Even as the London terror siege appears to be ramping up — and even though new prime minister Gordon Brown and his cohort acknowledge that what Britain is witnessing is, in fact, the work of terrorists with “Asian” ties (which, in Brit speak, means “Pakistani,” perhaps of the potentially home-grown variety) — former CIA member and DU hero Larry Johnson, along with his smarmy, truthy media enabler Keith Olbermann, spent
June 30, 2007
June 30, 2007
Larry Johnson: So wrong so often that he's actually becoming a nearly-pitch perfect predictor of what's right
June 30, 2007
On Sovereignty [Dan Collins]
As I’ve argued since the very beginning of the push for amnesty for illegal immigrants, this is a test of sovreignty. Having lived and worked in Mexico for a considerable time, I certainly compassionate the people. But the fact is that emigration to the United States has permitted the Mexican government for decades to continue abusing its own people. Where there is no trust, there can be no real commerce,
June 30, 2007
The diversity debacle, continued
John Leo, on the “troubling” diversity research being withheld by Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam, whose “five-year study shows that immigration and ethnic diversity have a devastating short- and medium-term influence on the social capital, fabric of associations, trust, and neighborliness that create and sustain communities”: Putnam’s study does make two positive points: in the long run, increased immigration and diversity are inevitable and desirable, and successful immigrant societies “dampen
June 30, 2007
Media: Our Surge Is Working! [Dan Collins]
From CBS:  A CBS News poll shows Americans are increasingly dissatisfied with the Iraq war, President Bush and the Congress, as well as the overall direction of the country. More Americans than ever before, 77 percent, say the war is going badly, up from 66 percent just two months ago. Nearly half, 47 percent, say it’s going very badly. While the springtime surge in U.S. troops to Iraq is now