The Wars of Tribe and Faith
When the Soviet Union disintegrated, most Americans likely had never heard of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan or Turkmenistan. Yet the ethnonationalism of these Asian peoples, boiling to the surface after centuries of tsarist and communist repression, helped tear apart one of the great empires of history. There swiftly followed the collapse of Yugoslavia. Yet, if one [...]
Obama Wags the Dog with the Obama Intifada
President Obama’s health care plan is swirling the drain. Americans don’t like it — the latest Rasmussen poll has just 43 percent of Americans in favor, with 53 percent opposed — and that dislike has the Obama administration suggesting that polls don’t actually mirror the will of the American people. “They’re waiting for us to [...]
The Poodle Gets Kicked
Actually, Joe set himself up. From the moment he set foot on Israeli soil, our vice president was in full pander mode. First, he headed to Yad Vashem memorial, where he put on a yarmulke and declared Israel “a central bolt in our existence.” “For world Jewry,” Joe went on, presumably including 5 million Americans, [...]
The Warmers Strike Back
Stephen Dinan’s Washington Times article “Climate Scientist to Fight Back at Skeptics,” (March 5, 2010) tells of a forthcoming campaign that one global warmer said needs to be “an outlandishly aggressively partisan approach” to gut the credibility of skeptics. “Climate scientists at the National Academy of Sciences say they are tired of ‘being treated like [...]
In Interviews, Tiger Discusses Rehab and Return
In his first interviews in more than four months, Tiger Woods said Sunday that he had a lot more treatment to do and was anxious about how fans would react in his return to competitive golf. “I’m a little nervous about that, to be honest with you,” Woods told ESPN’s Tom Rinaldi when asked what [...]
Please Don’t, Charlie
By Neal B. Freeman, The American Spectator I don’t mean to break the rhythm of Brother Thornberry’s magnificent rant on the American Spectator’s site, but the GOP Senate race here in Florida has entered a new and volatile stage. Former Speaker of the House Marco Rubio has opened up a 30-point lead. The primary is [...]
Cornell Rejects Cinderella Label
JACKSONVILLE – Cornell isn’t your typical storybook team. Though the Big Red became the first Ivy League school to reach the Sweet 16 since Penn went to the Final Four in 1979, Cornell expected to be here. The Sweet 16 was the team’s preseason goal. “The goal’s been readjusted,” senior center Jeff Foote said after [...]
Video Game Preview: ‘Blur’
It’s been a while since I’ve played and really enjoyed a racing game. “Wipeout HD” came close, but it was definitely “Burnout Paradise”; the mayhem and arcade-like controls worked for me. I always preferred the crazier racers over hyper-realistic ones like “Gran Turismo” and “Forza Motorsport.” After playing the multiplayer beta of “Blur,” I think [...]
Betty White Love-In Phenomenon All Over Show Business World
TV Land is getting absolutely swamped with interview requests for their hottest It Girl ever — 88-year-old Betty White, who has “Hot in Cleveland” coming up on the channel in June. That, of course, is just the latest example of White’s fresh wave of popularity, a love-in that includes the successful grassroots viewer campaign to [...]
‘Things Finally Starting To Calm Down’ for Cibrian and Rimes
It’s been a year since reports emerged that Eddie Cibrian and his “Northern Lights” leading lady, LeAnn Rimes, were more than just co-stars, a year since their lives turned upside down with the couple eventually splitting from their respective mates and going through divorces. And only now, Cibrian tells us, “Things are finally starting to [...]
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