Al Kaltman

Hillary Clinton Responds to Questions about Her Emails..

Bill Clinton famously asked what the meaning of the word “is” is. He then went on to say he had not had “sexual relations with that woman.” The Clinton’s are masters of misinforming by careful phrasing.

Everybody Does It: Hillary Clinton's Campaign Refrain

Hillary Clinton wants to be president of me and you To get elected there is nothing she wouldn't say or do

Islamic Extremists and Islamic Fundamentalists: A distinction without a difference

The Muslim Council of Britain reacted angrily to the letter written by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles to Muslim religious leaders urging them to do more to combat Islamic extremism and telling them that they had a responsibility to explain to their followers "how faith in Islam can be part of British identity." In responding to the letter, the Deputy Secretary of the Council, Harun Khan, asked if Mr. Pickles was seriously suggesting that "Muslims and Islam are inherently apart from British society?"

The British Press Continues Down the Slippery Slope of Self-Censorship

When fear of reprisal is the reason why British news outlets censor themselves, then the nation is no longer free, the battle against Islamic fanaticism has already been lost

The United Kingdom’s Health Care Mess and Its Implications for a Clinton Presidency

Hillary Clinton was clearly disappointed when the health care legislation proposed by the task force she headed was declared dead on arrival when it was submitted to a Democrat controlled Congress on November 30, 1993. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s comment that anyone who thought her health care plans would work wasn’t living in the real world served as a fitting epitaph.

The BBC Disgraces Itself by Self Censoring Its reporting of Charlie Hebdo’s Latest Edition

This morning the first edition of Charlie Hebdo to hit the streets since 10 members of the staff of the French satirical weekly and 2 policemen were murdered in cold blood by Islamic fundamentalists sold out. In Paris and across France people lined up before dawn at newsagent kiosks to purchase a copy, and even the print run of over 3 million, 50 times the usual number of copies printed, was not enough to satisfy the demand. In France, the murders have been a wake up call, and the words Je suis Charlie a rallying cry in defense of freedom of expression.

To Islamist demands, the British media submits

There is a neon sign on the back wall of the Waitrose on Cromwell Road near the Gloucester Road Underground Station. Instead of the usual advertisement, yesterday the sign simply read, "Je suis Charlie." That evening, a man who appeared to be in his mid-twenties to mid-thirties used his iPhone to take a selfie of him grinning broadly while standing in front of the sign.

Our two faced friends: the Saudis, Qataris and other Gulf Arabs

David Cameron is the first world leader to acknowledge that the civilized world is engaged in “a generational struggle against a poisonous and extremist ideology,” a struggle that did not begin on 9-11 nor will end with the defeat of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Hillary Clinton: The Light Princess

Someone who didn't know better, reading Hillary Clinton's interview (Hillary Clinton: 'Failure' to Help the Syrian Rebels Led to the Rise of ISIS) with Jeffrey Goldberg in the August 2014 edition of The Atlantic would find it hard to believe that she had been the US Secretary of State during President Obama's first term in office. Rather that person would conclude that she had not been involved in the making of US foreign policy, and was now speaking out about the Obama administration's failures on the world stage.

Obama Unilaterally Promises to “Fix” Our Immigration System: The Nightmare Scenario

President Obama has pledged to “fix as much of our immigration system as I can on my own, without Congress.” In announcing that he plans by the end of the summer to take unilateral action to deal with the issue of illegal immigration, Obama said, ““I take executive action only when we have a serious problem, a serious issue, and Congress chooses to do nothing. And in this situation, the failure of House Republicans to pass a darn bill is bad for our security, it’s bad for our economy, and it’s bad for our future.”

Instead of bleating like sheep Republicans could stop the flood of illegal minors and get to the bottom of the IRS scandal

The Democrats could be likened to a flock of docile lambs which go where their shepherd herds them. The Republicans can also be likened to sheep. They bleat loudly for the TV cameras and on the Internet, but bleating is about all they seem capable of. They allow the President to herd them and the country in the direction he is going and to the ends he intends. Let’s take the two current hot domestic political issues as examples.

The Unimpeachable President

Professor Richard Neustadt began his classic study of the presidency, Presidential Power, with the assertion that “even a ‘strong’ President is weak.” This, of course, is what James Madison and the other delegates to the Constitutional Convention intended when they designed a tripartite governmental structure in which a President’s actions were to be constrained by a system of checks and balances.

Whipping Our Universities into Shape

In a speech on June 6, 1788 urging the Virginia Convention to ratify the Constitution, James Madison made this prophetic comment, “I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpations.”

Barack Obama Dreams of Ed Miliband

“Wherever and whenever I can take steps without legislation…that’s what I’m going to do.” Barack Obama, State of the Union Address, January 28, 2014 In 2008, Barack Obama campaigned on a promise of hope and change, his hope that once elected he would be able to transform the United States into a nation that conformed to his image of a progressive socialist state. His first term started off promisingly with the passage of the Affordable Care Act, legislation he is proud to hear to referred to as ObamaCare. Foolishly, from his perspective, this landmark legislation was misunderstood by the American people, who reacted negatively to its passage by taking control of the House of Representatives away from his faithful follower Nancy Pelosi.

Syria: The Unanswered Questions

President Obama has asked Congress to authorize him to take military action against the Syrian government because it has allegedly used chemical weapons. Secretary Kerry citing photographs and videos of the corpses of women and children who he claims were the victims of the Assad regime’s chemical attack has said we cannot allow the slaughter to continue.

Are California’s Public Schools Adopting Joseph Goebbels’ Educational Model?

With 325,000 members the California Teachers Association is our nation’s largest teachers union, and as such the CTA should be expected to be in the forefront of the fight to insure that California’s students receive quality education. The CTA does list as one of its primary goals the planning and executing of “programs and strategies to enhance the quality of education for students.” Does this mean that the CTA is leading the charge to improve the educational performance of students in California’s public schools?

Barack Obama’s web of health care lies continues to unravel

Ulysses S. Grant believed that the best way to insure the repeal of a bad law was to vigorously enforce it. Barack Obama seems to believe that the best way to keep a bad law on the books is to delay the implementation of it. His decision to delay the implementation of the employer mandate sections of the Affordable Care Act make sense only if you accept the premise that the law is so flawed that it would be disastrous to put it into effect, and therefore it needs to be amended or repealed.

A Look at the UK’s NHS—A Cautionary Tale

The head of the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS), Sir David Nicholson, has refused to accept responsibility for the needless deaths that occur daily at NHS hospitals by claiming that these deaths are not a result of mismanagement but instead are due to inherent "systemic" failings.

Romney fails to face up to the issue of illegal immigration

When Ronald Reagan campaigned for the presidency, the American people knew where he stood on every issue. They understood that Reagan had strong convictions, and that he was clearly and consistently enunciating the policies he would follow if elected. Mitt Romney is no Ronald Reagan, but when it comes to addressing the problem of illegal immigration the American people deserve better than the candidate that the Governor has morphed into.

An Open Letter to Governor Romney

Dear Mitt, I received your letter asking me to pledge my support and make a contribution of up to $2,500 to your campaign for the presidency. The letter is disappointing. In its four single-spaced pages, there are only two short substantive paragraphs that criticize President Obama’s performance. In those you discuss the increase in the Federal budget, the growth in the deficit and the number of unemployed. What I find sad is that you got two out of the three wrong, and your errors are in the President’s favor.