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Richard L. Benkin
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February 24, 2018
The Trump Factor and the PashtunsPresident Trump's reinvigorated foreign policy has inspired the Pashtuns and other oppressed peoples in Pakistan.
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December 24, 2017
One single pro-US, pro-Israel Pakistani stands up against his countrymenIn Pakistan, it takes courage to rise up on Israel's behalf.
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January 25, 2017
Brexit at bayThe expressed will of the voters in the United Kingdom has been put on hold.
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March 23, 2016
ISIS has set up shop in IndiaSouth Asia has more than 4.5 times as many Muslims than the Middle East, which means a greater pool for radicalization. It is easier for South Asians to enter the US, and it is almost automatic for them to enter the EU, gain citizenship, and take a plane here
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February 11, 2015
Out of Desperation, Indian Leftists Uniting?Last Spring, India’s Gandhi-Nehru dynasty suffered its worst reversal in history. Now, India's left seeks a coalition to fight free market advocate, Prime Minister Modi.
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August 27, 2014
More hypocrisy from the Obama administrationWhy does the administration urge Israel to do something they refuse to do themselves?
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June 1, 2014
India's Modi carries out pledge to downsize governmentNarendra Modi is already showing people what a small-government, conservative chief executive can do; and he's been in office only five days!
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May 19, 2014
India's New Prime Minister Bodes well for usA victory for Conservatism -- and we better get on the victory train quickly or watch it speed by without us.
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May 10, 2014
Chicago suburb tells feds to keep their money -- and their regulationsA school district in Chicago’s northwest suburbs is quitting the National School Lunch Program over new regulations championed by first lady Michelle Obama.
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May 7, 2014
Muslim Illegal Immigration in India Sparks Violent ResistanceAn uprising, as locals resist demographic change and national government fails to enforce the border.
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May 1, 2014
India's Impending Conservative VictoryFew Americans are aware of the potentially earth-shaking events currently unfolding in India. A free-market capitalist and unapologetic opponent of radical Islamism poised to become India's Ronald Reagan.
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May 9, 2012
Michael Scheuer Peddling NonsenseListeners to Chicago's WLS Tuesday morning might have been shocked by comments from 22 year CIA veteran Michael Scheuer
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March 9, 2011
What Do They Fear From Peter King?To hear a bevy of usual suspects tell it, Congressman Peter King (R-NY) should be outfitted with a white sheet and hood for daring to hold hearings on the threat of radical Muslims in the United States.
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March 3, 2011
Jihad Has Come to IndiaIt is real, and it is happening now. I have seen it first-hand. The Obama administration's studied denial will find us caught as flat-footed in India as we were in Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, and elsewhere.
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September 17, 2010
All Factions Need to Heed lessons from DelawareThe primaries are over; the people have spoken. Whether we are Tea Party Conservatives or establishment Republicans, we need to respect the will of the people and not take the position that "we know better."
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August 14, 2010
Illinois Democrats Dare Jews to vote RepublicanUnwillingness to face their opponents in debate
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June 20, 2010
World silent as 12 Kurds die in Turkish bombingsThe oppression of the Kurds by Ankara continues.
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February 14, 2010
American Islamist Headley reportedly cased sites for India terror attackAccording to the Indian Anti-Terror Squad, which has taken charge of the case
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February 13, 2010
Another Victory for Strength over AppeasementAn insurgent group asks for peace talks and the world media yawns.
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February 13, 2010
Pakistan agrees to talk, sort ofPakistan has agreed to hold talks with India -- sort of.
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February 8, 2010
Pakistan cancels talks with India on Mumbai, KashmirObama appeasement of terrorists seen as a factor in Pakistan's decision.
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June 12, 2009
Obama's Address to Muslims misses the PointThe "violent extremists" aren't the only problem.
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March 28, 2009
Obama Afghan-Pakistan Policy Already UnravelingIgnoring the futility of relying on promises already broken.
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March 14, 2009
Obama's futile search for 'moderate radicals'This is about as wrong-headed a policy as one could imagine.
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November 17, 2008
Barack O'Bama and the Luck of the IrishIncredible good fortune has played a startling role in the rise of Barack Obama to the presidency-elect.
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September 19, 2008
Our Allies Want McCainDespite the carefully crafted image of Obama as the choice of the world beyond our borders, those people fighting the war on terror alongside us support McCain overwhelmingly.
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May 31, 2008
Indian Conservatives Struggle to Build Alternative MediaAmitabh Tripathi is convinced his nation of India is under attack; so he did something few people are willing to do.
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March 24, 2008
Barack Obama Would Let Shoaib Choudhury DieShoaib Choudhury, a courageous anti-Islamist journalist in Bangladesh facing death, is tangibly supported by hundreds of members of Congress in both parties. But not by Barack Obama.
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March 23, 2008
The Man Islamists Cannot SilenceHe fired the first salvo in 2003 and has been sticking his thumb in Islamist eyes ever since. Bangladeshi journalist Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury describes himself as a "Muslim Zionist."