Copyright 2012 Clifford May Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:40:02 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Clifford May :: Writings http://www.cliffordmay.org cliff@defenddemocracy.org (Clifford May) webmaster@pundicity.com en-us http://www.cliffordmay.org/11109/are-sanctions-working Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:00:00 EST There's pain, and then there's pain. Getting stung by a bee hurts. Having a Doberman sink his teeth into your thigh is a more intense experience. By the same token, there are sanctions, and then there are sanctions. For years, the sanctions imposed on... http://www.cliffordmay.org/11071/the-haqqani-test Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:00:00 EST For 65 years Pakistanis have been conducting one of modern history's great experiments: Can a nation conceived as Islamic be free and democratic — the vision of Pakistan's founding father, Muhammad Ali Jinnah? Or will Pakistan's identity be defined by... http://www.cliffordmay.org/11040/militant-islamism-islam Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:00:00 EST Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has described the Muslim Brotherhood as "secular." Vice President Joseph Biden recently said that the Taliban "is not our enemy." According to John Brennan, assistant to the president on counterterrorism,... http://www.cliffordmay.org/11011/muslims-attacked Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:00:00 EST It's funny, in an Orwellian way, that in Europe there are now militant groups with such cutesy names as Sharia4Belgium and Sharia4Holland. Less funny, but perhaps more Orwellian, is this: Last month, the European Foundation for Democracy (EFD) held an... http://www.cliffordmay.org/10983/historian-diplomat-spy Thu, 5 Jan 2012 09:00:00 EST Iran is not our enemy. The regime that enriches itself while murdering, oppressing, and impoverishing ordinary Iranians; the regime that incites genocide against Israel, threatens its neighbors in the Persian Gulf, and vows to bring about a "world... http://www.cliffordmay.org/10950/iran-and-al-qaeda Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:00:00 EST Late last week, the State Department announced a $10 million reward for information leading to the capture of Ezedin Abdel Aziz Khalil, a.k.a. Yasin al-Suri — Yasin the Syrian. Serious students of terrorism and counterterrorism saw this as big news for... http://www.cliffordmay.org/10914/palestinian-nationalism Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:00:00 EST The region we now call the Middle East is an elaborate mosaic. Among its peoples are the Arabs, denizens of the desert who became great conquerors and colonists. The Persians possessed a mighty empire in antiquity — and will again if Iran's current... http://www.cliffordmay.org/10866/islam-in-terrorism Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:00:00 EST Is there anything Islamic about Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps? On what basis does Ayman al-Zawahiri, now al-Qaeda's leader, formerly the head of Egyptian Islamic Jihad, claim to be a jihadi — an Islamic warrior? Do groups that justify... http://www.cliffordmay.org/10856/missile-defense-iran Sun, 11 Dec 2011 09:00:00 EST As the past three years have shown, President Barack Obama and his predecessor, George W. Bush, don't often see eye-to-eye on foreign policy. On at least one issue, however, the two appear to be in full agreement. Both have stated clearly and repeatedly... http://www.cliffordmay.org/10836/buried-treasure Thu, 8 Dec 2011 09:00:00 EST America is in economic distress. The crisis threatens our national security because a nation that is weak economically cannot be strong in other ways. If only we had an untapped source of wealth, a nest egg we could crack and use to grow the economy,... http://www.cliffordmay.org/10768/what-would-the-gipper-do Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST Back in 1985, Charles Krauthammer, writing in Time magazine, called President Ronald Reagan "the master of the new idea." Among the then-novel notions he was championing: limited government, supply-side economics, and developing the technological means... http://www.cliffordmay.org/10720/iran-options Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST The report issued by the International Atomic Energy Agency last week confirms that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will soon have their fingers on nuclear triggers — unless serious actions are taken. "The biggest threat to the United... http://www.cliffordmay.org/10681/brave-new-transnational-progressive-world Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST The attacks of 9/11 awoke some Americans — by no means all — to the threat posed by totalitarian interpretations of Islam. John Fonte, a scholar at the Hudson Institute, has long been concerned about another ideology that is perhaps no less dangerous to... http://www.cliffordmay.org/10633/economic-justice Thu, 3 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST Imagine someone showing up at your home and saying: "We're from the government. We've determined that this dwelling has more living space than you and your family need. There are so many people who do not have enough. So we're going to move another... http://www.cliffordmay.org/10590/autocracies-united Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:00:00 EST Diplomacy is not a science, but sometimes diplomatic theories can be tested. As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama hypothesized that relations with both Iran and Russia could be much improved. The key, he suggested, was offering respect and...