Fort Hood and the Academic Apologists

By Cinnamon Stillwell    "The rush to judgment against those who express valid concerns about Islamism only adds to the self-censorship that was in large part responsible for allowing Hasan to remain in the military and murder his fellow soldiers in cold blood."

Is Fort Hood Really a “Tragedy?”

By Victor Davis Hanson  "And do we need another Western “thinker” writing that our armed forces attacking suspected al Qaeda and Taliban in Predator strikes is the equivalent of Hasan shooting uniformed soldiers — as if those in uniform of a democratic state, training for or in war, are the same as those out of uniform committed to theocratic absolutism through the deliberate killing of civilians or the unarmed?"

Obama’s “Bush Did It” Narrative

By Victor Davis Hanson  "Obama is a product of his education and early life, in which America being culpable for a variety of sins was the gospel , as we see from his associates like Ayers, to his minister like Wright, to the general force of his community organizing in Chicago, to his most partisan voting record in the Senate

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Obama's botched bow

Thomas Lifson  "I suspect the poor Emperor was so shocked by the faux pas that he just pretended it didn't happen. That is one way Japanese people deal with breaches of etiquette, especially from the powerful who are also ignorant. But the end resilt is that Obama has been snubbed royally."

From Germany: "An Amateur’s Plan"

Watching America  "Since then,[Obama] has done everything in his power to make sure he loses that war. His national security team exhibits a measure of amateurism that’s not unusual for the early phases of a presidential administration. That can, however, lead to total defeat for his administration and for Afghanistan’s future.

Video: Glenn Beck devotes entire show to black conservatives

Hot Air   "A brilliant idea, although I hope the participants know that they’re now fair game for “progressive” blackface photoshops mocking them as traitors to their race. The Clinton coalition is fracturing, thanks to The One’s statism on steroids; every white surbanbite vote that’s lost will have to be made up with a minority vote, which means the volume on the demagoguery will have to be turned up that much higher."

When Won’t Obama Visit Afghanistan?

Pajamas Media "He hasn’t been back to Afghanistan since his campaign stop there in the summer of 2008. He has been to Cairo to “reach out” to Muslims. He has been to Copenhagen to lobby for Chicago’s (failed) Olympic bid. He has been to France to commemorate D-Day 65 years ago. He has used his presidential traveling prerogatives for such matters as family time in Chicago, a vacation on Martha’s Vineyard,and a “date night” in Manhattan with Michelle. He is expected to go to Oslo next month to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. But since becoming president, he has not been to Afghanistan."

How low will he go? Obama gives Japan's Emperor Akihito a wow bow

From the LA Times of all places! "Very low bows like this are a sign of great respect and deference to a superior."

Be ready for the worst: What to do when laid off

KnoxNews  "There was a time when saying you were laid off or unemployed raised a red flag with not only prospective employers but the community at large. With unemployment at 10 percent, however, “that stigma doesn’t exist any more,” Hammitt notes."

Is Law School Non-Partisan? Need You Ask?

BlackBookLegal   "While I don’t accuse the actual institutions for silencing a political minority, it is a little scary to imagine that, in an environment founded on the power of debate, discussion, and dialogue, people are afraid to say what they think."

There He Bows Again

Sweetness & Light    "U.S. President Barack Obama bows as he is greeted by Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko as he arrives at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009."

Trying KSM: Why?

PowerlineBlog "Like so many things the Obama administration does, this creates exactly the wrong incentives and needlessly puts American lives in danger." And This: Bringing al-Qaeda to New York "...the rigorous due-process burdens that made prosecution of many terrorists impossible, the daunting disclosure and witness-confrontation rules that required government to disclose mountains of intelligence, the gargantuan expense of “hardening” courthouses and prisons to protect juries and judges, and the terrorists’ exploitation of legal privileges to plot additional attacks and escape attempts."