Media and Discernment

Kerby Anderson, Probe Ministries "It is also worth questioning whether a majority of media professionals who labeled themselves as moderate in the survey really deserve that label. John Leo, writing for U.S. News and World Report, says that it has been his experience "that liberal journalists tend to think of themselves as representing the mainstream, so in these self-identification polls, moderate usually translates to liberal. On the few social questions asked in the survey, most of the moderates sounded fairly liberal." "

Obama, the Sinking of the Cheonan, and the Failure of Nuclear Deterrence

Pajamas Media "And that can give ideas to terrorism-sponsoring states. Take Iran, for instance. As the Islamic Republic builds its links with al-Qaeda and accelerates the enrichment of uranium, we have to wonder whether the mullahs think the slow — and uncertain — response to the sinking of the Cheonan will make nuclear terrorism a possible option for them. So there is a lot riding on Washington’s response to the sinking of the Cheonan. This is not just about South Korea."  Meanwhile America's clothing stores feature the "peace" symbol and slogans such as "Make Peace Happen"  .

Obama: He’s Better than Teflon — He’s a Democrat

Pajamas Media "President Obama isn’t the teflon president. He’s got better armor. He’s the Democratic president. It’s like a super power: it makes the press incurious, stupid, and strangely unwilling to draw conclusions.
"The people of Nashville do notice. How can they not? The question is: do the people of New York and New Orleans notice?
"The president’s handling of all these messes has not inspired confidence. In fact, it’s caused profound concern. President Obama seems as incompetent and distant as many feared before the election.
"It would be nice if the press demonstrated an ounce of fairness between a Republican and Democrat leader. But it’s just the same old, same old."  Melissa Clouthier

The president has become the latest Western liberal to try to hammer Daniel Pearl’s box into a round hole.

Mark Steyn   "Barack Obama’s remarkable powers of oratory are well known: In support of Chicago’s Olympic bid, he flew into Copenhagen to give a heartwarming speech about himself, and they gave the games to Rio. He flew into Boston to support Martha Coakley’s bid for the U.S. Senate, and Massachusetts voters gave Ted Kennedy’s seat to a Republican. In the first year of his presidency, he gave a gazillion speeches on health-care “reform” and drove support for his proposals to basement level, leaving Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid to ram it down the throats of the American people through sheer parliamentary muscle.
"Like a lot of guys who’ve been told they’re brilliant one time too often, President Obama gets a little lazy, and doesn’t always choose his words with care. And so it was that he came to say a few words about Daniel Pearl, upon signing the “Daniel Pearl Press Freedom Act.” "

Taking a whack at Arizona

Warning Signs "And you thought the real problem was illegal aliens entering the US?" Alan Caruba. 

Judicial Victory

Max Boot "It is simply impossible to apply domestic standards of civil liberties to a foreign battlefield — not if you want to be able to defeat ruthless organizations like al-Qaeda. The Obama administration deserves credit for recognizing that and for fighting Judge Bates’s misguided decision. Credit also goes, of course, to the three-judge panel of the D.C. Court for unanimously overturning his ruling."

Sick of It

Legal Insurrection "President Barack Obama is trying to ride the wave of anti-incumbency by taking on an unpopular politician steeped in the partisan ways of Washington. It doesn’t matter that George W. Bush left office 16 months ago. The White House’s mid-term election strategy is becoming clear – pit the Democrats of 2010 against the Republicans circa 2006, 2008 and 2009, including Bush. "

Valley girl kind of like asks David Horowitz dumbest question ever

Daily Caller Like, y'know..."A student questioner at the University of California – San Diego on May 10 confronted guest speaker David Horowitz with a question so manifestly brilliant that the crowd stood stunned in awe-struck silence and Horowitz was left muttering “Jesus” under his breath. The student, who compared the Founding Fathers to Islamic terrorists because of their battlefield tactics and the Salem Witch Trials, left after Horowitz began to speculate on the origins of what he perceived as the woman’s abject stupidity." Like, wow.

The Fruits of Weakness

Charles Krauthammer "This is not just an America in decline. This is an America in retreat -- accepting, ratifying and declaring its decline, and inviting rising powers to fill the vacuum. Nor is this retreat by inadvertence. This is retreat by design and, indeed, on principle. It's the perfect fulfillment of Obama's adopted Third World narrative of American misdeeds, disrespect and domination from which he has come to redeem us and the world."

Congressman McClintock Answers President Calderon

American Thinker "Saying what many of us feel. Congressman McClintock (R-Ca), responds to the outrageous address to Congress yesterday by Mexican President Calderon." Clarice Feldman

Getting Lectured on Human Rights by Mexico

"While the two presidents were fulminating about the Arizona law, Amnesty International was issuing a report on our southern neighbor." Mona Charen.   Cartoon by Gary Varvel, Townhall

Dean of Harvard Medical Not a Fan of Obamacare

Insider online "Dr. Jeffrey Flier, Dean of the Harvard Medical School, has given Obamacare a failing grade. Here’s his recent talk at the Pioneer Institute:" (41 minute video)

From Banning Books to Banning Blogs; How the DISCLOSE Act will restrict free speech

 Insider online "Now that Democrats in Congress seek to ram through an expansive regulatory regime for regulating political speech by Independence Day (no joke), it seems Kagan would defer to Congress’s wisdom on such restrictions rather than the plain text of the First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.”
"If Congress can ban political TV ads and pamphlets, why not blogs?"