Obama the Zionist By SALOMON KALACH With Barack Obama close to clinching the Democratic nomination, Republicans have stepped up their efforts to woo Jewish voters who have doubts about the senator’s support for Israel and his overall Middle East policy. Using fear tactics, groups like the Republican Jewish Coalition have played the "Israel card" to […]
The pundits are all talking about Kennedy as a fighter, referring to his coming struggle with cancer. They’re saying what we all say when we first hear something we don’t want to hear. I don’t know how this will play out any more than anyone else, but I don’t think he needs the burden of […]
Israel Holding Indirect Peace Talks With Syria JERUSALEM — Israel and Syria have begun indirect peace talks, mediated by Turkey, aimed at reaching a comprehensive peace accord, the three governments announced in a coordinated statement Wednesday. The disclosure was the first public confirmation of the negotiations by all three sides. The statement is official confirmation […]
Hillary Clinton Hits ‘Sexism’ In Media Coverage Says Gender Bigger Drawback Than Race QUESTION. Do you think this has been a particularly racist campaign? ANSWER. I do not. I think this has been a positive, civil campaign. I think that both gender and race have been obviously a part of it because of who we […]
House Oversight Committee chair grows frustrated with evasiveness of EPA Administrator at hearing The head of the Environmental Protection Agency came under sharp attack at a House hearing Tuesday, with Democratic lawmakers accusing him of repeatedly caving in to White House pressure on environmental issues such as global warming and a recently enacted health standard […]
There’s nothing much good to say about Ted Kennedy’s diagnosis of Malignant Glioma. But there’s plenty good to say about Ted Kennedy. I recall him speaking at a March on the one year anniversary of MLK’s assasination. It was an unruly gathering, interrupted by outbreaks of violence from black power supporters, tear gas drifting through […]
Our World: Obama’s unique appeasement style By CAROLINE GLICK … OBAMA’S RESPONSE to Bush’s speech was an effective acknowledgement that appeasing Iran and other terror sponsors is a defining feature of his campaign and of his political persona. As far as he is concerned, an attack against appeasement is an attack against Obama. Obama and […]
White House Role Cited in EPA Reversal on Emissions Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen L. Johnson favored giving California some authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks last year before he consulted with the White House and reversed course, congressional investigators said yesterday. The five-month probe by the House Oversight and Government […]
White House Counsel Ed Gillespie didn’t much like his boss’s coverage on MSNBC: Steve Capus President, NBC News Mr. Capus: This e-mail is to formally request that NBC Nightly News and The Today Show air for their viewers President Bush’s actual answer to correspondent Richard Engel’s question about Iran policy and "appeasement," rather than the […]