JERUSALEM - It's not so much the proverbial making a mountain out of a molehill, but Israel finds itself climbing out of a stinky dung heap and onto a slippery diplomatic minefield. The new story began with a story – by all accounts a false, libelous, and...
The Coming Media Bailout
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which usually concerns itself with "consumer protection" issues, is now taking an interest in the journalism industry. The financially strapped New York Times reports: "The commission is planning two days of workshops...
CIA Probe Should Go Further, Groups Say
Attorney General Eric Holder's decision Monday to investigate whether interrogators from the Central Intelligence Agency or its contractors violated any federal laws in applying "enhanced interrogation techniques" to detainees in U.S. custody overseas...
ElBaradei Foes Leaked Stories to Force His Hand on Iran
Western officials leaked stories to the Associated Press and Reuters last week aimed at pressuring the outgoing chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, to include a summary of intelligence alleging that Iran has been actively pursuing work...
Tuesday: 6 Iraqis Killed, 22 Wounded
In Bush’s Footsteps
Israeli Settlers Push Palestinians to Sleep on the Street
EAST JERUSALEM - Israel's continued policy of Judaizing East Jerusalem in order to establish facts on the ground before the future of that part of the city is decided has left dozens of Palestinians homeless and sleeping on the streets. Hundreds more are at risk, amid...
Monday: 15 Iraqis Killed, 25 Wounded
War Coverage and the Obama Cult
There was a time when Cindy Sheehan couldn't go anywhere without having a microphone and a TV camera stuck in front of her. As she camped out in front of George W. Bush's Crawford ranch, mourning the death of her son Casey in Iraq and calling attention to an unjust,...