The video plainly shows U.S. forces identifying and killing armed Mahdi Army soldiers, following rules of engagement. (This is Part One of a two-part article).
The military must reflect the burgeoning civilian utopia it protects.
If you didn’t already question Obama’s judgment, now would be a good time to start. (And check out Ed Driscoll, also: "Our Postmodern President Tosses Ambiguity on the One Issue It Matters.")
Over Easter, I wrote a post at this space titled "President Weirdo," which got a fair amount of attention pro and con. One day later, we have evidence that, if anything, I understated my case.
Jefferson County, Alabama, borrowed itself into bankruptcy, and the politicians insist someone else is — must be — to blame. Tragedy, farce — or prophecy?
If the word "Mankind" is objectionable because of its masculinity, "Humankind" is no better.
Hopefully, Republican ringleaders will learn from recent history and internalize the lesson that the political left — as opposed to conservative ideas and initiatives — are the real enemy and one that must be defeated.
A mag-7.2 earthquake in the Baja region felt in San Diego and L.A. has been followed by numerous aftershocks.
Andy Garcia, Roger L. Simon and even Perez Hilton protest Fidel Castro. The Tea Parties protest the passage of ObamaCare. Plus Steve Green, Ed Driscoll, James Lileks, Glenn Reynolds, and Dr. Helen Smith.
Does porn distort men's attitudes as much as romance novels and Lifetime TV distort women's?
An overview of the thought-provoking entertainment available now that the public affairs network has unleashed 160,000 hours of searchable video on the web.
We must focus on ideology, not tactics. Look at Nazism, which was certainly defeated.
Wachovia/Wells Fargo Bank thought "Earth Hour" was a great idea. Brilliant, in fact.
Threats have no place in any political discourse in the U.S. — but conservatives can't afford to let over-dramatized threats either paralyze them or goad them into stupidity. (Watch the latest Hicks File, and comment here.)
Frum is continuing to make the strongest case possible for a Republican alternative that can reach the wide public at large.
He ran the British blockade in 1947-1948. Where are his counterparts today?
Whether or not it ultimately leads to victory will largely be a question of will.
This grotesque and inhumane policy is currently supported by the Canadian government.
Science proves it: women from more "civilized" — read "liberal" — countries like men with low testosterone. But will the he-men go quietly?
The "collapse" of the AR-15 market: wishful thinking or pure fantasy?
Adam Baldwin from Full Metal Jacket, plus author Theodore Dalrymple, who calls in from France, and Jonathan Tobin of Commentary on Teddy Roosevelt. Hosted by the Vodkapundit, Steve Green!
Watch PJTV.com's exclusive interview with Sen. Jim Inhofe on his call to investigate Al Gore. (Don't miss Charlie Martin's "Climategate Meets the Law: Senator Inhofe to Ask for DOJ Investigation.")
"Why is the Democratic Party clinging to racism like a wall full of barnacles on the hull of a rusted ship?"
What happens when the stereotypical American undergrad from the stereotypical Ivy League college in the age of PC becomes POTUS?
A round-up of different legal views from lawyers and scholars regarding the constitutionality of mandates in the bill and other issues that impact the legal case against ObamaCare.
Larry Grathwohl detests the attempt to equate the peaceful exercise of the First Amendment to rampaging terrorists.
Interviews with three activists who don't fit the media's narrative on membership in the tea party movement.
The stealth jihadist, once banned from the U.S., is welcomed back in to speak this month.
Here’s how to address the mediocrity problem, expand the field, and create a whole new level of interest and excitement.
President Obama announced that the United States won't respond with nuclear weapons even if it suffers a crippling biological, chemical, or cyberattack. Are you feeling safer now?
With confidence in the pseudo-commodity fading, wouldn't a short sell be a rock-solid investment? Financial pros weigh in.
Paper print is dead; accept it. With the release of the iPad, we can see Apple's strategy to replace it. (Also, see A Qik Look at the New World of Smartphone Video on Edgelings.)
Small-scale terror attacks and left-wing accusations of violence and terroristic tendencies are as prevalent as the new security measures.
ObamaCare's tax revenue won't be as much as predicted, and its costs will be greater. You can take that to the bank.
Obama’s push for the welfare state at home is replicated in his European-style views on Israel. (A transcript of the latest edition of the Hicks File," online now at PJTV.com.)
"Human rights" in Europe seem to apply only to specific "offended" groups, and only to certain offenses. Is open discussion in danger in the U.S.?
Part II of a two-part interview with Moshe Arens — former Israeli defense minister, foreign minister, and ambassador to the U.S. (Read Part I here. And don't miss Joe Hicks at PJTV on "Netanyahu vs. The Yahoos.")
The future may look bleak, but there is hope in the coming crop of conservative leaders who must embrace the Constitution and pull us back from the brink.
In the past, we could disagree without having to be hauled up before Congress for a good talking-to by the most powerful people in society.
Watching the Obama administration's energy policy is a lot like trying to learn stage magic. You have to learn to look where he doesn't want you to look.
Part I of a two-part interview with Moshe Arens — former Israeli defense minister, foreign minister, and ambassador to the U.S.
For forty years, the U.S. State Department has sought to force Israel to accept a plan that would mean national suicide for the Jewish state.
There is something troubling about Americans’ newfound willingness to accept and submit to czarist authority.
(And don't miss Glenn Reynolds' look at "Obama's House of Czars" at PJTV.)
Treating eye cancer with an invisible beam of protons: Star Trek or U.S. health care?
And no — the cars used by the U.S. delegation were not compatible with the new CAFE standards.
As his presidency progresses, Obama can't hide his real feelings toward Israel, the tyrannical thugs of the world, and the free-market system.
Like old-fashioned Marxist criticism before the fall of the Berlin Wall, a critic at Slate characterizes Oscar-nominated filmmaker Jason Reitman's deviancy from progressive politics as revolting decadence.
A tremendous new book from Anthony Julius offers a sweeping history of England's unusual strain of Jew hatred.
Millions of law-abiding, peaceful, middle-aged female protesters, and they see firehoses and "good ol' boys."
The entire environmental movement is verging on becoming an enemy of science itself.
Cultural differences should not be a defense for murder, or for being an accomplice to murder.
By the time the first drop of oil makes it to market from Obama's announcement on Wednesday, he will have been out of office for years.
In light of the farce that is "anthropogenic global warming," and the Obama administration's new drilling plans, can we have our SUVs back now?
Despite a student protest initiative, the university will continue to bear the name of the 19th century German chauvinist and anti-Semite Ernst Moritz Arndt.
Ed Driscoll talks with the co-star of NBC's Chuck, and Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, in the unedited interview from this week's PJM Political.
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 | MORE, AHEM, “TEA PARTY VIOLENCE:” Union Protester Attacks Tea Partier at Fort Lauderdale Townhall Meeting. And another reason to have a camera. |
| A MICKEY KAUS PRESS RELEASE: What’s Barbara Boxer Scared Of? |
| IF LUKE SKYWALKER used Google. |
| INSTAVISION: I talk with Byron York of the Washington Examiner, about Tea Parties, the RNC’s travails, and what happens between now and November. Plus, what you can do. |
| THEY TOLD ME IF I VOTED FOR MCCAIN, the President would be ordering the killing of American citizens. And they were right! “The Obama administration has taken the extraordinary step of authorizing the targeted killing of an American citizen, the radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who is believed to have shifted from encouraging attacks on the United States to directly participating in them, intelligence and counterterrorism officials said Tuesday.” |
| SOME HOUSING GOOD NEWS? Rental prices stabilize. That suggests a bottom. Meanwhile, sellers remain unrealistic. Looking around my neighborhood, the (few) houses that have sold in the past year have sold at 10-15% less than they were bought for in 2005-06. Yet many people are on the market with their houses priced at a 10-15% premium above their 2005-2006 values. Those houses aren’t selling. You’d think people would be quicker to catch on, but either (1) they’re being protected from reality by some sort of corporate relocation subsidy; or (2) they’re idiots; or (3) they just can’t afford to sell for less because they’d be underwater and they have no equity or money to bring to the table. Judging from Suze Orman and Dave Ramsey’s callers, that situation is a lot more common than I would have thought. It’s always been our philosophy to buy less house than we can comfortably afford, but many people clearly feel otherwise. |
| CONSUMER CREDIT PLUNGES, unexpectedly. |
| MOE LANE SAYS I SHOULD have more respect for the RNC. |
| HENRY WAXMAN is confused and afraid. |
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| JOHN STOSSEL: What’s libertarianism? |
| MATT WELCH: We Are Out Of Money, California Edition. “There are concrete ways out of this politician-created mess, but it’s going to take a category of public servant whose first response to fiscal crisis is *not* ‘Let’s close the parks!’” |
| AND THEY HOPED PASSING OBAMACARE WOULD HELP? Americans Very Unhappy With Congress: “A new Gallup Poll finds a record-low 28% of U.S. voters say most members of Congress deserve to be re-elected. The previous low was 29% in October 1992.” |
| CAN WE MAKE A conscious machine? I predict we’ll start with Fembots. |
| BOB OWENS: Shame on WikiLeaks: Framing Lawful Engagement as Anti-American Propaganda. “The video plainly shows U.S. forces identifying and killing armed Mahdi Army soldiers, following rules of engagement.” |
