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[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets052611.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by John Yoo, former Department of Justice official under President George W. Bush to discuss how enhanced

Congratulations to Barack Obama and John Brennan. They evidently used the resources available to them to implement George W. Bush’s policies in the Global War on Terror. A quick and lethal covert action followed a decade-long intelligence operation, that began

With Osama bin Laden dead and buried thanks to the Navy SEALs, the Obama Administration needs to reevaluate America’s relationship with Pakistan. As Jay Leno joked last week, Osama bin Laden was not “hiding out” in Pakistan – he was

In a famous scene from the movie “The Graduate” the character played by Dustin Hoffman is trying to make his way through a party thrown in his honor to celebrate his college graduation. One of his parent’s friends pulls him

This is the latest in a series of exclusive interviews with Dr. Paul Kengor, professor at Grove City College, on his recent work, Dupes: How America’s Adversaries Have Manipulated Progressives for a Century, which is based on a remarkable volume

Many people are glad that Osama Bin Laden was shot last Sunday. Others think he’s still alive while others think he died years ago. But one idea that hasn’t been talked about much yet deserves an answer because of something

Americans have had a rude awakening. The military’s liquidation of Osama bin Laden a few days ago in a million-dollar, heavily secured compound close by a Pakistani military academy has brought home to many what had previously been understood by

It’s too late now, but the Obama administration made several major mistakes by killing Osama Bin Laden worth reflecting on. Most people are glad Bin Laden is dead, but we had much more to gain if we extracted him and

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow analyzes Osama Bin Laden’s past statements about the American economy and shows the effects of the war on terror on the US budget and cost of living. Eventually Maddow seems to reach the conclusion that Bin Laden’s

When President Obama announced the death of Osama Bin Laden to the nation Sunday night, he referenced himself more than 25 times during the speech. At the same time, he referenced the U.S. military only 3 or 4 times. It

Last night was a transcendent moment for Americans. News that Osama bin Laden had been killed–by U.S. forces, no less–triggered spontaneous joy that spilled over into the streets of our nation. All of us–almost all of us–were united in congratulating

When news broke that Osama Bin Laden had been killed in Pakistan by U.S. forces, Americans were elated. With chants of “U.S.A., U.S.A.,” citizens took to Times Square, the streets of D.C., and elsewhere to celebrate the fact that the

Osama Bin Laden was just a part of Al-Qaeda which is just a part of the Islamic terrorist effort which is just a part of the Islamist movement, so the announcement of his death tonight by the U.S. government makes

In the end, it took Donald Trump, billionaire CEO of Trump International and star of NBC’s “Celebrity Apprentice,” to get President Obama to release his original Certificate of Live Birth. But, of course, the story does not end there. At

Back in April 2009, I wrote a column, based around an interview with Army Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely (Ret.), called “Let Afghanistan Go.” Almost two years later to the day, here’s another go. Two more American soldiers were killed this

If you know someone who graduated high school in the last 10 years, they don’t remember the Kennedys. They don’t remember what John Kennedy did to this country. They don’t remember what it was like having someone with such popular

Thanks to what many believe to be a foolish decision by AOL, to engage Arianna Huffington to oversee what they hope will be a significant online national news content network, this editorial would appear to be an AOL approved view

Taut thriller nearly trips over its own political correctness… Source Code is a well-made movie with an engaging high-concept premise and — in a world where many movies don’t know how to land — a satisfying conclusion. Writer Ben Ripley

When I hear the phrase “rebel fighter” it conjures up images of Star War’s Luke Skywalker fighting the evil empire. So that must mean we are on the right side of this Libyan “kinetic” action, right? Perhaps. In regional conflicts

On Monday, more than 100 people were killed, and dozens injured, from an explosion in a weapons factory in Abyan province in Yemen, according to CNN. Yemen (CS Monitor) There is a bizarre story behind this explosion. On Sunday, around

HBO just can’t help themselves. Less than two weeks after the pay television giant announced Julianne Moore, 50, will play a 43 year old Sarah Palin during the 2008 Presidential election, the network announced its intentions to make another anti-GOP

In the rush to act in Libya, some liberals have conveniently forgotten many of the arguments they made opposing American intervention in Iraq. Whether one agrees with the President’s current course of action, the left’s old arguments against intervention in

During his appearance on CNN’s Piers Morgan show, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld admitted that the phrase ‘War on Terror’ was a misnomer when the question was forthrightly posed by Morgan. After admitting that he thought the label was

As Congressman Peter King ended hearings on a pertinent subject, danger signs are everywhere. Like Europe in the 1930s, America is sleepwalking towards world war. Our leaders and most of the mainstream press overlook or excuse them, or admonish those

Patrick Goldstein, the Minister of Hollywood Disinformation at the L.A. Times, is obsessed with convincing you that leftist dominance of Hollywood is a whiny conservative myth. Big Hollywood‘s indefatigable John Nolte, among others, has taken down Goldstein in numerous columns

This is the most recent installment of exclusive interviews with Dr. Paul Kengor, professor of political science at Grove City College, on his book revealing how communists, from Moscow to New York to Chicago, have long manipulated America’s liberals/progressives. Dupes:

This is the most recent installment of exclusive interviews with Dr. Paul Kengor, professor of political science at Grove City College, on his book revealing how communists, from Moscow to New York to Chicago, have long manipulated America’s liberals/progressives. Dupes:

Praise be, they’re back. MTV has recently announced the triumphant return of Beavis and Butt-head. Original series creator Mike Judge is on board to produce new episodes which will air on the one-time music network later this year. As John

President Obama’s budget hit Capitol Hill with all the enthusiasm a close talker with bad breath receives when getting on an elevator. Republicans rushed to news cameras with vigor usually only seen from Senator Chuck Schumer to rightly denounce it

Throughout decades upon decades of filmmaking, Hollywood has had a strong impact on the lives of Americans. On the television screen no less than the silver one, it has delivered a product that makes us smile at times, makes us

He is a popular speaker at Islamist gatherings and hailed in the New York Times as being among a group of “leading intellectual lights for a new generation of American Muslims looking for homegrown leaders who can help them learn

Well, better late than never, right? Not to take anything away from Peter Weir, who is a fantastic director, but does this mean that 20 years after the War on Terror ends we’ll finally see Hollywood’s First Attempt to Portray

Pete King is getting a lot of flack for the direction his planned hearings on homegrown Muslim radicalization have taken. But one aspect of the hearings that should be getting more attention–and credit–than it is concerns the Muslim Brotherhood. It

Charles Krauthammer calls Democrats out on their hypocrisy in calling for bi-partisan cooperation yet demonizing Sen. Joe Lieberman for working with Republicans on the global war on terror. Mark Shields only response is to point out Democrats who joined Republican

Recap: Radical funder George Soros’s $1 million gift to Media Matters, a left-wing character assassination machine, underwrites its campaign to stigmatize conservative ideas. For weeks Eric Boehlert of Media Matters attacked Glenn Beck because a disturbed viewer plotted to shoot

(Continued from yesterday) Recap: Radical funder George Soros’s $1 million gift to Media Matters, a left-wing character assassination machine, underwrites its campaign to stigmatize conservative ideas. For weeks Eric Boehlert of Media Matters attacked Glenn Beck because a disturbed viewer