I found this copy in a used bookstore. It's an old one that still has a dedication to Nathaniel Branden, but doesn't yet have one of those cards in the middle.' [...]
[Chris] WALLACE: If he's able to define Iraq in terms of where do you spend that $12 billion, on the battlefield over there or on infrastructure and social programs here, doesn't [...]
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 1, 2007
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David Petraeus is a political general. Yet in presenting his recent assessment [...]
It would be an obscenity, we are told, if Ahmadinejad were allowed to place a wreath at Ground Zero. This is a public relations stunt that should never be permitted.
That the Iranian president [...]
But let's do remind him that it was just six years ago when al Qaeda launched four missiles, of [...]
Flyover Country [Michael Ledeen]
Barbara and I went to Indianapolis for a Toby Keith concert, where we partied with something like 25,000 happy rednecks, most of them young, most of them wearing boots and cowboy hats (and cheering Keith's [...]
The key difference between [...]
This bit of political analysis can be put to the real-world test [...]
Unless I’m mistaken, the liberal-neocon establishment will black out [...]
Vietnam wasn't America's only unpopular war in the 20th [...]
The reality is that politicians demand that the troops be withdrawn from Iraq because that withdrawal will inflict a political defeat on the Administration. If the Army and marines are obliged to retreat, Democrats reason, there will be no way for the GOP to portray the invasion [...]
As Bill Kauffman makes clear, true conservatives have always resisted the imperial and military impulse: it drains the treasury, curtails domestic liberties, breaks down families, and [...]
Much ado has been made about Fred Thompson, 64, and his "Trophy Wife," Jeri, 40. The 24-year age difference scandalized the feminists so that they have taken the vapors.
Few of them complained about the 37-year age difference in Bill Clinton, [...]
IS THERE SOMETHING FISHY in Al Gore's enviro-talk? Rebecca Keeble of the International Humane Society writes:
ONLY one week after Live Earth, Al Gore's green credentials slipped while hosting his daughter's wedding in [...]
One of the most persistent agricultural myths is that larger mechanized farms are more efficient and profitable than smaller traditional farms. But larger farms spend more per unit of production because they buy expensive [...]
In the wake of George W. Bush’s re-election in 2004, frustrated liberals talked secession back to within hailing distance of the margins of national debate—a place it had not occupied since 1861. With their praise of self-rule and the devolution of power, they [...]
John Edwards [...]
My own working theory till now has been that the anti-Klein sentiment exposes the tyrannical impulses of the American Left. Being a left-leaning journalist is not sufficient, comrade! We demand total unquestioning obedience! You are guilty of [...]
Since World War II, the United States has grown fantastically wealthy and, consequently, Americans consume mightily, but we haven't become happier than we were a [...]
Today, our men and women in uniform are far away fighting the toughest of [...]
When the boss says "push a button on a guy," I push a button.--Willie Cicci, explaining his role as a Corleone family soldier in The Godfather Part II.How did I almost miss the Middle Tennessee spat over the comments of A.C. Kleinheider about the U.S. military? Kleinheider opined, [...]
For some time now I've wondered who, exactly, declared that Russell Kirk was a "founder" [...]
Parents who lose children, whether through accident or illness, inevitably wonder what they could have done to prevent their loss. When my son was killed in Iraq earlier this month at age 27, [...]
"Blowback," as it's called, is a controversial thesis, but it does explain why Osama bin Laden goes after America and not, say, Switzerland.This is a favorite rhetorical trope of anti-interventionists: If only we had a neutral [...]