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- Wrong Again - July 3, 2009
- WASHINGTON -- It took the Obama administration eight days to figure out whether Iranians being gunned down for protesting a fraudulent election and demanding basic civil...
- Sovereignty - June 26, 2009
- WASHINGTON -- My old American Heritage Dictionary defines "sovereignty" as "complete independence and self-government." Our Declaration of Independence affirms, "We hold...
- Relics of Communism - June 19, 2009
- ST. PETERSBURG, Russia -- "What are you Americans thinking?" asked the young woman in perfect, if slightly accented, English. She was wearing a name tag with "Marie" in...
- Appeasing North Korea - June 14, 2009
- Here in Europe, there is little media coverage about North Korea's May 25 nuclear weapons test or its increasingly frequent ballistic missile launches. There is even...
- Appeasing Outlaws - June 12, 2009
- COPENHAGEN -- Here in Europe, there is little media coverage about North Korea's May 25 nuclear weapons test or its increasingly frequent ballistic missile launches....
- Apologies and Ayatollahs - June 5, 2009
- WASHINGTON -- According to the mighty Wurlitzer in the White House press office, this week's penitent presidential venture to the Middle East has been "historic" and a...
- The Failure of Grip-and-Grin Diplomacy - May 29, 2009
- WASHINGTON -- During the presidential campaign, then-Sen. Barack Obama famously said he was willing to meet "without preconditions" with the leaders of Iran, Syria,...
- Promises and the Promised Land - May 22, 2009
- WASHINGTON -- On May 14, Israelis celebrated their 61st Independence Day. Less than 96 hours later, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, arrived at the White...
- True Faith and Allegiance - May 15, 2009
- WASHINGTON -- It is said that there are two kinds of lawyers: those who know the law and those who know the judge. And then there is Harold Koh, the man who is likely to...
- Gitmo Quagmire - May 9, 2009
- WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday, April 29, in an East Room news conference, President Barack Obama claimed, "We have rejected the false choice between our security and our...
- Lie to Me - May 1, 2009
- WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday evening, all but one of America's television networks blew off their prime-time programs and dutifully trotted off to the White House to cover...
- I Am An Extremist - April 17, 2009
- WASHINGTON -- According to the U.S. government, I am an extremist. I am a Christian and meet regularly with other Christians to study God's word. My faith convinces me...
- Welcome to Utopia - April 10, 2009
- Whatever it was -- the Arab press applauded the moment as servile -- it was keeping with the administration's "apologize for America first" message. Given...
- Et Tu, Barack? - April 3, 2009
- Mr. Obama not only fired Rick Wagoner, the CEO of General Motors, but also vowed to remake the company's board of directors in his own image. He also forced...
- Carpe Crisis - March 27, 2009
- Anyone who has followed the current travail of the Mexican government in dealing with hyper-violent drug cartels south of the Rio Grande agrees that it is a...
- The Burden of Battle - March 20, 2009
- It also started a wildfire among America's vets. Some described the proposal as part of "a conspiracy against our military." Veterans blogs cited...
- Failing the Test - March 13, 2009
- "Nice guy" diplomacy hasn't worked very well elsewhere, either. Pakistan replied to the administration's "let's get along" overture by allowing Dr. A.Q. Khan -- the...
- Be Happy - March 6, 2009
- By Tuesday, it was worse. That morning, The New York Times reported that three weeks ago, Mr. Obama wrote a confidential letter to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev...
- Truth Be Told - February 27, 2009
- Maybe it's not his fault. Perhaps 27-year-old Jon Favreau, his eloquent speechwriter, just doesn't know the facts or recognize "where have I heard those...
- Stealth Surge - February 20, 2009
- This deployment -- about 8,000 additional Marines, 4,000 more soldiers and 5,000 "support personnel" -- does not come as a surprise. During the presidential...
- Failure to Launch - February 13, 2009
- Few of the potentates of the press have even bothered to report on the national security setbacks and missed opportunities that the "ready on day one" crowd...
- Stimulate Defense - February 6, 2009
- Unfortunately, given the political alignment in Washington, it is unlikely that taxes will be cut enough, and inevitably there will be too much spending on...
- Troubling Talk - January 30, 2009
- Late last week, Gen. James Conway, the Marine commandant, suggested that as many as 20,000 U.S. Marines could be committed to the campaign in Afghanistan. On...
- Clear and Present Danger - January 23, 2009
- On Wednesday, less than 24 hours after his inaugural, the Obama White House Web site announced, inter alia, that they will engage in "tough and direct"...
- The Central Front - January 16, 2009
- This week, he announced that despite 61 released detainees returning to commit more atrocities, the Guantanamo Bay detention facility will be closed. He likely will...
- One President? - January 9, 2009
- During this week's Oval Office photo op with President George W. Bush and former Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and William Jefferson Blythe Clinton,...
- Old Acquaintances Now Passed - January 3, 2009
- First, there are the 216 military personnel in Iraq and 133 in Afghanistan who were killed in action or who died of wounds during 2008. Some of them I knew...
- Christmas Spirit - December 26, 2008
- Our national day of Thanksgiving has become the official kickoff for a year-end buying spree, which is supposed to continue through Christmas, er, excuse me, "the...
- Missing the Story -- Again - December 19, 2008
- First, the Latin Leader Finger-in-the-Eye Stunt. They called it the "Latin American and Caribbean Summit on Integration and Development." It brought all but...
- Dear Car Czar - December 12, 2008
- First, we only buy American cars in my family. My dad fought in World War II, and I always have been afraid he would rise up out of the grave and haunt me if...
- Honoring Heroes - December 5, 2008
- According to those who were there, before the grievously injured officer passed out from loss of blood, he ordered them to set up security, get a head count,...
- Privatizing Piracy Protection - November 28, 2008
- By the time of Jefferson's inauguration, in 1801, American ransoms and "tributes" amounted to more than $1 million per year -- nearly one-fifth of the U.S....
- Future Leaders - November 21, 2008
- According to the "experts" here in Europe and at home, the conservative message no longer resonates with the American electorate -- or most Western...
- The New World Financial Order - November 14, 2008
- The coincidence of an economic downturn and our most recent political realignment have produced calls for urgent, dramatic, decisive action. Liberal...
- Protect and Defend - November 7, 2008
- --Commitments: Candidate Obama made "ending the war and getting out of Iraq" the centerpiece of his foreign policy platform from the very beginning of his...
- Messiah Deficit Disorder - October 24, 2008
- Old Testament prophets described a Messiah -- a leader and savior who would deliver the Jewish people from their travails. For more than two millenniums,...
- No Debate - October 17, 2008
- One of them is a 22-year-old sergeant, named Courtney Rauch. He and his wife, Vanessa, were part of our 2007 documentary "The Homefront to the Frontlines,"...
- October Surprises - October 10, 2008
- John Brown, an abolitionist, raided the U.S. Armory at Harpers Ferry, Va., Oct. 16, 1859, killing and wounding more than a dozen people in an effort to start...
- And In Other News - October 3, 2008
- Second, despite predictions that "it couldn't be done," the al-Maliki government has announced plans for provincial elections before year's end. The Iraqis...
- The Secret War on Dollar - September 26, 2008
- For more than five years, remarkably accurate duplicates of U.S. $100 bills have been circulating overseas. Called "supernotes" by our Treasury Department, Secret...