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Obama’s U.N. Speech and Israel – by Joseph Klein

Much commentary about Barack Obama’s speech to the United Nations Wednesday has focused on his description of pre-Obama America as a deadbeat, lawless, foot-dragging country that tortures innocent Muslims, or did until his glorious ascension to the right hand of power. The predictable emphasis on the speech’s most offensive aspects overlooks more dangerous points yet:…

David Frum and David Horowitz continue their debate.

Up until Binyamin Netanyahu’s speech to the General Assembly on Thursday, one might have thought Israel was celebrating the events at the United Nations this week. “Obama spoke clearly in his speech,” Netanyahu told the Israeli press, “about Israel as a Jewish state.” To Israel’s Channel 2 news he said, “The president said let’s come…

In a recent speech to the Air Force Association, Defense Secretary Robert Gates conceded that the rapid modernization of the Chinese military is casting into doubt the long-term prospects for continued U.S. influence in the Western Pacific. While no surprise to interested observers, what is indeed surprising is how little interest the Obama Administration seems…

Why Are Jews Liberals?By: David Forsmark FrontPageMagazine.com | Friday, September 25, 2009 Why Are Jews Liberals?**By Norman Podhoretz****Doubleday, $27.00, 337pp.** In recent years, political polling has recorded undeniable gains for the pro-life movement. What used to be a 2 to 1 advantage for the term “pro-choice” over “pro-life,” has now shrunk to basically 50-50. But…

The Three R’s in the Age of Obama: Rappin’, Revolution and RadicalismBy: Michelle Malkin FrontPageMagazine.com | Friday, September 25, 2009 When the White House announced plans for the president’s nationwide address to schoolchildren two weeks ago, worried parents were dismissed as “kooks.” We pointed to the subtext of “social justice” activism rampant in American classrooms.…

Obama’s U.N. Speech and IsraelBy: Joseph KleinFrontPageMagazine.com | Thursday, September 24, 2009 President Obama delivered his long-awaited speech to the United Nations General Assembly yesterday, Wednesday, September 23rd. The address was entitled “Responsibility for our Common Future”. He claimed major accomplishments in fighting al-Qaeda, dealing with climate change, working for peace in the Middle East,…

“I am not naïve,” President Obama insisted yesterday, as he delivered his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly. And, indeed, some components of his remarks – including his call for sterner action to halt Iran and North Korea’s nuclear programs – were reasonable enough. But nothing more corroded the seriousness of the president’s…

Collaborators in the War Against the Jews: Norman FinkelsteinBy: John PerazzoFrontPageMagazine.com | Thursday, September 24, 2009 Norman Finkelstein’s luck was to be born (in 1953) to parents who had survived the Holocaust. With audacious perversity, Finkelstein has drawn upon this birthright in legitimating the anti-Semitism that he has perfected into something like a nightclub routine…

A Bomb in Every IssueBy: Jamie GlazovFrontPageMagazine.com | Thursday, September 24, 2009 Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Peter Richardson, the editorial director at PoliPointPress, lecturer in the humanities department at San Francisco State University, chair of the California Studies Association, and author of American Prophet: The Life and Work of Carey McWilliams (University of Michigan,…

Still Handling Homeland Security With a 9⁄10 AttitudeBy: Michelle MalkinFrontPageMagazine.com | Thursday, September 24, 2009 Terror suspect Najibullah Zazi has done us all a favor. But is it enough to rouse a nation in permanent snooze-button mode? The arrest of Zazi, a Colorado-based Afghan airport shuttle driver who counterterrorism officials believe may have been plotting…

FrontPage Interview’s guest today is David Yerushalmi, a litigator specializing in securities law, public policy relating to national security, and public interest law. He serves as general counsel to several policy think tanks, including the Center for Security Policy in Washington, D.C., headed up by former Reagan administration official Frank Gaffney, and the Institute for…

Geert Wilders’ Fight – by Veronique Chemla