THE ROBBINS REPORT
James S. Robbins is senior editorial writer for foreign affairs at The Washington Times.
Latest Blog Entries
TRR: Iranian Nukes are Thunderstruck
Iranian nuke technicians get a taste of things to come courtesy of AC/DC
TRR: Report from Egypt says the fix is in for the military
A report from the Egyptian press, linked on presidential candidate Ahmed Shafik's Facebook page, suggests that the junta-approved former prime minister has won the race for president of Egypt.
TRR: $5 gas hits DC
Want to pay $5 for a gallon of unleaded regular? Come to the nation's capital.
TRR: Obama's Natural Gas
President Obama says the U.S. is "the Saudi Arabia of natural gas,” yet America has lower proven natural gas reserves than the Saudis.
TRR: The November 17 Soros Uprising
Leftist radicals are promising a November 17 to remember. The Occupy movement and other extremist groups are planning dozens of disruptive demonstrations across the country. And you can thank George Soros for it.
TRR: The Immortal Chaplains
A new monument at Arlington National Cemetery honors 14 Jewish military chaplains, among them Alexander B. Goode, one of the four "Immortal Chaplains" who sacrificed his life in 1943 to give others a fighting chance to live.
TRR: Obama's Iraq Failure
White House bragging about the announced troop withdrawal from Iraq overlooks the fact that President Obama had wanted the U.S. to stay even longer. Baghdad told him to get out.
TRR: Let the Feds feel our pain
Why should Federal workers get automatic pay raises when nobody else does?
TRR Exclusive: Inside Occupy Wall Street: The Race Debate
Exclusive internal documents from Occupy Wall Street reveal that the 99% are almost 99% disaffected white kids.
TRR: Competing Thoughts on the Iranian Assassination Plot
Accused Iranian bomb plotter Mansour Arbabsiar was hardly a master assassin
TRR: Goodbye Press Freedom: Occupy Wall Street Proposing Government Controlled Media
You would think the members of the Occupy Wall Street movement would be grateful to the media for all the attention they are getting. But according to the group’s draft “American People’s New Economic Charter,” they are discussing ways to bring an end to freedom of the press as we know it.
TRR: Occupy Wall Street Demands: Cap Banker Salaries at $20,000, pay Academics $36,000
Should a business owner make less than half of what a librarian makes? Should academics be paid more than bankers or lawyers? The Occupy movement says yes.
TRR: The Grand Old Party: The Democrats
These days hardly anyone knows that the expression "Grand Old Party" originally referred to the Democrats.
TRR: Screwball Hippies think the Marines are coming
The OccupyWallSt. crowd thinks the military is coming to protect them from the police. This raises the question -- what drugs are they on?
TRR: David Axelrod probably only drinks Kool-Aid
David Axelrod is not a master of metaphor. Either that or he likes cheap wine.