Why should we remember places with strange names, inhabited by
tribes whose languages and religions and customs are unfamiliar,
most of whom hate us? Why should we remember valleys called the
Gowardesh or the Khien Phuong, towns and hamlets with names we...
Only in the United States Congress could a legislative provision
entitled “Market-Based H-1B Visa Limits” actually mean that “the
number of visas calculated under subparagraph (A) for any fiscal
year shall not be less than 110,000 or more than 180,0...
In 1987, on the evening of her third general election victory as
leader of the Conservative Party, the late and great Margaret
Thatcher gave a speech
before her constituents in the district of Finchley. It was mostly
boilerplate stuff—thanking...
Rookie Florida Senator Marco Rubio continues to work tirelessly
to get the United States to annex Mexico, though an exhaustive (and
exhausting) search of his 2010 election campaign reveals no
promises to do, nor even a mention that he might consider doing...
New Jersey alcohol enforcement officials raided bars up and down
the Garden State Wednesday on suspicion that mixologists were
pouring generic rail-drinks from high-end liquor bottles. Earlier
samples of 150 liquors ordered by name yielded a 20 percent fr...
Beijing’s leadership expertly follows a tricky path of
maintaining close financial and commercial relations with
Washington while simultaneously strutting about militarily.
American businessmen and visiting politicians are wined and dined
by well-connec...
I am saddened to write that former Scottish Labour MP Jimmy Wray
passed away today after a lengthy illness. He was 75. Or perhaps
78. He was a lot like Satchel Paige in that respect.
Jimmy was elected to the British House of Commons in 1987 in the
constit...
1. Special
Report:
Obama and the IRS: The Smoking Gun by Jeffrey Lord
President met with anti-Tea Party IRS union
chief the day before agency targeted Tea Party.
2. The Right
Prescription: Time
to Go for the Kill by Peter
Ferrara
...
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...
