Cernig at Newshoggers has posted a critique of McCain’s proposal for a “league of democracies” to supplement the diminishing returns of the bloated United Nations. In his critique, however, Cernig embraces a classic strawman technique, ascribing a belief to McCain supporters that none of them actually embrace: (more…)

Armenia’s presidential election has finally passed after simmering for much of the month of March. For a synopsis of the events before and after the election, please refer to this article in the Diplomatic Courier, or read the following open to an article from the February 21st Economist.

ELECTIONS in former Soviet republics rarely yield surprises. (more…)

The Investigative Project on Terrorism has published a couple of articles about so-called Muslim organization CAIR. CAIR is, as we all know, an organization that pretends to speak for most if not all Muslims in America, and pretends to be moderate. Well, the IPT investigated CAIR and came to the following conclusion: CAIR is many things, but moderate isn’t one of them. In the latest dispatch IPT shows that CAIR portrays the “War on Terrorism” as a “War on Islam.” (more…)

The leader of the militant group Hamas — the Palestinian faction that took power in Gaza in a military coup last year and ever since has been raining missiles down on Israeli border towns — has offered Israel a deal: we won’t kill your civilians if you don’t kill ours. (more…)

The New York Times reports about a protest that disrupted an Olympic Ceremony last Sunday (when Greek officials handed over the Olympic flame to organizers of the Beijing Summer Games), but it seems to me that this is what they should have expected. China has one of the most oppressive regimes in the world, and the communists have tried to completely destroy Tibetan culture. This is the opportunity for Tibetans to force the world to pay attention to its plight. (more…)

Cernig’s website, the Newshoggers, has moved. They first had a blogspot blog, now they have a domain of their own. With regards to size it’s not one of the biggest liberal blogs, but with regards to influence it most certainly is. The design, by the way, looks very good.

Your “who gives a [explicit]“-news of the day: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie did not get married.

We’ll all be happy. Well: “Everyone’s favorite IRNA editor-at-large has taken issue with my UN death knell… I think Cernig’s primary hang-up here is how he views the UN, and what precisely the role of such a global, deliberative body should be.  The problem with his argument is that the UN was not an institution built for growth, but rather, an institution built for results.” Quite right Kevin.| MORE ›

While Obama’s critics get worked up into yet another trivialistic lather over whether he hates babies, here’s an update on what they are giving Hillary Clinton a pass for:

Atop yesterday’s report that Hillary Clinton’s campaign is stiffing small businesses for hundreds of thousands in unpaid fees for event coordination, today’s Politico reports that Clinton’s campaign is deeply in arrears in paying health insurance premiums as well. (more…)

The BBC has more on the case that has now been accepted by Turkey’s supreme court: “Turkey’s constitutional court has decided unanimously that it can hear a case aimed at closing down the country’s governing AK Party.” Aside from that, the prosecutor who filed the case also wants the court to ban Erdogan, Gül and 71 other MPs from politics for a number of years. (more…)