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Cornerstones

From The Shadows of The New York City Skyline, A Homesick Longing For Simple, Silent Lessons

By Steve Schippert
There are many influences in the making of a man. Discipline instilled by parents, openness inspired by wives and the immediate maturity demanded at the birth of a child. There is also for some the peace of faith, the selflessness commanded by uniformed service and the pain of loss and error. These are the big things, hard to miss, and the man embraces each and all. Then there are the little things more easily missed. The images, sounds and smells...

Commentary | June 10, 2010 2:00 AM | | Feedback (0)

United States of America

Fallen Vietnam Vets: Honor By Understanding

We Should Honor Our Fallen Vietnam Veterans by Properly Understanding Their Living Comrades

By Warren Wilkins
Thirty five years after the fall of Saigon, the Vietnam War remains a profoundly misunderstood chapter in American history. More troubling still, the courageous warriors dispatched to wage that divisive conflict--America's Vietnam veterans--remain equally misunderstood. For years, the cultural portrait of America's Vietnam veteran revolved around two crude caricatures: the murderous misanthrope who relished despoiling Vietnamese villages and butchering babies; or alternatively the psychologically shattered, maladjusted wretch shuffling about the fringes of polite, civil society. The latter is a creature...

Commentary | May 28, 2010 1:30 PM | | Feedback (0)

United States of America

Examining Target New York

Initial Analysis Of The Times Square Bombing Attempt

By Steve Schippert
Following the attempted car bombing outside the Viacom building at Times Square in New York City this past Saturday, some of the immediate speculation has turned to information. Much of the rest remains informed speculation but speculation nonetheless. With over 48 hours now past since the initial incident, an analysis of knowns and unknowns is warranted. It is important that the American public access and understand this information, particularly those who live and work in the New York City metro...

PrincipalAnalysis | May 4, 2010 12:45 AM | | Feedback (1)

Israel

Fading Veneer: Dispatching An Israeli Irritant

The Obama Administration Is Working To Discredit and Ultimately Unseat Bibi Netanyahu

By Steve Schippert
Israel is on its own. Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu has known this since January 2009. The Obama administration has known this since November 2008. And now the American public is coming to know it, for President Obama's thin veneer of plausible deniability has been wearing thin. The New York Times today reduces that veneer of words to a transparent plastic wrap over the Obama administration's deeds and actions against Israel. We are to now believe that, because of threats to...

Commentary | April 15, 2010 6:50 AM | | Feedback (1)

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June 24, 2010

Border Surveillance

The FAA has approved the use of Predator Drones to beginpatrolling the U.S. border with Mexico (at least as of September 1, 2010). This is a step beyond that launched by Texas when it unilaterally authorized the use of its...

By Jay Fraser at 6:10 AM | | Feedback (0)

June 22, 2010

Mexico Joins Suit Against Az 1070

Excuse me? This situation is getting more and more confusing by the day. Mexico on Tuesday filed a brief in federal court in Arizona supporting a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a tough new immigration law, Mexico's foreign ministry said....

By Jay Fraser at 7:34 PM | | Feedback (0)

Legal Immigrants Stand Against Illegal Workers

In what may be the next front of the illegal immigration debate, two women in the state of Washington (both naturalized and in the United States legally) are collecting signatures on a petition to promote Washington State initiative I-1056. This...

By Jay Fraser at 10:37 AM | | Feedback (0)

June 21, 2010

The Arizona Dilemma

The impending implementation of controversial Arizona 1070 has now led to the Administration making it clear that stopping it is a priority . Rather than taking purposeful action to secure the border with Mexico, the focus of the Administration is...

By Jay Fraser at 10:03 PM | | Feedback (0)

June 14, 2010

On Flag Day: The Pledge

This may be my favorite tribute song or video, a James Hooker adaptation of the Pledge of Allegiance. Thank you, Mr. Hooker. And thank you to all who who have hoisted, honored and defended the American flag for all it...

By Steve Schippert at 12:40 PM | | Feedback (0)

BERJAYA

March 17, 2010

1. Attorney General Eric Holder argued in testimony that bin Laden has the same Constitutional rights as Charles Manson "or any other mass murderer." The unilateral slide from warfare to lawfare continues.

2. Said to be seeking unified military command, US forces in Afghanistan are being brought under NATO command, currently headed by US General Stanley McChrystal.

3. Rift between the Obama administration and the Netanyahu government in Israel remains amid sprinkling of reports suggesting mends. The arguments are often personal and insulting and the impact immense.

4. General Petraeus testified that Iran is assisting al-Qaeda leadership maintain links to regional franchises, a reminder that the principal threat from Iran remains terrorism and not the more widely argued nuclear tension.

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