WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama won’t sign legislation currently being mulled in the House that would fund the Department of Homeland Security but undo nearly everything he has done while in office to address immigration reform. The legislation, being pushed by conservatives, stands little of chance of making it to Obama because it won’t be able… … [Read more...] about Immigration Fight Threatens DHS Funding
Cartoon: The Future
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On Elizabeth Warren, the Bright Shiny Object
On Elizabeth Warren, the Bright Shiny Object By Dick Polman Elizabeth Warren continues to bedazzle people precisely because she's not running for president. If she were to actually run for president, her power to bedazzle would diminish in a flash. To quote the sage Bob Dylan, "What looks large from a distance, close up ain't never that big." Her name came up the other … [Read more...] about On Elizabeth Warren, the Bright Shiny Object
Right Wing Outrage Over Obama Missing A Photo-Op In Paris
The latest lunacy from conservatives like Ted Cruz is to make a huge fuss about Obama not attending the Paris memorial march, while ignoring the substantive assistance he has been providing to fight terrorism. Considering the security measures utilized whenever the president leaves the White House, it was not practical for Obama to have attended with such short notice. Even … [Read more...] about Right Wing Outrage Over Obama Missing A Photo-Op In Paris
Hitler tweet lands Congress member in hot water
Hitler tweet lands Congress member in hot water by Donald Harrison SAN DIEGO (via SDONA) — A tweet by U.S. Rep. Randy Weber (R-Texas) prompted some Jewish organizations and a member of Congress to call for an apology. Weber initially wrote: Even Adolph Hitler thought it more important than Obama to get to Paris. (For all the wrong reasons.) Obama couldn’t do it for right … [Read more...] about Hitler tweet lands Congress member in hot water
Michael Smerconish: Big love, big problems (Guest Voice)
Let's play word association. When I say obesity, what's your reply? Diabetes? Stroke? Processed foods? Heart attack? Health-care costs? Why not sex? Logic dictates that America's weight gain is having a significant impact on attraction, relationships, and sex, yet until now, that subject has largely been missing from our endless discourse on obesity. Sarah Varney, a… … [Read more...] about Michael Smerconish: Big love, big problems (Guest Voice)
US not immune to terror attacks that rocked France (Guest Editorial)
The following editorial appeared in the Miami Herald on Monday, Jan. 12: ——— The French, united — as Sunday's march through Paris showed — will fight back, President Francois Hollande vowed after last week's horrific massacre of journalists, police officers and civilians. They have to — their security is under threat. And so is that of… … [Read more...] about US not immune to terror attacks that rocked France (Guest Editorial)
3.7 million march for Charlie Hebdo in France. Where was Obama? (Video Animation)
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Islamist terrorism in France accompanied by anti-Israel conspiracy theories
by Alina D. Sharon In a traumatic week for Paris that saw the murders of 12 people at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, four hostages killed at a kosher supermarket in Porte de Vincennes, and a police officer executed in Montrouge—all coming at the hands of Islamist terrorists—the violence was accompanied by the usual anti-Israel conspiracy theories. Brothers Cherif … [Read more...] about Islamist terrorism in France accompanied by anti-Israel conspiracy theories
Cartoon: Just a cartoonist
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Suddenly the American right feels sorry for France
Suddenly the American right feels sorry for France: The conservatives are guilty of a bit of inconsistency, if not hypocrisy, in criticizing the Obama administration for snubbing a people they not long ago called cheese-eating surrender monkeys. But, ça ne fait rien. It’s très bien that Francophobia has waned on the American right, and that the land of Lafayette, … [Read more...] about Suddenly the American right feels sorry for France
Cartoon: Muhammad
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Cutting Off Your Nose- Congress At Work
The recent budget bill contained a number of items that were unrelated to the budget and helped special interests. Two received the most publicity. The first was the provision that provided large banks with continued protection from the federal government (and thus taxpayers) for derivatives trading. This practice was a factor in initiating the last recession and was supposed … [Read more...] about Cutting Off Your Nose- Congress At Work
Cartoon: American Response to the Charlie Hebdo Tragedy
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New Terror Strategy Reflected In Charlie Hebdo Attack
The Charlie Hebdo shootings and the attack on the kosher supermarket in France last week exemplify what experts say is becoming a new kind of jihadist threat, small-scale attacks. Western counterterrorism measures have stopped mass casualty attacks but not smaller ones. And those small-scale attacks are becoming the new norm for groups like al Qaeda and… … [Read more...] about New Terror Strategy Reflected In Charlie Hebdo Attack
Returning to the familiar
WASHINGTON -- Run, Mitt, run! You too, Jeb, and please bring along the whole roadshow of perennial Republican also-rans. Across the aisle: Go for it, Hillary! What all of you see so clearly is that the nation desperately wants to be led forward into the past, or back to the future, or something. OK, not really. I don't actually believe the nation is eager to see the … [Read more...] about Returning to the familiar
Group Alleging to Be ISIS Hacks U.S. Military Social Media Accounts
Updated | A group claiming to be affiliated with the Islamic State, the terrorist organization commonly known as ISIS, hacked the Twitter account and YouTube account of U.S. Central Command—one of nine unified commands in the U.S. military—on Monday afternoon. The first tweet to emerge from the hijacked account read, “AMERICAN SOLDIERS, WE ARE COMING, WATCH… … [Read more...] about Group Alleging to Be ISIS Hacks U.S. Military Social Media Accounts
Dominique de Villepin: Let France ‘Resist the Spirit of War’ (Le Monde, France)
Dominique de Villepin, a foreign minister of France best known in the United States for his U.N. Security Council opposition to the 2003 Iraq invasion, has written this impassioned plea to the French people not to embrace a mindset of war in the struggle against Islamist terrorism, and not to renounce the country's democratic values amid concerns for security. In the pages of … [Read more...] about Dominique de Villepin: Let France ‘Resist the Spirit of War’ (Le Monde, France)
‘Je Suis Charlie,’ the Last Word
Courtesy of Free Speech, my last word on this issue and my dollar. ©Copyright 2015 Marian Kemensky - All Rights Reserved. … [Read more...] about ‘Je Suis Charlie,’ the Last Word
Letter to Elyse – Upon Thinking of Skokie
Dear Elyse, It has been a long time. What were we when last we saw each other? Sixteen? And then we only knew each other for two dates, one a movie and the other an afternoon at your home in Skokie. But I have not forgotten and trust that you remember too. Recently I have been reminded that Nazis have marched, under the guise of freedom, through Skokie, with its long … [Read more...] about Letter to Elyse – Upon Thinking of Skokie