Obama’s message of weakness
Mark Steyn, Orange County Register
Let’s pause right there: It’s interesting how easily the words “the Muslim world” roll off the tongues of liberal secular progressives who’d choke on any equivalent reference to “the Christian world.” When such hyperalert policemen of the perimeter between church and state endorse the former but not the latter, they’re implicitly acknowledging that Islam is not merely a faith but a political project, too.
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Obama’s BBQ Diplomacy is a Lot of Bull
John G. Winder , The Cypress Times
A State Department memo went out to all U.S. embassies and consulates last week telling our nation’s diplomats they could invite their Iranian counterparts to a good old-fashioned Fourth of July BBQ featuring all things American:  fireworks, hot dogs, hamburgers, apple pie, and apparently a whole lot of bull.
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That’s the Kind of Nation We Are
Rich Galen, TownHall
Does Barack Hussein Obama really believe that, without the implied threat of American military intervention the Egyptians, Syrians, Jordanians, and Saudis would demand that school children start their day singing the Arabic version of “All we are saying; is give peace a chance” and make it official government policy to accept the fact of Israel?
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‘A Wise Latina Woman’
The context shows that Judge Sotomayor meant what she said.
Jennifer Rubin, The Weekly Standard
Sotomayor’s 32 words were not an off-the-cuff indiscretion, but an accurate summary of 4,000 words of disdain for judicial impartiality. It is also remarkable in its apparent rejection of an assimilative society in which Americans of all backgrounds can receive an unbiased brand of justice that does not vary from court to court because of the race or ethnicity of the judge. It is a vision that subsumes individual identity and professional obligations to the ties that bind one to race and ethnicity.
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Judge Sotomayor and the Diversity Crowd
Linda Chavez, TownHall
The diversity crowd doesn’t really believe in diversity. In fact, what they’re really aiming for is conformity of opinion. They expect that members of racial and ethnic groups will adhere to liberal orthodoxy, and woe to those who don’t fall into line. If Judge Sotomayor were a conservative or the nominee of a Republican president, we’d be hearing that she wasn’t an “authentic” Latina at all.
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Cheney More Popular Than Pelosi! Will Media Notice?
NewsBusters
The man media hate more than virtually any other living American, former Vice President Dick Cheney, is currently more popular than the woman the press have been gushing and fawning over since it first became apparent she could end up being the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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Finally, Tell me again why ANYBODY is still with AOL?

Playboy “hatef**k” list fallout: AOL did what?
Michelle Malkin