items from Richard Beahr

1. Christopher Hitchens thinks Islamo Fascism is the right term. Mike Adams on why the Islamo Fascists get away with hate speechhttp://www.slate.com/id/2176389/http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MikeSAdams/2007/10/22/ why_islamic_fascists_get_away_with_hate_speech2. Stuart Taylor who co-wrote a great book on the Duke lacrosse case, has a sensible take on the current food fight in Congress over the renewal of various governmental eavesdropping programs .http://nationaljournal.com/taylor.htm3. The war in Iraq is going better. Repeat 3 times, , in case you missed this story in the New York Times...Jeff Emanuel : http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/10/ the_surge_is_only_the_first_st.htmlVictor Davis Hanson: http://article.nationalreview.com/print/? q=OGRlOTA5ZTJmZTYyZGRjMTI3MzFmYTdiMmNiYTQ2NmM=Michael Ledeen: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119283901152765565.html4. From one of the great journals in the English language- City Journal, Andre Glucksman on the "progress" from the H-bomb to the human bombhttp://www.city-journal.org/html/17_4_modern_terrorism.html5. Niall Ferguson still sees war as a real possibility with Iran http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe- ferguson22oct22,0,1458042.column?coll=la-opinion-centerRalph Peters on one nuke program down, one to go? http:// www.nypost.com/seven/10222007/postopinion/opedcolumnists/ nuke_nightmare.htm?page=3ABC with news on the Israeli strike on Syra: http://abcnews.go.com/ WN/story?id=3752687&page=1Is America tightening the noose around Hezbollah by negotiating for a military base in Lebanon? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ content/article/2007/10/21/AR2007102101230.htmlNo shock here- Mohammed El Baradei. says be happy, don't worry, Iran is years away from a nuclear program http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/ iowa/breaking/104795.htmlAnd no shock here either. The very solid Dick Cheney with a warning to iran: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/washington/22cheney.html? _r=1&ref=us&oref=slogin6. Not sure if I buy the math on this one- that high immigration and high immigrant birth rates will grow Britain's population by a third . In any case, the caucasian population of Britain is headed down..http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html? in_article_id=488938&in_page_id=17707. Global warming delusionshttp://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=1100107638. Stephen Plaut on the nefarious farm lobbyhttp://www.www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx? GUID=2639D548-83C2-4A61-9BC3-5128F1FA81779. Barry Rubin on illusions that never diehttp://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite? cid=1192380615999&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull10. Jonathan Rosenblum sees problems in the American Jewish community in terms of support for Israelhttp://www.jewishworldreview.com/jonathan/rosenblum_apathy.php3