The Occasional Observer

Why would the US allow Dubai to buy a 20% stake in NASDAQ? I'm all for allowing foreign countries or companies to make certain strategic investments in our country. But it seems that certain things - our ports, our infrastructure, our military, and our governing financial institutions - ought to remain American-owned. Am I off base here?

While we're at it, would Columbia drop their pretentiousness that they are simply preserving their "long-standing tradition of serving as a major forum for robust debate" by hosting the psycho leader of Iran? It's bad enough that the UN is still in NYC and therefore he must be allowed onto our soil. But Columbia does not have to give him a soapbox to spew his filth and stupidity. There is no reason to give him any validation by giving him a forum; Columbia can trot out their far-left-wing "free speech is the most American of all rights" type defense, but I'm not buying.