Chechnya: A Troubled Land
News out of Boston today has focused attention on the increasing extremist violence in Russia’s North Caucasus region, as two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings have been identified as Chechnya...
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Morning Bell: Don't Fall Into the Boston Immigration Trap
FBI/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom As the country continues to reel over the attacks in Boston last week, some in Washington quickly looked for ways to use the attacks to justify their political goals on...
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Social Media and the Boston Attack: The Good, the Bad, and the Confused
Newscom Reddit, the website that styles itself the Internet’s front page, apologized yesterday to the people hurt by its overhasty attempts to capture the Boston bombers last week. Administrators are...
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What Motivated the Boston Bomber’s Trip to Russia?
FBI/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom As details emerge regarding Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s 2012 trip to Dagestan and Chechnya, which his family has insisted was merely to visit with relatives, fresh questions arise...
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Congress Takes On U.N.’s Richard Falk over Boston Comments
Keiko Hiromi/Polaris/Newscom Outraged Members of Congress are circulating a letter demanding that the Obama Administration take action against U.N. Special Ambassador Richard Falk, the man who had the...
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Boston Bombers Have Roots in the Ungovernable, Islamist North Caucasus
The North Caucasus has emerged as an ungovernable safe haven for terrorists, as the government of Russia is at the end of its wits as to how to stem the Islamist insurrection. The brothers who...
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Boston Bombers Received Welfare Benefits
FBI/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom According to the Boston Herald and other news sources, the family of the Boston Marathon bombers received large amounts of welfare benefits. This calls attention to the...
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Morning Bell: President Obama Is Tired of Fighting Terrorism
Polaris/Newscom “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender…” These...
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Will President Obama Call the London Attack Terrorism?
JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom President Obama refused to call the London terror attack terrorism yesterday in his major speech on countering terrorism. In fact, he did not even utter the word...
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How Government Shut Down the Chinatown Bus
Nicolaus Czarnecki/ZUMA Press/Newscom The federal regulatory apparatus has made Americans poorer and less safe, and it has eliminated hundreds of jobs by shutting down 41 bus companies in the past...
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Chicago, Other Cities Face Huge Tab for Their Government Pensions
It turns out that many city public pension plans are just as underfunded as various state plans are. For instance, Chicago has only about $22 billion in pension assets to pay for $66 billion in...
View ArticleObama Administration Uses Stimulus Money to Support Ads Attacking Soda
As part of President Obama’s economic stimulus, the federal government has doled out $230 million for communities to combat obesity rather than create jobs or boost the economy. In many cases, the...
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Fair or Fowl? Big City Mayors Want You to “Eat Les Chikin”
Same-sex marriage is a hot-button issue that divides the country and arouses passions on both sides. Dan Cathy, the president of Chick-fil-A, in a recent interview with the Baptist Press responded to...
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Morning Bell: Standing with Boston
Keiko Hiromi/Polaris/Newscom America is at its best when it faces adversity with courage, confidence, and determination. That recipe of “what makes us who we are” holds for hurricanes, disasters, and...
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World Recoils from Boston Marathon Bombing
Keiko Hiromi/Polaris/Newscom The world has reacted to the Boston marathon bombings with horror and compassion, much as it did to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. This reaction reflects...
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Security and Liberty: How to Maximize Both
Keiko Hiromi/Polaris/Newscom The horrific terrorist attack in Boston this week, and the ensuing investigation to find the person or persons responsible, once again highlight the age-old question: How...
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Lessons Learned from the Tragic Boston Marathon Bombing
Newscom Enough time has passed to identify some important, early lessons from the tragic events surrounding the bombing of the Boston Marathon. Here are a few things that, even now, are evident:...
View ArticleChechnya: A Troubled Land
News out of Boston today has focused attention on the increasing extremist violence in Russia’s North Caucasus region, as two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings have been identified as Chechnya...
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Morning Bell: Don’t Fall Into the Boston Immigration Trap
FBI/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom As the country continues to reel over the attacks in Boston last week, some in Washington quickly looked for ways to use the attacks to justify their political goals on...
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Social Media and the Boston Attack: The Good, the Bad, and the Confused
Newscom Reddit, the website that styles itself the Internet’s front page, apologized yesterday to the people hurt by its overhasty attempts to capture the Boston bombers last week. Administrators are...
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