Saturday, May 25, 2013

Bitch. By Meredith Brooks.

Bitch. By Meredith Brooks. Video. Capitol Records, 1997. emimusic, April 23, 2010. YouTube.



Jihad In London.

“You and your children will be next”: Islamic fanatics wielding meat cleavers butcher and try to behead a British soldier, taking their war on the West to a new level of horror. By Arthur Martin et al. Daily Mail, May 22, 2013.

Open Jihad in South London. By Monica Crowley. Monicamemo.com, May 23, 2013.

Terror in London and Boston shows our world has changed. By Mike Lupica. New York Daily News, May 23, 2013.

Chris Hayes: London Muslim Butchers “Are Just Murderers” And Not Terrorists. Video. Real Clear Politics, May 23, 2013.

London Machete-Wielding Attacker: “You Will Never Be Safe.” Video. Real Clear World, May 23, 2013. On YouTube here, here, and here. ITV.




To the Slaughter. By Mark Steyn. National Review Online, May 24, 2013.

Islam’s Parallel Emirate in the U.K. By Andrew C. McCarthy. National Review Online, May 25, 2013.

Woolwich and Britain’s Approaching Show-down. By David Pryce-Jones. National Review Online, May 24, 2013.

Blood on the Streets of Woolwich. By Anthony Lane. The New Yorker, May 23, 2013.

Britain Has Been In Denial About the Islamist Threat. By Douglas Murray. Wall Street Journal, May 23, 2013.

Woolwich was a case study in the banality– and the idiocy – of evil. By Fraser Nelson. The Telegraph, May 23, 2013.

Was the London killing of a British soldier “terrorism”? By Glenn Greenwald. The Guardian, May 23, 2013.

A New Generation of Political Terrorists. By Saadia Faruqi. Tikkun Daily, May 23, 2013.

Moral illiterates weigh in on Woolwich. By Terry Glavin. Ottawa Citizen, May 24, 2013.

Boko Haram’s Spirit Comes to London. By Ben Cohen. Commentary, May 24, 2013.

How Muslims should respond to terror. By Fareed Zakaria. GPS. CNN, May 25, 2013.

Muslim groups urge consultation over government plans to combat extremism. By Sam Jones. The Guardian, May 26, 2013.

UK in Crisis Mode Over London Slashing. By Walter Russell Mead. Via Meadia, May 27, 2013.

The Crushing of Middle Eastern Christianity. By Richard L. Russell.

The Crushing of Middle Eastern Christianity. By Richard L. Russell. The National Interest, May 10, 2013.

Israel Is a Small Country In a Big, Bad Neighborhood. By Margaret Wente.

Israel is a small country in a big, bad neighbourhood. By Margaret Wente. The Globe and Mail, May 11, 2013.

Muslim writer touts Israeli tolerance of minorities. By Ariel Ben Solomon. Jerusalem Post, May 24, 2013.

Diversity Makes Life Rich: An Ordinary Day in Israel. By Diana Bletter. The Huffington Post, May 20, 2013.

Wu Guanzheng, Retired Chinese Anti-Corruption Official, Asks Why Jews Are So Smart. By Isaac Stone Fish.

Retired high-ranking Chinese official asks why Jews are so smart. By Isaac Stone Fish. Foreign Policy, May 23, 2013.

President Obama’s Speech on Counterterrorism Strategy at National Defense University.

President Obama Speaks on the U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy. Video. WhiteHouse.gov, May 23, 2013. YouTube. Transcript at the New York Times.

Barack Obama on the 9/11 attacks. Hyde Park Herald, September 19, 2001. Also find it here and here.

Obama’s 9/11/2001 Reaction Repeated in UN Speech. By Joel Pollak. Breitbart, September 25, 2012.

The President’s Speech. By Walter Russell Mead. Via Meadia, May 25, 2013.

Rhetorical vs. Substantive Change in Obama’s Security Policy. By Max Boot. Commentary, May 23, 2013.

O “ends” terror war. By John Podhoretz. New York Post, May 23, 2013.

Obama Can’t Have It Both Ways on Terror. By Jonathan S. Tobin. Commentary, May 24, 2013.

Ralph Peters Blasts Obama’s Counterterrorism Speech. Video. America Live with Megyn Kelly. Fox News, May 24, 2013.

Obama’s Cynical War Speech. By Andrew C. McCarthy. National Review Online, May 25, 2013.

Obama’s Speech: Hamlet as Wartime Leader. By Bing West. National Review Online, May 23, 2013.

The War Professor; Authorize This. By Rosa Brooks. Foreign Policy, May 23, 2013. Brooks is one of the legalist left that Mead says Obama targeted his speech at.





Peter King Defends Drone Program, Rejects Obama’s “Moral Anguish.” By Daniel Foster. National Review Online, May 26, 2013.

Obama’s Speech: No More Drone Strikes? By John Yoo. National Review Online, May 23, 2013.

Why Gitmo Was Not Closed from the Get-Go. By James M. Wall [anti-Semite]. Wallwritings, May 24, 2013.

Not Doing “Whatever It Takes.” By Jim Talent. National Review Online, May 24, 2013.

Lindsey Graham: “I’ve Never Been More Worried About Nat’l Security.” Video. Fox News Sunday, May 26, 2013.

Obama Bows to the Islamic Street. By James Traub. Foreign Policy, May 24, 2013.

Obama’s Artful Anguish. By Ross Douthat. New York Times, May 25, 2013.

Fox News Sunday Panel on Terrorism, May 26, 2013. Hulu. Transcript.




Aaron Klein Podcast, May 26, 2013. News Talk Radio 77 WABC. Includes critique of Obama speech.

Obama Believes Terror Threat Reduced to Pre-9/11 Level. By Robert Burns. AP. Breitbart, May 25, 2013.

Homeland Security Committee Chair Michael McCaul: Obama Wants to Take U.S. Back to Pre-9/11 Preparedness. Video. Breitbart, May 26, 2013.

Bush’s war on terror is over. By Peter Bergen. CNN, May 26, 2013.

Back from perpetual war. The Irish Times, May 27, 2013.

The Other War on Terror. By Jane Harman. Foreign Policy, May 24, 2013.

Realism and Fantasy at the NDU. National Review Online, May 27, 2013.

In Terror Shift, Obama Took a Long Path. By Peter Baker. New York Times, May 27, 2013.

What Hasn’t Changed in the War on Terror. By Gerald F. Seib. Wall Street Journal, May 27, 2013.

The Retreat Doctrine. By Bret Stephens. Wall Street Journal, May 27, 2013. Also find it here. Video.




President Obama Declares Defeat in Global War on Terror. By John Bolton. The Daily Beast, May 28, 2013.

Our Ambivalent Commander-in-Chief. By Max Boot. Commentary, May 28, 2013.

Obama, Drones, and the Need for Transparency and Oversight. Winning Progressive, May 29, 2013.

The World Without America. By Richard N. Haass.

The World Without America. By Richard N. Haass. Project Syndicate, April 30, 2013.

How to build a second American century. By Richard N. Haass. Washington Post, April 26, 2013.

America’s Blinders. By Kishore Mahbubani.

America’s Blinders. By Kishore Mahbubani. Project Syndicate, May 24, 2013.

Female Suicide Bomber Injures 18 in Dagestan. By Arsen Mollayev.

Dagestan Suicide Bombing Injures 18 In Russian Region. By Arsen Mollayev. AP. The Huffington Post, May 25, 2013.

Ellie Rubenstein: “Everything I Love About Teaching Is Extinct.”

Teacher Resignation Video: Ellie Rubenstein Explains “Everything I Love About Teaching Is Extinct.” By Sara Gates. The Huffington Post, May 23, 2013.

In Pursuit of Happiness. Video by Ellie Rubenstein. Iquityoucantfireme, May 21, 2013. YouTube.



The K-Pop Plastic Surgery Obsession. By Zara Stone.

The K-Pop Plastic Surgery Obsession. By Zara Stone. The Atlantic, May 24, 2013.

The Rise and Fall of Charm in American Men. By Benjamin Schwartz.

The Rise and Fall of Charm in American Men. By Benjamin Schwartz. The Atlantic, June 2013. Also here.

8 Dating Turnoffs Men Over 50 Should Stop Doing. By Lisa Copeland. The Huffington Post, May 24, 2013.

For Putin, Paranoia Trumps Legitimacy. By Seth Mandel.

For Putin, Paranoia Trumps Legitimacy. By Seth Mandel. Commentary, May 22, 2013.

The World Still Needs American Hard Power. By Robert Kaplan.

The World Still Needs American Hard Power. By Robert Kaplan. Real Clear World, May 23, 2013.