Why Is the U.S. State Department Backing a Lebanese Land (and Sea) Grab?
Demanding that Israel cede land in response to spurious claims.
March 6, 2018
How Samantha Power Deceived a Syrian Refugee about the White House’s Intention to Stop Assad’s Chemical-Weapons Attacks
The Obama administration also refused to act on—or reveal—direct eyewitness testimony it received of atrocities in Syria.
In 2013, Kassem Eid was present in one of the civilian areas subjected to sarin-gas attacks by Bashar al-Assad. After fleeing the country, Eid wrote a memoir of what he witnessed during the civil war, and tried to call the U.S. government’s attention to the atrocities being committed. He even met with then-UN Ambassador Samantha Power and hoped that she would bring his plea for help to the president. Based on Power’s recent defenses of President Obama’s failure to act at that time, Eid is now convinced of her duplicitousness:
March 6, 2018
How Samantha Power Deceived a Syrian Refugee about the White House’s Intention to Stop Assad’s Chemical-Weapons Attacks
The Obama administration also refused to act on—or reveal—direct eyewitness testimony it received of atrocities in Syria.
What the Rush to Defend Farrakhan Reveals about Left-Wing Anti-Semitism and “Israel Criticism”
When leftists lose their favorite excuse.
The Rise and Fall of Beyt She’arim, Birthplace of the Mishnah
And home to one of Judea’s last queens.
A Liberal Protestant Looks for the Roots of America’s Spiritual Crisis
Marilynne Robinson asks what we are doing here.