Mon, 11 May 2009 17:46:35 +0000 – By Mallory FactorCo-Chairman/Co-Founder, The Monday Meeting/Member, Council on Foreign Relations North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has a flair for the dramatic. Last month’s launch of a Taepo-Dong 2 missile as NATO’s leaders gathered for their 60th anniversary summit brought North Korea to the …

The Sony story is downright bizarre — and I don’t just mean the hacking. I include the decision to make the stupid movie in the first place. The plot of “The Interview” sounds like something cooked up in a third-world fantasy factory: The CIA recruits two American journalists to assassinate …

On Monday morning, the Jerusalem Post published the results of a poll on Israel’s next steps. About 10 percent of the public said that enough was enough and it was time for a cease-fire. Another 3 percent weren’t sure. But 86.5% of Jewish Israelis said that they want to keep …

During his presidency in the 1830s, Andrew Jackson fought a ferocious and successful battle to destroy the Second Bank of the United States, fearing that its powers were a threat to American democracy. We need a revival of this Jacksonian spirit with regards to the Federal Reserve, whose powers in …

The recent kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls in Nigeria is a dramatic and potentially tragic example of the fanaticism of Boko Haram and other Islamic militants operating along the seam between Saharan and sub-Saharan Africa. The Boko Haram terrorists have developed paramilitary capabilities, and their conduct of operations not just …

Many moons ago I wrote about how environmentalists use their so-called ethical beliefs to justify asinine behavior. Examples abound: A socialite rails against plastic bags, as she boards her private jet to eat bat testicles with a shaman; a scabby rock star condemns us for not helping the poor, as …

Now it’s Eric Cantor — against health care reform and the target of a nut. Just like it was Bart Stupak — for health care reform and the target of a lot of nuts. Nuts don’t distinguish. So, I’m wondering, why should we? I want to make three things very …

The State Department is tacitly supporting the right for opposition parties in Pakistan to assemble in public and express their views — something which has been banned in Sindh province and Punjab by the government in recent days in order to prevent a protest march heading for Islamabad. The multi-party …

‘Tis the season to shop ‘til you drop, but a movement started modestly by three pastors hoping to convince Christians to live the true meaning of Christmas is spreading across America — and has now headed overseas. The so-called Advent Conspiracy movement asks Christians to resist the temptation to spend …

The space shuttle Discovery rolled out to its Florida launch pad Tuesday in an arduous, slow trek made even slower by brilliant lightning flashes and soggy mud. Engineers began moving Discovery out to the seaside Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center before dawn Tuesday to begin priming the shuttle …