Fort Hood suspect warned of threats within the ranks

Nov 10, 2009 - To me this is proof he was a terrorist The Army psychiatrist believed to have killed 13 people at Fort Hood warned a roomful of senior Army physicians a year and a half ago that to avoid "adverse events," the military should allow Muslim soldiers to be released as conscientious objectors instead of fighting in wars against other Muslims. As a senior-year psychiatric resident at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Maj. Nidal M. - 61 Comments

GOP Has Female Problems

Nov 09, 2009 - Conservatives say they pushed Dede Scozzafava out of the House race in New York’s 23rd District a week ago because of her left-of-Republican social views — and not because she is a woman. But the growing schism between the Republican Party’s ascendant right wing and its shrinking moderate core has clear gender undertones — and Scozzafava’s departure raises fresh questions about the GOP’s ability to recruit, elect and even tolerate the sort of moderate women who used to be part of its ruling mainstream. While Republicans scored a pair of impressive electoral victories in New Jersey and Virginia with solid support among female voters, the events of the last week offer harbingers of serious trouble ahead with the largest swing voter bloc in the country — women. - 0 Comments

What A Complete Infidel Needs to Know About the Koran

Oct 07, 2009 - by Christian Toto 10/07/09 http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=33858 The Koran, the holiest book of the Islamic faith, often comes up when the subject turns to terrorism. But does the public, or even our highest elected officials, for that matter, understand what’s in the text itself? And, more importantly, any connections between radical Islam and the Koran?The Complete Infidel’s Guide to the Koran by Robert Spencer helps decode and decipher the holy text in a way that’s both illuminating and hard to ignore. - 22 Comments

Liberal Lies About National Health Care: Third in a Series (Commemorative Plates On Sale Now!)

Sep 10, 2009 - by  Ann Coulter 09/02/2009 http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=33390     (9) If you like Medicare, you'll love national health care, which will just extend Medicare's benefits to everyone.     Hey -- I have an idea: How about we make everyone in America a multimillionaire by pulling Bernie Madoff out of prison and asking him to invest all our money! Both Medicare and Bernie Madoff's investment portfolio are bankrupt because they operate on a similar financial model known as a "Ponzi scheme." - 2 Comments

The Town Halls of August, They're here, they're conservative, get used to it.

Sep 07, 2009 - The Town Halls of August They're here, they're conservative, get used to it. by Mary Katharine Ham It had been a rough month by the time 67-year-old Bert Stead of Redding, Calif., stepped to the microphone at an August 18 town hall meeting with Republican representative Wally Herger. It was about to get rougher. - 1 Comment

“What is Metaphorically Academia” for 300 points please?

Jul 12, 2009 - Yes, I am one of those people who swim daily among the metaphors in life and revel in them. Because I find myself often in the world of academia I cannot help but indulge in these little playthings called metaphors and create some myself. I am drawn to metaphors and use them like paint on a canvas. - 4 Comments

Cheney's speech ignored some inconvenient truths

May 22, 2009 - Jonathan S. Landay and Warren P. Strobel | McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Dick Cheney's defense Thursday of the Bush administration's policies for interrogating suspected terrorists contained omissions, exaggerations and misstatements. - 18 Comments