As United States Marines begin Operation Eastern Resolve, an air and ground assault on Taliban strongholds in Afghanistan, the Center for American Progress (CAP) hosted an Interagency Team led by Ambassador Richard Holbrooke to discuss an “integrated approach” in dealing with the security challenges in the region.
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Academic Front For PLO
The campus “divestment against Israel” campaign is known for its grassroots, media-grabbing student demonstrations, but was the entire movement actually orchestrated by Palestinian government operatives?
The Qura’n & the Sharia’h
The very first job I had in my life after the completion of my Masters Degree in Islamic Studies from Karachi University in Pakistan was to teach Islamic Studies to grade 7 students in a private Convent school. Later on, I had the opportunity of teaching Islamiyat to grade 9 & 10 students in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The Wrong Rights
This July, the Heritage Foundation hosted a talk by Abigail Thernstrom, the author of the newly released book Voting Rights and Wrongs: The Elusive Quest for Racially Fair Elections, to discuss the findings of the book and explore its implications for current Constitutional/political discourse.
Socialized Medicine Under Siege
Tim Phillips, President of Americans For Prosperity, recently spoke at The Heritage Foundation, indicating the great optimism and encouragement about the health care front which conservatives haven’t felt for months.
When Lucifer Met Satan
On August 6 the Heritage Foundation convened a panel to discuss the infamous Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact partitioning Europe between the agents of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
Goodnight Prince
It contains more useful information
than any journalism textbook we have seen but don’t expect legendary
reporter Robert Novak’s memoirs to become required reading in
communications classes anytime soon.
DO ELITE SCHOOLS = HIGH PAY?
College students staying up nights worried about the future should check out the findings at PayScale.com.
Hold that tiger
If you think your job is difficult, try being a school mascot, and standing around dressed as a cedar tree for a few hours.
Three Heroic Popes—Part II
More Catholic history that you will not find in most Catholic schools.
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Harvard Professor Finds No Racial Bias in Police Officer-Involved Shootings
Roland Fryer, who is a black Harvard University economics professor, found out that there is no racial bias in officer-involved shootings.
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Black Lives Matter 101
Even before the Dallas rally at which five policemen were killed, BLM community organizers were highly visible on the college lecture circuit and the group itself is increasingly active in formulating curricula from kindergarten to…
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Peter Schiff Warns About the “Worst Economic Downturn Including the Great Depression”
The Federal Reserve’s monetary policies have manufactured a “super bubble” that “ … may give us the worst economic downturn including the Great Depression,” economist Peter Schiff declared during an interview with Accuracy in Media….
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What It Takes to be a Supreme Court Reporter
Should you really “write what you know” as the age-old saying goes? Sure, if you studied law and a little bit of Latin. But who benefits from that? Cui Bono? Journalists covering the Supreme Court of the…
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A Requiem for Dallas
On Thursday, 5 police officers in Dallas were shot making it the deadliest day for law enforcement since 9/11. The five officers, Brent Thompson, Patrick Zamarripa, Michael Krol, Lorne Ahrens and Michael Smith all had…
Berkeley Economist Stumbles on Pretend Economy in U. S.
A Berkeley economist has stumbled on a trend an increasing number of Americans experience annually: We’ve had a pretend economy in the United States for at least 16 years.
Liberals Upset at Pro-Gun Trade Foundation for Funding College Student Groups
This isn’t a surprising reaction from the Left to be upset at a gun trade group funding, with its own money, college student groups.
Eastern Connecticut University Aims to Help Illegal Immigrants Go Around Enrollment Ban
From Campus Reform: A college in Connecticut is appealing to illegal immigrants with a new scholarship that would help cover the cost of college for potential students who can’t legally enroll in their own states….
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DePaul says No to Any Future Visit by Controversial Speaker
The university is worried that a future visit and speech by Milo Yiannopoulos would spark protests that could rage out of control, so he is disinvited from their campus.
Three Texas Professors Lawsuit Tries to Block Campus Carry at UT-Austin
Concealed firearms violates their constitutional rights, say three college professors at University of Texas-Austin.