Obama’s Constitutional Overreach… and Israel

To advance its diplomatic opening to Iran, the administration spied on both law-abiding US citizens and on US lawmakers.
Germans Stock Up on Weapons for Self-Defense

Germans, facing an influx of more than one million asylum seekers from Africa, Asia and the Middle East, are rushing to arm themselves.
The War is Getting Closer

The most recent Republican presidential debate was a breath of fresh air on the terrorism challenge that is front and center in American politics right now.
An Old-New Solution for an Old-New Problem

The BDS (Boycott, Divest and Sanction) movement which masquerades as a humanitarian bulwark against the evils of “occupation” is ostensibly nothing more than the most recent incarnation of old-fashioned, hard-core, pernicious anti-Semitism.
When All Else Fails, Erdogan Calls Israel

Erdogan came to office in 2003 with a policy of “zero problems with neighbors,” but has since led Turkey to problems with most, if not all, of them.
No Surrender This Time

France faces a future of ethnic civil war at worst, and periodic terrorist attacks and political tumult at minimum. Yet its difficulties—both geopolitical and demographic—can be overcome with patience and determination.
Suspicious Device Forces Air France Flight to Make Emergency Landing

An Air France flight en route from Mauritius to Paris was forced to make an emergency landing in Kenya after a suspicious device was found on board.
After Paris, Marine Le Pen’s National Front Is Here to Stay

France is turning Navy blue, Marine Le Pen’s color (“Marine” means “Navy” in French, among other things).
A No-Go-Zone for Muslims in America?

The media organizations that act like they are indifferent to the security concerns of ordinary Americans are well on the way to becoming “no-go-zones” for accurate and truthful news and information.
Trump: Ban Islamists, Not Muslims

Donald Trump, the leading Republican presidential candidate, called on Dec. 7 for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on.”