True to his benefactor’s wishes, Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies Chairman Anatol Sharansky today endorsed John McCain for president, calling Sen. Obama a “risk†for Israel. Sharansky, an old pal of Richard Perle’s as well as a beneficiary of...
Having read and even reviewed (rather unfavorably) the first book in the thoroughly anti-semitic “Left Behind†series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins, I found this analysis of the recent McCain ad on Obama as “The One†pretty persuasive. It doesn’t follow...
It was brought to my attention this morning that some people have recently been using last month's Iraqi government sale of Yellowcake uranium to a Canadian company as vindication for starting everyone's favorite Middle East quagmire that's totally going less awful...
Citing most of the same evidence that I have written about over the past few weeks, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, whose access to key policymakers (outside of Vice President Dick Cheney’s office) is second to no other Washington daily journalist argues...
A brief update on Devon Gaffney Cross’ Policy Forum on International Security (www.policyforumuk.com) whose cozy, off-the-record briefings by senior Pentagon officials, fellow-neo-cons and fellow members of the Defense Policy Board (DPB) for select British and...
If you don’t already know about it, the ongoing battle between Time magazine’s Joe Klein and the hard-line neo-conservatives at Commentary’s Contentions blog, as well as the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) Abe Foxman (whose recent silence on the issue suggests...
Spurred by Rep. Dennis Kucinich's calls for impeachment, the House Judiciary Committee held hearings today on the "Imperial Presidency." This hearing was broadcast on CSPAN and is archived here: Part 1 Part 2 Witnesses includes former representatives Bob Barr and...
If, as I do, you believe that the writings of the Weekly Standard’s Stephen Hayes reflect the views of Dick Cheney, particularly on matters having to do with the “Axis of Evil,†then you would have to conclude from the lead editorial in this week’s edition...
I missed the interview, but Colonel Pat Lang, the former senior intelligence officer and Middle East expert whose blog I always find highly informative, plain-spoken, and not a little provocative, is certainly asking the right questions about Bill Kristol’s...
Over 100 San Francisco antiwar activists protested against the Iran blockade bill, HCR 362, at Nancy Pelosi's house on Saturday. The protest was emotional, and three people were arrested for trespassing. This coverage was the lead story on KRON Channel 4's evening...
