Soccer Dad

Submitted 02/05/09

This week's Watcher's Council submissions are UP!

Israeli Missile Defense Group Emphasizes Need, Technological Feasibility Of Anti-Missile Systems - Mere Rhetoric writes about a group of Israeli military experts who argue that Israel's ability to fight missile attacks successfully requires a missile defense.
God's Will - Right Truth looks at the obligation we have to do God's will.
Obama: " Screw Kentucky" - Joshuapundit observes that President Obama's reaction towards the deadly ice storm in Kentucky was just as detached from the situation as was President Bush's reaction to Hurrican Katrina.
Lawyer: OK for prez to ditch Constitution if he's "popular" - The Colossus of Rhodey dissects statements by an academic whose standards for executive overreach are highly subjective.
President Obama and Executive Power - The Provocateur continues his observations about the proliferation of czars in the Obama administration and the problems inherent in these appointments.
Musings over Forms and Schedules - The Razor contemplates his own tax obligations and questions why it is that the governing class appears to be adhere to a different set of rules.
My Stimulus Proposal - Rhymes With Right writes that direct investment in people would be a better way of stimulating the economy.
Three Thoughts About the Obama Administration - The Glittering Eye offers his early take on the new administration and contrasts it to its predecessor.
Calling All Conservative Attorneys! - Cheat-Seeking Missiles wants to challenge AG Eric Holder.
What a cigarette will tell you about a man - Bookworm Room considers the pessimist-in-chief.
The no-state solution - I critique a recent Thomas Friedman column in which he calls for more Saudi involvement in Middle East peacemaking. But the Saudis have demonstrated that they are uninterested in having a Jewish state.

My non-council submission this week is Generational Rage from Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations. Also of note (because two members submitted each) are Judea Pearl's op-ed on the occasion of the 7th anniversary of his son, Danny's, death and an open letter that an Israeli soldier wrote to a counterpart in Gaza.

Read. Enjoy. Be informed.

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