A New Old Regime
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 31st, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
A New Old Regime
Scott Johnson, National Review
Every day the headlines bring news of the Obama administration’s rule by executive edict. From the regularization of illegal-immigrant DREAMers, to the rewriting of Obamacare and of federal drug laws, to the imposition of onerous environmental laws by agency regulation, the administration exercises or threatens to exercise executive power to write and rewrite and waive the duly enacted law of the land. Now Obama threatens to regularize the immigration status of millions more illegal immigrants by decree as well.
Israel Can’t Let Up in War on Terror
Steve Huntley, Chicago Sun-Times
T here is a lot of talk about how Israel is faring in the propaganda war over terrorism in the Gaza Strip. There can be little doubt, though, that the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with the firm backing of 90 percent of Israeli Jews, is determined to win the actual war, to accomplish the worthy goal of crippling Hamas’ ability to wage terror on Israeli civilians.
Why Bill de Blasio Smears the NYPD
Michael Goodwin, New York Post
Maybe he’s feeling guilty about that glitzy vacation, or maybe he overindulged on “la dolce vita.” Whatever the cause, Mayor Bill de Blasio came home full of hot air.Less than an hour after two federal marshals and a city cop were wounded in a gunfight with a fugitive sexual predator, the mayor repeated many of his slanders of the NYPD. To say his timing was bad understates his boorish elitism toward the dangerous work of policing.
Who Lost Iraq?
Ari Fleischer, RCP Changing Lanes
The former White House press secretary discusses the turmoil in Iraq.