RL May 22 15

Foreign

• Fewer Publicity Stunts, More Results Needed Against Islamic State
• Activists: Islamic State seizes more than half of Syria
• Dick Clarke: US Fight Against ISIS ‘Kind of Doing It Half Assed’
• China Military Moves into South China Sea Dispute, Solidifying China’s New Area Grab
• U.S. Forces ‘Closely Monitoring’ Iranian Warships Near Yemen
• U.S. Sanctions Two Companies Linked to Iran’s Plane Purchases
• Gen. Jack Keane: ‘We Are Not Only Failing, We Are In Fact Losing This War’
• George W. Bush Didn’t Create ISIS; Islam Did David French 
• Obama: ‘I Don’t Think We’re Losing’ Fight With Islamic State
• Iraq’s Decline into Chaos Traces Back to 2011, Not 2003 Charles Krauthammer
• US Retaliates At China Escalation, Warns Sea "Sandcastles" May "Lead To Conflict"

Freedom of

• Majority of Democrats, 37 Percent of Republicans Want to Repeal First Amendment
• Garland, Texas imam calls for restrictions on the freedom of speech
• A Queer Alliance Against Free Speech
• Circuit Courts Strike Blows Against Religious Liberty
• ‘Mother Of All Retractions': Falsified ‘Gay Marriage’ Study Just Put Lib News In The Doghouse

Clinton

• Anti-Stephanopoulos Artwork Posted Near ABC News Headquarters in Manhattan
• Judicial Watch Files Seven Lawsuits to Expose Hillary Clinton Email Scandal

Congress

• The fight of Paul Ryan's career
• No Amendments, Closed Debate: Rand Paul’s NSA Filibuster Proves Mitch McConnell Running U.S. Senate Just Like Harry Reid - Breitbart
• How The Media Deceive The Public About "Fast Track" And The "Trade Bills"

Economics

• Making This Change to Tax System Would Help Businesses, Economy Thrive
• The Fallacy Of Unequivocal Faith In The Fed's Babbling Bubble-Blowers
• Welcome To The Oligarch Recovery: 82% Of US Construction Is Luxury Units

Government

• The Common Perception Is True
• Public outcry forces FEC Democrats to junk bid to regulate Internet, Drudge
• Radical Islamic Organization Helps Choose U.S. Refugees

Education

• AMCHA Initiative Applauds Napolitano’s Declaration That UC Should Adopt State Department Definition of Anti-Semitism
• Academic Mob Chases ‘Climate Change Contrarian’ Bjorn Lomborg Off Campus
• Unlock the School Library

The Mess

• Baltimore violence out of control after Freddie Gray riots
• Empowered Thugs Rule The Streets – Post Riot Baltimore Shootings Skyrocket 70% – Murder Rate Increases 42% – Mayor “Disheartened”…
• Domino’s Customers Call Obamacare Reg ‘Obnoxious, Costly, Annoying’
• Google Fiber pushes automatic piracy fines to subscribers | ZDNet
• Microsoft’s Attempt to ‘Guilt’ Schools into Using Their Next Big Money-Maker
• Paranoid defence controls could criminalise teaching encryption
• Civil Engineers Support More Spending on Civil Engineering

Think

• Exposed: The Left’s Most Egregious Catch-22
• What We Can Learn From Feminism’s Victorian Revival
• The Federalist Debates Reform Conservatism
• Modern Conservatism’s Enduring Creative Tension
• Mental Health’s LGBT Blind Spot
• Mad Max and the Dream-Work of Homosexuality

The Others

Thursday morning links - Maggie's Farm

Larwyn's Linx: The Obama-Boehner-McConnell 'Fast Track' to a Poorer America