Fellow League blogger Ethan’s post about the Obama foreign policy dredges up perhaps the biggest tension point regarding Obama’s foreign policy: Counter-Terrorism policy. Somewhat coincidentally Administration Counter-Terrorism Adviser John Brennan gave a speech on...
Thoreau sums up essentially what I’ve been thinking the past couple of days. When the attacks first occurred, I realize I joined many conservative bloggers (as well as just a lot of people who...
I must take issue with Erik’s recent post on airport security in which he argued for abolishing the TSA, replacing it with privatized airport security, and adopting an Israeli “profiling” approach to airport security. ...
Below, Ned rightly derides Rep. Peter King for calling the verdict in the Ghailani trial a “total miscarriage of justice.” Ned correctly notes that the miscarriage of justice here was not the verdict itself,...
It’s a rare day indeed that I get to say this, but today I’m quite proud of my state’s elected representatives in the State House: State senators Michael J. Doherty (R- Hunterdon) and James Beach...
Prompted by this entry from Greenwald, Erik and Tim Kowal kicked off a Gmail debate about why there’s such a startling degree of continuity between the Obama and Bush Administration’s counter-terror policies. The answer...
[UPDATED BELOW THE FOLD] The Big Story yesterday and, to a lesser extent, today was the arrest of two legal Yemeni immigrants on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack. The pair, one of whom...
I’m not going to pretend that this bill proposed by my Senacritter, which would prohibit carrying a firearm in an airport outside of a screening area, represents some sort of apocalyptic infringement on Second...
Faced with the unassailable fact that Obama’s much-ballyhooed foreign and counter-terror policies differ very little from the Bush Administration’s, Victor Davis Hanson is left spluttering: So when Obama and his team were dreaming up...
From Foreign Policy: There seems to be a pattern of mediocre sons from elite families becoming terrorists.
(UPDATED) Steve Benen and John Cole offer complementary takes on the complaints of John McCain and Peter King that the apparent Times Square “Generation Veal” attempted bomber should not have been informed of his...
After several detours of bad logic around the most unmissable facts, Bret Stephens reaches this conclusion: If America wants to tilt the balance of Muslim sentiment in its favor, it needs to stand up...
From TNR’s excellent review of The Killer Trail, a history of one murderous French expedition into the heart of 19th century Africa (emphasis mine): The Europeans, Taithe notes, never recognized African kingdoms as states,...
This video on one Louisiana town’s plan to defend itself from “homegrown terrorists” really has to be seen to be believed:
On a practical level, Mark Thiessen’s case for capturing and torturing suspected terrorists in place of bombing them is pretty unpersuasive, mainly because he doesn’t have any proof that we lose a chance to...
The chilling biography of an American high schooler turned Somali insurgent.
I’ve been largely out of the loop for the last week, so there’s quite a bit to catch up on. A quick word on the attempted terrorist attack on the airliner in Detroit–and then...
Will asked me to comment on this op-ed by Jack Goldsmith and Benjamin Wittes pleading with Congress and the President to formulate clear rules regarding detention policy in the War on Terror. Although I...
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on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25It is possible though I don't know if it's plausible. The Dems haven't really decided what the fish…
on Martin Niemöller, and Who First They Came ForReally well written and well done. Good work DavidTC.
on Weekend Plans Post: Pantherine VandalsBrief review of A Working Man: It's Stallone saying "Yeah, John Wick was pretty good... here's how *… on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25The behavior of the administration reminds me how we've seen them (not) respond to sex criminals in… on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25Here's a link which talks about "Trump's war on Columbia University explained" It does a reasonably… on Weekend Plans Post: Pantherine VandalsThinking about this some more. Back in the late 80s, Mom took us to see an off-Broadway Big River. I…
on Weekend Plans Post: Pantherine VandalsOK, that sounds a lot less interesting. Perhaps even less so than actual musical theater.
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