J.E. Dyer

J.E. Dyer is a retired Naval Intelligence officer who lives in Southern California, blogging as The Optimistic Conservative for domestic tranquility and world peace. Her articles have appeared at Hot Air, Commentary’s Contentions, Patheos, The Daily Caller, The Jewish Press, and The Weekly Standard.

National Security

J.E. DyerJuly 22, 2013
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Censored: Most-wanted terrorist photos on Seattle buses

You know why, of course. The world’s most-wanted terrorists are mostly Muslims. Of the 32 at the FBI website, 30…
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Economy

J.E. DyerJuly 21, 2013
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Ten things government can’t do without an income tax

1. Think your income is too big and another person’s is too small. 2. Propose to “redistribute income” using government…
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Social Issues

J.E. DyerJuly 17, 2013
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Christian Century editor blogs with virulent anti-Semites

I’ve been watching this one from the sidelines for the last couple of weeks, hoping the leadership at Christian Century…
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJuly 17, 2013
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Infotags: One more thing to hack

Somebody had to do it. California’s actually been looking at it for several years now: a “smart,” computerized license plate…
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerJuly 15, 2013
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Why is Qatar buying 180 main battle tanks?

The militarization of interesting times.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJuly 12, 2013
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Two men, no authority

Daniel J. Flynn is taking heavy fire over at The American Spectator for his editorial post on the Martin-Zimmerman case,…
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJuly 11, 2013
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It’s all 'legal': Why DOJ was facilitating protests in the Martin-Zimmerman case

The news rocketed across the rightosphere yesterday: the U.S. Department of Justice sent workers to involve themselves with protests against…
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJuly 10, 2013
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Government happens: Pimping health care in California

How does a community group that’s been funded to help Californians sign up for the new health “insurance” exchange trace…
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerJuly 7, 2013
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Morsi down, Saudis up in battle for Syria

Mohammed Morsi’s call for holy war in Syria spooked the Egyptian military, and it alarmed the Saudis too. I suspect…
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJuly 4, 2013
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The sound of freedom

Do Americans today understand the deep, life-or-death difference between a society ruled by the sound of silence, and one ruled…
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerJuly 3, 2013
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It’s on: Muslim Brotherhood influence rejected in two nations

It’s a little early to predict the exact outcome of the Morsi-military smackdown underway in Egypt. (Update as this goes…
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerJuly 2, 2013
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Egyptian crisis: It’s the 'holy war,' stupid

It took a couple of weeks for the crisis to come to a head. But the origins of the Morsi…
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Politics

J.E. DyerJuly 1, 2013
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Intolerance and anti-Semitism: Britain jumps shark

Perhaps it was one thing – a less alarming thing, if you will – for Tommy Robinson and Kevin Carroll…
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Media

J.E. DyerJune 30, 2013
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What you probably didn’t know about the Paula Deen dust-up

It’s something you probably didn’t even think about, when news of Paula Deen’s use of the N-word penetrated your consciousness.…
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJune 26, 2013
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Same-sex 'marriage' and the power of bureaucracy

Americans today are getting a crash course in the liberty we give up when we create bureaucracies and let the…
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerJune 20, 2013
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U.S. in Afghanistan: Of course we negotiate with terrorists

In a sign of the surreality into which we have descended under the Obama administration, the media have been reporting…
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJune 18, 2013
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Scrap the Senate Immigration bill

It’s as bad as the Tea Party thinks it is. It’s worse. In some ways, it’s a pig in a…
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerJune 16, 2013
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Rohani: A 'moderate' game-changer?

A reader at The Optimistic Conservative pointed out that the media outlets hailing the election of Hassan Rohani, a so-called…
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerJune 11, 2013
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Stuff and nonsense: The NSA data mining

It wouldn’t be an American political scandal if there weren’t an element of farce in it. There is a whole…
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerMay 9, 2013
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Law, government, community, and conservatives

In his “Morning Jolt” today, Jim Geraghty of National Review Online highlighted a post from yesterday by Peter Wehner at…
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerMay 5, 2013
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Latest reports: Israel has now attacked a facility in Syria

Wars and rumors of wars… OK, let’s sort this out, at least until the next update. (This is how intelligence…
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerMay 4, 2013
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Interdicting arms to Hezbollah? New report of Israeli air strikes in Syria

The latest report that the Israeli Air Force has conducted an attack in Syria comes not from the Syrian rebels…
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerApril 28, 2013
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Syria: Israel, at least, is militarily ready

Several websites have picked up on a UPI report that the Israeli Air Force attacked a chemical weapons site in…
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerApril 28, 2013
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Just a reminder: Military readiness affects the viability of Syria operations too

After U.S. officials agreed last week that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons on its people, politicians and pundits…
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Media

J.E. DyerApril 27, 2013
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Boston bomber: Experts continue to reveal Obama administration’s misleading themery

I’ve written about this before: the Obama administration’s penchant for creating “information” themes that misrepresent what’s going on. My expertise…
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerApril 17, 2013
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State of unreadiness

My colleague Timothy Whiteman highlighted last Thursday the number of Air Force squadrons that will have to cease training later…
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National Security

J.E. DyerApril 16, 2013
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Boston will rise

It’s too much to say we don’t know squat yet about the bombing at the Boston Marathon yesterday, but it’s…
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerApril 10, 2013
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Gun laws and trusting the government

Reportedly, a pair of U.S. Senators – Republican Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania and Democrat Joe Manchin of West Virginia –…
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Politics

J.E. DyerApril 8, 2013
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The Iron Lady

The news this morning is that Margaret Thatcher died this morning, 8 April, at her home in Britain. According to…
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Media

J.E. DyerApril 6, 2013
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'Islamism' and the West: How do you solve a problem like the AP Stylebook?

The Associated Press has decided that the word “Islamist” may not be used to describe anything objectionable. Lori Lowenthal Marcus…
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerApril 4, 2013
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Wrong, hackneyed, overworked: Beyond the usual analysis of “China and North Korea”

Is there any piece of received wisdom more universally invoked than the inane piety that China wants to calm North…
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerMarch 28, 2013
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Same-sex “marriage”

OK, fine, it’s in the news, we gotta talk about it. My colleagues here at LU have been much more…
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Economy

J.E. DyerMarch 26, 2013
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Cyprus: When law and order prescribe theft

Who will shoulder the pain from the Cyprus bailout deal? The first-order sufferers will be small businessmen (mostly Russian) and…
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerMarch 24, 2013
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Observations on Obama’s trip to Israel: Feelings (Part 2)

Part 1 is here. The second observation relates to Obama’s statement with Netanyahu on his arrival in Israel. A correspondent…
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerMarch 24, 2013
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Observations on Obama’s trip to Israel: Apologies (Part 1)

Obama went to Israel, and, as expected, gave some bland speeches and didn’t suggest putting anything new on the table…
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerMarch 20, 2013
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The Shakiest Nukes in the West

“Listen up, yo: I’m deterring you now” In case everyone in Northeast Asia missed it, in spite of their intelligence…
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J.E. Dyer

Censored: Most-wanted terrorist photos on Seattle buses

Ten things government can’t do without an income tax

Why is Qatar buying 180 main battle tanks?

Morsi down, Saudis up in battle for Syria

The sound of freedom

It’s on: Muslim Brotherhood influence rejected in two nations

Egyptian crisis: It’s the 'holy war,' stupid

What you probably didn’t know about the Paula Deen dust-up

U.S. in Afghanistan: Of course we negotiate with terrorists

Rohani: A 'moderate' game-changer?

Latest reports: Israel has now attacked a facility in Syria

Interdicting arms to Hezbollah? New report of Israeli air strikes in Syria

Syria: Israel, at least, is militarily ready

Just a reminder: Military readiness affects the viability of Syria operations too

Boston bomber: Experts continue to reveal Obama administration’s misleading themery

State of unreadiness

Boston will rise

The Iron Lady

Wrong, hackneyed, overworked: Beyond the usual analysis of “China and North Korea”

Cyprus: When law and order prescribe theft

Observations on Obama’s trip to Israel: Feelings (Part 2)

Observations on Obama’s trip to Israel: Apologies (Part 1)

The Shakiest Nukes in the West

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