UPDATE: The New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza
reports that the Obama DoJ wanted to be able to spy on Fox News
reporter James Rosen for an essentially unlimited period of time
and not disclose their activities to him. After two judges rejected
Holder’s...
Things just went from bad to worse for Attorney General Eric
Holder.
Last week, we noted that Holder was setting Deputy Attorney
General James Cole up as the
fall guy for the AP scandal. Obama said he had “complete
confidence” in Holder and i...
The Boy Scouts of America voted to lift the ban on openly gay
Scouts on Thursday afternoon. Their rule forbidding gay
scoutmasters and adult leaders is still in place.
The decision is not at all surprising. The Scouts faced extreme
pressure from groups li...
According to the BBC’s Annual Country Ratings World Survey,
Israel is
the fourth least popular country in the world. It ranks ahead
of only Iran, North Korea and Pakistan.
Germany ranks as the world’s most popular country with Canada in
second...
Even before the IRS scandal reminded Americans of the
unenjoyable prospect of that agency becoming involved in American’s
health care decisions, Obamacare was becoming an increasing
political problem for the president and for Democrats.
An Economist...
As London reels from the beheading of a British soldier, 1,200
miles away in Stockholm, Muslims, er,
youths have been rioting in the streets of Stockholm and
elsewhere in Sweden for the past four nights.
News outlets such as Reuters are
focusing o...
So Quin Hillyer is throwing
his hat into the ring and is running for Congress.
I have enjoyed Quin’s contributions to The American
Spectator whether the subject be politics or sport. Quin
and I have had a couple of spirited disagreements, but w...
In my
initial reaction to the terrorist attack yesterday in London
was not to be surprised if the perpetrators were British born. One
of the two men responsible for murdering British soldier Lee Rigby
yesterday has been
identified as Michael Abdebolajo....
