Arnold Ahlert

Israel-Bashing from Amnesty International

In a predictable development, Amnesty International (AI) has accused Israel of committing war crimes during its 50-day engagement with Hamas this past summer. The report, "Families Under the Rubble: Israeli Attacks on Unihabited Homes," claims the Israeli military demonstrated a "callous indifference" with regard to civilians. It further insists "the onus is on Israel to provide information concerning the attacks and their intended targets."

Judge Rejects the 'Disparate Impact' Fraud

On Monday, one of the Obama administration's foremost racial arsonists was given his comeuppance by a federal judge. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, who is on the American left's short list for replacing U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, was informed by Judge Richard J. Leon that his effort to find housing discrimination where none existed amounted to "wishful thinking on steroids."

Dead and Paralyzed American Children DEMAND Answers

On Oct. 7 the Patriot Post published my column, "Enterovirus D68: A Call to Arms.“ It was a plea aimed at investigative journalists and dedicated epidemiologists, asking them to determine whether what is now known as the EVD-68 enterovirus could be directly attributed to the massive influx of illegal alien children orchestrated by the Obama administration last summer.

Holder Pushing to Oust Ferguson Police Chief?

It would appear that unnamed Obama administration officials, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, and their media cheerleaders have coordinated a narrative with regard to the Ferguson, MO Police Department. According to CNN, "government officials familiar with the ongoing discussions between local, state and federal officials" are saying Police Chief Thomas Jackson is expected to step down "as part of the effort by city officials to reform the Police Department." The proverbial fly in the ointment? Jackson and Mayor James Knowles deny any such plan exists.

When Leftist Race Hatred Meets Islamism

Apparently the hatchet-wielding maniac who assaulted two New York City policemen in Queens had ambitions in addition to his twisted jihadist sympathies. Attacker Zale Thompson's father told the New York Post that killing white people was also on would-be murderer's agenda.

Releasing Criminally Convicted Illegals onto Our Streets

In a revelation that will surprise almost no one at this point, the Obama administration has been caught in another lie. Records obtained by USA Today contradict the administration's assertions the 2,228 people freed from immigration jails in 2013 only included those with minor criminal records. Instead, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials released a number of illegal aliens facing serious criminal charges that include "kidnapping, sexual assault, drug trafficking and homicide," the paper reports.

Paul Krugman Uncovers a Right-Wing Conspiracy at Amazon.com

Big-government aficionado Paul Krugman is calling for "public action to curb the power" of an entity he can't quite bring himself to call a monopoly, even as he nonetheless compares its "abuses" to those of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil company. The subject of his ire? "Amazon.com, the giant online retailer, has too much power, and it uses that power in ways that hurt America," Krugman whines.

EU Hangs On with Hookers, Drug Dealers & Gun Runners

Karl Marx was wrong about virtually everything, but he was spot on when he said, "history repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce." For the third time in six years, the European Union (EU) is on the verge of recession, a tragedy fueled by slow or non-existent growth, a strong possibility of continent-wide deflation, and debt burdens that remain onerous, if not catastrophic.

The GOP Caused the Ebola Outbreak?

As the American public has begun to grasp the massive ineptitude behind the Obama administration's response to Ebola, a leftist non-profit, the Agenda Project Action Fund (APAF), has sprung to the rescue. An ad campaign entitled "Republican Cuts Kill" features several prominent Republicans, and implies that budget cuts to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) are responsible for the current Ebola outbreak--all over the world.

The White House's Link to the Secret Service Prostitution Scandal

Although it verges on resembling a slogan, the Obama administration is embroiled in yet another scandal. The story involving Secret Service agents busted for hiring prostitutes during an official trip to Cartagena, Colombia, in 2012 has re-emerged.

The Disaster of 'Gender Norming' Ground Combat

The Center for Military Readiness (CMR) has released a 64-page report analyzing ongoing research by the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) about the effectiveness of integrating women into direct ground combat (DGC) units. The Interim CMR Special Report pokes a giant hole in the Obama administration's assertions that standards of effectiveness can be maintained irrespective of the biological differences between men and women.

Enterovirus D68: A Call to Arms

This column is a public call to arms: it is time anyone with an iota of investigative journalistic integrity, in combination with a team of dedicated epidemiologists, to determine beyond a reasonable doubt whether the current outbreak of Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) – which is killing and paralyzing American children – is directly related to the Obama administration’s decision to allow 66,000 illegal alien children and their families virtually unfettered entry into America.

Opposing Illegal Immigrant Warehousing Is 'Racist'?

Last June, community outrage forced the federal government to cancel plans to house hundreds of illegal alien children at a closed college in Lawrenceville, VA. A complaint filed by St. Paul's College and nonprofit Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) of Virginia with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) alleges the move was racially motivated. Both entities also filed a separate complaint against the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) for canceling the lease, citing another alleged violation of anti-discrimination laws.

State Dept. Rejects Netanyahu's Mideast Diagnosis

In yet another tragic indication of Obama administration's ideological obstinance, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki indicated that Israel and the United States are not on the same page regarding the scope of Islamic terror.

An Emboldened Iran Takes the Stage at the United Nations

On Thursday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani addressed the United Nations in a replete with anti-Western sentiments, anti-Semitism, tiresome tropes regarding the genesis of terror, and promises to continue pursuing his nation's nuclear program.

Independents Fear Terrorism —- Dems Prioritize Global Warming ‘Threat’

A Pew Research Center/USA Today survey conducted between Aug. 20 and 24 reveals a startling disconnect between Democrats and the rest of America.

Obama DOJ Refuses to Release Fast and Furious Docs

The "most transparent administration in history" is once again revealing the rank hypocrisy of President Obama's assessment. In a motion filed Monday night, lawyers from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) asked U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson to delay the transfer of documents related to the Fast and Furious gun-running scandal to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, until after her rulings requiring that transfer can be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. If their bid is successful, it could push the appeals process past the Obama administration's time in office. In short, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is trying to run out the clock.

Freedom from Speech

"Freedom From Speech," a 61-page broadside written by Freedom for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) president Greg Lukianoff, deftly illustrates the evolving assault on free speech. "The public's appetite for punishing attempts at candor gone wrong, drunken rants, or even private statements made in anger or frustration seems to be growing at an alarming rate," Lukianoff warns.

The Obama DOJ's Subversion of the IRS Investigation

In a letter written to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder by House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA), Issa reveals there was an attempt to coordinate media spin regarding the IRS investigation between the DOJ and the staff of the Committee’s Ranking Democrat, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD). How did Issa find out? A DOJ official in the Office of Public Affairs who thought he was calling Cummings’ office, mistakenly phoned Issa’s office instead.

9/11 -- Utterly Anathema to Progressive Ideology

Memories fade after 13 years. Our resolve must be reinvigorated. No substitute for mortal fear that must be sown into the hearts of our enemies. If we don’t break their will, they will certainly break ours