UPDATED: ‘Green’ Energy Company Threatens Economics Professor … with Package of Dismantled Bomb Parts (Updated: No Threat)
The author of a damning study about the failure of Spain's "green jobs" program — a story broken here at PJM — received the threatening package on Tuesday from solar energy company Thermotechnic.
The War Between Obama and McChrystal Is Over — Obama Lost
And in contrast to MacArthur, Gen. McChrystal, a youthful 55, is unlikely to fade away any time soon.
The Meaning of the McChrystal Saga
McChrystal ought not to have said what he did in the hearing of that reporter from Rolling Stone. But the substance of what he said must give us pause.
Why Is the Times Square Bomber So Proud of Himself?
"One has to consider where I’m coming from — that is, I consider myself a 'Mujahid,' a Muslim soldier."
Irvine Community and Jewish Groups React to Muslim Student Union Suspension
Some are cautioning against believing the decision will solve issues on the UC Irvine campus.
SCOTUS Upholds Key Part of Patriot Act
A challenge to the statute that outlaws the provision of "material support" to terror groups went down to defeat.
ObamaCare: Get Ready for the Mother of All Epic Fails
More money for less value. That's the story of big government.
McChrystal’s Tragedy
Conservatives are wrong to cite all sorts of legitimate reasons for McChrystal to have expressed frustration: sorry — all are irrelevant in terms of his dismissal.
General McChrystal Relieved
Naming General David Petraeus as McChrystal's replacement was a no-brainer for Obama.
The injustice of "social justice"
I picked up F.A. Hayek’s book a href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0226320839?ie=UTF8tag=wwwviolentkicomlinkCode=as2camp=1789creative=9325creativeASIN=0226320839″span style=”font-style:italic;”Law, Legislation and Liberty, Volume 2: The Mirage of Social Justice/span/aimg src=”http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=wwwviolentkicoml=as2o=1a=0226320839″ width=”1″ height=”1″ border=”0″ alt=”" style=”border:none !important; margin:0px !important;” / that Glenn had ordered because the title was intriguing and I love Hayek’s a href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0226320553?ie=UTF8tag=wwwviolentkicomlinkCode=as2camp=1789creative=9325creativeASIN=0226320553″span style=”font-style:italic;”The Road to Serfdom./span/aimg src=”http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=wwwviolentkicoml=as2o=1a=0226320553″ width=”1″ height=”1″ border=”0″ alt=”" style=”border:none !important; margin:0px !important;” / br /br /I have never felt comfortable around academics who throw out the word “social justice” because it always seems restrictive and self-serving. Once I hear a group of a href=”http://drhelen.blogspot.com/2009/01/should-schools-pick-applicants-based-on.html”social “scientists” employing the term/a, it generally means that are looking for reasons to favor some groups (almost always Democratic constituents), while excluding others. Hayek explains why he is not a fan of the term in his book on the topic:br /br /blockquoteI have now become convinced, however, that the people who habitually employ the phrase simply do it as an assertion that a claim is justified without giving a reason for it….br /br /What I hope to have made clear is that the phrase ‘social justice’ is not, as most people probably feel, an innocent expression of good will towards the less fortunate, but that it has become a dishonest insinuation that one ought to agree to a demand of some special interest which can give no real reason for it. …I have come to feel strongly that the greatest service I can still render to my fellow men would be that I could make the speakers and writers among them thoroughly ashamed ever again to employ the term ‘social justice.’br //blockquotebr /br /We all have our own idea of social justice. My form of social justice is a little different. I would have people keeping the money they earn without the force of a gun to their head with orders to turn larger and larger amounts of it over to the government as they become more successful. I would also call it socially just to have people pay for their own health care without mandating others by force to pay for them. br /br /Is the current form of “social justice” with its emphasis on government force for some special interest groups but not for others really justice? Not in my book and certainly not in Hayek’s. But read the book and decide for yourself what you think of “social justice.” Hayek might just change your mind.
BDS: The Next Generation
The Nation magazine spent the previous decade with a strong case of Bush Derangement Syndrome. The initials remain the same for their newest obsession: boycott, divestment, and sanctions against Israel.
Harry and Nancy’s Last Stand
Think cap and trade and other unpopular bills are dead? Think again, no matter who wins at the ballot box in November.
The Two Faces of the Ground Zero Mosque
While the Cordoba Initiative appears to Americans as a sign of good faith and a new beginning with the Islamic world, to Muslims it represents conquest, dominance — even suicidal jihad against the infidel.
Obama’s Teachable Moment: Getting to Know the General (Updated)
Gen. McChrystal has been ordered back to Washington following his controversial comments in Rolling Stone. If only Obama had been as eager to clear time on his calendar for him back in 2009. (Update: McChrystal Out, Petraeus In, Ed Driscoll adds.)
Judge Was Right to Lift Obama’s Deepwater Drilling Moratorium (Updated)
This is really an extraordinarily harsh indictment of the decision-making processes of this administration.
Peter Orszag Flees White House
The White House budget director who claimed health care would "bend the curve" to actually reduce health care costs is now leaving for the private sector and his "complicated" private life.
The Failed Frontal Assault of Fareed Zakaria
The statist — and stasist — fantasies of the Newsweek/WaPo journalist.
Orszag, McChrystal … Is Obama Failing, or Liberalism?
Some liberals are having second thoughts about whether they are the wave of the future. Update: Time magazine's Joe Klein tells CNN that McChrystal has submitted his resignation.
‘First, Do No Harm’: A Plea to the FTC
In May, the FTC launched a trial balloon calling for the "reinvention of journalism." Whether it's a "journalism AmeriCorps" or a Ministry of Truth, it's a bad idea.
DIY Videomakers Should Stroll Through Digimation’s Model Bank
More accessories for the Army of David's video tool kit — three dimensional modeling; no 3d glasses required!
Memphis Beat Hits the Right Note
In an era of openly “transgressive” anti-heroes, doesn’t anyone in Hollywood realize that a majority of viewers still prefers traditional law enforcement stories where good cops put away bad criminals? Yes, thankfully.
Border Disorder: Latest Violence Shows Why We Need to Get Serious About Immigration
Point/Counterpoint: In the right corner of the ring, PJTV's Joe Hicks says that this time the immigration focus isn’t Arizona: a 15-year-old Mexican boy was killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent recently on the Tex-Mex border. (Click here to watch this latest edition of the Hicks File on PJTV.)
A Border ‘Invasion’? Let’s Dial Back the Immigration Rhetoric, Please
Point/Counterpoint: In the left corner of the ring, Ruben Navarrette says that the increasingly acrimonious tone of the immigration debate is actually making life on the border especially dangerous.
Does Barack Obama Want to Be President?
I suspect that in the small hours of the morning he fantasizes he were anywhere but 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
The New, New, New Media: The State of Blogosphere TV
Ed Driscoll talks with Scott Baker of the B-Cast, to discuss the state of video in the Blogosphere, the recent video meltdowns of Helen Thomas and Bob Etheridge, and much more in a 23-minute long audio interview.
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