Articles by James Carafano

Definition of a Mic Gaffe: Politician Telling the Truth

James Carafano | March 28, 2012

On August 11, 1984, President Ronald Reagan joked over a “hot” mic, “My fellows Americans, I am pleased to tell you today that I have… Read More

Remembering Congressional Medal of Honor Day

James Carafano | March 25, 2012

Some never stop giving back. March 25 is Congressional Medal of Honor Day. Perhaps most remarkable and often unremarked is that what truly marks the… Read More

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Iran Has Its Eye on the Big Apple

James Carafano | March 22, 2012

Snap a few pics. Grab a falafel. Plan a terrorist attack. Eileen Sullivan reports for the Associated Press that the New York City Police Department… Read More

Meet Al-Nusra, Another Bin Laden Wannabe Group

James Carafano | March 22, 2012

The group that claimed responsibility for a double-suicide bombing that killed 27 people in Syria is widely regarded as a front organization for al-Qaeda in… Read More

Terrorist Killing Spree — It Could Happen Here

James Carafano | March 21, 2012

A wannabe al-Qaeda went on a killing spree in France. Don’t breathe a sigh of relief because it happened over there. It can happen here…. Read More

Does Fareed Read?

James Carafano | March 16, 2012

How to handle Iran? Writing in The Washington Post, columnist Fareed Zakaria complains that “Krauthammer, the Heritage Foundation, the American Enterprise Institute and others denounce… Read More

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Wiki Worries

James Carafano | March 16, 2012

Oops! In order to prevent leaks over the trial of alleged Wiki-leaker Bradley Manning, e-mail filtering for government prosecutors inadvertently screened out messages from the… Read More

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Cornering #Kony

James Carafano | March 13, 2012

While the rest of us were watching YouTube about the infamous Ugandan militia leader Joseph Kony, someone was actually doing something about Kony and the… Read More

A Day Without Twitter?

James Carafano | March 12, 2012

Reporters Without Borders notes that today is World Day Against Cyber-Censorship. For some time now, the organization has been highlighting cases of oppression and abuse… Read More

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Japan: One Year Later

James Carafano | March 12, 2012

Yesterday, Japan remembered. On March 11, 2011, an earthquake rocked the coast of Japan. The quake generated the largest recorded tsunami in modern Japanese history,… Read More

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