Friday, April 1, 2011
Obama's Islamist Middle East
Jeffrey Kuhner, Washington TimesPresident Obama is presiding over the end of American dominance in the Middle East. Across the region, U.S. power is receding - and radical Islam is filling the void. Mr. Obama has betrayed our allies and emboldened our enemies. He is slowly helping make the Middle East safe for jihadists, thereby undermining America’s national security.Contrary to the spin of the mainstream media, the fever that is sweeping the Middle East is not some long-suppressed desire for political liberty.
To Save the Country, We Need 'Grand Bargains'
Mort Kondracke, Roll CallOne last time: the United States will not solve its monumental problems — which threaten our future as a great nation — without a series of grand bargains between Republicans and Democrats.We need grand bargains to tame the burgeoning federal debt, which threatens the next generation’s ability to invest and grow — big bargains to reduce spending (especially entitlements) and reform taxes.
First Snowpack Report of 2011
As you know, we’ve had some crazy weather this fall and early winter.�We’re off to�a good start, but keep in mind that despite all this early precipitation, it is�still too early to tell with certainty what the 2011 rafting season will be like. If we had a dry weather pattern develop between now and April, [...]
The Nation: GE's Immelt Wouldn't Know About Jobs
It was reported last week that General Electric paid no taxes last fiscal year, despite making more than $14 billion in profits. John Nichols of The Nation argues that in light of this information, GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt does not belong as the chair of President Obama's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.
Whitewater Rafting in Mystery Fiction
Since O.A.R.S. is an adventure travel outfitter, specializing in whitewater river trips, we’re always on the lookout for good books about the sport. Sure, there are lots of useful guidebooks, instructional manuals and such, but there’s nothing like diving into a rip-snorting novel that takes place on roaring rapids of a whitewater river to get [...]
Tea Partiers Rally For Deeper Cuts
With Congress haggling over another continuing resolution to prevent a government shutdown, members of the Tea Party movement gathered on the lawn near the Capitol Building Thursday. They oppose the deal now taking shape and want deeper spending cuts.
What We're Reading, March 29-April 4
A memoir of living in close quarters with Susan Sontag; a novel set in the world of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho; and a young-adult novel that covers the very adult themes of labor camps in 1941 Lithuania.
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