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- John Brennan and His Drone War, by Ron Radosh. The memo that would have had the Left raging, had it been Bush. More from Scott Ott: American Citizens Fair Game Under Obama Doctrine.
- USS Cole Suspect Complains of Marks on Wrist; Victims Describe Their Torture, by Bridget Johnson. “If al-Nashiri believes what he did is within his belief and that’s what Allah wanted or his god, well then man up, per se …and stop hiding behind our Constitution.”
- How a Mammogram Can Kill You, by Theodore Dalrymple. Nobody wants to talk about the lethal consequences of the misdiagnosis.
- ‘Muslim Patrols’: Sharia Enforcers Hit Britain’s Streets, by Mike McNally. Several videos posted online show gangs terrorizing random pedestrians.
- British Lawmakers Back Gay Marriage Plans, by Mike McNally. Change.
- Pete Sessions, and the Unbearable Disconnect of the GOP, by Mark Stuertz. It isn’t hard to see why the GOP is in sorry shape. Just spend a few moments talking with party leadership.
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- Oppose Brennan for CIA Director, by Andrew C. McCarthy. A country that was serious about its national security would never put John Brennan in charge.
- What Do You Do with a Broken Party? By Stephen Green. Saving the GOP — from itself.
- GOP Realists vs. the True Believers, by Rick Moran. Victory in 2014 seems farther away today than it did yesterday.
- Author of UN Torture Document to be Expert in Gitmo USS Cole Trial, by Bridget Johnson. The taxpayer price tag so far for Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri’s experts is more than half a million dollars; his lawyer claims accused mastermind has torture PTSD.
- Why Chuck Hagel Is So Frightening: He’s Typical, by Barry Rubin. Anti-Americanism, the hallmark of the “in crowd.”
- Going to Court in the Allen West Contest, by J. Christian Adams. Cleaning up the voter rolls: first, filing suit regarding PJ Media’s Allen West and his 2012 race. (Click here for Allen West at PJ Media’s Next Generation TV.)
- Super Bowl XLVII: Lights Out for Today’s Nihilistic Pop Culture, by Ed Driscoll. America needs a pop culture that lives up to the quality of the game on the field.
- 7 Types of Dudes Who Annoy Everyone Just By Their Very Existence, by John Hawkins. Know when people say, “Just be yourself?” Well, don’t.
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- The Limits of Self-Criticism: Israel’s Oscar-Nominated The Gatekeepers, by Roger L Simon. Israel as political Rorschach test.
- Guns in America: A Question of Trust, by Alex Joffe. More guns are being sold in America now than at any point in history, precisely because Americans are being told they cannot be trusted with guns.
- Neutered: Radical Feminism Hits the Military, by Kayleigh McEnany. Legislating away gender differences.
- The Boomer Moment: Esiason Doesn’t Buy Ray Lewis’ Excuses in Double Murder, by Bridget Johnson. Lewis to CBS: I buy everyone off, NBD.
- The Source of Both Infinite Happiness and Meaning, by Dave Swindle. A very square, geeky, somewhat embarrassing solution. Too bad it works.
- 5 Ideas You Need to Rise From Poverty to the Middle Class, by Walter Hudson. Getting ahead requires leaving some things behind.
- Why I’m Canceling My Sports Illustrated Subscription, by Andrew Klavan. This week’s SI, with its smarmy and poorly reported article on religion in football, isn’t an offense to God, it’s offense to journalism.
- Put Aside Cynicism: Glory in the Super Bowl Hype and Embrace the Overkill, by Rick Moran. The Super Bowl is part of what makes America exceptional. A very square, geeky, somewhat embarrassing solution. Too bad it works.
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- Thirteen Ideas for the 2013 GOP, by Patrick Reddy. Advice for a directionless party.
- Navy SEAL who wrote American Sniper Murdered at Charity Event in Texas, by Ed Driscoll. Chris Kyle, 38, the most lethal sniper in US history, had 160 confirmed kills in Iraq. He was shot on Saturday at a shooting range, apparently by a fellow vet, who was reported to be possibly suffering from PTSD.
- The UN Bigotry Machine, by Claudia Rosett. Still obsessively savaging Israel …
- The 3 Best Monty Python Sketches (Aren’t Necessarily the Funniest), by Kathy Shaidle. Monty Python saved my life. Their best sketches stand up today because they’re such accurate portraits of human nature.
- A Hill To Fight On — Not a Desk to Die Under, by Michael Walsh.
- For once, the battle over the Second Amendment is a fight conservatives can actually win. More: Is the NRA Winning the Influence Battle?
- What Near-Death Experiences Tell Us, by P. David Hornik. What happens when science demonstrates consciousness can exist outside the body?
- Muhammad Morsi’s Islamic Jew-Hatred, Bernard Lewis’ Islamic Negationism, by Andrew G. Bostom. Why do the media’s Middle East pundits ignore the Jew-hatred intrinsic to Islamic doctrine?
- Modern Democratic ‘Fire-Eaters,’ by Clayton E. Cramer. The outrageous rhetoric and threats coming from some Democrats demonstrate the necessity of the Second Amendment.
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- Chuck Hagel Humiliates Chuck Schumer: Obama’s ‘Good Jews’ Revisited, by Roger L Simon. And what about Messrs. Dershowitz and Koch? How will they react to yesterday’s farce?
- Ten Years After Columbia, by Rand Simberg. A moment by moment review of how the Columbia space shuttle fell apart high above the western United States.
- Hagel Confirmation Hearing: The Mother of All Bombs, by Bridget Johnson. The would-be Defense secretary fumbled and bumbled his way through questions about budget, administration policy, and his rhetorical minefields. ALSO: CIA nominee didn’t review CIA report.
- Hey, Jews, the Joke’s on You! By Andrew Klavan. Ladies and gentlemen, the comedy stylings of Mr. Chuck Hagel.
- Can the GOP Find a Path Forward? By Rich Baehr. Republicans are in better shape than Democrats were following their 2004 debacle.
- PJTV’s Afterburner: What Difference Does It Make? (Video), by PJTV. Click to watch video.
- Misfire: Joe Biden’s ‘Shotgun vs. Rifle’ Comments, by Howard Nemerov. Another falsehood is fair game for gun-control advocates.
- The Distinction Between Sin and Crime, by Walter Hudson. Should unholiness be illegal?
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- No Significant Dem Opposition as Hagel Heads into Nomination Hearing, by Bill Straub. But Obama’s pick for defense secretary might face a filibuster in the full Senate.
- The Guns of Villaraigosa, by Jack Dunphy. LA’s mayor declares war against the manufacturers whose weapons protect his city’s police department.
- Misfire: Joe Biden’s ‘Shotgun vs. Rifle’ Comments, by Howard Nemerov. Another falsehood is fair game for gun-control advocates.
- I Hear You Like Bad Girls Too, by Hannah Sternberg. A good girl takes Lana Del Rey’s relationship advice.
- Immigration What? Senate Steers Back to Gun Control, by Bridget Johnson. The hearing of the day included Graham and his AR-15, Durbin and LaPierre tangling, and a police chief calling the NRA’s defense view “scary, creepy.”
- Marco Rubio Better Answer Some Questions First, by J. Christian Adams. First, will you support a bill if it allows an alien convicted of a felony criminal offense or multiple misdemeanors to benefit from the legalization program?
- Extreme Makeover: Planned Parenthood Edition, by Paula Bolyard. What really motivates the surrender of the “Pro-Choice” label in the abortion debate?
- Walk for Life vs. Roe v. Wade Birthday Party, by Zombie. Zombie’s latest photo essay documents both sides of an abortion showdown in San Francisco.
- Adam Carolla Goofs on John Lennon, by Ed Driscoll. All this and World War II.
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- Obama’s Economy: The Excuses Begin, by Tom Blumer. Blame everything, except the government’s policies.
- ‘Carrying a Gun Saved My Life’: Meet Ryan Moore, by Paul Hsieh. The type of gun incident most media has no use for.
- The CFR’s Steven Cook Misrepresents Me, by David P. Goldman. I never wrote that an Egyptian collapse was desirable, only that it was inevitable.
- Just NBC Yet Another Deceptive Edit, by Ed Driscoll. The Zimmerman edit, redux: NBC once again alters a video’s timeline to smear supporters of the Second Amendment.
- Gitmo Tribunals: Defense Seeks a Slumber Party with Accused Terrorists, by Bridget Johnson. Get your teddy bear and graham crackers, because Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s already got his nightshirt.
- Senator Rubio’s Immigration Enforcement Fantasy, by Andrew C. McCarthy. Rubio admirably insists, “We need border security.” Has he forgotten the Obama Justice Department’s lawsuit against the citizens of Arizona?
- Governor Perry Returns Money to Texas Taxpayers, Touts Education Reforms, by Bryan Preston. Education, tax relief top priorities.
- The Gatekeepers Keeps Information from Viewers, by Rick Richman. The film uses allegedly “first time ever” interviews to push the same points that were pushed back in 2003 by the same people, which produced disastrous results.
- 7 Times Downton Abbey Has Jumped the Shark, by J. Christian Adams. Bankrupt?! We are to believe this aristocrat had never heard of diversification.
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- California at Twilight, by Victor Davis Hanson. The soft apartheid of a once-Golden State.
- Another Private Company Announces Plans to Mine Asteroids, by Rand Simberg. Deep Space Industries go beyond mining to include space-based manufacturing.
- Game Show Prizes in the Obama Era, by Andrew Klavan. I can’t wait for the American Idol spin-off Sing for Your Supper, in which the most talented young people in the country perform their hearts out for a crust of
- ‘Free of Party Ideology or Partisan Bias’ by Ed Driscoll. The New Republic, the home of center-left politics for decades, says it’s now neutered of its ideology? Uh-huh.
- Who Is John Kerry Trying to Kid? By Robert Spencer. At this point there is no reason whatsoever for the U.S. to continue to send billions of taxpayer dollars to Pakistan.
- Whittaker Chambers: Taking Freedom’s Part, Irritating Everybody in the Process, by Lauren Weiner. Ronald Reagan could quote from memory the first pages of the foreword to Witness.
- Please Let This Happen: Hillary 2016 Super Pac Launched, by Stephen Kruiser. What difference does it make?
- Obama Readies Unilateral Move on Cybersecurity, by Rodrigo Sermeño.Even with a new Congress in session, the president will argue that lawmakers aren’t moving fast enough.
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- Switching Sides — A Speech, by Roger L Simon. Turning right at Hollywood & Vine.
- Allen West: Fiscal Economic Freedom Crucial for the Next Generation (Video), by Next Generation. Click to watch video.
- Register … or Rebel: How Many New Yorkers Will Defy New Law? By Bob Owens. Already, signs that Governor Cuomo and his allies underestimated the pushback.
- Dear Sister Wives Star Kody Brown: Love Should Be Exclusive, not Divided, by Paula Bolyard. The truth about polygamy.
- Hey, Parents: Meet Neo-Soviet NYU, Princeton Professor Steven Cohen, by Kim Zigfeld. Vladimir Putin has a great supporter within U.S. higher education.
- 4 Rules For a More Grown-Up Cable News Culture, by Kathy Shaidle. How to fix that cannibalistic, corrosive drone known as cable news? Toss out that old Rolodex, for one thing.
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- Are Obama and Rubio That Far Apart on Immigration Reform? By Bill Straub. And are Republicans racing to get to a comprehensive plan first?
- Descendants of Apes, Pigs, And the Devil You Know, by Roger Kimball. The line of the day, from Andrew McCarthy…
- Shocked! Shocked! By Human Rights Violations in North Korea, by Claudia Rosett. The UN finally notices a totalitarian hellhole. What, if anything, happens next?
- 5 Things My Dogs Taught Me About Human Beings, by John Hawkins. You can learn a lot from a dog.
- Far from Complete: Great Books Missing in the Kindle Format, by Ed Driscoll. Here’s my personal wish list. What’s yours?
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- Pro-Life Prohibition, by Janice Fiamengo. The disappearance of the abortion debate in Canada.
- What Can Be Done to Reduce Post-Hospital Syndrome? By Theodore Dalrymple. A fifth of patients treated under Medicare, 2.6 million individuals, return to the hospital for further treatment within 30 days.
- Making Sense of the 2013 Obama Doctrine, by Michael Ledeen. Is the president an imperialist with a little foot, or just an old-fashioned appeaser?
- Court Slaps Down Obama’s Recess Appointment Overreach, by Andrew C. McCarthy. Not all time-outs are created equal.
- Will the Gun-Grabbers Create a ‘No Buy List’ Using Your Prescription Records? By Paula Bolyard. Who decides if you are too crazy to have your second amendment rights protected?
- What Difference Does It Make that Clinton Doesn’t Care Why Terrorists Killed Americans? By Barry Rubin. This difference: her statement reflects why Obama’s policies will result in more Americans murdered.
- Tweets Of The Day Open Thread With Bonus Pic Of An Ocelot Judging You, by Stephen Kruiser. Dress code forthcoming…
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- Where Did Piers Morgan Come From, Anyway? By Mike McNally. He’s new to you, but my fellow Brit has been a craven opportunist for decades.
- San Francisco 1978: Dianne Feinstein and Gun Control, by Michael Walsh. I covered the riot that Feinstein used to springboard her national career for the San Francisco Examiner.
- Roe v. Wade: Tragic Anniversary, by Hans von Spakovsky. Each year, my brother helps others travel to the March For Life.
- Understanding the Educational Mess We’re In, by David Solway. We have reached a point where the past has more to teach us than the present.
- How Badly Does Salon Hate President Obama? By Ed Driscoll. If you’re still a 9/11 Truther in 2013, then you must believe that Barack Obama is in on the cover-up.
- The So-Called Assault Weapons on My Rifle Range, by Bob Owens. It may come as a surprise to some to learn that the AR-15 is the best-selling, most common centerfire rifle in the United States.
- ‘Less Lethal’: Good Intentions, Dangerous Results, by Mike McDaniel. These weapons are appropriate in precious few situations.
- Syria, Not Iran: Obama’s Primary Middle East Crisis in 2013, by Barry Rubin. Later this year, the Syrian civil war will test him. Expect failure.
- Feinstein Rolls Out Assault Weapons Ban as Biden Stumbles Over Its Purpose, by Bridget Johnson. Veep touts the awesomeness of shotguns over assault weapons: “If you want to keep people away in an earthquake, buy some shotgun shells.”
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- ‘Less Lethal’: Good Intentions, Dangerous Results, by Mike McDaniel. These weapons are appropriate in precious few situations.
- Michelle Fields: The National Debt Is Unfair to the Next Generation (Video), by Next Generation. Click to watch video.
- Latin America’s Democracy Test, by Jaime Daremblum. Will the region’s most influential countries stand up for constitutional government in Venezuela? (This article is also available in Spanish here.)
- ‘Madam Secretary, You Let the Consulate Become a Death Trap,’ by Bridget Johnson. Few challenged Clinton, who came to the long-anticipated Benghazi hearings ready to fight — and the White House quickly swiped her talking points.
- Cameron Pledges To Let British Voters Decide on Europe, by Mike McNally. Europe needs Britain rather more than Britain needs Europe.
- The Day Accountability Died, by Bryan Preston. Impressions from a long and pointless day.
- In Israeli Election, the Center Holds, by Jonathan Spyer. The results indicate that a large, sane, pragmatic center is the core presence in Israeli political life.
- Panetta Opening Combat Roles to Women, by Bridget Johnson. McCain: “The fact is that American women are already serving in harm’s way today all over the world.”
- Whose Morality Is It Anyway? By Walter Hudson. Can there be right and wrong without God?
- Justified: The Best Crime Series on TV, by Andrew Klavan. Timothy Olyphant plays out-of-his-time hero Raylan Givens with a pitch-perfect blend of irony and valor.
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- Food, Fascism, and Obama Rules, by Michael Ledeen. In America today, we have fascist economics, but not fascist foreign policy.
- Algerian Jihadists Wanted to ‘Teach the Americans What Islam Is,’ by Robert Spencer. Sharia-compliant hostage-taking, lesson #1: let the Muslims go, keep the Christians and infidels.
- ‘In Context’: Muhammad Morsi’s (Islamically Correct) Jew-Hatred, by Andrew G. Bostom. Someone wake Obama: Morsi has a long history of anti-Semitism, and he is simply carrying on tradition.
- 5 Americans Who Need Washington’s Help to Come Home, by Bridget Johnson. As the Obama administration takes renewed heat over Benghazi, as the Americans lost in Algeria are mourned, others are crying for their government to get involved.
- The Joy of Barry, by Ed Driscoll. The MSM turned into a cross between Penthouse Forum and Tiger Beat so slowly, I hardly even noticed.
- Obama’s Shock Speech: A Thickly Veiled Deception, by Barry Rubin. He just completely redirected the country, and no one seemed to notice.
- Grown Women Don’t Read Twilight: Here’s an Alternative (That Just Might Save America), by Kathy Shaidle. Women rush from one triviality to the next, consume gossip and trash, then wonder why America is falling apart. Time to put your brain on a diet.
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- Schumer, Hagel, and Obama’s ‘Good Jews,’ by Roger L Simon. The game is rigged, courtesy of Schumer, Axelrod, Lew, Rahm, Dershowitz and Koch.
- Israel’s Choices and America’s Failure, by David P. Goldman. In 167, LBJ was genuinely sympathetic to Israel. In contrast, Obama has nothing to lose but his illusions.
- Not Quite 2009: Inauguration Crowds Smaller, But Still Leave Their Mark, by Fallon Forbush. From Obama condoms to Code Pink, chilly DC streets saw a dash of everything in the crowds that gathered.
- What Was the Meaning of President Obama’s Second Inaugural Address? By Ron Radosh. The tactic: suggest a goal we all agree with, then posit leftism as the only way to get there.
- Obama’s Second Inaugural and The Party Line, by Andrew Klavan. The new play by Roger L. Simon and Sheryl Longin is a disheartening reminder of an aspect of human nature that has haunted me for many years and that has reached an apotheosis with Obama’s re-election. Also see: Full Text: Obama’s Second Inaugural Address.
- Doomsday Preppers Week 9: In the Hurt Locker, by Bob Owens. Are the show’s experts biased against those who don’t spend oodles of money on their preparations?
- Video: Getting to Know Next Generation Correspondent Michelle Fields, by Next Generation. Michelle is a correspondent for our new Next Generation initiative.
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- Our Old Grand Fantasies About Radical Islam, by Victor Davis Hanson. The Obama administration’s therapeutic approach to the War on Terror.
- Best Thing Ever To Emerge from a Celebrity Trip to North Korea, by Claudia Rosett. The latest Bill Richardson expedition to Pyongyang did produce one pleasant surprise.
- Proof of Heaven Isn’t… Still… by Andrew Klavan. I found the book oddly believable.
- The Next Target of Leftists: Talk Radio, by Roger Kimball. Why? Because it represents an independent source of opinion.
- Study Indicts New York Times for Anti-Israel Bias, by Ricki Hollander. The “paper of record” and its pro-Palestinian slanted coverage.
- The Society of St. Pius X and Antisemitism, by Jeanette Pryor. How “good” people compartmentalize evil.
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- Supreme Court May Have Final Word on Obama’s Gun Control, by Bill Straub. So what does the high court’s history say?
- The Inauguration Speech Obama Should Give — And Won’t, by Tom Blumer. Thanking GOP governors for saving his bacon.
- 10 Secret Reasons Why The Avengers Is the Best Superhero Film, by Dave Swindle. An exploration of the ancient Egyptian myths, Biblical references, and esoteric symbols that smuggled God into the blockbuster.
- The ‘Tom Thumb’ Presidency, by Rick Moran. A small man, with little or no imagination, pushing small ideas and trying to pass them off as transformational changes.
- White House on Egyptian President’s Jew-Hatred: He Didn’t Mean It, by Barry Rubin. Did the Muslim Brotherhood mean it the other hundreds of times, Jay Carney?
- The 5 Commandments of Being A Jerk, by John Hawkins. If you have to tell people you’re the most interesting man in the world, you’re not.
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- The ‘Tom Thumb’ Presidency, by Rick Moran. A small man, with little or no imagination, pushing small ideas and trying to pass them off as transformational changes.
- The Continuing Stalinist Delusions of Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick, by Ron Radosh. A final assessment of their Showtime “history” series.
- The Police State, Coming Soon to a Neighborhood Near You, by Roger Kimball. Arbitrariness, not necessarily severity, distinguishes totalitarian from law-abiding nations.
White House on Egyptian President’s Jew-Hatred: He Didn’t Mean It, by Barry Rubin. Did the Muslim Brotherhood mean it the other hundreds of times, Jay Carney? - Did Holder’s Department Drive an Internet Pioneer to His Death? By Bridget Johnson. Cornyn has questions — lots of them — for the attorney general. Issa is investigating. And one Dem warns it could happen to someone else.
- A Tsunami of Seniors: The Crisis Begins In 2026 When The First Baby Boomers Turn 80, by Myra Adams. Boomers living into their 80’s, 90’s and 100’s means a severe shortage of facilities and the skilled manpower needed to care for us.
- Nothing, and Maybe Worse: A President’s Nonsensical Gun Proposals, by John Rosenberg. He knows not what he speaks.
- Does ‘Gun Show Loophole’ Actually Result in Gun Crime? By Clayton E. Cramer. Statistics do not point to criminals using this tactic.
- Next Generation Today Preview: New Gun Laws and the Safety of Young Americans, by Next Generation. Allen West, Michelle Fields and John Phillips analyze the mainstream media’s push for new legislation in the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre.
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- Message from Mali: Keep Fracking, America! By Roger L Simon. Start fracking, over here. Stop sending money to basket case nations, over there.
- Liestrong, by Ed Driscoll. Lance Armstrong’s acolytes bullied the press into silence. And he’s far from the first athlete whose PR flacks have done so.
- Extreme Constitution Makeover: Amendments of the New Congress, by Bridget Johnson. From removing presidential term limits to tweaking the First Amendment to make sure it doesn’t apply to businesses.
- Murdered Diplomacy: Israel-Palestinian Conflict Enters New Stage, by Barry Rubin. Two decades of fragile diplomacy are gone. Is anyone paying attention?
- Can Kicked on Farm Bill, Leaving Ag Advocates Disappointed, by Fallon Forbush. One year extension crammed into fiscal cliff deal with many issues still hanging in the air.
- Does ‘Gun Show Loophole’ Actually Result in Gun Crime? By Clayton E. Cramer. Statistics do not point to criminals using this tactic.
- Grown Men Don’t Read Comic Books: Here’s an Alternative (That Might Just Save America), by Kathy Shaidle. Looking for a superhero? Try your first president.
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- Second-Term Reckonings, by Victor Davis Hanson. History is coming; history is not kind.
- 4 Ways the Debt Ceiling Debacle Could Play Out, by Bill Straub. It’s expected that Treasury will not be able to cut the checks starting sometime between Feb. 15 and March 1.
- Three Kurds Murdered in Paris: Turkey-Kurd Conflict Heating Up? By Jonathan Spyer. Many possible culprits.
- GOP, Some Dems Vow to Fight Obama’s Gun-Control ‘Power Grab,’ by Bridget Johnson. Anatomy of a proposal: From asking Holder to re-examine who should be excluded from gun ownership to “nurturing school climates” and background checks on victims of gun theft.
- Mohamed Morsi Is a Scandal Bigger than Benghazi, by David P. Goldman. In Benghazi, we lost four of our people; in Egypt, we lost an ally of thirty-five years’ standing.
- 7 Crappy Products, Courtesy of the Green Movement, by J. Christian Adams. Remember the days before low-water toilets when you could use someone’s bathroom without fear of humiliation?
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- Standing Up for Our Future, by Allen B. West. Former Congressman Allen West joins PJ Media to lead our Next Generation programming. Visit http://NextGeneration.TV, and sign up for the weekly newsletter to stay informed on our work to preserve the American dream for future generations.
- Political Change — Revisited, by Roger L Simon. How do you change someone so successful in LA, DC, or the MSM, someone who has wealth and power while feeling so inordinately good about him or herself?
- The War Rages, The White House Ducks, Death Abounds, by Michael Ledeen. Maybe some Senator has the gravitas to ask Messrs Kerry, Hagel and Brennan about these matters.
- On Civil Disobedience, Then and Now,by Michael Walsh. That Texas Republican who’s threatening legislation to jail any gun-grabbin’ federales in the Lone Star State actually has history on his side.
- The Imaginary Rabbi and the Dead End Kid: Another Evening with Dennis Prager and Adam Carolla, by Kathy Shaidle. The talk radio titan and standup comedy king keep the show going.
- Will Obama’s Gun Package Include Bypassing Congress on ATF Director? By Bridget Johnson. Gun-control advocates including Bloomberg are urging a recess appointment for the nomination that’s long been stalled in the Senate.
- A Parable of a Broken Bully, by Bryan Preston. Are we depriving boys of the chance to become men?
- With Mass Murderers, a Different Profile, by Neo-Neocon. These killers generally come from intact homes.
- WI School Teaches Diversity Course on ‘White Privilege,’ by Rick Moran. Is there any value in teaching a class about white “oppression?”
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- Al-Shabaab Tweets Commando’s Body as Admin ‘Celebrates’ Progress in Somalia, by Bridget Johnson. A day after Obama notified Congress under the War Powers Resolution, Washington wasn’t talking about U.S. assistance in a failed French raid.
- What We Talk About When We Talk About Guns, by Andrew Klavan. A few thoughts on preventing the Hobbesian war of all against all.
- Understanding Israel’s January 22 Election, by Barry Rubin. As usual, international reporting on Israeli politics couldn’t be less accurate.
- It’s Come to This, by Ed Driscoll. Going clear: The Atlantic runs — and then pulls — an infomercial for Scientology disguised as an article.
- Are You Grateful for the Products That Make Your Life Better? By Walter Hudson. An ode to my coveted Samsung Galaxy S III.
- Why Republicans Should Reject Jack Lew’s Nomination (and Why We Won’t), by David P. Goldman. Lew’s chicanery during his tenure at Citigroup makes him the perfect Treasury secretary for a president like Barack Obama.
- Is Chicago’s Out-Of-Control Murder Rate Connected to Its Sanctuary City Policies? By Bryan Preston. Gang activity is driving the violence. What business do gangs engage in? Also read: Sen. Joe Manchin puts ‘everything’ on the table if Congress considers new gun laws.
- How Do You Know the Left Is Nervous? When You Hear ‘McCarthyism,’ by Ron Radosh. That old last resort appears among Chuck Hagel’s defenders.
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- 2013: The Year To Strike a Blow Against Climate Alarmism, by Dr. Tim Ball and Tom Harris. The next UN climate report will be released this year. Be prepared to refute it.
- Instavision on PJTV: The Singularity: Will Technological Innovation Doom Our Species? By PJTV. Click to watch Glenn Reynolds’ newest video.
- Notes from Atlantis, by Ed Driscoll. Sir Kenneth Clark’s 1969 video history of civilization, from the perspective of a civilization that’s now already history.
- Doomsday Preppers Week 8: Of Castles and Kings, by Bob Owens. The worst part of the “Brent experience” was watching him attempt to train his kids how to shoot.
- Leftism and the Dangers of Modernity, by Michael Widlanski. The futile quest to save us from ourselves.
- Public Highlights Mass Murders, Ignores Most Murders: Racism? By Clayton E. Cramer. Cornel West’s assertion is as simplistic as that of gun control advocates.
- The Worldwide Evolution of Life Expectancy, by Theodore Dalrymple. Life expectancy in Angola, Ethiopia, Niger and Rwanda has increased by 10-15 years since 1990.
- Interview: The History of Epiphone Guitars, by Ed Driscoll. Veteran Gibson historian Walter Carter discusses his latest title, The Epiphone Guitar Book: A Complete History of Epiphone Guitars.
- Obama Authorized U.S. Participation in Botched French Somalia Mission, by Bridget Johnson. U.S. combat aircraft entered Somali airspace in the Friday operation, “in furtherance of U.S. national security interests.”
- Piers Morgan, Filleted, by Roger Kimball. This is CNN, where the Constitution = “Your little book.”
- A Review of David Solway’s The Boxthorn Tree, by P. David Hornik. A masterful look at Israel’s history and current dilemmas.
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- Less Courage, More Free Market, by Ying Ma. Free-market ideals are worthy of a robust defense and often demand courage from its subscribers.
- Pretend Gun Control, by Frank J. Fleming. Gun control advocates won’t know the difference if we pass laws banning a bunch of made-up things that sound scary. More: Biden on Gun Proposal: ‘I’m Shooting for Tuesday.’
- Al Gore Declares Mission Accomplished; Gray Lady Hardest Hit, by Ed Driscoll. The NYT eliminates their environment desk, plus the real reason why Al-Jazeera was willing to wildly overpay to acquire Current TV.
- Pentagon Moves Forward on Cutting Prime Health Coverage for Vets, by Bridget Johnson. The change will affect approximately 171,000 military retired beneficiaries in 41 states.
- Current Foreign Policy Debate Makes No Sense. Here’s How To Fix It, by Barry Rubin. We are having Cold War conversations about a much different world.
- Annals of the Art World, Division of Academic Foolishness, by Roger Kimball. Is it art, or biological waste – or both? In any case, the art world is beyond satire, though not beyond ridicule.
- Sean Penn Embarrasses Himself in Over-Acted Gangster Squad, by John Boot. Most of the film is a demented rush from one ridiculous action scene to the next.
- Sex and the Gotham City on the Edge of Forever, by Ed Driscoll. Yes, it’s unseemly for grown men to obsess on comic books. But PC can infantilize both sexes.
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- Chris Christie’s Long Game, by Rick Moran. The New Jersey governor looks over the horizon to divine what politics might be like in 2016.
- Payroll Tax Holiday Takes a Permanent Vacation, by Bill Straub. Capitol Hill has no intent of bringing that missing 2 percent back into your paycheck.
- Biden Drafts Gun Agenda While Acknowledging Weak Links to Tragedies, by Bridget Johnson. For each recent shooting, “It’s hard to be able to pinpoint what you could have done to assure it wouldn’t have happened.”
- PJTV: Danny Ayalon, Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel, Discusses Hagel Nomination and More, by Roger L Simon. Click to watch video.
- The New, Media-Numbed Normal, by Tom Blumer. Who do you believe about the economy, the press or your lying eyes?
- Recasting History: Scholarly Study Finds that Race, Class, and Gender Studies Crowd Up University American History Classes, by Bryan Preston. Don’t know much…
- You Say You Want a Revolution, by Michael Walsh. If conservatives seem dispirited after the election, it’s not because we lost — it’s because, unlike Churchill, we didn’t fight.
- Obama’s Treasury Appointment Shows He’s Gearing Up to Pick a Fight, by Rodrigo Sermeño. What Jack Lew lacks in financial experience he has in rankling congressional Republicans. Update: Opposition builds.
- The Top 10 Funniest ‘Right-Sided’ Political Videos of 2012, by Sunny. What’s your favorite?
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- Who’s Worse — Al Gore or Bernie Madoff? By Roger L Simon. Mr. Ponzi to the green courtesy phone, please.
- The Chávez Legacy in Venezuela, by Jaime Daremblum. Autocratic rule, economic ruin, and South America’s highest murder rate. (You can read this article in Spanish here.)
- 5 Things to Miss About Joe Lieberman, by Bridget Johnson. The 113th Congress is missing one of the true gentlemen of the game.
- Scientists Discover Unbreakable 90-Year-Old Mobius Loop, by Ed Driscoll. Why “Progressive” culture is permanently trapped in the postwar-era. The post-World War One era.
- Too Cowardly To Print Muhammad Cartoons? By Robert Spencer. The “Free Press” continues down the path of Sharia compliance.
- Would You Meet Your Killer Halfway? By Walter Hudson. Fiscal cliff deal raises a question. Is compromise always reasonable?
- DOJ Sends Lawyers to Monitor South Carolina Election With 186 Voters, by J. Christian Adams. Your federal tax dollars at work to monitor a special election for a town council seat in Branchville.
- Peeling Back the ‘Cover of Darkness’ on Obama’s Regulatory Agenda, by Bill Straub. Red tape that could cost the public $123.2 billion was a (late) Christmas gift to lawmakers leaving town.
- The 5 Most Underrated Pop Culture Heroines, by Leslie Loftis. What happens to female characters who don’t fight like men?
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- The Hipster Facade, by Victor Davis Hanson. You can make all the money you want without being dubbed selfish or greedy — as long as you’re hip.
- Google Bamboozled by North Korea? By Claudia Rosett. Why is the company’s chairman in Pyongyang, and what does he hope to accomplish?
- Is Keystone XL DOA in Term No. 2? By Bridget Johnson. There are no more campaign promises to make — and there’s an incoming secretary of State who makes environmentalists hurrah.
- The Problem with John Kerry and Chuck Hagel: They Are Products of the Vietnam Generation, by Bryan Preston. Kerry and Hagel share a view that Vietnam is the center of American history. They’re wrong.
- Noxious Nominations: The Four Horsemen of the American Foreign Policy Apocalypse, by Barry Rubin. Obama, Kerry, Hagel, and Brennan — a disaster in the making for American interests.
- TUESDAY NEW RELEASES: Dropkick Murphys and Twenty One Pilots Begin 2013′s Rocking Start, by Jonathan Sanders. Plus: Charlie Sheen’s crazy train keeps rolling with Anger Management on Blu-Ray.
- Rooting for Laundry, by Ed Driscoll. It’s a show about nothing: welcome to the Nihilistic Football League.
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- It’s the Foreign Policy, and We Are Stupid, by Roger L Simon. Forget the economy: the irreparable damage from Obama is in his dealings abroad.
- Chicago Murder Rate Proves That Liberals Don’t Care About Gun Deaths, by PJTV. Click to watch video, featuring Tammy Bruce, Stephen Kruiser, and LA talk radio host John Phillips.
- Why So Serious? Is Conservative Despair Justified? By Andrew Klavan. We interrupt your post-election depression for a look at three positive trends for the better.
- Liberty and Tax Policy, by Roger Kimball. Tax debate is not merely about numbers.
- What Do You Do When You Conclude America Is (Temporarily or Permanently) Kaput? By Barry Rubin. You must recognize that much of the world already believes this is the case, and is making contingencies.
- The Nod of Chucky: Obama Takes Stab at Lawmakers Who Derailed Rice, by Bridget Johnson. Despite pushback over Hagel’s positions, the president angles for a Senate fight sandwiched in between the fiscal cliff and debt ceiling.
- Enough: Challenging Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick To Debate Their Cold War Nonsense, by Ron Radosh. Media has repeatedly allowed Stone and Kuznick to appear without facing informed opposition.
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- The New Iranian Hostage Crisis, by Michael Ledeen. Secret talks: Who, when, where, and why they’re stalled.
- Chuck Hagel, Gay Rights, and Liberalism’s Incoherence, by John Rosenberg. When Hagel promises his “commitment to their [LGBT] civil rights,” we can be sure that he has no idea whatsoever what he is actually promising, and neither does anyone else.
- Are Gay Republican Groups Gaining Momentum? By Jordan Smith. Log Cabin takes on Hagel; GOProud gives up on CPAC and goes for youth vote. Traditionalists aren’t giving in.
- On Jabberwocky: Why We Do the Things We Think We Aren’t Doing, by David Solway. Alice succeeded in reaching the looking-glass hill only when she stopped trying to reach it and let a little aimlessness gallumph into her life.
- GOPs Bracing for Hagel Nod with Pre-emptive Strikes, by Bridget Johnson. McConnell is the squishiest, though, on opposition to the expected Defense sec nod. Also read: What the Hagel Nomination Means, from Dr. Hurd.
- ‘Air/Sea Battle,’ Escalation, and U.S. Strategy in the Pacific, by Christopher Ford. U.S. strategy for a possible conflict with China has detractors fearing a quick escalation to nukes.
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- Wind Subsidy Breezes Through Fiscal Cliff Compromise, by Rodrigo Sermeño. The product of “quiet conversations” on the Hill about how to wedge it into the 11th-hour deal.
- Illinois Tax Hikes, Two Years Later: A Failure, by Kyle Stone. The Land of Lincoln is still aflame.
- PJTV’s Afterburner: Rule of Lawlessness, by PJTV. Click to watch Bill Whittle’s latest video.
- Of Complexities, Contradictions and Second Chakras, by Ed Driscoll. How the world’s most prominent environmentalist learned to stop worrying and love Big Oil.
- The 10 Gun Bills Introduced on Day One of the New Congress, by Bridget Johnson. Eight are from Dems. Two are from freshman Republicans who voted against Boehner. Things could get interesting.
- An Iranian-American in Defense of Shahs of Sunset, by Banafsheh Zand. Put your money where you live and let live.
- Moran: Without Government Poking Into Business, We Wouldn’t Have the Bar Code, by Bridget Johnson, Decries “Ayn Rand’s virtue of selfishness” and declares “E. Pluribus Unum.”
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- Insoluble Syria, by David P. Goldman. What would Cardinal Richelieu do? Let’s ask him.
- Crime Down in L.A., Local Newspaper Baffled, by Jack Dunphy. It’s the demographic shift, L.A. Timesmen.
- A Subway Murder and the ‘Islamophobia’ Industry, by Robert Spencer. Why is there no program teaching against the “extremist” version of Islam in any mosque anywhere, despite the fact that converts to Islam seem peculiarly susceptible?
- Why Banning High-Capacity Magazines Will Not Save Lives, by Bryan Preston. You can ban everything, or nothing. It won’t matter.
- 5 Reasons You Would Never Want To Be a Superhero in the Real World, by John Hawkins. Who’d have ever thought flying and benching 8000 pounds would be a drag?
- Doomsday Preppers Week 7: Let’s Drown the Family, by Bob Owens. There will be no deliverance for these rafters.
- Boehner Retains His Speakership, by Bridget Johnson. Conservative backlash against the Ohio congressman doesn’t materialize — but Allen West gets a couple of votes.
- [AUDIO] Grover Norquist Declares the Fiscal Cliff Deal a Victory for Republican Tax Cutters, by Bryan Preston. “Retreat for the Democratic Party.”
- Can the GOP’s Young Guns Still Reform the Party? By Bridget Johnson. Ryan, Cantor, McCarthy divide over fiscal-cliff bill as the success of their program to groom new Republican lawmakers dips.
- Leftism: ‘Forget It, Jake. It’s Chinatown.’ By Roger L Simon. Modern leftism is about providing cover for the hypocrisy of adherents’ private lives.
- The Hobbit: More Restrictions on Art, Please! By Andrew Klavan. Out: Endless, boring self-indulgent “Director’s Cuts” of films. In: The tightly-edited “Studio Cut.”
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- With Speakership on Line, Should Boehner Rest Easy? By Bill Straub. The key isn’t disgruntled Republicans so much as a lack of speakers-in-waiting in the wings.
- The State of the Internet Revolution in International Affairs: Less Progress Than You’d Think, by Barry Rubin. How international affairs writing has been changed since 2000.
- Amish Mafia: When Reality TV Finally Jumped the Shark, by Dave Swindle. Real criminals don’t brag about their exploits on the Discovery channel.
- Al Jazeera Hearts Al Gore’s Current TV, by Ed Driscoll. Lateral move.
- Gov. Chris Christie Throws Boehner Under the Bus, Backs Over Him Repeatedly, by Bryan Preston. “Shame on you.”
- 62% Claim They Favor Across-the-Board Spending Cuts, by Bryan Preston. But they don’t really mean it.
- Amazon Editors Name A Killer in the Wind Among the Month’s Best Books, by Andrew Klavan. Check out this exclusive excerpt from Andrew Klavan’s new novel.
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- 2013: Welcome to Very, Very Scary Times, by Victor Davis Hanson. Utopias such as Greece, Libya and Mexico are possible for America too, if only we would just junk that evil Constitution.
- House Passes Fiscal Cliff Deal, 257-167, by Bridget Johnson. Boehner votes yes. Cantor votes no. Yet no one in the GOP leadership takes the floor during debate.
- Dem Senator Voted Against Deal for Not Including Entitlement Reform, by Bridget Johnson. Carper also decries the can-kicking aspect in explaining why he took a stand.
- CNN Rings in the New Year…, by Ed Driscoll. …As only they can. Another year, another train wreck debacle featuring Kathy Griffin and Anderson Cooper. Update: RIP CNN, Michael Walsh adds.
- Dem Senator Voted Against Deal Because It Doesn’t Reduce Deficit, by Bridget Johnson. A surprise from incoming DSCC chairman Bennet.
- Senate Quickly Passes 157-Page Deal on Fiscal Cliff, by Bridget Johnson. GOP makes concession on spending cuts and White House makes concession on estate tax. Breaking: Cantor Opposes Senate Bill.
- The Incompatibility of Obamanomics and Human Happiness, Christmas Edition, by Roger Kimball. The Left’s Scrooge-like worldview of life as a zero-sum game.
- The CIA Goes Back to the Movies, by Michael Ledeen. Stop with the movie reviews already. We’re at war, remember?
- Why Occupy Values Lead to Occupy Violence, by Paula Bolyard. The postmodern seeds of radical criminality.
- New Year’s Resolutions, by Helen Smith. First, stop getting upset by politics, it doesn’t help. Second, quit doing any work that is hard or upsetting.
- GOP Draws Out the Suspense as Dems Demand Vote on Deal, by Bridget Johnson. UPDATE: House Rules Committee moves forward Senate bill, clean of amendments. Vote will be late tonight.
- Missing Breitbart, by Tom Blumer. When will conservatives take the fight to the left as Andrew did?
- Hobby Lobby’s Revolution Begins Today, by Bryan Preston. New chapter in an old fight.
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- Are Young Black Men Rejecting Obama? By Walter Hudson. One stat suggests so.
- Gun Crazy II, by Michael Walsh. When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.
- #MyJihad: CAIR’s New Twitter Campaign to Whitewash Islam, by Robert Spencer. “The Islamic state, whose principal function was to put God’s law into practice, sought to establish Islam as the dominant reigning ideology over the entire world…” — Majid Khadduri.
- Knowing Chuck Hagel from His Supporters and His Opponents, by Ron Radosh. Getting to know the possible nominee for secretary of Defense by listening to friend and foe.
- Obama’s Middle East Mess, by Jaime Daremblum. He has seriously damaged U.S. credibility and influence.
- Remembering Judge Bork, by Andrew C. McCarthy. Bork was a trailblazer of “originalism,” the theory that judges must construe the Constitution in accordance with what it was understood to mean at the time of its adoption.
- Robert H. Bork, 1927-2012, by Michael Ledeen. He maintained his fabulous intellect to the end. See also Roger Kimball’s tribute.
- Will GOPs Back Jindal’s Push to Put the Pill OTC? By Bridget Johnson. The Louisiana governor’s controversial proposal to banish “birth control politics” has both the left and right a little dizzy.
- Are Banks that Violate Sanctions Getting Off with Slaps on the Wrist? By Rodrigo Sermeño. By the DoJ forging cash settlements instead of prosecuting, the government is still able to do business with the guilty firms.
- Disgraceful: Obama Invokes Newtown Massacre to Pressure Republicans to Go Along with His Tax Hikes, by Bryan Preston. Perspective.
- Saving Souls, the Amazing Musicorps, by Michael Ledeen. Musicorps is a program that gives (often very severely) wounded combat veterans the opportunity to play music.
- 8 Great Last Minute Christmas Gifts for Children, by J. Christian Adams. These classic books belong in every family’s library.
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- Benghazi’s Back — Sort Of, by Roger L Simon. The elephant is still very much in the room: Who told Susan Rice to lie about these events and why did they do it?
- Air Marshals, Armed Teachers, and Gun-Free Zones: Are You Consistent? By David Steinberg. Most of the U.S. supports the air marshal program, fewer support “school marshals.” Is this rational?
- The Assault Weapons Ban: How Silly Was It? By Bob Owens. Revisiting the comically incompetent law which President Obama wishes to reinstate.
- Power Hungry: Teachers’ Union Wants To Administer Standardized Teachers’ Test, by Mike McDaniel. Cloaking a union power grab in the conservative language of “accountability.”
- Food, Manners and Unrequited Love: What Every Visitor to Israel Needs to Know, by Kathy Shaidle. Prepare to gain a few pounds when you visit Israel. And don’t be surprised that “Palestinian” “refugees” live in houses bigger than yours.
- Obama Reelected, Women, Minorities, ‘Progressive’ Talk Radio Hardest Hit, by Ed Driscoll. Ad revenues are down on lefty stations, leading to at least one closure. For profit-hating OWS-types, that’s all good news, right?
- A Premium Rush of New Blu-Ray and DVD Releases Leads Final Week Before Christmas by Jonathan Sanders. With the music industry already on vacation, DVDs pick up the slack. Plus: Great holiday gifts for the last-minute shopper.
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