By Diana West on
Thursday, July 29, 2010 5:56 PM
This week's column:
The battle over whether to admit Turkey into the European Union seems eternal, at least among the EU's rulers. Among the peoples of Europe, when granted the rare chance to go to the ballot box -- increasingly window-dressing as far as the EU's soft totalitarians are concerned -- there is little argument. In fact, there is bona fide consensus: NO to Turkey becoming a part of Europe. Why? Because, culturally and historically, it is not.
Tell that to British Prime Minister David Cameron, who just visited Ankara to present himself as Europe's leading booster for Turkish EU membership (a move the United States has meddlesomely supported), pandering so low a prayer rug could give him cover.
Dubbing himself Turkey's "strongest possible advocate for EU membership and for greater influence...
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By Diana West on
Thursday, July 29, 2010 6:11 AM
The Colorado GOP's Scott McInnis: Giving new meaning to responsibility
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I don't pretend to have mastered the ins and outs of a hot and hotly contested race for the governor's mansion in Colorado where US borders angel, former presidential candidate and former GOP Rep. Tom Tancredo is now making good on his threat to enter the primary race as a third-party candidate if lame-o GOP candidates didn't drop out and the state party didn't put up credible candidates.
One of the non-credibles staying in the race is the ethically challenged Republican Scott McInnis, who, as Coloradoan.com puts it, is plagued by "the controversy surrounding the plagiarized...
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By Diana West on
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 12:24 PM
Some people just know how to live. Take those Yalies lucky enough to summer on "the Vineyard" -- Martha's natch. They all look forward to:
Yale Day in the Sun!
From Yale Vineyard Alumni:
Please join the Yale family for our “Yale Day in the Sun on Martha’s Vineyard.”
GnT's? Boating? Croquet maybe? Not exactly.
Enjoy an afternoon of intellectual stimulation, reconnecting with old friends and meeting new ones.
Yeah?
The afternoon begins with lectures from two of our esteemed Yale colleagues, Master Jonathan Holloway, Professor of History, African American Studies and American Studies presenting, “The Right Kind of People: The Silences in a Civil Rights Narrative.” And Omer Bajwa, Coordinator of Muslim Life at Yale presenting, “Muslim Life at Yale and Beyond: Engaging the Sacred & the Secular.”...
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By Diana West on
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 4:03 AM
Photo: German CDU politician Rene Stadtkewitz faces a political purge for inviting Dutch Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders to Berlin
From Spiegel Online:
A local Berlin politician ... is under fire for inviting Dutch populist Geert Wilders to a meeting on Islam on October 2. Rene Stadtkewitz, who is known for his anti-Islamic views, has refused to cancel the invitation, and now faces eviction from his party's parliamentary group in the city assembly ....
Rene Stadtkewitz, 45, a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), looks set to be excluded from the CDU's parliamentary group in the Berlin city assembly after inviting Wilders to Berlin on October 2 to discuss integration and Islam. He had also discussed founding a branch of Wilders' Freedom Party in Germany.
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By Diana West on
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 6:21 AM
Cameron-Erdogan: The start of a beautiful friendship
Things are moving faster than it appeared, the rails greased by the unctuous British PM Cameron. Indeed, Turkish PM Erdogan is already declaring a "golden age" of Turkey-UK relations.
You've heard of the Full Monty? Behold the Full Dhimmi.
From the BBC:
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has condemned the blockade of the Gaza Strip, describing the territory as a "prison camp."
He also criticised Israel for launching an attack...
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