After lingering at 99.9 inches for a day or so, Boston finally passed the 100-inch barrier for snowfall this season. And normal life, so hard for weeks now, just seems to get more and more difficult. As of noon Wednesday, Boston’s Logan International Airport had officially received 101.8 inches (259 centimeters) for the season, according […] Continue reading →
Jeff Jacoby, It has always made Americans uncomfortable to think of their nation as the world’s policeman. John Quincy Adams avowed nearly two centuries ago that the United States “goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy”; today, Barack Obama declares that America’s focus must be on “nation-building here at home.” A broad swath […] Continue reading → United States and Turkey have no intention of saving Kurds of Kobani. A supposedly errant airdrop of weapons falling into the hands Islamic State fighters outside Kobani in Syria was not a mistake. IS has in its possession tons of armaments taken from retreating Iraqi forces and the latest haul does not add significantly to […] Continue reading → “They aren’t flying B-1 bombers, bombing American cities…But they are going to be bombing American cities coming across from Mexico… All you have to do is ask the border patrol.”- Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) From a purely military standpoint, bombing alone has always proven to be ineffective and a waste of time, money, and resources […] Continue reading → Military Times – by Andrew Tilghman with Gina Harkins, David Larter, Stephen Losey, Hope Hodge Seck, Michelle Tan and Jeff Schogol As the tide of war rises again in the Middle East, the military’s rank and file are mostly opposed to expanding the new mission in Iraq and Syria to include sending a large number […] Continue reading → Jonah Goldberg, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly wants a mercenary army to supply the ground forces in the latest installment of the war on terror. And it seems the smart set can’t stop laughing. The Washington Post’s media blogger, Erik Wemple, called it an “insane” idea and suggested that allowing O’Reilly to peddle the idea […] Continue reading → The top U.S. military leader opened the door Tuesday to U.S. troops on the ground in the fight against the Islamic State, testifying before Congress that he could recommend “U.S. military ground forces” if the international coalition being formed proves ineffective against the terror group. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey made the […] Continue reading → US security team members claim. A U.S. security team in Benghazi was held back from immediately responding to the attack on the American diplomatic mission on orders of the top CIA officer there, three of those involved told Fox News’ Bret Baier. Their account gives a dramatic new turn to what the Obama administration and […] Continue reading → U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said he’s open to a review of whether to allow transgender people to serve in the military. “I do think it continually should be reviewed,” Hagel said today on ABC’s “This Week” program. “I’m open to that.” Since the 2011 repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy banning gay […] Continue reading → Adam Silver wants you to know that he is really, really not David Stern. That’s the main takeaway from today’s remarkable press conference in which the new NBA commissioner banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling from the team and the league for life for making racist statements. Silver also levied the maximum $2.5 million […] Continue reading → Thomas Lifson It was all too obvious last night that the only reason President Obama gave his speech to the nation was that it would have been too embarrassing to cancel it. The result was inconsistent and unsatisfying at any level. (Transcript here) Obama commandeered the nation’s airwaves to call for a “diplomatic pause” in […] Continue reading → Ryan Newman is replacing Martin Truex Jr. in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship as part of NASCAR’S penalties against Michael Waltrip Racing for manipulating the outcome of last weekend’s race at Richmond. Two independent people familiar with the situation described the penalties to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because NASCAR had […] Continue reading → Sean Hannity and Col. Allen West were in agreement last night that an isolated military strike on Syria is not the best course of action, fearing, among other outcomes, that the attack could spark an Iranian retaliation against our ally Israel. Hannity voiced his distrust of Iran and why he thinks a strike on the […] Continue reading → Pentagon knew this in 2012 Securing Syria’s chemical weapons stockpiles and the facilities that produced them would likely require the U.S. to send more than 75,000 ground troops into the Middle Eastern country, MailOnline learned Wednesday. That estimate comes from a secret memorandum the U.S. Department of Defense prepared for President Obama in early 2012. U.S. […] Continue reading → Speaking from the White House Friday afternoon, President Obama said he is considering military action in Syria that does not involve boots on the ground but stressed a final decision about whether to strike has not been made. “I have not made a final decision about various actions that might be taken,” Obama said. “As […] Continue reading → By John James Kirkwood On his journey to meet Charles Haddon Spurgeon for the first time, a nearly 400 lb. Dwight Lyman Moody passed a billboard featuring Spurgeon holding a big, black cigar. When they met, Moody indicted Spurgeon, “Do you know what you’re doing to the temple of the Holy Spirit with those […] Continue reading →