Category Archives: Politics

Tancredo Confronts Heckler on Sharia (Islamic Law)

Posted on November 19, 2007 by Luke Ford

Brenda Walker writes on VDare: Recently Presidential candidate Tom Tancredo reminded America in Churchillian fashion of the still active threat from Islamists to destroy Western civilization. For Tancredo’s trouble, his ad was called “fear mongering” and worse. Did these critics … Continue reading →

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‘Big Daddy: Jesse Unruh and the Art of Power Politics,’ by Bill Boyarsky

Posted on November 18, 2007 by Luke Ford

Peter Schrag writes in the LA Times: Not only was Unruh a central player in the forging of California’s great postwar highway, university and water systems and the creation of its progressive governmental institutions, he also was a man with … Continue reading →

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A sweet Saturday mystery: Clinton, Obama and Mr. X

Posted on November 18, 2007 by Luke Ford

From the LA Times: …[Robert] Novak reported this morning in a notebook-style weekly online collection of items that "agents of Sen. Hillary Clinton are spreading the word in Democratic circles" that they have scandalous information on Sen. Barack Obama but … Continue reading →

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Camera Of Death Vs. Jesse Unruh

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Luke Ford

Here’s video of the Nov. 13 panel discussion between author Bill Boyarsky, historian Kevin Starr, former politician Robert Hertzberg and attorney Constance Rice. Part Two with Grover McKean, former assistant state treasurer Interview With Political Organizer David I. Shapiro Bill’s … Continue reading →

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Presidential Politics And Jewish Priorities

Posted on November 2, 2007 by Luke Ford

Jason Maoz writes: With the possible exceptions of 1948 (when Truman kept a wary eye on the polls as he navigated the minefields of Palestinian partition) and 1976 (when fresh memories of Ford and Kissinger’s “reassessment” of American-Israeli relations, short-lived … Continue reading →

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