Posted on Sat, Jan. 01, 2011 Dave Barry’s 2010 Year in Review By Dave Barry Jack Ohman / MCT Let’s put things into perspective: 2010 was not the worst year ever. There have been MUCH worse years. For example, toward the end of the Cretaceous Period, the Earth was struck by an asteroid that wiped […]
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2011 looks grim for progress on women’s rights in Iraq Men view a Baghdad display that warns that women who don’t wear the hijab, or traditional Muslim head covering, will be punished in the afterlife. The display, which depicts women engulfed in flames, was erected by Islamist leaders as part of what many women see
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Egypt’s Rigged Elections Mubarak shows contempt for the ‘Cairo Effect.’ Jennifer Rubin December 20, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 14 The Obama administration consulted last month with outside policy experts and former officials about promoting democracy in Egypt. Given that Egypt rigged its November 28 legislative elections, it seems the
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——————————————————————————– I am truly perplexed that so many of my friends are against a mosque being built near Ground Zero. I think it should be the goal of every person to be tolerant. The mosque should be allowed, in an effort to promote tolerance. That is why I also propose, that two nightclubs be opened
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NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com Michael M. Rosen December 23, 2010 4:00 A.M. Why This Orthodox Jew Loves Christmas Music A Jewish American hails the season. For me, an Orthodox Jew in 21st-century America, December truly is the most wonderful time of the year. Yes, there’s Hanukkah and the family and community celebration it entails. And,
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NEWS & OBSERVER, RALEIGH, N.C. CIA recalls exposed spy ISLAMABAD The CIA yanked its top spy out of Pakistan after his cover was blown and his life threatened, and 54 suspected militants were killed in a U.S. drone missile attack Friday in stark new signs of the troubled relationship between mistrustful allies locked in a
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DECEMBER 21, 2010 Foreigners can own 100% of Iraqi companies, must pay only a 15% flat tax on profits, and may take 100% of those profits home when and how they please. By BARTLE BULL The expected announcement of Iraq’s new government marks the culmination of a remarkable process. The former bully-boy of the Arab
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My diplomatic wingman The late Richard Holbrooke (left) and Gen. David H. Petraeus (right), shown here with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in April, collaborated closely on U.S. efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Holbrooke passed away Monday in Washington. (Shah Marai) By David H. Petraeus Washington Post December 19, 2010 Those of us engaged in the
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