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The Irish Times reported that he was admitted to St Vincent's Hospital in Dublin after falling ill at his home on Friday, and died shortly afterwards. Fisk won numerous awards for his coverage of the Middle East, where he reported from 1970s. But he also drew controversy for his sharp criticism of the US and Israel, and of Western foreign policy. Covering wars in the Balkans, Middle East and North Africa for UK newspapers over five decades, the New York Times described him as "probably the most famous foreign correspondent in Britain" in 2005. Born in Maidstone, Kent in 1946,...

A Thorough Fisking Of Obama’s Executive Orders On Gun Control Let's examine. First, from the White House: Over the past decade in America, more than 100,000 people have been killed as a result of gun violence—and millions more have been the victim of assaults, robberies, and other crimes involving a gun. Many of these crimes were committed by people who never should have been able to purchase a gun in the first place.  And yet the CDC says firearms are "an important crime deterrent," if you want to put stock in a government entity for an obvious answer. The benefits...

Saw this as an ad on American Thinker. It so warmed my heart to think that we present such a threat! I'm sure we'll find that it's funded by Center for American Progress, or Tides, or whatever 527 Matrushka doll...

PORTLAND -- A state board will investigate whether a Beaverton teacher was on his own time or using state resources while he organized liberals to crash Oregon tea parties. On Thursday, Jason Levin was put on paid leave by the Beaverton School District. Levin has gotten national attention for a "Crash the Tea Party" Web site that called for opponents to infiltrate the events and behave outlandishly. That raised suspicion he was doing political work during schools hours. Beaverton School District spokeswoman Maureen Wheeler confirmed Levin was placed on paid administrative leave as of Thursday while they conduct an internal...

About 10 years ago, my business required a great deal more windshield time than it does now: time spent listening to a lot of talk radio. I recall a question that Rush Limbaugh posed to his audience, “Why did the Republicans lose the ‘96 Presidential election?” Several callers attempted to answer the question, but no one had “the” answer. If El Rushbo answered his question on-air, then it was after I had gotten out of the car, so I never learned his response. If I could have had an opportunity to give a response, my answer would have been this:...

(See this thread for example. And this one too.) A Danish political Cartoon Has caused such a furor, and soon Muslims expressed their ire Settin' embassies on fire What if they met Toles (that buffoon)?

Maureen Dowd begins her book Are Men Necessary? with a confession: "I don't understand men." If only she'd left it at that, we could simply add "men" to the long list of subjects into which she has no particular insight: history, psychology, philosophy, religion, economics, literature, art, constitutional law, international diplomacy, and several other topics upon she comments in her twice weekly column for the New York Times. But Dowd had to go and write a book about men and women, and Putnam had to go and publish it, and now it's sitting on my desk, waiting to be reviewed,...

I thought you might like to see the email I sent Juan Cole in response to his August 8th post about my husband. Sorry if it runs a little long - "Was American journalist Steve Vincent killed in Basra as part of an honor killing? He was romantically involved with his Iraqi interpreter, who was shot 4 times. If her clan thought she was shaming them by appearing to be having an affair outside wedlock with an American male, they might well have decided to end it. In Mediterranean culture, a man's honor tends to be wrought up with his...

Folks, I apologize for the vanity posting, but what I read in the New York Times Magazine outraged me so much, that I couldn't help but blog. And after I blogged, I still felt outraged, and I had to spread that outrage around. Read this, read what Kerry said, read what I have to say about it, then reflect that he very well might be the next Commander-in-Chief. God save us. The Nuisance Factor I have to opine on the topic that everyone is talking about, and that is of course Kerry's interview with the New York Times Magazine (not...

http://www.capitalideasblog.com/archives/2004/10/kerrys_economic.html The main point is that Kerry is not offering a middle-class tax cut as he continually claims. It's only a few targeted tax credits for a less-than-majority segment of the population. Agree? Disagree?

A must read to get to this part: "....and remenber Captain Crunch and the Father-of-all 527's."

8.30amIndependent introduces web chargesCiar ByrneThursday April 24, 2003The Guardian The Independent: hoping to bring its website into the black  The Independent is following in the footsteps of the Times and the Financial Times by charging users to access parts of its website.Selected areas of Independent.co.uk, including opinion pieces, articles by celebrated Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk, the news and sport archive and the cryptic crosswords, will carry a charge from this week.While much of the site's content will remain free, the Independent is hoping to bring the website into the black by erecting barriers in these four areas as part...

WAR WITH IRAQ Rioters Stab L.A. Times ReporterBy Paul WatsonTimes Staff Writer April 16, 2003 MOSUL, Iraq --[...] But the mob wanted blood, and I could see two men who had pulled out knives. "Let me through — I want to kill him!" screamed one. After several minutes of struggling and stone-throwing, the mob knocked me to the ground and kicked me repeatedly in the head and back before stabbing me in the buttocks.[...]

To: Mr. Robert Fisk (& The Independent) A while ago, we read your article entitled "Robert Fisk: Why does John Malkovich want to kill me?” Although we are well aware that any objective coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is strongly resisted by certain groups, we were shocked to see how far they are willing to go. We are writing to let you know that we support you, admire and respect your persistent endeavor to voice the truth. This hate mail emanates from a minority, (albeit a very vocal, well organized and connected one). Still, they dread the day truth will...

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