Libertyblog (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Andrew McCarthy reviews how counterinsurgency and reconciliation have lapsed into the acceptance of Iraqi war criminals’ murdering our troops and kidnapping civilians, and our negotiating with them.
Power Line (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
In the course of his post on the Obama administration's negotiations with Iran-backed terrorists and the release of a terrorist responsible for murdering American troops, Andrew McCarthy asks four questions: Will no one ask about why we have released an Iran-backed terrorist who is responsible for the 2007 abduction/murder of our troops (five murdered, four of them after being kidnapped) in Karbala?...
Lemondrop (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
Filed under: Friends & Family , Food , Living , Party of the Week You can't deny the '80s were totally tubular. The barely gone decade has provoked a hotbed of nostalgia, so '80s-themed fetes are the new big thing. But throwing a totally retro bash doesn't have to require a decade of prep. Take a chill pill: ... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
The Telegraph and Argus talks to Brontë Parsonage Museum director about the recent grant awarded to the museum : The shrine to the Bronte sisters at Haworth is to be transformed over the next two years. The interior refurbishment of the Bronte Parsonage Museum, which will aim to show how the family fitted into the broader Haworth community, comes thanks to a £50,000 grant from the Heritage...
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
Bus Éireann is to give a number of drivers permanent positions after they completed their probationary period.
PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
Andrew McCarthy: ... I have a couple of questions. Now that the president has decided it's okay to meddle in Honduras (where they are fighting to keep preserve their democracy against the Chávez-style thug who Obama wants to re-install) but not Iran (where thousands of Iranians who seek democracy are being killed, maimed and jailed by a regime which has been at war with the United States for...
Les Jones (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
From The Corner: While the world wasn’t looking, Honduras’s left-leaning Pres. Manuel “Mel” Zelaya tried to trash every legal institution in his country In an attempt to open the door for re-election, Zelaya demanded a popular referendum. (Honduran presidents can’t be re-elected, so Mel needs to change the constitution). When every institution from the Electoral Tribunal...
The Pioneer Woman (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
I realize one could argue that extensive knowledge of the Brat Pack does not necessarily translate to overall intellect. But I would have to disagree. Deep analysis of Brat Pack trivia expanded my brain and made me the person I am today. And it made me unable to remember anything important. The first person to correctly answer all questions wins a spot in Sunday night’s Big Fat Smartypants Quiz....
Atlas Shrugs (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
In a stunning and incompressible move, Obama reaches out to Iranian foreign legion, Hezballah. The same Hezballah that blew up Marine barracks in Lebanon in 1981. A Hezbo suicide bomber detonated a truck full of explosives at a U.S. Marine barracks located at Beirut International Airport; 241 U.S. Marines were killed and more than 100 others wounded Hezb'Allah (the party of Allah) has been waging war...
BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
The Telegraph & Argus gives further details of the auction of a rare Patrick Brontë photograph ( more information on previous posts ): The miniature has been sold by auctioneers Ewbank Clarke Gammon Wellers to a woman in the south of England for £1,476. Now she wants it to return to the Bronte Parsonage Museum where it will go on permanent loan. Andrew McCarthy, director of the Bronte...
IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
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The Belmont Club (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
Andrew McCarthy at the National Review points out another change in the Administration’s war on man made disasters, formerly known as the War on Terror. He is swapping live enemy prisoner — facilitators of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps guilty of murdering American captives — for dead hostages. These special forces raided an American base [...] [[ This is a content summary...
PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
Andrew McCarthy: A s the Iranian government’s murderous repression of the Iranian people continues, critics right and left agitate over the deafening silence of an American president who, as a candidate, derided the Bush administration’s ambitious democracy promotion as too timid. They speculate as to why Barack Obama won’t speak out: Why won’t he condemn the mullahs? Is he...
Townhall.com (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
NRO's Andrew McCarthy has an amazing report today: As the Iranian government's murderous repression of the Iranian people continues, critics right and left agitate over the deafening silence of an American president...
The Reaction (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
By Michael J.W. Stickings The other day, TNR's Michael Crowley effectively captured the contradiction at the core of the conservative assault on Obama over Iran: So Now Obama Really Is Moses? For more than a year conservatives have ridiculed the alleged belief that Obama's special rhetorical powers can do anything, including parting the waters . Now they're all clamoring for him to change he course...
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