitt/2011/03/03/obama-making-us-more-dependent-on-foreign-oil/ PETER C. MAFFIT Is the Middle East the only reason gasoline prices are rising and how much damage will they do to our economy? Gasoline and diesel prices are going up. That is a certain. The issue is how high is high and how long is long? Why? Expectations of political instability in the […]

A BURQA FOR LADY LIBERTY AND A MOSQUE FOR GROUND ZERO

A Burqa for Lady Liberty and a Mosque for Ground Zero http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ A Muslim group has announced plans to cover the Statue of Liberty with a burqa and then replace her with a minaret. But there’s no reason at all to take such plans seriously. Lady Liberty being treated the way the Muslim world treats […]

OBAMA TELLS JEWISH “LEADERS” THAT ISRAEL MUST SHOW MORE SERIOUSNESS ON PEACE

http://networkedblogs.com/eYKhz Obama: Israelis must show seriousness on peace Jewish leaders say that during White House meeting president said Palestinians ‘don’t feel confident that Netanyahu government serious about territorial concessions’ Yitzhak Benhorin WASHINGTON – US President Obama this week called on Jewish leaders to speak to their colleagues in Israel and to “search your souls” over […]

APPALLING! ONLY 5% OF THE FUNDS FOR THE NEEDY IN D.C. GET TO INTENDED RECIPIENTS

Funds for D.C.’s needy go elsewhere Alexander gives 5% to her ward…JEFFREY ANDERSON http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/2/funds-for-districts-needy-go-elsewhere/ : D.C. Council member Yvette Alexander spends less than 5 percent of constituent service funds on constituents. (The Washington Times) A D.C. Council member who represents some of the city’s poorest households has spent less than 5 percent of the money […]