Foreign Policy
In Case You Missed It - Bill Moloney in Human Events
Bill Moloney, a regular contributor to A Line of Sight, has a piece featured by Human Events today. Bill is the former Colorado Commissioner of Education, and also has a real love of foreign policy and politics. His writing has appeared in several publications including the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Washington Times, [...]
Pelosi’s Free Trade Veto Draws Fire
Nancy Pelosi stuffed another critical piece of legislation in her purse – this time damaging both American interests and those of an important ally in the process. Last week she strong armed the Democrat caucus into voting with her to indefinitely block a free trade agreement with Columbia that has been years in the making. [...]
Jimmy Carter Interviews to be Obama’s Secretary of State
As the 39th President, Jimmy Carter is remembered for run-away inflation, for being unable to free hostages trapped in Tehran for 444 days, for insulting American citizens for being in a “malaise,†and for making nice with PLO terrorist Yasser Arafat. Carter was perhaps our biggest Presidential foreign policy disaster.Â
Now, though, he’s volunteered to go [...]
The Lost Children of Sudan
 If you dig deeply enough in the mainstream media you might on rare occasion find a story about the tragedy that has befallen Sudan for most of the last generation. Claudia and I have befriended and pledged support for a group of refuge girls in the Boulder community that call themselves the Lost Girls of [...]
Gunman Kills 8 in Attack on School in Jerusalem
“We bless the operation. It will not be the last.”
–Hamas
Just in case there was any doubt about the intentions of Hamas, read this. At least, Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas of the Fatah party condemned the attack.
Teamsters Endorsement Trumps Free Trade for Obama
As if you needed any evidence that Democrats kowtowing to labor unions trumps every other campaign promise, consider Barack Obama’s announced opposition to the Korean Free Trade Agreement as proof.
Democrats, beholden to the unions, routinely oppose free trade agreements by falsely claiming that expanding global market opportunities somehow damage American workers. The Korean FTA is [...]
The Plight of Women amid Radical Islam
A 19-year-old woman was kidnapped at knife point by a male companion and gang raped. She was sentenced to six months in jail and beaten severely with a whip. The man who kidnapped her and the others who gang raped her are not charged with any crime. The law in her country dictates that incident [...]
Sarkozy: “I love Americaâ€
Nicolas Sarkozy addressed a joint session of Congress on Nov. 7 during his first visit to America as the President of France. Not only did he dignify the damaged reputation of his homeland after the embarrassing anti-American era of Jacques Chirac, but he gave a rousing tribute to America that was reminiscent of Ronald Reagan [...]
North Korea to Pull Plug on Nukes
Once upon a time, not so long ago, George W. Bush was being lambasted by his innumerable opponents for his unwillingness to engage in bilateral negotiations with nuke-seeking Kim Jong-Il. Bush was aware of the North Korean leader’s pattern of cutting a deal with the U.S. previously only to break it and play America off [...]