I hope you’ll forgive the somewhat sensationalistic headline, but I think it is more or less tells the truth. If you’re deemed a threat by the government, you can be targeted for assassination, even if you’re an American citizen.

That is the case for Anwar al-Awlaki, the radical Islamic cleric who has been tied to Nidal Malik Hassan, the Ft.| MORE ›

The elite media narrative, we have all seen it, a couple of minor players at the GOP federal machine make a foolish error, and it is all over the news.

This is like indicting Rudolph Giuliani as a bad mayor because Bernie Kerrick used to work for him. The truth is that Giuliani hired thousands of people and made thousands of decisions with the vast majority being very good for the people of New York.

As tensions between Israel and the U.S. “climb to unfamiliar heights,” Daniel Pipes looks back at “a prior round of tensions nearly thirty years ago, when Menachem Begin and Ronald Reagan were in charge. In contrast to Binyamin Netanyahu’s repeated apologies, Begin adopted a quite different approach.”

When the Reagan administration criticized Israel for actually acting in its own interests, Begin lashed out:| MORE ›

I am not a hawk (nor a dove, but more of an eagle; perhaps a bald eagle), but I can certainly respect that soldiers on the battlefield oftentimes must make difficult decisions.  And that’s exactly what I saw in the video released today by WikiLeaks.  The video shows soldiers killing several Iraqis who were determined to be carrying RPGs and AK-47s.  WikiLeaks says that they were Reuters journalists (two of them, at least) who were only carrying cameras.| MORE ›

Today I came across this FactCheck article refuting the claim that armed IRS agents would be sent out to ensure compliance with the health care bill.  The article pointed to page 131 of the bill itself and noted that despite the fine placed on people who don’t buy health insurance, the bill says that those who don’t pay the penalty will not be pursued for criminal penalties, nor can be the IRS set a lien against the offender’s property to get the money:| MORE ›

When I wrote my article earlier this week ranting about how both liberals and conservatives have a tendency to post the worst photos of each other’s protests, I made the mistake of saying the following:| MORE ›

Hey folks.  I know some of you have noticed that your comments are being put into moderation.  This is not because we’re keeping you on moderation (though we reserve the right to do so), but because the Intense Debate system automatically puts all unregistered users’ comments there.  Unfortunately, there is nothing we can do about this.  After sending a support request to their support team, I am told they’re working on it.| MORE ›