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Michael Kruse, a reporter from the St. Petersburg Times, found it necessary to mention Rifqa Bary’s “dark red nail polish” in his news story about a hearing regarding Bary’s family. Bary recently converted to Christianity and ran away for fear that her Muslim parents would kill her. She’s been living with a [...]

We’re at war. It’s unpopular to discuss more than ever because the Left has ceased their vocal opposition to the war and much of the Right has distanced itself from the least popular decisions of the nation’s unpopular leader. But it’s not acceptable to ignore the fact that it is still happening.
The Wall Street Journal [...]

I saw an advance screening of The Stoning of Soraya M. tonight, and it got me thinking about all the freedoms that I take for granted. For those who don’t know, Stoning is the true story of the murder of an innocent Iranian woman, condemned to death by her husband’s greed and lust.

I’m purchasing the [...]

Silvio Berlusconi is in town to meet with President Obama today and discuss the possibility of Italy taking a few Guantanamo detainees, as well as economic recovery, Afghanistan and Iran, according to the AP.
What’s not on the agenda, so far as we know, is a discussion of health care.
It should be.
Berlusconi, whom the AP calls [...]

Today, I had the pleasure of meeting ABC News’ political director David Chalian and senior political reporter Rick Klein, as they invited me to represent Smart Girl Politics on their web show, Top Line, and discuss the nationwide tea party movement. Take a look and let me know what you think:

(Update: You can also read [...]

As you have probably observed, my blog needed a facelift. Badly. I switched to a theme that was too over my head to manage and because I didn’t like the look of my blog–and the time it took to make the most of its features–I stopped posting with much frequency. I wanted this to change, [...]

I had the privilege of listening in to a conference call with Mr. Netanyahu earlier this week. If you’d like to listen to the call in its entirety, you can do so. Below are the notes I took during the call, an assortment of comments that struck me personally. Note that I was typing these notes as the call was going on and they are not necessarily exact quotations.

I’m on a conference call now with the former prime minister. Stay tuned for blog posts and live Twitter updates.