Remembering 1960s Afghanistan, the photographs of Bill Podlich

Patrick Traylor The Denver Post 1/28/2013

In 1967, Dr. William Podlich took a two-year leave of absence from teaching at Arizona State University and began a stint with UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) to teach in the Higher Teachers College in Kabul, Afghanistan, where he served as the “Expert on Principles of […]

Sheila ‘Security Risk’ Jackson-Lee Nominated for Homeland Security Post

Trevor Loudon New Zeal 7/30/2013

The pro-communist Congressional Black Caucus has nominated far left Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee to replace Janet Napolitano as Homeland Security Secretary.

Communist affiliated Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson has taken himself out of contention, but has decided to endorse Jackson-Lee…

…Sheila Jackson-Lee, like many of her Congressional Black Caucus and Progressive […]

WNBC reporter Ida Siegal doesn’t know what the hammer & sickle symbol represents

Jim Treacher The DC Trawler The Daily Caller 5/3/2013

Has it really been that long?

Maybe our moral, ethical, and intellectual betters in the media aren’t hiding the fact that so many lefties are outright communists. Maybe they don’t even know what communism is.

Washington Free Beacon:

NBC reporter Ida Siegal, while covering a May […]

Margaret Thatcher actually stood for something

John J. Metzler WorldTribune.com 4/12/2013

Margaret Thatcher, the British Conservative Prime Minister, between 1979-1990, was a Revolutionary.

As the first female Prime Minister she emerged as a truly transformational figure both on the domestic and foreign front and soon challenged the entrenched interests with a stance that promoted freedom and economic liberty. She stood on […]

Did Recording the McConnell Meeting Violate State Law?

Orin Kerr The Volokh Conspiracy 4/12/2013

I blogged below about whether recording the McConnell meeting violated federal law; in this post I’ll offer some thoughts on whether it violated state law. With the caveat that I had never looked at Kentucky’s surveillance statutes until an hour ago, my sense is the answer is pretty unclear […]

Lady Thatcher, Britain’s first female prime minister, has died

Andrew Sparrow Politics Blog The Guardian [UK] 8 Apr 2013

 

 

 

12.58pm BST [7:58 am EDT] The Press Association has filed an obituary from Chris Moncrieff, its former political editor. Here is how it starts.

Margaret Thatcher was the woman who, virtually single-handed and in the space of one tumultuous decade, […]

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