Turkey is no longer a secular society. In less than a decade Prime Minister ErdoÄan and his Justice and Development Party have effected a radical change in Turkey's political dynamic that has occurred largely without notice by most casual Western observers. In the past month alone Turkey has: ...
So Obama wasn’t aware we’d spent years spying on our ally Germany. Color me unsurprised. Throughout a career as community activist and several campaigns, he apparently didn’t know that numerous people and publications attributed his birthplace as Kenya. Rev. Wright, his ...
Once again, Republicans have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Faced with rising populist support of their principled stand against a law that a majority of the country does not like, the GOP has chosen this moment to sue for terms in the struggle. Just days ago morale was high. Across ...
If you don"t stop something in the House of Representatives, it never is stopped. Period. Not sometimes, not oftentimes, not occasionally; but never. This applies to all legislation of all types from all constituencies. When Obamacare passed the House in 2010 it was obvious to me the fight ...
On September 20, 2013, President Obama flew the black flag above his White House to honor prisoners of war and soldiers still missing in action. If you were unaware of this, it is not surprising. The proclamation was quietly released to the media without a televised speech. On the day itself the ...
Whenever a colleague asks for voting advice, I have one stock answer"vote for whoever doesn’t have commercials with children. Whichever candidate trots out the tykes is the one lacking in ideas, so avoid him. Lamentably, “The Children” have a long history of leading the ...
This weekend’s G20 summit in Russia comes on the heels of controversy regarding the nation’s treatment of homosexuals. I can no more genuinely fathom being a homosexual than I can fully comprehend being a butterfly. Yet nowhere can I comprehend it less than in St. ...
Eighteen states have no “hate crimes” legislation. (In diversity parlance, these states are “Hate Crimes Non-Inclusive.”) Another two dodge the bullet by allowing mere data collection. This leaves more than half our country at the mercy of those who would subjectively ...
Regarding Egypt’s current turmoil, international neophytes of every stripe claim to know precisely what is happening in a nation they scarcely know outside of colorful pictures. Here are some of the common arguments: In one week nearly 1,000 people, many peacefully protesting women and ...
I hate billionaires. I loathe, disdain, and want to throw them in a wood chipper; take your pick, I can"t stand to be in a room with them. Millionaires are a different story. Their wealth is either inherited and has been (properly) half-squandered, or they are self-made men who actually make ...
