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THE FUTURE OF EUROPE & ITS CULTURE:  ISLAMIC DOMINATION OF THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT, EUROPE'S REJECTION OF ISLAM & ISLAMIFICATION, OR HARMONIOUS INTEGRATION OF MUSLIM IMMIGRANTS INTO EUROPEAN SOCIETIES -- THE DIFFICULTY OF IMAGINING ANY OTHER FUTURE SCENARIO FOR WESTERN EUROPE THAN ITS BECOMING ISLAMICIZED OR HAVING A CIVIL WAR

THE SOURCE OF RECENT SUCCESSES OF EUROPE'S POLITICAL FAR RIGHT:  RIGHTWING RESISTANCE TO THE GROWING ISLAMIZATION OF EUROPE -- THE OPPOSITION OF RIGHTWING POPULISTS & NATIONALISTS TO IMMIGRATION FROM MUSLIM COUNTRIES & TO CONCESSIONS GRANTED TO MUSLIMS IN EUROPE -- FEAR & LOATHING OF ISLAMIC LAW & ATTEMPTS TO APPLY IT IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES -- FEAR THAT EUROPEAN CHRISTIANS WILL BECOME MINORITIES WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES -- FEAR THAT WESTERN-STYLE CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY WILL BE SUBVERTED BY THE ISLAMISTS AMOMG MUSLIM IMMIGRANTS

THE ISLAMIST MOVEMENT & STRATEGIC LAWSUITS AGAINST PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (SLAPP):  THE "LEGAL" JIHAD ISLAMISTS ARE WAGING AGAINST AMERICA & THE WEST -- ISLAMIST ORGANIZATIONS & INDIVIDUAL ISLAMISTS FILING LITIGATION TO INTIMIDATE, DEMORALIZE, & SILENCE CRITICS OF ISLAM & ISLAMISM -- FILING FRIVOLOUS & MALICIOUS LAWSUITS IN ORDER TO ABOLISH PUBLIC DISCOURSE CRITICAL OF ISLAM AS WELL AS TO ESTABLISH PRINCIPLES OF STRICT ISLAMIC LAW (SHARIA LAW) AS THE POLITICAL & LEGAL GOVERNING AUTHORITY IN THE WEST -- THE ISLAMIST ASSAULT AGAINST WESTERN CULTURE, CONSTITUTIONALISM, & THE RIGHT OF THE CITIZEN TO PARTICIPATE IN CIVIC AFFAIRS & SPEAK FREELY ABOUT PUBLIC ISSUES

OPTIMISM VERSUS REALISM IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY:  DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERS' DISMISSAL OF REALISM & THEIR ADOPTION OF THE MOST OPTIMISTIC ASSESSMENTS OF AMERICA'S ADVERSARIES IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS -- THE GREAT DANGER OF BIUILDING U.S. FOREIGN & NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY ON THE ASSUMPTION OF AN ADVERSARY'S SINCERITY & GOOD WILL -- THE NEED FOR THE U.S.A. TO PREPARE FOR THE WORST & CONDUCT BOTH DIPLOMACY & MILITARY PLANNING SIMULTANEOUSLY -- HOW THE DEMOCRATS CONFLATE FOREIGN POLICY ANALYSIS WITH ADVOCACY & LIBERAL IDEOLOGY, SHORTCHANGE MILITARY PREPARATIONS, & UNDERMINE CONTAINMENT & DETERRENCE OF U.S. ENEMIES

ENVIRONMENTALISM, CLIMATE CHANGE, & FAMINE:  THE TREND TOWARD GLOBAL COOLING, RISING FOOD COSTS DRIVEN BY THE ENVIRONMENTALIST AGENDA, & COMING FOOD SHORTAGES -- THE INCREASING NUMBER OF FOOD-RELATED DISTURANNCES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD -- NATURE & HUMAN ACTIVITY AS FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROBLEM

U.S. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY, INFORMATION DISSEMINATION, & INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS:  COUNTERING ANTI-AMERICAN PROPAGANDA IN THE ARAB MEDIA -- AL-HURRA (THE FREE ONE):  A U.S. GOVERNMENT FUNDED ARABIC LANGUAGE SATELLITE TELEVISION NETWORK WHOSE MISSION BY LAW IS TO PROVIDE ACCURATE & OBJECTIVE NEWS & INFORMATION TO THE MIDDLE EAST, ACCURATELY REPORTING U.S. POLICY & POLICY DEBATES, BUT NOT ADVOCATING POLICY -- PROVIDING CONTEXT & ANALYSIS SO THAT MIDDLE EASTERN VIEWERS CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS

THE U.S.A. -- POLITICS, SERIOUS PROBLEMS, & LACK OF EFFECTIVE NATIONAL LEADERSHIP:  THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2008 & ABSENCE OF THE REAL LEADERSHIP & VISION THAT ARE CRITICAL TO ADDRESSING AMERICA'S LOOMING CALAMITY ON MANY FRONTS, INCLUDING THOSE RELATING TO NATIONAL SECURITY & THE COUNTRY'S ENERGY NEEDS -- BARAK OBAMA'S SOP TO THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS, STATING HIS INTENTION TO KEEP AMERICA'S UNDEVELOPED DOMESTIC PETROLEUM RESERVES OFF LIMITS TO EXPLORATION & DRILLING & THEREBY DECLINE TO DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE ESCALATING DANGERS & FINANCIAL BURDENS OF U.S. DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL

THE WORLD OF THE POLITICAL FAR-LEFT -- EXTRENISM, PARANOIA, & VICTIMHOOD: THE PARADE OF "VICTIMS" AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY'S CONFERENCE ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN THE AGE OF PERMANENT WARFARE -- DISLOYAL & ANTIWAR ACTIVIST PROFESSORS CLAIM TO BE VICTIMS OF POLITICAL OPPRESSION & PERSECUTION & DECRY THE LOSS OF ACADEMIA AS A SANCTUARY, BOTH FROM PUBLIC OPINION & THE ENMITY OF PATRIOTIC CITIZENS & UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES -- POLITICALLY BIASED, RADICAL PROFESSORS CONDEMN U.S. GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE OF THE ACTIVITIES & COMMUNICATIONS OF SUSPECTED ISLAMIST TERRORISTS -- SUBVERSIVE "EDUCATORS" DEFEND THE "RIGHTS" OF THOSE WHO SEEK TO UNDERMINE AMERICAN FOREIGN & NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY

THE CONFLICT IN LEBANON:  IRAN, SYRIA, & HEZBOLLAH VERSUS THE WEST -- LEBANON AS A KEY BATTLEGROUND BETWEEN THE WEST AS A WHOLE & THE FORCES THAT SEEK TO DRAG THE MIDDLE EAST DOWN INTO FANATICISM, TYRANNY, & BARBARISM -- LEBANON AS THE FOCAL POINT OF THE ANTI-WESTERN STRATEGY OF IRAN & ITS ALLIES, SYRIA & HEZBOLLAH -- THE TRANSFORMATION OF IRANIAN POLITICS THAT IS BEING PLAYED OUT IN LEBANON & GAZA -- IRAN'S PLAN TO CO-OPT ARAB NATIONALISM, HAVE AN ACTIVE WAR WITH ISRAEL, BE VICTORIOUS IN THAT WAR, & SEIZE LEADERSHIP OF THE MUSLIM WORLD FROM THE SUNNIS & ARABS

THE BAKKEN OIL RESERVES IN THE GREAT PLAINS OF THE U.S.A. & CANADA:  HUGE DOMESTIC OIL RESERVES THAT COULD CHANGE THE POLITICAL ECONOMICS OF THE WORLD -- PLENTIFUL & CURRENTLY AFFORDABLE "HOME-GROWN" OIL THAT IS NEITHER CONTROLLED BY AN ISLAMIST OR CORRUPT REGIME IN THE MIDDLE EAST NOR HIDDEN UNDER A FEDERAL WILDLIFE RESERVE IN THE U.S.A. -- THE NEWS THAT WILL TEST GLOBAL WARMING THEORY, CLAIMS OF A MASSIVE BUILD-UP OF HUMAN-INDUCED GREENHOUSE GASES TRAPPED IN THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE, & OTHER PROPAGANDA EMPLOYED TO JUSTIFY THE ANTI-ENERGY & ANTI-DEVELOPMENT POLICIES ADVOCATED BY THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS -- CONSIDERATION OF FACTS INDICATING THAT A PERIOD OF NATURAL GLOBAL WARMING IS COMING TO AN END & WE ARE ENTERING A PERIOD OF NATURAL GLOBAL COOLING

THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT & THE LITERATURE OF ZIONISM:  THE ORIGINS & USES OF THE PHRASE DESCRIBING PALESTINE AS "A LAND WITHOUT A PEOPLE FOR A PEOPLE WITHOUT A LAND" -- THE ANTI-ZIONISTS' ATTACK ON THE PHRASE -- WAS THE PHRASE REALLY A ZIONIST SLOGAN?  WAS PALESTINE REALLY A LAND WITHOUT A PEOPLE?  JEWISH NATIONALISM IN THE CONTEXT OF THE HISTORY & CULTURE OF THE WEST DURING THE NINETEENTH & EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES

NORMAN BORLAUG -- THE FATHER OF THE GREEN REVOLUTION:  COMMENTARY ABOUT BORLAUG'S LIFE, WORK, & UNABASHED PERSPECTIVES ON AGRICULTURE, CHEMICAL FERLILIZERS, BIOTECHNOLOGY, GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS, & ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES -- HOW HE BROUGHT THE GREEN REVOLUTION TO THE THIRD WORLD

THE STATE OF ISRAEL & PALESTINIAN ARAB HISTORIOGRAPHY:  PALESTINIAN PERCEPTION OF THE JEWISH STATE AS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL -- PALESTINIAN PERCEPTIONS, THE PALESTINIAN REFUGEE PROBLEM, & THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT -- THE PALESTINIANS, INSTEAD OF SEARCHING FOR PATHS TO PEACE, ARE SEARCHING FOR MEANS TO WAGE WAR AGAINST & DESTROY THE STATE OF ISRAEL

MUSLIM IMMIGRATION INTO EUROPEAN COUNTRIES & ITS THREAT TO WESTERN CULTURE:  MUSLIM IMMIGRANTS & THEIR DRIVE TO IMPOSE THEIR LAWS, CUSTOMS, & TRADITIONS ON EUROPEAN SOCIETIES -- VISIBLE SIGNS OF THE RELUCTANCE OF EUROPEANS TO ACCEPT ISLAMIC WAYS -- GROWING POPULARITY OF ANTI-IMMIGRANT, NATIONALIST PARTIES THROUGHOUT WESTERN EUROPE -- INDICATIONS OF THE LIKELY EMERGENCE OF A CHRISTIAN, CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC, & ENLIGHTENED CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT REASSERTING EUROPEAN & WESTERN VALUES & INTENT ON DEFENDING & PRESERVING EUROPE'S HISTORIC IDENTITY

DEMOCRATIC PROSPECTS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2008:  PROLONGED DEMOCRATIC INFIGHTING BETWEEN THE HILLARY CLINTON & BARAK OBAMA CAMPS & ITS IMPACT ON DEMOCRATIC CHANCES IN THE ELECTION -- ONCE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS NOMINATED ITS CANDIDATE, HOW MIGHT THE PARTY RESUSCITATE ITSELF VERY QUICKLY & THEN GO ON TO WIN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION?  HOW MIGHT "MODERATE" (I.E., LIBERAL) REPUBLICANS INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF SUCH AN OUTCOME?

AGRICULTURE, THE WORLD'S GROWING POPULATION, & THE DEMAND FOR BIOFUELS: THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF GROWING MILLIONS OF ACRES OF CORN & SUGAR CANE FOR ETHANOL & PUTTING IN HUGE PALM OIL PLANTATIONS FOR BIODIESEL FUEL -- WHAT THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS & THE MEDIA HAVE FAILED TO REVEAL, AS REGARDS THE RELEASE OF SOIL CARBON INTO THE ATMOSPHERE AS CARBON DIOXIDE -- GOVERNMENTS ALLOWING THEMSELVES TO BE PRESSURED INTO A BLACK HOLE OF HIGHER FOOD PRICES, LOST FORESTS, & SLAUGHTERED ENDANGERED SPECIES

AL-QA'IDA -- THE DEBATE OVER THE NATURE OF ITS ORGANIZATION & LEADERSHIP: CENTRALIZED OR DECENTRALIZED -- WHEN IS A TERRORIST NETWORK CENTRALIZED? HOW CENTRALIZED IS AL-QA'IDA?   THE HISTORICAL EVIDENCE OF CENTRALIZATION -- REGROUPING & RELOCATION OF AL-QA'IDA'S SENIOR LEADERSHIP AFTER 9-11 -- HOW THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP REGAINED ITS STRENGTH AFTER LOSING AFGHANISTAN -- AL-QA'IDA AS THE MOST DANGEROUS TERRORIST ADVERSARY THAT AMERICA FACES, A TERRORIST NETWORK POSSESSING A LETHAL COMBINATION CAPABILITY & THE WILL TO CARRY OUT MASS-CASUALTY ATTACKS INSIDE THE U.S.A.

THE GREEN FIFTH COLUMN, GLOBAL WARMING PROPAGANDA, & ECONOMICALLY DESTRUCTIVE PUBLIC POLICY:   THE ENDEAVOR OF AMERICA'S ENVIRONMENTALIST ENEMIES & THEIR FELLOW TRAVELERS TO UNDERMINE THE GREAT ENGINE OF THE WORLD'S ECONOMY & THE BEACON OF LIBERTY TO THE WORLD -- PURSUIT OF THE ENVIRONMENTALIST POLICY AGENDA, DESTRUCTION OF THE FREE MARKET ECONOMY, & ENRICHMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS' SELF-SERVING POLITICAL ALLIES

HILLARY & BILL CLINTON & THE POLITICS OF LYING:  BLATANTLY LYING AS THE STANDARD PRACTICE OF THE CLINTONS ON THE NATIONAL POLITICAL SCENE DURING THE PAST SIXTEEN YEARS -- AN ACCOUNT OF A FEW OF THE MOST BRAZEN INCIDENTS OF CLINTONIAN FRAUD IN PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS, REMINDING AMERICANS THAT THE CLINTONS ARE VERY LOW-CALIBER POLITICIANS WHO CANNOT BE TRUSTED, IN OR OUT OF PUBLIC OFFICE

ENVIRONMENTALISTS VERSUS AMERICA'S ACCESS TO ENERGY SOURCES:  THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT AS A VEHICLE BY WHICH GREENS CAN PREVENT AMERICANS FROM HAVING ACCESS TO THE OIL THAT WOULD REDUCE TO SOME EXTENT U.S. DEPENDENCE ON OIL FROM THE MIDDLE EAST -- THE PROPOSED LISTING OF SEALS & POLAR BEARS AS ENDANGERED SPECIES, TO BE PROTECTED UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT FROM OIL EXPLORATION & EXTRACTION IN & AROUND ALASKA:  A DELIBERATE ATTACK BY ANTI-AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTALISTS ON THE SECURITY & ECONOMY OF THE AMERICAN NATION -- ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS AS ENEMIES OF THE U.S.A. THAT MUST BE DEMONIZED & DISCREDITED

CLIMATE CHANGE:  GLOBAL COOLING, INSTEAD OF GLOBAL WARMING -- WHAT THE SUNSPOT INDEX & THE EARTH'S CLIMATE RECORD INDICATE:  THE IRRELEVANCE OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE -- NO SCIENTIFIC OR FACTUAL BASIS FOR GLOBAL WARMING THEORY -- WHAT WARMS THE OCEANS:   SOLAR ACTIVITY, NOT CARBON DIOXIDE OMISSIONS

ARABS & WESTERNERS:  THE VAST CULTURAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ARABS & WESTERNERS -- ARAB CULTURE:  THE ENDEMIC HATRED OF JEWS THAT REFLECTS THE MUSLIM ARAB MINDSET -- THE FAILURE OF ARABS TO EXIST PEACEFULLY WITH ONE ANOTHER, DUE TO THEOLOGICAL SCHISMS -- THE ARABS' FAMILY & TRIBAL MENTALITY -- THE ANTI-WESTERN ATTITUDES OF ARABS THAT LITERALLY DATE BACK TO THE CRUSADES -- ISLAM AS AN AUTHORITARIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM, EXISTING TO ASSERT ABSOLUTE & TYRANNICAL CONTROL OVER TERRITORY & PEOPLES --THE CONFLUENCE OF OIL & RELIGION, MAKING THE ISLAMIC WORLD A TREACHEROUS PLACE, BUT ONE WHERE THE WEST HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO INTERVENE & EVEN IMPOSE ITS WILL BY FORCE OF ARMS

PALESTINIAN NATIONALISM & MILITANT ISLAM:  THE EXTENT TO WHICH PALESTINIAN NATIONALISM NOW INTERTWINES WITH ISLAMIST IDEOLOGY -- FATAH'S FUSION OF PALESTINIAN NATIONAL & ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS IN ORDER TO USE RADICAL ISLAM AS AN INSTRUMENT OF MOBILIZATION -- THE ISLAMIZATION OF THE ARMED STRUGGLE FOR PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD & THE DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL

WORLDWIDE DEPLOYMENT OF U.S. MILITARY FORCES:  FOWARD-DEPLOYMENT OF U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL IN FAR-FLUNG PLACES PREPARED TO DETER & DEFEAT AMERICA'S ENEMIES & TO DEFEND THE SOVEREIGNTY, INDEPENDENCE, & FREEDOM OF THE U.S.A. & ITS ALLIES -- ENDEAVORING TO MAINTAIN PEACE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE WORLD -- FOLLOWING THE ANCIENT ROMAN MAXIM:  "SI VIS PACEM, PARA BELLUM" ("IF YOU WANT PEACE, PREPARE FOR WAR")

THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY & CONTEMPORARY LIBERALISM:  THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AS A PARTY MORALLY & PHILOSOPHICALLY ROTTING FROM WITHIN -- THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AS A PARTY WHICH HAS, FOR SO MANY YEARS, EXPLOITED THE DIVISIONS IN AMERICAN SOCIETY ALONG CLASS, GENDER, ETHNIC, & RACIAL LINES -- THE STAGE SET FOR HUGE FRACTURES IN AND DEFECTIONS FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY & ITS EVENTUAL DEATH AS A MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY IN THE U.S.A. -- DEMOCRATIC PARTY TROUBLES AS MANIFESTATIONS OF THE UGLY REALITY OF MODERN AMERICAN LEFTWING LIBERALISM

IRAN, AFRICA, & LATIN AMERICA:  THE IRANIAN REGIME'S PURSUIT OF A COORDINATED DIPLOMATIC, ECONOMIC, & MILITARY STRATEGY TO EXPAND ITS INFLUENCE IN AFRICA & LATIN AMERICA -- IRAN'S SUCCESS IN VENEZUELA, NICARAGUA, BOLIVIA, SENEGAL, ZIMBABWE, & SOUTH AFRICA -- CHALLENGING U.S. NATIONAL INTERESTS IN THE AFRICAN & LATIN AMERICAN REGIONS -- CHALLENGING THE MONROE DOCTRINE IN LATIN AMERICA -- AFRICA AS IRAN'S NEXT FRONTIER -- THE DAMAGE THAT CAN BE DONE BY AHMADINEJAD'S OUTREACH STRATEGY -- THE NEED FOR THE U.S.A. TO DESIGN & IMPLEMENT A STRATEGY TO REVERSE AHMADINEJAD'S RECENT GAINS IN PURSUIT OF HIS GLOBAL STRATEGY TO UNDERMINE AMERICA & THE WEST

INCREASING ENERGY INTERDEPENDENCE:  AMERICA'S DEPENDENCE ON OIL & OUR NECESSARY INVOLVEMENT IN THE WORLD OIL MARKET -- NO SCARCITY OF OIL & OIL RESERVES -- FACTORS THAT DETERMINE THE PRICE OF OIL ON THE WORLD MARKET -- HOW U.S. ENERGY POLICIES ARE MAKING THE U.S.A. EVER MORE VULNERABLE TO THE UNCERTAINTIES OF THE GLOBAL OIL MARKET -- EXPENSIVE ILLUSIONS:  MAN-MADE GLOBAL WARMING, HUMAN-INDUCED CLIMATE CHANGE, & "ALTERNATIVE FORMS" OF ENERGY -- HOW CONGRESS & THE PRESIDENCY ARE SERIOUSLY MISMANAGING AMERICA

THE SORRY STATE OF THE MODERN CHURCH:  SEEKING TO FIND OR ESTABLISH COMMON GROUND BETWEEN THE ABSOLUTES OF RIGHT & WRONG -- MISBEGOTTEN ENDORSEMENTS OF POPULAR CULTURE & RADICAL POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES -- LOSING CREDIBILITY IN THE EYES OF THE PEOPLE IN GREATEST NEED OF CHURCH GUIDANCE -- RAPIDLY LOSING ITS POSITION AS A DOMINANT & VITAL INFLUENCE ON WESTERN CULTURE -- A RECENT MANIFESTATION OF THE DECLINE OF THE MODERN CHURCH:  THE COLLECTIVE DECISION OF SOUTHERN BAPTISTS TO ACCEPT THE "GLOBAL WARMING" PREMISE OF POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS

THE FAULTY ANALYSIS OF POLITICALLY-BIASED AMERICAN PROFESSORS OF MIDDLE EAST STUDIES:  ANTI-ISRAELI PROFESSORS' OCCUPATION WITH LAMBASTING ISRAEL'S DEFENSE POLICIES & THEIR CONSEQUENT FAILURE TO IDENTIFY AN APPROACHING INTERNECINE PALESTINIAN CONFLICT -- HOW THE MIDDLE EAST STUDIES PROFESSORS MISINFORM & MISLEAD FOREIGN POLICY DECISION-MAKERS IN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT

U.S. GOVERNMENT POLICY & THE PRICE OF FOOD:  AMERICAN BAKERS CALL ON CONGRESS TO CORRECT GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC & ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES THAT HAVE LED TO SOARING FOOD & OIL PRICES -- THE BAKERS DEMAND RECONSIDERATION OF DEVALUATION OF THE U.S. DOLLAR AGAINST FOREIGN CURRENCIES, ETHANOL POLICIES INVOLVING CORN, THE VERY LARGE NUMBER OF ACRES OF FARM LAND CURRENTLY BEING KEPT IN THE CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM, & ALL POLICIES BASED THE UNWARRANTED ASSUMPTIONS OF GLOBAL WARMING THEORY -- AT STAKE: THE ABILITY OF AMERICANS TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE

THE ISLAMIST THREAT:  THE CLOSE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN ISLAMISM & FASCISM -- THE WILL OF THE ISLAMISTS TO EXTERMINATE THE JEWS -- ISLAMIST DETERMINATION TO CONQUER THE WEST, SUBJUGATE CHRISTIANS, & EXTINGUISH POLITICAL OPPONENTS -- ISLAMISM VERSUS MODERATE ISLAM -- IRAN, ISRAEL, & THE WEST -- THE NEED TO FIGHT THE ISLAMISTS POLITICALLY, IDEOLOGICALLY, & MILITARILY

THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT -- A DEBATE:  THE ISRAELI POSITION VERSUS THE PALESTINIAN ARAB POSITION -- A DEBATE BETWEEN DAVID MEIR-LEVY & HATEM BAZIAN -- A DEBATE BETWEEN AN ISRAELI ACADEMIC & A PALESTINIAN RADICAL PROPAGANDIST

THE PROBLEM OF ESCALATING OIL PRICES:  HOW U.S. ENERGY POLICY FUNCTIONS AS A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO THE PROBLEM -- OTHER VAST FORCES AT WORK DRIVING UP THE PRICE PER BARREL OF OIL -- SPECULATION ON THE PART OF HEDGE FUNDS & OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- THE DECLINE IN THE VALUE OF THE DOLLAR AGAINST OTHER CURRENCIES -- THE LACK OF PRODUCTION CAPACITY IN THE WORLD OIL MARKET -- INTERNATIONAL INSTABILITY & PETROLEUM SHIPPING PROBLEMS -- NATIONALIZED OIL COMPANIES -- ARTIFICIAL SUPPLY CONSTRAINTS IMPOSED BY OPEC

RISING OIL PRICES, THE SINKING DOLLAR, U.S. ENERGY & ECONOMIC POLICY, & THE TROUBLED STATE OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY:  AMERICA'S BARGAINING POSITION ON THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC SCENE GROWING WEAKER & WEAKER -- HOW U.S. PUBLIC POLICY & THE ENVIRONMENTALIST MOVEMENT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO AMERICA'S DEPENDENCE ON OIL FROM HOSTILE FOREIGN STATES AND THEREBY WEAKENED THE AMERICAN ECONOMY -- HOW DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN MANUFACTURES IS UNDERMINING U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY -- THE LONGTERM HARMFUL EFFECT OF IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL-TRADE POLICIES ADVOCATED BY OPEN-TRADE UTOPIANS -- HOW THE RECENTLY PASSED ECONOMIC "STIMULOUS" PACKAGE WILL HARM THE AMERICAN ECONOMY, WHILE BENEFITING THE ECONOMY OF COMMUNIST CHINA

EXPOSING THE HOAX OF GLOBAL WARMING -- THE MESSAGE OF THE 2008 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE:  ABSOLUTELY NO SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATION FOR GLOBAL WARMING THEORY -- AMERICA IN THE GRIP OF A FORM OF INSANITY PERPETRATED BY THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS & LEGISLATED BY POLITICIANS WHO HAVEN'T A CLUE ABOUT THE WAYS THEY ARE WRECKING THE AMERICAN ECONOMY IN THE NAME OF SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT FROM THE SUPPOSED ILL EFFECTS OF HUMAN-INDUCED GLOBAL WARMING

ISLAM, ISLAMIC STATES, ISLAMISM, & THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSION OF ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE:   ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE IN THE CONTEXT OF STRATEGIES WEAK STATES & TERRORIST GROUPS ADOPT TO CONFRONT STRONGER MILITARY POWERS -- THE ISLAMIST WAY OF WAR & THE KILLING OF CIVILIANS -- RELIGIOUS FANATICISM, SUICIDAL IDEOLOGY, & MORAL INSPIRATION FOR THE STRATEGY OF TERRORISM -- PSYCHOLOGICAL MANIPULATION & THE CALL TO JIHAD -- EXPLOITATION OF WESTERN MORAL CODES TO CREATE A TACTICAL ADVANTAGE FOR THE ISLAMIST ENEMY -- HOW TO BALANCE WESTERN MILITARY NEEDS, INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW, & THE REALITY OF FACING AN ENEMY WHOSE TACTICS ARE NOT RESTRAINED BY ACCEPTED CONVENTIONS -- THE ABSOLUTE NEED FOR THE WEST TO WIN THE IDEOLOGICAL WAR AS WELL AS THE MILITARY ONE

THE EMERGENT PHENOMENON OF ISLAMIC POLYGAMY IN THE WESTERN WORLD:  THE TENDENCY OF WESTERN GOVERNMENTS TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY AS THE CONJUGAL MORES & ATTENDANT PROBLEMS OF SEVENTH-CENTURY ARABIA ARE IMPORTED INTO & ALLOWED TO TAKE ROOT IN THE WEST -- WHY THE INTRODUCTION OF & INCREASING TOLERANCE TOWARD ISLAMIC POLYGAMY SHOULD BE A CAUSE FOR WORRY IN THE WEST -- THE SHARIA VERSUS WESTERN JURISPRUDENCE -- ISLAMIC FAMILY LAW & GENDER DISCRIMINATION -- THE SHARIA, MISOGYNY, & SOCIETAL DISFUNCTION -- UNDERMINING WESTERN LEGAL SYSTEMS & THEIR FOUNDATIONAL VALUES -- YIELDING TO OR ACTIVELY PROMOTING ISLAMIST INFILTRATION & SUBVERSION OF WESTERN SOCIETIES -- WILL WESTERNERS DEFEND A HARD-WON HERITAGE OF FREEDOM & EQUALITY, OR WILL WE CONTINUE SLOUCHING TOWARD SHARIA & ISLAMIST DOMINATION?

BURGEONING OIL PRICES, PERSIAN GULF STATES, & SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS:  HOW PERSIAN GULF STATES ARE USING THEIR HUGE OIL PROFITS & SURPLUS FOREIGN EXHANGE TO PURCHASE ASSETS IN THE U.S.A. & OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES -- THE NATIONAL SECURITY IMPLICATIONS OF ARAB STATES ACQUIRING IMPORTANT POSITIONS IN INDUSTRIAL & OTHER BUSINESS CORPORATIONS IN THE WEST -- A POSSIBLE RESPONSE TO THE PROBLEM BY WESTERN STATES -- INTRODUCTION OF A STRICT POLICY OF REVIEWING LARGE AQUISITIONS BY SWFS, A POLICY DESIGNED TO MAKE IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT, OR EVEN ILLEGAL, FOR SWFS TO ACQUIRE ASSETS IN STRATEGIC SECTORS OF WESTERN ECONOMIES, FOR EXAMPLE, INFRASTRUCTURE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, MEDIA, & ENERGY

THE ENVIRONMENTALIST MOVEMENT & THE POLITICAL INDOCTRINATION OF AMERICAN YOUTH:  TURNING AMERICA'S YOUNG PEOPLE INTO ENVIRONMENTALIST IDEOLOGUES & RADICAL POLITICAL ACTIVISTS -- TRAINING THE YOUTH TO UNDERMINE HUMAN HEALTH & THE AMERICAN ECONOMY THROUGH OPPOSITION TO USE OF FOSSIL FUELS & NUCLEAR FISSION AS ENERGY SOURCES

EUROPE'S CURRENT POLICY TOWARD LIBYAN DICTATOR, TERRORISM SUPPORTER, & INTERNATIONAL TROUBLE-MAKER MUAMMAR QADHAFI:  EUROPEAN LEADERS CLAIM SUCCESS IN THE REFORM & REHABILITATION OF THE LIBYAN POLITICAL REGIME & CITE THEIR SOCALLED "SUCCESS" AS EVIDENCE THAT EUROPE'S POLICY OF SLOW, DELIBERATIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH ROGUE REGIMES WORKS -- THE REALITY:  QADHAFI'S ATTITUDES TOWARD HUMAN RIGHTS & TERRORISM REMAIN UNCHANGED -- NOT ONLY DOES QADHAFI CONTINUE TO SPONSOR TERRORISM & VIOLATE HUMAN RIGHTS, HE MAY AT ANY TIME USE THE EUROPEAN INJECTION OF CASH & TECHNOLOGY TO RESURRECT HIS WMD PROGRAMS

THE ENVIRONMENTALIST MOVEMENT VERSUS ECONOMIC GROWTH & PROSPERITY:  THE PROPOSED LIEBERMAN-WARNER CLIMATE SECURITY ACT & ITS THREAT TO THE AMERICAN ECONOMY -- THE FUTILITY AS WELL AS DANGER OF CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO FORCE REDUCTIONS IN CARBON DIOXIDE & OTHER SOCALLED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS INTO THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE -- WHY THE LIEBERMAN-WARNER ACT IS AN IRRATIONAL POLICY -- INCONVENIENT FACTS CONFRONTING GREENS:  THE FACT THAT CARBON DIOXIDE CONSTITUTES BARERLY 0.038 PERCENT OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE -- THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO THREAT OF HUMAN-INDUCED GLOBAL WARMING, THAT THE EARTH IS ACTUALLY SHOWING CLEAR SIGNS OF A NATURAL CLIMATE COOLING TREND -- NEEDED:  A MAJOR WAVE OF RESISTANCE TO ENACTMENT OF THE LIEBERMAN-WARNER CLIMATE SECURITY ACT

ENVIRONMENTALISM & THE ECONOMIC FUTURE OF EUROPE:  WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE EUROPEAN ECONOMY IF THE KYOTO PROTOCOL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IS FULLY IMPLEMENTED IN EUROPE?  A HALT TO ECONOMIC GROWTH & HUMAN PROGRESS -- A LONG, STEADY JOURNEY BACKWARD IN INDUSTRY, AGRICULTURE, TRANSPORTATION, & HUMAN HEALTH -- NO NEW APPLIANCES OR AUTOMOBILES -- NO NEW CONCRETE ROADS OR BRICK BUILDINGS -- NO NITROGEN FERTILIZER -- FACTORIES USING WATER WHEELS TO SAVE ELECTRICITY -- A LOW-ENERGY ECONOMY, MUCH LIKE THAT OF CUBA UNDER FIDEL & RAUL CASTRO

ISLAMIST ATTEMPTS TO SUPPRESS FREE SPEECH IN THE WEST:  THE ISLAMISTS' MIXED SUCCESS IN CURBING WESTERN FREEDOM OF SPEECH ABOUT MUHAMMAD -- PRESSURE BY MUSLIMS ON THE WEST TO CONFORM TO ISLAMIC CUSTOMS -- THE CONTEMPORARY (I.E., ISLAMIST) APPROACH:  HIGH-HANDED DEMANDS BACKED UP BY ANGRY MOBS, RIOTS, & TERRORIST PLOTS

THE PSEUDO-CONSERVATISM OF JOHN MCCAIN CONTRASTED WITH THE ACTUALITIES OF HIS REAL POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY:  THE LIKELY IMPACT THAT REVELATION OF MCCAIN'S REAL POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY WILL HAVE ON HIS POLITICAL FORTUNES IN THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN -- MCCAIN'S COVERT LIBERALISM AS A SERIOUS THREAT TO HIS VIABILITY AS THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT -- THE ENDEAVOR TO BRING INTO MCCAIN'S FOLD GRASSROOTS CONSERVATIVES, THE VERY PEOPLE HE HAS BETRAYED OVER THE YEARS IN EFFORTS TO EXPLOIT CLOSELY DIVIDED POLITICAL SITUTIONS FOR HIS OWN AGGRANDIZEMENT -- THE CURRENT ATTEMPTS TO SILENCE CONSERVATIVE TALK RADIO & PRESSURE CONSERVATIVES INTO ABANDONING THEIR OWN CONVICTIONS & PRINCIPLES

USING POLAR BEARS & THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT TO DESTROY THE AMERICAN ECONOMY:   ENVIRONMENTALISTS & GLOBAL WARMING ALARMISTS SEEKING TO GET POLAR BEARS LISTED AS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT, AN ESA LISTING WHICH COULD SPAWN LAWSUITS, IMPOSE ECONOMY-CRIPPLING RESTRICTIONS ON CARBON DIOXIDE & OTHER GREENHOUSE GASES, & RAISE ENERGY COSTS FOR CONSUMERS

MUSLIM PHYSICIANS & THE ISLAMIST MOVEMENT:  WHY MANY MUSLISMS TRAINED TO HEAL ILLNESS & RELIEVE HUMAN SUFFERING HAVE CHOSEN TO EMBRACE JIHADIST IDEOLOGY & SUPPORT ISLAMIST TERRORISM -- THE RADICALIZATION OF MUSLIM DOCTORS IN THE WEST AS WELL AS THOSE IN THE MIDDLE EAST & CENTRAL & SOUTH ASIA --WHY ISLAMISTS TARGET MEDICAL STUDENTS & PRACTICING PROFESSIONALS FOR POLITICAL INDOCTRINATION & RADICALIZATION -- THE ACTIVITIES OF ISLAMIST DOCTORS & MEDICAL STUDENTS IN THE WEST & THE CONSEQUENT EROSION OF MEDICAL ETHICS AS WELL OTHER ASPECTS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION -- HOW GOVERNMENTS & MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS IN THE WEST CAN COUNTER THIS THREAT -- PUTTING PRESSURE ON ISLAMIC POLITICAL REGIMES IN THE MIDDLE EAST & CENTRAL & SOUTH ASIA TO STOP THEIR FINANCIAL SUPPORT & THAT OF THEIR CITIZENS FOR RADICAL IDEOLOGICAL GROUPS

THE POSITION OF ISLAM IN THE U.S.A.:  THE ISLAMISTS' DEMAND FOR SPECIAL TREATMENT OF & SPECIAL PRIVILEGES FOR AMERICAN MUSLIMS -- MAKING DEMANDS THAT IGNORE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF AMERICAN GOVERNANCE, SUCH AS CONSTITUTIONALISM, REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY, SEPARATION OF POWERS, CHECKS & BALANCES, FEDERALISM, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW, & SEPARATION OF THE SPHERES OF GOVERNMENT & RELIGION -- THE GOALS OF SUCH DEMANDS:  SMASHING THE BEDROCK FOUNDATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY, DESTROYING THE RULE OF LAW, BREACHING THE AMERICAN SOCIAL CONTRACT, FREEZING THE AMERICAN MELTING POT, & PROMOTING ISLAMIC SEGREGATION, EXCEPTIONALISM, & SEPARATISM WITHIN THE PRESENT BORDERS OF THE U.S.A.

WHITEWASHING IRAN'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM:  THE WORK OF MOHAMED ELBARADEI AS DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY -- ELBARADEI AS A STRONGLY BIASED POLITICAL FIGURE, ONE ANIMATED BY ANTIPATHY FOR ISRAEL & THE WEST & ON WHAT HAS INCREASINGLY BECOME A SINGLE-MINDED CRUSADE TO RESCUE IRANIAN & OTHER FAVORED REGIMES FROM CHARGES OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROLIFERATION -- ELBARADEI'S SELF-IMPOSED MISSION TO HAMSTRUNG EFFORTS OF THE U.S.A. TO CONSTRAIN IRAN'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM

THE CURRENT SORRY STATE OF DISCOURSE IN THE CORRIDORS OF ACADEMIA:  WEEPING & WAILING OVER THE FIRING OF PRO-ISLAMIST ACADEMICS -- ALLEGATIONS OF "ACADEMIC FREEDOM VIOLATIONS" AGAINST UNIVERSITIES THAT DENY TENURE TO & TERMINATE THE EMPLOYMENT OF POLITICALLY BIASED, EXTREMIST PROFESSORS WHO DISSEMINATE PROPAGANDA JUSTIFYING TERRORISM & DEFENDING AMERICA'S ISLAMIST ENEMIES -- "ACADEMIC FREEDOM" CONFERENCES SEEKING TO GENERATE PUBLIC SYMPATHY FOR PROFESSORS WHO LOST THEIR POSITIONS AS A RESULT OF THEIR OWN UNPROFESSIONAL & CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR -- IGNORING THE REAL THREAT TO ACADEMIC FREEDOM:  ATTEMPTS TO SILENCE & PENALIZE LOYAL AMERICAN ACADEMICS WHO RESIST THE PREVAILING LEFT-LEANING, ANTI-WESTERN POLITICAL ORTHODOXY ON UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES

THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, DEMOCRATIC DEMAGOGUERY, POVERTY, & THE AMERICAN ECONOMY:  WHAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM OF POVERTY IN THE U.S.A. -- ADOPTION & IMPLEMENTATION OF MEASURES TO ENCOURAGE THE CREATION OF NEW JOBS -- REDUCTION OF GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS THAT STRANGLE ECONOMIC GROWTH -- REFORM OF OUR POORLY PERFORMING EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM -- WHY THE DEMOCRATS WILL LOSE THEIR SOCALLED "WAR ON POVERTY"

THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT:  WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN "PEACE PROCESS"?  FAILURE OF GAZA & THE WEST BANK TO DEVELOP INTO A VIABLE PALESTINIAN POLITICAL & ECONOMIC ENTITY -- THE ROLE OF YASSER ARAFAT IN CREATING THE CURRENT MESS IN PALESTINIAN SOCIETY -- THE ROLE OF MAHMOUD ABBAS -- THE ROLE OF HAMAS -- VICTIMHOOD & THE FAILURE TO ACHIEVE A TWO-STATE SOLUTION TO THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

THE WEST & ISLAMIC LAW:  INCREASING APPLICATION OF THE SHARI'A IN WESTERN SOCIETIES -- WHAT CAN BE DONE TO STOP THE SPREADING APPLICATION OF ISLAMIC LAW, A MEDIEVAL LEGAL SYSTEM DEEPLY AT ODDS WITH MODERN CIVILIZATION, BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS & WESTERN-STYLE CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY, A LEGAL SYSTEM THAT OPPRESSES WOMEN & TURNS NON-MUSLIMS INTO SECOND-CLASS CITIZENS?  AN ESSENTIAL FIRST STEP:  WESTERNERS MOUNTING A UNITED FRONT AGAINST THE SHARI'A

AMERICA'S DECAYING CULTURE & THE LIBERAL LEFTIST SOCIAL & POLITICAL FORCES THAT HAVE CREATED THE PROBLEM:  LIBERALISM & THE SORRY STATE OF AMERICAN CHILD-REARING, EDUCATIONAL, & POLITICAL SYSTEMS -- A CADRE OF LIBERAL SOCIAL ARCHITECTS & "FAMILY SERVICES EXPERTS" THAT HAS RENDERED AMERICAN PARENTS IMPOTENT TO DEAL EFFECTIVELY WITH BADLY BEHAVING CHILDREN & YOUTH -- SCHOOLS THAT TURN OUT FERAL, UNDISCIPLINED, ARROGANT, VULGAR, BARELY LITERATE, & POLITICALLY INDOCTRINATED GRADUATES & DROP-OUTS WHO ARE SERIOUSLY DILUTING THE QUALITY & WISDOM OF THE AMERICAN ELECTORATE -- AN ELECTORAL SYSTEM IN WHICH BOTH MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES & THEIR RESPECTIVE LEADERSHIP ELITES INTEND AN AGENDA WILL NOT PROVIDE ANY REAL SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF THE NATION'S DECAYING CULTURE, BUT WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE POWER & ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN THE LIFE OF THE INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN, WHILE STIFLING HIS ABILITY TO SEEK RECOURSE -- LIBERAL LEFTIST DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERS SEEKING TO DISMANTLE THE NATION'S ABILITY TO FORCEFULLY CONFRONT OUR ISLAMIST ENEMIES, SUBORDINATING AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY TO ACHIEVING MOMENTARY POLITICAL GAINS FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

THE "POLITICALLY CORRECT" PHILOSOPHY OF MULTICULTURALISM:  ANOTHER NAME FOR WESTERN DEMORALIZATION & ONE OF THE GREATEST DIFFICULTIES IN THE WEST'S CONFRONTATION WITH ISLAM DURING THE PAST DECADE -- FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE THE TRUE NATURE OF ISLAM & THE VIOLENCE THAT IS INHERENT IN ISLAMIC CULTURE -- FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE THE TRUE NATURE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION, & THE GREAT GOOD THAT IS INHERENT IN WESTERN CULTURE -- WESTERN MULTICULTURALISTS' INABILITY OR UNWILLINGNESS TO COMPREHEND THE REAL RELATION OF ISLAM & ISLAMIC CULTURE TO JIHADISM & TERRORISM -- THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DENIAL & BLINDNESS OF WESTERN ELITES REGARDING THE SERIOUS THREAT THAT THE ISLAMIC CHALLENGE POSES TO OUR WAY OF LIFE IN THE WEST

THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY & ITS AGENDA POLITICS:  HOW & WHY THE CIA FREQUENTLY WORKS AT CROSS PURPOSES WITH THE PRESIDENCY -- HOW CIA BUREAUCRATS ENDEAVOR TO UNDERMINE THE CREDIBILITY OF A PRESIDENT WITH WHOM THE THEY DISAGREE OVER ISSUES OF AMERICAN FOREIGN & NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY -- THE CIA'S INVOLVEMENT IN MAJOR POLICY INITIATIVES, WITHOUT COORDINATION WITH THE PRESIDENT, U.S. DIPLOMATS, MILITARY OFFICIALS, OR PENTAGON CIVILIANS -- THE LEAK AS THE RECOURSE OF THE DIGRUNTLED, BORED, OR POLITICIZED INTELLIGENCE ANALYST -- IRAN & IRAQ AS CASE STUDIES OF THE CIA'S AGENDA POLITICS -- THE CIA'S ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME OF THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, SEEKING THE DEFEAT OF PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH IN HIS REELECTION BID

THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS, THEIR ANTI-ENERGY POLICIES, & THEIR GLOBAL WARMING PROPAGANDA:  ADVOCATING PUBLIC POLICIES DESIGNED TO INHIBIT THE DISCOVERY, EXTRACTION, & USE OF FOSSIL FUELS AS SOURCES OF ENERGY -- DEFENDING SUCH ANTI-ENERGY POLICIES BY PROPAGATING THE THEORY OF CATASTROPHIC GLOBAL WARMING -- IGNORING THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE INDICATING THAT THE EARTH IS ON THE CUSP OF WHAT IS VERY LIKELY TO BE A VERY LONG COOLING & POSSIBILITY A FULL SCALE REPEAT OF THE LAST ICE AGE

JOHN L. ESPOSITO:  UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR, SPECIALIST IN ISLAMIC STUDIES, & APOLOGIST FOR ISLAMISM -- DISSEMINATING ISLAMIST PROPAGANDA -- DEFLECTING RESPONSIBILITY FOR ISLAMIC TERRORISM TO THE WEST, WHILE NEGATING THE NEED FOR SELF-REFLECTION AMONG MUSLIMS -- AIDING, ABETTING, & ADHERING TO AMERICA'S ISLAMIST ENEMIES

NOTIONS OF "ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE" & THE PUBLIC POLICY AGENDA OF ENVIRONMENTALISTS:  PROMOTING PUBLIC POLICIES THAT PREVENT ECONOMIC GROWTH, RESULT IN UNEMPLOYMENT, & PERPETUATE POVERTY, MISERY, POOR HEALTH, & PREMATURE DEATH IN POOR COUNTRIES -- HIGH TIME TO REEXAMINE LAWS & PUBLIC POLICIES BASED ON PERVERSE, DISTORTED CLAIMS OF JUSTICE & ENSURE THAT POLICIES ARE SET BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO LIVE WITH THEIR CONSEQUENCES, NOT BY POLITICAL IDEOLOGUES & ACTIVISTS WHO MERELY IMPOSE THE POLICIES ON OTHER PEOPLE, & THEN HEAD OFF ON ANOTHER ANTI-DEVELOPMENT CAMPAIGN

THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & SOCIETY:  COMPREHENDING THE TRIBAL FOUNDATION OF ARAB & IRANIAN CULTURE -- THE ANCIENT TRIBAL NOTION OF KINSHIP SUPERCEDING THE INFLUENCE OF ELECTED GOVERNMENT OFFICERS -- TRIBAL GROUP LOYALTY AS CRITICAL TO THE CULTURE -- NO LEGITIMATE LEADERSHIP EXISTING ABOVE THE HIERARCHY OF TRIBAL LEADERS -- UNWILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT STATE RULERS -- NEAR IMPOSSIBILITY OF HAVING A CONSTITUTION OR A REGIME OF LAW & ORDER, GENERATING A SOCIETY WHERE ALL GROUPS ARE ON AN EQUAL BASIS

AIDING & ABETTING ENEMIES OF THE U.S.A. DURING TIME OF WAR:  THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENTS OF STATE & DEFENSE EMPLOYING ADHERENTS OF ISLAMIST IDEOLOGY, BILLING THEM AS SPECIALISTS IN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES, & ENTRUSTING THEM WITH HUGE SUMS OF MONEY TO BRING SAUDIS AND EGYPTIANS TO AMERICA TO DISSEMINATE ISLAMIST PROPAGANDA -- TWO U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ENTRUSTED WITH PROTECTING AMERICA FROM ISLAMISTS ARE, IN FACT, HIRING & EMPOWERING THEM

JOHN MCCAIN'S STAUNCHEST & LOUDEST SUPPORTERS:  THE GREATEST THREAT TO A MCCAIN VICTORY IN THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION -- THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE STRIDENCE, AGGRESSIVENESS, & BRAZEN ARROGANCE OF MCCAIN'S HARDCORE SUPPORTERS WILL REMIND REAL CONSERVATIVES WHY THEY HAVE GOOD REASON TO SHAKE THE MISERABLE DUST OF THE MCCAIN CANDIDACY FROM THEIR FEET

ISLAM & ISLAMISM IN EUROPE:  THE SPOILS OF ISLAMIST "LAWFARE" & SUBVERSION IN EUROPEAN SOCIETIES -- LEGAL WRANGLING BY ISLAMISTS IN ORDER TO PUNISH & SUPPRESS OPPOSING OPINION, HINDER EFFORTS TO QUESTION ISLAMIC FAITH & PRACTICES, & ESTABLISH A REGIME WHEREIN NOTHING ISLAMIC IS SUBJECT TO CENSURE -- HOW COMMENDING THE MUSLIM PRACTICE OF STONNING A PERSON TO DEATH FOR ILLICIT PLEASURE CAN MAKE THE FORTUNE OF THE ONE WHO DOES THE COMMENDING -- THE CASE OF HANI RAMADAN & THE CANTON OF GENEVA

ISLAM IN GREAT BRITAIN:  THREAT TO BRITISH CULTURE, UNITED KINGDOM SECURITY, & WESTERN CIVILIZATION -- BRITISH APPEASEMENT CONCERNING THE WAR ON TERROR, THE NATURE OF THE FAMILY, & THE RULE OF LAW -- CHALLENGING & UNDERMINING THE VERY NATURE OF LIFE IN BRITAIN & THE WEST

THE ENVIRONMENTALIST MOVEMENT & AMERICA'S IMPENDING ENERGY CATASTROPHE: THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS' DRIVE TO ENSURE THAT AMERICA WILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH ELECTRICITY TO MEET ITS ENERGY NEEDS -- THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS USE THEIR PROPAGANDA ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING & GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TO SUCCESSFULLY DENY AMERICANS ELECTRICAL POWER

U.S. & WESTERN POLICY TOWARD GAZA, EGYPT, & ISRAEL:  TRANSFERRING GAZA TO EGYPTIAN JURISDICTION & RESPONSIBILITY -- HOW CAN IT BE DONE?

NOMINATING THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT:  IS IT INEVITABLE THAT JOHN MCCAIN WILL WIN THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION?  WHY CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS SHOULD REFUSE MCCAIN'S CALL FOR THEIR SUPPORT

THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL SELECTION PROCESS IN OPERATION:  PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES & PARTY CONVENTIONS -- POLITICAL RHETORIC & POLITICAL PROPAGANDA -- RIVAL PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS BARAK OBAMA, HILLARY CLINTON & JOHN MCCAIN, THREE POLITICAL OPPORTUNISTS WHO HELPED PUT AMERICA IN ITS PRESENT MESS -- THE EVENTUAL ARRIVAL OF WISDOM, WHICH WILL TELL US WE HAVE BEEN ARGUING OVER WHICH OF THREE UNPRINCIPLED POLITICAL RIVALS SHOULD BE ELECTED PRESIDENT & ALLOWED TO DIG THE HOLE DEEPER

ISLAMIC APOLOGETICS & INDOCTRINATION CARRIED ON IN AMERICA'S PUBLIC ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY SCHOOLS:  K-12 TEXTBOOKS THAT MISREPRESENT & GLORIFY ISLAMIC BELIEFS & HISTORY, OFTEN AT THE EXPENCE OF OTHER RELIGIONS & CULTURES -- K-12 TEXTBOOKS WRITTEN BY PROFESSORS WHO CONDUCT BIASED & DISTORTED MIDDLE EAST STUDIES PROGRAMS IN THE COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES -- ISLAMIST APOLOGISTS & PROPAGANDISTS WAGING THE JIHAD BY SUBJECTING AMERICAN CHILDREN & YOUTH TO PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE

ENVIRONMENTALISTS, ENVIRONMENTALIST PROPAGANDA, & THE CLEAN WATER ACT: EARTH JUSTICE & ITS MANIPULATION & DISTORTION OF THE RESULTS OF ITS PUSH POLL, SEEKING TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT RURAL VOTING DISTRICTS SUPPORT A VAST EXPANSION OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT, INCLUDING BRINGING FEDERAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY TO EVERY FIELD DRAINAGE DITCH, POND, & PRAIRIE POTHOLE IN THE U.S.A. -- THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE STORY REVEALED BY THE ACTUAL POLLING DATA & THE ONE EARTHJUSTICE PRESENTED IN ITS PRESS RELEASE

THE ABSENCE OF CIVIL LIBERTIES IN IRAN:  THE IRANIAN POLITICAL REGIME & ITS DENIAL OF THE RIGHT TO PEACEABLE ASSEMBLY & ORGANIZED DISSENT -- THE IRANIAN DICTATORSHIP'S CONTINUING SUPPRESSION OF LABOR UNION ACTIVITY -- THE REGIME'S CONTINUING ARREST, IMPRISONMENT, & MISTREATMENT OF LABOR UNION LEADERS -- THE CASE OF MAHMOUD SALEHI

EATING MEAT & ITS IMPACT UPON THE ENVIRONMENT:  THE PREPOSTEROUS CLAIMS OF ENVIRONMENTALISTS & VEGETARIANS -- QUACKERY & PROPAGANDA DISSEMINATION TO ADVANCE THE OBSESSIONS & POLICY AGENDAS OF ENVIRONMENTALISTS & VEGETARIANS

AUGMENTING THE ENERGY SUPPLY:  RADICAL ACCELERATION OF THE PROCESS OF UNDERGROUND BACTERIAL FERMENTATION OF HEAVY OIL -- BACTERIAL REFINING OF TAR SANDS & OIL SHALE -- ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE MEANS OF RECOVERING CLEAN-BURNING METHANE FROM OIL SHALE & DEEPLY BURRIED OIL SANDS

PARTISAN POLITICS & POLITICAL COMPETITION SINCE THE ONSET OF THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN:   BLATANTLY LIBERAL LEFTIST DEMOCRATS & MORALLY & ETHICALLY BANKRUPT REPUBLICANS -- DEMOCRATIC & REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS REVEALING THEIR OWN UNSCRUPULOUS TENDENCIES, AS WELL AS THEIR OPPONENTS' PAST COMPROMISES OF PRINCIPLE THAT LURK LIKE VERMIN HIDDEN UNDER THE ROCKS OF AMERICAN POLITICS, & BY WHICH SO MUCH DAMAGE HAS BEEN INFLICTED ON THE POLITICAL PROCESS, & THUS ON THE COUNTRY

HIGH TIME FOR A MAJOR CHANGE IN THE WEST'S POLICY TOWARD GAZA:  THE NEED FOR THE U.S.A. & OTHER WESTERN STATES TO DECLARE THE EXPERIMENT IN GAZAN SELF-RULE A FAILURE, WITHDRAW SUPPORT FOR ANY POLITICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE GAZA STRIP & THE PALESTINIAN ARAB WEST BANK, & CONTRIVE THE RETURN OF GAZA TO EGYPT, PRESSURING THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT TO ANNEX, TIGHTLY CONTROL, & TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR GAZA

THE MOST EFFECTIVE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF BEING OVERWEIGHT IN MODERN SOCIETY:  LESS FOOD CONSUMPTION & MORE EXERCISE, NOT MORE GOVERNMENT REGULATION & CONTROL OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY -- THE INDIVIDUAL'S WISE DECISIONMAKING & ACTION WITH REGARD TO HIS OR HER OWN PERSONAL DIETARY & EXERCISE REGIMEN, RATHER THAN INCREASED GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION INTO THE MARKETPLACE

WHY IS THE ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST SO AT ODDS WITH MODERN LIFE, LAGGARD IN EVERYTHING FROM LITERACY TO STANDARD OF LIVING, FROM MILITARY PROWESS TO POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT?  CULTURE & CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- TRIBAL AUTONOMY & TYRANNICAL CENTRALISM AS THE TWO PATTERNS OF RULE THAT HISTORICALLY HAVE DOMINATED THE MIDDLE EAST -- BALANCED OPPOSITION AS THE BASIS OF TRIBAL SELF-RULE -- RELYING ON EXTENDED FAMILIES & AGNATES FOR PROTECTION -- THE NEGATIVE & POSITIVE EFFECTS OF AFFILIATION SOLIDARITY -- HOW THE DUAL PATTERN OF TRIBAL SELF-RULE & TYRANNICAL CENTRALISM CONTINUES TO DEFINE LIFE IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- INDIVIDUALISM AS THE CURE FOR THE MIDDLE EASTERN REGION'S AFFLICTION

THE RULE OF LAW ESTABLISHED BY THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IN ITS LANDMARK DECISION IN THE CASE OF ROE V. WADE (1973) -- AN IMPORTANT CONSEQUENCE OF THE SUPREME COURT'S BLANKET LEGALIZATION OF ABORTION ON DEMAND:  A SIGNIFICANT LOWERING OF THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN SOCIETY -- ABORTION AS A MAJOR CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN THE DEMEANING OF WOMEN IN MODERN CULTURE -- ABORTION AS A SILENT HOLOCAUST HORRIFIC IN SCOPE

IRAQ & THE U.S.A.:  SHOULD ANY PROPOSED U.S. SECURITY COMMITMENT TO IRAQ CONSTITUTE A TREATY BETWEEN IRAQ & THE U.S.A., REQUIRING RATIFICATION BY A TWO-THIRDS VOTE IN THE U.S. SENATE?  THE ANSWER DEPENDS UPON THE CONTENTS OF THE AGREEMENT.  ANY LANGUAGE COMMITTING U.S. MILITARY FORCES TO DEFEND IRAQ AGAINST AN EXTERNAL THREAT WOULD TRANSFORM THE AGREEMENT INTO A TREATY, SUBJECT TO U.S. SENATE RATIFICATION

ISLAMIST IDEOLOGY VERSUS AMERICAN POLITICAL CULTURE:  INCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN THE IDEOLOGY OF MILITANT ISLAM & THE NATURAL RIGHTS PHILOSOPHY ARTICULATED DURING THE EUROPEAN ENLIGHTENMENT & INCORPORATED INTO AMERICAN POLITICAL CULTURE -- THE ROOTS OF ISLAMIC JIHADISM & ITS OPPOSITION TO THE U.S.A. AS PART OF THE NON-MUSLIM WEST, KEY VARIABLES IN THE LONG HISTORY OF INTERACTION BETWEEN THE U.S.A. & MUSLIM SOCIETIES, DATING BACK TO AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE -- WHY ARAB & OTHER ISLAMIC STATES HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF THEIR POPULATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN CONTRAST TO THE SUCCESS OF THE U.S.A. & OTHER WESTERN SOCIETIES -- DEVISING A GRAND STRATEGY TO REALISTICALLY ADDRESS THE BASIC CONFLICT OF INTEREST BETWEEN THE AMERICAN NATION & THE FORCES OF ISLAMISM

THE EFFECTS OF THE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT -- GOOD REASONS WHY THE ACT SHOULD NOT BE RENEWED:   FORCING TEACHERS TO "TEACH TO THE TEST," RATHER THAN RAISE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS -- ENFORCING ACCOUNTABILITY TO FEDERAL AGENCIES, RATHER THAN TO PARENTS, VOTERS, & THE LOCAL COMMUNITY -- IMPOSING ON THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS A NATIONAL CURRICULUM, THEREBY SUBSTITUTING FEDERAL CONTROL OF PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR STATE & LOCAL CONTROL -- REQUIRING ANNUAL PROGRESS DEMONSTRATING THAT ALL STUDENTS ACHIEVE AT A CERTAIN LEVEL, THUS ENSURING THAT CERTAIN LEVELS WILL EITHER BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR EVERY STUDENT TO ACHIEVE OR SO LOW AS TO BE MEANINGLESS -- ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH IDEOLOGICALLY DRIVEN INTERNATIONALIST PROGRAMS SANCTIONED BY THE UNITED NATIONS, BUT HAVING NO PLACE IN AMERICAN CLASSROOMS

AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION & THE PROBLEM OF ARRIVING AT A FAIR & BALANCED DISCUSSION RELATING TO MIDDLE EAST STUDIES:  ARAB DONORS CREATING BASTIONS OF NONCRITICAL, PRO-ISLAMIC "SCHOLARSHIP" INSIDE U.S. UNIVERSITIES -- SAUDI ARABIA & OTHER ARAB NATIONS FUNDING AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ISLAMIC STUDIES PROGRAMS WHICH ENDEAVOR TO INDOCTRINATE STUDENTS IN ISLAMIST IDEOLOGY, PROVIDE JUSTIFICATION FOR ISLAMIST TERRORISM & JIHADISM, & DISSEMINATE ANTI-SEMITIC, ANTI-ISRAELI, PRO-PALESTINIAN PROPAGANDA

THE BUSH PRESIDENCY, ISLAM, & THE MIDDLE EAST:  PROVISIONAL ASSESSMENTS OF THE POLICIES OF U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH TOWARD THE ISLAMIC WORLD -- THE PRESIDENT'S APPROACH TO MILITANT ISLAM & TERRORISM -- HIS WILLINGNESS TO WAGE PRE-EMPTIVE WAR -- HIS APPROACH TO THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT -- PROMOTING REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- VISION CONTRASTED WITH IMPLEMENTATION

THE PRESENT STATE OF THE AMERICAN NATION & ITS PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE: CORROSIVE FORCES HARD AT WORK TO ENSURE THAT THE FORMER POWER WITH WHICH THE U.S.A. MOVED THE REST OF THE WORLD IS DILUTED & EVENTUALLY NEUTRALIZED -- FORCES SEEKING TO ERADICATE THE FOUNDING PHILOSOPHIES OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC -- MANIFESTATION OF SUCH FORCES IN THE ABSURD NATURE OF THE PRESENT RACE FOR THE U.S. PRESIDENCY, A POLITICAL CONTEST DAILY EXHIBITING LESS & LESS SUBSTANCE, WHILE ANY REAL CONSIDERATION OF SERIOUS ISSUES & PROBLEMS CONFRONTING THE NATION IS BEING REPLACED BY A CIRCUS CONDUCTED BY THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA IN ITS ONGOING EFFORT TO SHIFT THE FOCUS FROM A THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION OF WEIGHTY ISSUES (WHICH WOULD LEAVE THE DEMOCRATS AT A DISADVANTAGE) TO EVER MORE FRIVOLOUS ASSESSMENTS OF PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES -- THE CHEAP POLITICAL THEATER AMERICANS ARE BEING FORCED TO ENDURE -- THE MORALLY & INTELLECTUALLY VACANT IDEAS THE VOTERS ARE BEING OFFERED BY PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS

PESTICIDES, POLITICAL WILL, & PUBLIC HEALTH:  HOW POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS & THE ANTI-PESTICIDE MOVEMENT JEOPARDIZE THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN -- WHY MANDATORY SPRAYING OF PESTICIDES SHOULD BE WELCOMED

ISLAMIST "LAWFARE":  THE CAMPAIGN OF LEGAL ACTIONS DESIGNED TO PUNISH & SILENCE THOSE WHO SPEAK OUT AGAINST ISLAMISM, ISLAMIC TERRORISM, & THE SOURCES OF FINANCING OF MILITANT ISLAM & THE INTERNATIONAL JIHADIST TERROR NETWORK & ITS ACTIVITIES -- USE BY ISLAMISTS OF THE COURTS & LIBEL LAWS OF CANADA, GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, ITALY, SWITZERLAND, & THE U.S.A. TO SUPRESS FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, ABOLISH PUBLIC DISCOURSE CRITICAL OF ISLAM & ISLAMISM, & ESTABLISH PRINCIPLES OF SHARIA LAW IN THOSE COUNTRIES -- ISLAMISTS SUBJECTING TO FRIVOLOUS & COSTLY LAWSUITS LOYAL CITIZENS WHO TALK TO OTHER LOYAL CITIZENS & PROVIDE THEM WITH INFORMATION ABOUT ISSUES OF NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL SECURITY, THE WAR ON TERROR, & THE GLOBAL ISLAMIST JIHAD BEING WAGED AGAINST THE WEST

BIASED & UNRELIABLE ACADEMICS, NEWS MEDIA POLITICAL BIAS, & POLITICALLY SLANTED ACCOUNTS OF EVENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST -- THE BALEFUL CONSEQUENCES OF THE MEDIA'S RELIANCE ON JUAN COLE & OTHER MIDDLE EAST STUDIES UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS OF HIS ILK TO EXPLAIN THE MIDDLE EAST TO AMERICANS:  ENABLING WIDE DISSEMINATION OF A DISTORTED & INACCURATE PICTURE OF THE MIDDLE EAST & OF UNITED STATES INVOLVEMENT IN THE HIGHLY VOLATILE REGION

IDEOLOGY, RELIGION, & ISLAMIST TERRORISM:  HOW ISLAMIST AGENDA TERRORISM DIFFERS FROM SECULAR AGENDA TERRORISM -- HOW ISLAMIST TERROR TACTICS DIFFER FROM SECULAR TERROR TACTICS -- SUICIDE BOMBING AS THE MAJOR ISLAMIST TERROR TACTIC -- THE ORIGIN & MOTIVATION OF RELIGIOUSLY JUSTIFIED TERRORISM -- ISLAMISM & ITS DEEP IDEOLOGICAL COMMITMENT TO A NEW WORLD ORDER

THE ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT, THE PALESTINIAN RIGHT OF RETURN, & UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY:  BUSH ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT FOR THE CONCEPT OF THE PALESTINIAN ARABS' "RIGHT OF RETURN" TO THE FORMER BRITISH MANDATE OF PALESTINE, THAT IS, THE BELIEF THAT PALESTINIAN REFUGEES & THEIR DESCENDANTS HAVE A RIGHT TO RETURN TO THE HOMES THEIR FAMILIES POSSESSED & LEFT PRIOR TO, DURING, OR DUE TO THE 1948 ARAB-ISRAELI WAR -- THE PALESTINIAN "RIGHT OF RETURN" PERCEIVED BY THE ISRAELIS AS A CODE PHRASE TO OVERWHELM ISRAEL DEMOGRAPHICALLY, THEREBY UNDOING ZIONISM & THE JEWISH STATE

THE CONGRESSIONAL ENERGY BILL RECENTLY ENACTED INTO U.S. LAW:  ENERGY LEGISLATION THAT RUNS COUNTER TO EVERY STANDARD OF ECONOMICS, PHYSICS, & COMMON SENSE -- WHAT SUPPORTERS OF THE NEW ENERGY BILL IGNORED:  AN IMPORTANT MEANS TO REDUCE THE IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN OIL IS TO ENCOURAGE EXPLOITATION OF THE OIL SOURCES KNOWN TO EXIST IN & OFFSHORE AMERICA -- WHAT THE ENERGY BILL DOES NOT DO:  PERMIT DRILLING FOR & EXTRACTION OF OIL IN THE ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; ENCOURAGE EXPLORATION FOR OIL & NATURAL GAS OFF THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENTAL SHELF ON OUR WEST & EAST COASTS; GIVE OIL COMPANIES TAX INCENTIVES TO BUILD THE NEW REFINERIES THE NATION NEEDS; ENCOURAGE THE BUILDING OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

EUROPE, THE EUROPEAN CREATIVE CLASS, & THE CONTINENT'S RESTIVE, UNCIVILIZED MUSLIM UNDERCLASS:   INROADS OF ISLAMISM IN EUROPE & APPEASEMENT OF ISLAMISTS BY EUROPEAN ARTISTS & MEDIA OUTLETS -- WILL EUROPE ULTIMATELY CHOOSE TO PRESERVE THE FOUNDATIONAL VALUES OF CLASSICAL LIBERALISM, CONSTITUTIONALISM, THE RULE OF LAW, LIBERTY UNDER LAW, INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM, RELIGIOUS TOLERATION, & INTELLECTUAL & ARTISTIC INDEPENDENCE FORGED DURING EUROPE'S RENAISSANCE, ENLIGHTENMENT, & LONG PERIOD OF DEMOCRATIZATION?  OR WILL EUROPE CONTINUE TO YIELD TO THE UNREASONABLE DEMANDS OF MILITANT ISLAM & THEREBY SUFFER A LONG, SLOW DECLINE INTO A DARK AGE OF DHIMMITUDE?

THE STATE OF ISRAEL IN THE ISLAMIC MIDDLE EAST:  ENSURING ISRAEL'S SURVIVAL AS A JEWISH SOCIETY & CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC NATION-STATE IN A HOSTILE REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT -- THE U.S.A. ASSISTING ISRAEL IN ITS MAINTENANCE OF QUALITATIVE MILITARY SUPERIORITY OVER ANY POSSIBLE COALITION OF ARAB & OTHER ISLAMIC STATES IN THE MIDDLE EASTERN & PERSIAN GULF REGION -- THE IRANIAN THREAT, THE EMERGING NEW STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST, & THE NEED FOR A CLEARER DEFINITION OF "QUALITATIVE MILITARY EDGE" & MUTUAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE U.S. & ISRAELI GOVERNMENTS REGARDING HOW ISRAEL'S QUANTITATIVE MILITARY EDGE CAN & SHOULD BE MAINTAINED

STATISM:  THE COMMON & DISTINGUISHING FEATURE OF JACOBINISM, FASCISM, NAZISM, COMMUNISM, SOCIALISM, & MODERN AMERICAN LIBERALISM -- THE CLOSE KINSHIP AMONG THE VARIOUS PHILOSOPHIES, IDEOLOGIES, & GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEMS THAT EXALT THE STATE OVER THE INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN, ELITE OR BUREAUCRATIC RULE OVER REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY, AUTHORITARIANISM OVER CONSTITUTIONALISM & THE RULE OF LAW, ENFORCED CONSENSUS OR ORTHODOXY OVER FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION & DEBATE, & A CENTRALLY CONTROLLED & DIRECTED, COMMAND ECONOMY OVER A FREE MARKET, CAPITALIST ECONOMY

THE JANUARY 8, 2008, NEW HAMPSHIRE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY:  THE PRIMARY'S RESULTS & THEIR PROBABLE IMPACT ON THE BEHAVIOR OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY & ITS "TOP TIER" PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS -- THE PROBABLE IMPACT ON CONSERVATISM & THE CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN POLICY AGENDA -- WHY "TOP TIER" REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS ARE NOT OFFERING TRULY HEARTFELT CONSERVATIVE ALTERNATIVES TO THE LIBERAL LEFTIST PLATFORM OF THE DEMOCRATS -- JOHN MCCAIN'S SHORTCOMINGS AS A WOULD-BE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

ISLAM, ISLAMISTS, & HOSPITAL POLICY IN THE WEST:  IS A MUSLIM WITHIN HIS RIGHTS TO INSIST A FEMALE PHYSICIAN EXAMINE HIS WIFE, OR REFUSE MALE ASSISTANCE IN THE BIRTH OF HIS CHILD?  ARE HOSPITALS OBLIGED TO ACCOMODATE THE MUSLIM'S WISH WHEN THIS UNFAIRLY BURDENS STAFF, ENTAILS A DELAY THAT JEOPARDIZES PATIENT CARE, OR IF ACCOMODATIONS LIKE THESE CONTRAVENE THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH?   SHOULD ADHERENTS OF ISLAMIST IDEOLOGY BE ALLOWED TO DICTATE HOSPITAL POLICY RELATING TO MEDICAL CARE OF MUSLIM WOMEN?

IRAQI KURDISTAN & THE U.S.A.:  THE UNRELIABILITY OF THE IRAQI KURDS AS A U.S. ALLY -- OBSTACLES TO SUCH AN ALLIANCE:  UNSTABLE, CORRUPT, AUTHORITARIAN, & DOUBLE-DEALING POLITICAL LEADERSHIP IN IRAQI KURDISTAN, THE CORROSIVE IDEOLOGIES OF ISLAMISM & EXTREME NATIONALISM, PKK TERRORISM, IRANIAN INFILTRATION; THE LONG-STANDING U.S.-TURKISH RELATIONSHIP; AMERICAN NATIONAL INTERESTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST

A DISPUTE OVER BARAK OBAMA'S MUSLIM BACKGROUND:  LIBERAL CRITICISM OF DANIEL PIPES' ANALYSIS -- PIPES DEFENDS HIS POSITION & CITES EVIDENCE TO PROVE HIS CLAIM THAT OBAMA, AS A CHILD, PRACTICED ISLAM -- RELEVANCE OF THE MATTER TO THE ELECTION OF THE U.S. PRESIDENT

THE 2008 ELECTIONS & THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE:  INSUFFICIENT ATTENTION OF PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS & THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA TO THE FULL-SCALE INVASION OF ILLEGAL ALIENS FROM MEXICO ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BORDER INTO THE U.S.A. -- INADEQUATE ATTENTION TO MASSIVE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION & THE THREAT IT POSES TO THE ECONOMY, SOVEREIGNTY, COMMON NATIONAL IDENTITY & CULTURE, & NATIONAL SECURITY & SURVIVAL OF THE U.S.A. -- HOW THE AMERICAN VOTERS WILL SOON REACT TO THE SITUATION, DEMANDING THAT THE POLITICIANS ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION & SUPPORT EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO STOP THE INFLUX OF FOREIGN CRIMINAL PARASITES INTO OUR COUNTRY

AMERICA, INDIA, & IRAN:  INDIA CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN THE U.S.A. & THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN -- THE ESCALATING U.S.-IRANIAN DISPUTE, THE GROWING U.S.-INDIAN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP, & THE INDO-IRANIAN RAPPROCHEMENT -- INDIA'S DRIVE FOR ENERGY SECURITY & ITS PETROLEUM IMPORTS FROM IRAN -- THE IMPACT OF THE ENERGY SECURITY DRIVE ON INDIAN POLICY TOWARD A NUCLEAR IRAN -- THE IMPACT OF U.S. PRESSURE ON THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT

U.S. BORDER CONTROL, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, & THE 2008 ELECTIONS:  THE NEED TO CONSIDER WHAT AMERICA IS LIKELY TO REAP BY THE VOTERS' ELECTING A PARTICULAR PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER TO THE OFFICE OF U.S. PRESIDENT -- WHAT KIND OF NATIONAL LEADER SHALL WE GET:  A PRESIDENT WHO STRIVES TO PROTECT & PROMOTE THE VITAL NATIONAL INTERESTS OF THE U.S.A., OR ONE WHO SEEKS TO PUT A PUBLIC FACE OF MOCK CONCERN & "COMPASSION" ON THE POLITICAL ELITES' INCREASINGLY SELF-SERVING ENDEAVORS?  A GLARING INDICATION OF WHAT IS LIKELY TO HAPPEN UNDER ANY PRESIDENT OF EITHER MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY:  THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOW THE BELTWAY ELITES REACT TO THE CONTINUING PROBLEM OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION & HOW THEY REACT TO THE SUBPRIME MORTGAGE DEBACLE

PALESTINIANS VERSUS THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY:  THE NUMEROUS PALESTINIAN ARABS CURRENTLY LIVING INSIDE THE BORDERS OF ISRAEL WHO PREFER ISRAELI GOVERNANCE TO POLITICAL CONTROL & DOMINATION BY THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY -- PALESTINIANS WHO WANT TO KEEP OR GAIN ISRAELI CITIZENSHIP & WOULD RESIST ANY ATTEMPT TO TRANFER JURISDICTION OVER THEM FROM THE STATE OF ISRAEL TO THE CORRUPT, VIOLENT, AND UNSTABLE REGIME OF MAHMOUD ABBAS, AL-FATAH, & HAMAS -- THE ADVANTAGES & BENEFITS OF ISRAELI GOVERNANCE PERCEIVED BY MANY PALESTINIANS:  THE RULE OF LAW, EFFECTIVE MAINTENANCE OF LAW & ORDER, FAIR & REASONABLE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE UNDER LAW, OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN PEACE & RAISE ONE'S CHILDREN UNDER ORDERLY CONDITIONS, GOOD SCHOOLS, & HEALTH INSURANCE