15 September 2014 - Granite Grok

September 15, 2014

Is the UN Fair to Israel?

Israel is a vibrant democracy with full rights for women and gays, a free press and independent judiciary. You would think that the United Nations would celebrate such a country. Instead, the UN condemns Israel at every turn to the point of obsession. How did this happen? Anne Bayefsky, director of the Touro Institute on …

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Obama’s “Abuse of Power” (and Is That Something Pink I See?)

It is a suitable whipping boy when you need it, and a laxative when you want it… In a May 2013 speech to a military audience at the National Defense University, Mr. Obama portrayed the law (President Bush’s Authorization for Use of Military Force resolution in 2001) as dated and as a potential blank check …

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