The Closing of the European Mind
The Times of London reports today on yet another episode in the closing of the European mind—in this instance, a shocking case of academic censorship. Matthias Küntzel, a German political scientist...
View Article“Europeanization, Not Islamization”
In the long chain of provocative essays on Europe and Islam hosted at Sign and Sight, perhaps the most contrarian to date has appeared. Bassam Tibi, a political scientist at the University of Göttingen...
View ArticleCharm Offensive, by Joshua Kurlantzick
Joshua Kurlantzick Charm Offensive: How China’s Soft Power Is Transforming the World Yale. 320 pp. $26.00. Across the globe, China’s diplomatic presence is growing with astounding speed. In Maputo,...
View ArticleJoining the Jackals
Peter Feaver, a political scientist who until recently worked at the National Security Council, suggests, in this Boston Globe article, that MoveOn.org’s outrageous attack on General David...
View ArticleSpringtime for China and Japan
Yesterday, Japan’s Yasuo Fukuda returned from his first official visit to China as prime minister. During his four-day “ringing in the spring” trip, he received a red-carpet welcome, bowed to a statue...
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
Wow: “Republicans are stepping up their efforts to persuade more House Democrats to switch parties and are zeroing in on a second-term Pennsylvanian who is not ruling out such a move.” And this is when...
View ArticleThe White House Grumpy Act
Never have we seen such a put-upon, grouchy White House. Rahm Emanuel has to deal with Obama — who doesn’t seem to understand that Rahm is smarter than everyone else. Obama is miffed at everyone from...
View ArticleNo More Islamic Terrorism!
Under siege during the Christmas Day bomb incident, the Obami huffily insisted that they do too know we are at war and that they do too take it seriously. Their policy decisions and actions suggest...
View ArticleRE: Dems Not So Enthusiastic
Pete, you are right — these are scary numbers for the Democrats. Some perspective: GOPers lead the generic Congressional ballot by 4 points, according to this week’s Gallup tracking poll as trends...
View ArticleHow About Defunding Them?
In the “has everyone gone mad?” department, we’ve been following the story of the decision by the Woodrow Wilson International Center — a taxpayer-supported institution (Why exactly? Heritage and many...
View ArticleIt Isn’t Getting Any Better for the Democrats
Maybe the Democrats need an exorcist or a Feng Shui expert, or both. But they better hurry. I don’t know how much more bad news one party can bear: The hung jury in Rod Blagojevich’s corruption trial...
View ArticleWEB EXCLUSIVE: The Never-Ending Worst Week Ever
Barack Obama is on an open-ended run of “worsts.” The New York Post’s Michael Goodwin opened his November 7 column thus: “He took a ‘shellacking,’ a 2012 poll shows him trailing two Republicans, and...
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