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Why Mr Cameron should call Dr Singh

By Tridivesh Singh Maini May 21, 2010 @ 9:41am

The indecisive election results of 2010 have resulted in the formation of an unexpected, though not necessarily unstable, coalition government between the centre right Conservative Party and Centre Left, Liberal Democrats. David Cameron leader of the Conservatives and Nicholas Clegg leader of the latter party, took over as Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister respectively, on May 11. Interestingly, both leaders were not particularly …

No Such Thing as Islamic Terrorism?

By Deborah Weiss May 18, 2010 @ 10:53am

Against President Obama’s backdrop of bowing to the Saudi King, berating Israel, Mirandizing terrorists, and voluntarily reducing US nuclear capabilities, the United States Administration has now made a decision to ban words such as “jihad” and “Islamic extremism” from the US National Security Strategy. But will this cleansing of national security vocabulary be effective in making America safer?

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Obama fiddles, a rogue schemes:

By John Bolton May 12, 2010 @ 10:33am

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il has now left Beijing and returned home after a typically secretive visit, his first trip abroad in four years. Kim's last trip was also to China, the North's dominant benefactor; his core mission was undoubtedly to ensure continued Chinese support for his ironfisted rule.

 

Also undoubtedly central was North Korea's nuclear weapons program. President Obama has been silent for many lo…

The Two Vietnam Wars

By Jim Guirard May 5, 2010 @ 2:47pm

On Friday of last week, much of the establishment media reminded us of the awful 35^th anniversary of the so-called "End of the Vietnam War" -- on April 30, 1975. This is only partly true, and now we need to know what the late commentator Paul Harvey would correctly call "the rest of …

The Coming Constitutional Debate

By Stephen J. Markman May 4, 2010 @ 8:21am

Stephen Markman was appointed Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court in 1999, and was re-elected in 2000 and 2004. Previously, he served as United States Attorney in Michigan; as Assistant Attorney General under President Ronald Reagan, where he coordinated the federal judicial selection process; and as Chief Counsel of the Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution. He has published in such journals as the Stanford Law Review and t…