Cornel West

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For the entire Cornel West profile, click here. Selected highlights from the Cornel West profile: Cornel West is a Professor of Religion and African American Studies at Princeton University…. He is a longtime member of the Democratic Socialists of America, for which he currently serves as Honorary Chair. He is also a co-chair of Michael Lerner‘s Tikkun Community. […]

MARK STEYN: CRU’s Tree-Ring Circus, National Review Online

My favorite moment in the Climategate/Climaquiddick scandal currently roiling the “climate change” racket was Stuart Varney’s interview on Fox News with the actor Ed Begley Jr. — star of the 1980s medical drama St. Elsewhere but latterly better known, as is the fashion with members of the thespian community, as an “activist.” He’s currently in […]

JENNIFER RUBIN: Holding Holder Accountable, Weekly Standard

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) is in the news again, for the first time since then-chairman Mary Frances Berry tried to prevent seating a George W. Bush appointee. This time, though, it is challenging liberal civil rights orthodoxies, and Democrats and left-leaning civil rights groups are the ones in the crosshairs. Since January, […]

Switzerland and the Minaret – WSJ.com

Nearly 58% of Swiss voters Sunday cast their ballots in favor of banning the construction of new minarets in the Alpine republic, a surprise result that led at least one Swiss member of parliament to declare that “the foundations of Switzerland’s direct democracy have failed.” That is clearly wrong. Swiss direct democracy shows its mettle […]

Iran defies United Nations with plans for 10 new nuclear plants | World news | The Guardian

Iran today sent a defiant signal to the international community by announcing plans to build 10 uranium enrichment plants days after it was condemned by the UN for concealing activities that are feared may be designed to produce an atomic bomb. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s government said the plants would be the same size as the main […]

Israel could release 980 Palestinians to free soldier, prosecutors say – CNN.com

srael could release 980 Palestinian prisoners in a possible deal to win the freedom of an Israeli soldier held captive by Hamas for three years, prosecutors disclosed Sunday.The number from Israel’s State Prosecutor’s Office is the first official estimate of how many Palestinians could be freed in exchange for Cpl. Gilad Shalit, who was captured […]

DIANA WEST: Justice for terrorists but not our soldiers?

During the Thanksgiving season especially, Americans should give thanks to our brave men in uniform, and women, too, fighting in hostile lands under atrocious conditions. But there’s another duty upon us as Americans with a debt of gratitude to our armed forces. We must recognize and protest the travesties of military justice that have tried, […]

White House praises IAEA’s censures of Iran – Washington Times

White House praises IAEA’s censures of Iran – Washington Times.

KIM STRASSEL: Cap and Trade Is Dead – WSJ.com

Kim Strassel: Cap and Trade Is Dead – WSJ.com.

Two Million Muslims to Stone Devil at Hajj – International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News – FOXNews.com

Two Million Muslims to Stone Devil at Hajj – International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News – FOXNews.com.