What America Has Lost  —  It's clear we overreacted to 9/11.  —  Nine years after 9/11, can anyone doubt that Al Qaeda is simply not that deadly a threat?  Since that gruesome day in 2001, once governments everywhere began serious countermeasures, Osama bin Laden's terror network has been unable …

Enduring Obama's pressure  —  Op-ed: PM Netanyahu should take advantage of broad support for Israel in America  —  Yoram Ettinger  —  support among Americans is as robust as always, expected to be reinforced following the midterm November 2010 election.  —  Anyone claiming …

Democrats Plan Political Triage to Retain House  —  WASHINGTON — As Democrats brace for a November wave that threatens their control of the House, party leaders are preparing a brutal triage of their own members in hopes of saving enough seats to keep a slim grip on the majority.

Palin Derangement Syndrome Outbreak: There Are Still Five A's in Raaaaacism … Some things are predictable — i.e., that the Palin-haters would decide it was a good time to recycle the old SPLC/LGF attacks on me in order to exploit my interview with Todd Palin for a guilt-by-association smear.

Iran ‘stoning woman’ to be lashed over photo: son  —  Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, has also been sentenced to 99 lashes for a photo published of her without a headscarf, according to her son.  —  In an interview published on the website …

Fearing for image, First Lady's aides warned against Spain vacation  —  The New York Times reports First Lady Michelle Obama's aides cautioned against her going on the early August European vacation in which she stayed at a 5-star resort in Spain and mingled with royalty.

In defense of Alan Simpson  —  (updated below)  —  The President's Deficit Commission is designed to be as anti-democratic and un-transparent as possible.  Its work is done in total secrecy.  It is filled with behind-the-scenes political and corporate operatives who steadfastly refuse to talk to the public about what they're doing.

Inside Al Qaeda  —  Nine years after 9/11, Osama bin Laden's network remains a shadowy, little-understood enemy.  The truth, as revealed by one of its fighters, is both more and less troubling than we think.  —  The incident didn't get much international attention at the time …

My Response To Stephen Bainbridge's Ad Hominem Attack  —  According to Stephen Bainbridge, suddenly I'm a holier than thou purist with no tolerance and an enemy of the good, ... along with my ilk.  It's difficult to see Bainbridge as the good here, given his mis-labeling me so falsely, while ignoring my arguments.

Glenn Beck's “Restoring Honor” Rally, a Week Later  —  Last Saturday, Glenn Beck held his “Restoring Honor” rally in Washington, DC.  Reason.tv's segment on the event, which went up a few hours after its conclusion, is above.  (Shot by Jim Epstein with help from Josh Swain …

Broke—and Building the Most Expensive School in U.S. History  —  Benches that talk, a Cocoanut Grove auditorium, and a marble slab engraved with quotes from Ted Kennedy.  —  Los Angeles  —  At $578 million—or about $140,000 per student—the 24-acre Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools complex …

What Kind of Socialist Is Barack Obama?  —  The assertion that Barack Obama is a socialist became a hallmark of the 2008 presidential campaign.  His opponent, John McCain, used Obama's own extemporaneous words to an Ohio plumber as Exhibit A: “When you spread the wealth around,” Obama had said, “it's good for everybody.”

After his hand was chopped off, Kerala college sacks lecturer  —  KOCHI: Adding insult to injury, a Kerala college has sacked its lecturer whose right hand was chopped off by activists of radical outfit PFI for preparing a controversial Malayalam question paper with alleged derogatory references to Prophet Muhammad.