Commentary
GEORGE WILL: ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ and our interrogation legacy – WaPo
By MB Snow at January 12, 2013 | 12:30 am
By George F. Will, Friday, January 11, 2012 “You,” said Jack Nicholson’s Jessep to Tom Cruise’s Kaffee, “have the luxury of not knowing what I know.” Viewers of the movie “Zero Dark Thirty” will, according to some informed persons, lose the luxury of not knowing about hard but morally defensible things done on their behalf. Other informed persons, ... Go To Article
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BYRON YORK:: Defense spending can and should be cut — in the right way | WashEx
By MB Snow at January 12, 2013 | 12:20 am
Byron York -- Republicans, and many Democrats, are upset by the prospect of so-called sequestration cuts to the nation's defense budget. Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is so alarmed that the day before the Senate took up what became the "fiscal cliff" agreement, he called a key Republican lawmaker, Sen. Lindsey Graham, to express deep concern that the cuts might go into ... Go To Article
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MIRENGOFF: ISRAEL gave peace a chance; now it will try realism | PowerLine
By MB Snow at January 12, 2013 | 12:15 am
JANUARY 11, 2013, BY PAUL MIRENGOFF IN ISRAEL -- On January 22, two days after President Obama’s second inauguaration, Israel effectively will reelect Obama’s nemesis Benjamin Netanyahu. Unlike in Obama’s case, the Netanyahu electoral victory will be overwhelming. And it will reflect a much more significant mandate than raising taxes on the “the ... Go To Article
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COMPLETE VIDEO: Ben Shapiro CUTS Piers Morgan DOWN
By MB Snow at January 11, 2013 | 11:35 pm
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STRASSEL: The Real Gun-Control Consensus – WSJ
By MB Snow at January 11, 2013 | 12:55 am
By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL, POTOMAC WATCH, January 10, 2013 -- Despite the press's best efforts to parse his statements, Harry Reid has committed himself to nothing more than a 'thoughtful debate.' The next time you hear a fellow American bemoaning the lack of Washington bipartisanship, tell him to cheer up. There is one issue on which Congress still resoundingly ... Go To Article
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CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: The meaning of Hagel – WaPo
By MB Snow at January 11, 2013 | 12:50 am
By Charles Krauthammer, Thursday, January 10, 2013 “This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility.” The puzzle of the Chuck Hagel nomination for defense secretary is that you normally choose someone of the other party for your Cabinet to indicate a move to the center, but, as The Post’s editorial board pointed out, Hagel’s foreign ... Go To Article
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NOONAN: It’s Pirate Time for the GOP – WSJ
By MB Snow at January 11, 2013 | 12:45 am
By PEGGY NOONAN, DECLARATIONS January 10, 2013 -- The party needs to be unpredictable and bold—and grab some of Obama's issues. It's official. Congress is now less popular than cockroaches and colonoscopies, though more popular than the ebola virus and gonorrhea. Really. The numbers came, this week, from a Public Policy Polling survey. The House and Senate have ... Go To Article
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RIVKIN AND CASEY: The Myth of Government Default – WSJ
By MB Snow at January 11, 2013 | 12:40 am
By DAVID B. RIVKIN JR. AND LEE A. CASEY, OPINION January 10, 2013 The Constitution commands that public debts be repaid. There is no such obligation to fund entitlement programs. Three false arguments, pushed hard by the Obama administration and accepted on faith by the media and much of the political establishment, must be laid to rest if the American people are ... Go To Article
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KLAVAN: No Oscars for these conservative masterpieces – DailyCaller
By MB Snow at January 11, 2013 | 12:35 am
By Andrew Klavan, 6:03 PM 01/10/2013 Ever since the now-famous Senate investigation into Non-Democrat Activities in Hollywood, the question “Are you now or have you ever been a Republican?” has struck fear into the hearts of movie-makers who ever — even if only briefly in their youths — toyed with the idea that there should be constitutional limits on the ... Go To Article
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PAUL KENGOR: Dupe of the Year 2012 – The American Spectator
By MB Snow at January 11, 2013 | 12:10 am
By PAUL KENGOR on 1.4.13 @ 6:09AM You may be sick of hearing about him again, but Warren Buffett did huge damage serving as Obama’s useful fool last year. Dupes comprise a long, dubious tradition in American history. Over 200 years ago, George Washington warned the nation about “dupes” in his historic Farewell Address. Such warnings would echo from the ... Go To Article
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