by Raymond Ibrahim
PJ Media
While vexing to many, the mega mosque set to be built two blocks from Ground Zero has produced one interesting but unintended consequence: like the 9/11 strikes a decade before it, the “9/11 mosque” is also creating a stir, is making people think and talk — about Islam. Continue reading “Ground Zero Mosque”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Unemployment is still high, growth low, deficits huge. States are cutting out everything from streetlights to paving. Public pensions are exploding everywhere. Continue reading “A Rather Angry America”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Some 11 million to 15 million illegal aliens are now residing in America, most after crossing into America unlawfully. Continue reading “Illogical Immigration”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
In 1850 Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote an allegory about a series of small-town would-be heroes who the gullible public claimed resembled the Great Stone Face on the side of a New Hampshire mountain. Continue reading “Obama: Not the Great Stone Face”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Bad and Not Bad
Economic statistics paint a pretty grim picture: annual growth coming out of a recession at an anemic 2.4%; unemployment rising at 9.6%; and foreclosures again on the rise. Continue reading “A Weird Sort of Depression”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
In the last 48 hours almost everything that can be said about illegal immigration has been said. But I am more interested in a few truths that are never quite spoken. Continue reading “The Truths We Dare Not Speak About Illegal Immigration”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
Recent polls show that more than 70 percent of the public holds an unfavorable view of Congress. Continue reading “Why Are We Beginning to Hate Congress?”
by Raymond Ibrahim
PJ Media
A recent episode of the popular Arabic show al-Sharia wa al-Haya (Law and Life), which airs weekly on Al Jazeera and features renowned Muslim scholar Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, addressed the important yet little known Muslim concept of taysir (pronounced “tey-seer”). Continue reading “Liberalism and Islam?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
According to a popular myth, President Obama’s declining poll numbers are a consequence of his failure to be liberal enough. Continue reading “Obama’s Real Problem”
by Victor Davis Hanson
NRO’s The Corner
At the root of the president’s problems lies an erosion of public trust in his competence and his credibility. Continue reading “The Art of Blowing It Bigtime”