Articles

January 31, 2009
It's a Recession, Really
Randall Hoven
For those of us waiting for two consecutive quarters of shrinking real GDP before we declare a "real" recession, we can stop waiting. But some perspective is in order. It's not that bad so far. More

January 31, 2009
The Threat Closer to Home
Ed Lasky
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is often dismissed as a showboater and a buffoon. He is actually dangerous. More

January 31, 2009
Obama and The Culture of death
Miguel A. Guanipa
With the magic stroke of his executive pen, Obama has declared his intentions that no ground will be given and no prisoners spared when it comes to abortion. More

January 30, 2009
Super Bowl 43: A Mismatch?
Richard Baehr
The numbers tell an interesting story in the hands of AT's Richard Baehr. More

January 30, 2009
Blago's shattered immunity
Douglas O'Brien
Blago is being impeached for the right reasons, not just technicalities. More

January 30, 2009
Nancy Pelosi's neo-eugenics
Geoffrey P. Hunt
The sinister logic behind the Speaker's theory of birth control and economics. More

January 29, 2009
Bailouts, Relativity and Dead Parrots
Randall Hoven
I'm still trying to grasp the concept of a trillion dollar bailout.  Einstein thought about riding a beam of light.  I think he had the easier time. More

January 29, 2009
Federal Finance: having it both ways
Jon N. Hall
An asset can also be a liability thanks to Congress's "unified budget" game. More

January 29, 2009
What the CIA's Censors Can Teach Us about Plans to Muzzle Talk Radio
Ishmael Jones
As the only official censorship bureau in America, the CIA's censorship operation provides insights on attempts to muzzle conservative talk radio More

January 28, 2009
Barry, Honey, can we talk about Gitmo?
Kyle-Anne Shiver
"President Obama" seems a far too stiff and stilted salutation for a people's president who called a female journalist "sweetie." More

January 28, 2009
Why Bipartisanship is Unethical
Larrey Anderson
Depending on the circumstances, "bipartisanship" is almost always a sign of either political weakness or moral turpitude. Here's why. More

January 28, 2009
Obama's Middle East Challenges
Walid Phares
President Obama faces a series of challenges. His responses will depend on one factor above all others. More

January 28, 2009
Women Want Safety
Christopher Chantrill
The biggest problem we remaining conservatives have to consider is the Woman Problem. More

January 28, 2009
Secrets of Service
Matt Spivey
Service and giving are pervasive themes under the new President, but he needs to clarify his intended audience. More

January 27, 2009
Signs and Wonders in Week One of the Obama Era
J.R. Dunn
The left are not acting like people basking in the glory of a long-sought victory. In their moment of victory, the American left is no less than desperate. More

January 27, 2009
Why I Like Blago
Lee Cary
In a political environment these days without humor, I like Blago. He's the political bad boy of our age. More

January 27, 2009
The inside story of Operation Cast Lead
Joel J. Sprayregen
Phases-by-phase: What Isarel did and what it learned. More

January 27, 2009
Rafah tunnels are the key to defeating Hamas
Moshe Dann
The key to preventing Hamas from obtaining weapons and ending the conflict with Hamas is control of the tunnels under Rafah. More

January 27, 2009
The Curious Case of Patrick Leahy
William Tate
The world seems to be moving backwards for Senator Patrick Leahy. More

January 26, 2009
The Gray Lady turns a deathly shade of pale
Thomas Lifson
Arthur Ochs "Pinch" Sulzberger Jr. has driven the proudest institution in journalism to the doorstep of ruin. More

January 26, 2009
Obama's first week: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Rick Moran
Unexpected weaknesses and strengths from the nascent Obama Administration. More

January 26, 2009
The Ten Trillion Dollar Black Swan
Mike Razar
It is nearly unanimous. The reason for the current financial mess isn't over-leveraging, or criminally negligent management and Directors, or even an excess supply of millions of homes. It is that darn mark-to-market rule. More

January 25, 2009
The Age of Anti-Carbonism
Mick C. Pitlick
It's not the science. It's the policy. More

January 25, 2009
Climate: Change You Can't Believe In
Marc Sheppard
There's one change that only 41% of Americans can believe in: man-made climate change.  That's down from 47% just nine months ago. More

January 25, 2009
Scare Watch: 'Arctic warming is unprecedented'
Viscount Monckton of Brenchley
A scare report on Arctic ice melting does not bear close scrutiny. More

January 25, 2009
Obama as God's Instrument
Miguel A. Guanipa
The Almighty's own caveat that he aims to exalt those who humble themselves, and humble those who exalt themselves is worth bearing in mind. More

January 25, 2009
The UN's Orwellian Language on Israel
Richard L. Cravatts
In few places where public diplomacy and negotiations are conducted is there such visible moral incoherence and hypocrisy as regularly occurs in UN Human Rights Council sessions More

January 25, 2009
Questions about a New Conference on Iran
Hassan Daioleslam
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University will be hosting a two-day conference on the theme of The Iranian Revolution: Thirty Years; More

January 24, 2009
Obama's Curious Inaugural Rhetoric
Paul Kengor
Something quite notable was said before an audience of tens of millions of Americans on January 20, 2009. More

January 24, 2009
Geert Wilders, European Islam and Fitna
Lance Fairchok
When Geert Wilders released the film FITNA it terrified the government of the Netherlands, More

January 24, 2009
Markets and Marxists Don't Mix
James Long
The three biggest changes in United States history since WWII, all three promising to have major impact on the future of the Republic, recently occurred within a period of a few weeks. More

January 24, 2009
George W. Bush: The Case for Greatness
Ben Voth
Great Presidents are defined by their times. More

January 24, 2009
Reporter of my dreams
Jim H. Ainsworth
Hey, a guy can dream, can't he? More

January 23, 2009
Productive stimulus: Fast-track nuclear power
Joseph Somsel
Reduce energy imports, atmospheric emissions, and unemployment. The only obstacle is political willpower. More

January 23, 2009
Sorry media, Obama's just not that into you
Marianne Peracchio
The vaunted fourth estate of American democracy has transformed itself into a bunch of breathless and biologically-pressured thirtyish career women hoping to be noticed by the hot guy. More

January 23, 2009
Seduced by Change
Bruce Walker
We already live in a world of constant change, and we assume too easily that change is good. More

January 23, 2009
Life in the Russian Underground
Lauri B. Regan
Underground, a Memoir by L.D. AndersonAgainst a background of raging contentiousness -- with liberals hating conservatives, Muslims hating Jews, and an otherwise endless list of ideologically incompatible segments of society in seemingly constant conflict -- it is refreshing to read... More

January 22, 2009
Roe Is Only the Beginning
Kyle-Anne Shiver
I always prefer to debate atheists, such as Camille Paglia, on the abortion issue.  The arguments are simple, direct and uncomplicated by walls of denial. More

January 22, 2009
A Inconvenient Man Dies in Russia
Kim Zigfeld
Suppose that during Bill Clinton's two terms as president Ken Starr, Rush Limbaugh, Anne Coulter, Newt Gingrich and five other prominent Clinton critics had all been shot and killed More

January 22, 2009
President Obama's First Message To The Nation
Lee Cary
George Orwell's concept of doublethink explains the new President's conceptual framework. More

January 22, 2009
Abortion: The Unspoken Jihad
Matt Spivey
There is a war going on in America, and January 22 is its unholy anniversary. More

January 22, 2009
Palestinians Must Say No to Terror, Yes to Peace
Mitchell Bard
What will happen now that Israel has ended its operation in Gaza? More

January 22, 2009
Marin County Surrenders to Patriotism
Sally Zelikovsky
When I drove home at the end of Inauguration Day, my very liberal Marin County neighborhood was awash in American flags. More

January 21, 2009
Conservatism's Dilemma: To be or not to be in the GOP
Larrey Anderson
The Republican Party has a long history of exploiting conservatives' efforts and misusing conservatives' financial contributions. More

January 21, 2009
Republicrats Flock to Obama
AWR Hawkins
The new year has already witnessed an unseemly rush on the part of some Republicans to cozy up to President Barack Obama. More

January 21, 2009
Why the Outlandish Lincoln Comparison?
Otis A. Glazebrook IV
Why is it that Democrat Presidents Clinton and Obama compulsively compare themselves to more successful men who have held the Presidency before? More

January 21, 2009
Barack Obama Embraces Middle East Roadmap of the Israel Policy Forum
Lori Lowenthal Marcus
Even before his first 100 Days in office began, President-Elect Barack Obama embraced the left-wing Israel Policy Forum's proposed "First 100 Days" roadmap for Middle East peace.  More

January 21, 2009
Ponzi Needs A Stimulus
Andrew Sumereau
There is little doubt that if Bernie Madoff had dropped dead in late November he would have been eulogized as a great man. More

January 20, 2009
Bizarro Lincoln
Joseph Ashby
Bizzaro World happens to be the only place in the universe (real or imagined) where Barack Obama is the next Abraham Lincoln. More

January 20, 2009
Israel has lost another war
Edward Bernard Glick
Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has proved that he is not formed from the same mold as Prime Ministers David Ben Gurion, Levi Eshkol, Golda Meir, Yitzchak Rabin, or Menachem Begin. More

January 20, 2009
Speech of the Century?
Matt Spivey
Expectations for President Obama's speech are enormous, so what should we expect? More

January 20, 2009
Inauguration or Worship Service?
Troy Nelson
The spirit preceding the events sounds more like a worship service than a matter of national business. More

January 20, 2009
Inauguration 2009: 'So Help Us God'
Monte Kuligowski

January 19, 2009
Bush and the Bush-Haters
J.R. Dunn
It can be stated without fear of serious argument that no previous president has been treated as brutally, viciously, and unfairly as George W. Bush. More

January 19, 2009
Bush's Legacy: None of The Above
C. Edmund Wright
George Bush's legacy will be the end of Ronald Reagan's impact and the beginning of Barack Obama's. More

January 19, 2009
The triumph of hyphenism
James Lewis
Hyphenism says, "Look in the mirror. If you look black, you know who you're must vote for."  More

January 19, 2009
Obama and the Lessons of History
Matt Spivey
The history lesson that students should never forget is, sadly, the same one that students never hear. More

January 19, 2009
Profiles in corruption
Bob Weir
There was a time in our history when a person needed a sterling reputation in order to get a presidential appointment to a cabinet position. More

January 18, 2009
Bush at the Stone Table: The Sacrificial Presidency of George W. Bush
Paul Kengor
More so than any president since Harry Truman, judgment will not be possible for decades, likely not in Bush's lifetime. More

January 18, 2009
G. W. Bush, a President Worthy of the Office
Kyle-Anne Shiver
I already miss you, G. W.  For seven years now, since the shock of 9/11, I've taken great comfort in knowing you were at the helm More

January 18, 2009
Obama's Crucial Challenge: The Inaugural Address
Janice Shaw Crouse
Will Mr. Obama will be able to rise to the level that circumstances demand and transcend the pervasive cynicism of a populace longing for an end to partisan bickering? More

January 18, 2009
Take My President, Please
Miguel A. Guanipa
Bush haters will see January 20, 2009 as the defining moment in their lives in which a hideous and confounding bitterness, lodged deep within, was finally laid to rest More

January 18, 2009
The Bush Legacy
Yomin Postelnik
An honest study of President Bush shows him to have, in many respects, led the nation in a brilliant manner.  More

January 17, 2009
Education in Blue
Candace de Russy
Combine the Blue Man Group and progressive education theory and you may end up with the blues. More

January 17, 2009
The National Prayer Service and the Wahhabi Lobby
Winfield Myers
Ingrid Mattson, president of the Islamic Society of North America, will deliver a prayer at the National Cathedral during the National Prayer Service on January 21st. More

January 17, 2009
Lessons from Boru: How to Fetch, Live, and Love
Larrey Anderson
Béar Croi Boru. That's his official AKC name. It's Gaelic. It means "Boru with the heart of a bear." It fits him perfectly. More

January 17, 2009
Reality Check: Single Mothers and Ann Coulter's 'Venomous Tone'
Ben-Peter Terpstra
Is Ann Coulter being mean-spirited to single mothers? Time for a reality check. More

January 17, 2009
Defending Conservatives: A Lesson from the Wisdom of Job
Nancy Coppock
The Bible's Book of Job offers important insights for conservatives. More

January 16, 2009
The Fear of Doing Nothing
Jim H. Ainsworth
The rush to do something about the economy can lead us to actions that make matters much worse. More

January 16, 2009
Hating the Jews
Kyle-Anne Shiver
Hating Jews is as old and entrenched as, well, as old as the Bible. More

January 16, 2009
Why Geithner and Rangel Matter
C. Edmund Wright
The two most powerful men in our tax system are either corrupt, incompetent, or both. More

January 16, 2009
The KKK, Hollywood and President Wilson
Ben-Peter Terpstra
There are some things you need to know about President Wilson's AmeriKKKa More

January 16, 2009
The Cancer known as Anti-Semitism
Lauri B. Regan
The escalating conflict between Hamas and Israel has served to highlight the disturbing prevalence of anti-Semitism throughout the world. More

January 15, 2009
The Descent of the Senate
Bruce Walker
Once the parent of true greatness, the United States Senate today shames its great figures of the past. More

January 15, 2009
The Artificial Reality of the Matrix Media
Selwyn Duke
Believing their own propaganda, the faltering media often do not even know they are deceptive. More

January 15, 2009
Who said it? Bill Moyers or David Duke?
Edward Olshaker

January 15, 2009
January 20th, Indoctrination Day
Sally Zelikovsky

January 15, 2009
The Meat and Potatoes of Child Indoctrination
Monte Kuligowski

January 14, 2009
Even Arabs Will Benefit if Israel Finishes the Job in Gaza
Joel J. Sprayregen
It is in everyone's interest -- including the Arabs -- to let Israel finish the job in Gaza. More

January 14, 2009
Four Traps for Obama
James Lewis

January 14, 2009
A Bailout for Castro Too?
Humberto Fontova
What Castro and his lobbyists don't want you to know about the so-called Cuban embargo. More

January 14, 2009
The UAW & Me
Randy Fardal
My own experience with the union suggests to me why so many jobs have been destroyed in companies employing UAW members.
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January 14, 2009
Media and activists ignore horrors when Israel can't be blamed
Victor Sharpe
Tough luck if you are a victim of killer governments that aren't Israel. More

January 13, 2009
Government Incompetence Presented in High-Def
Doug Powers
The government has once again made the Three Stooges look like the U.S. Marine Corps Silent Drill Team. More

January 13, 2009
Sadr City's Lesson for Gaza
Glen Tschirgi
 There are striking similarities between the current dilemma facing Israel and the one confronting  the United States in Baghdad in March, 2008. More

January 13, 2009
Senate Republicans Need to Demand Re-Examination on Global Warming
Harvey M. Sheldon
The confirmation hearings for President-Elect Obama's choices for environmental leadership posts present a critical opportunity for the GOP and America to re-examine global warming doctrine. More

January 13, 2009
Time for the GOP to Focus on Democrat Corruption
AWR Hawkins
The Democrats should be living life on their heels. Time for the GOP to focus on the Democrats' culture of corruption. More

January 13, 2009
The Media Double Standard on Corruption
Brad Scott Wilson
The mainstream news media continued its decline in 2008, both in credibility and profitability. Here is one reason why. More

January 12, 2009
Libby's Innocent and the President Should Pardon Him
Clarice Feldman
If the President hasn't already pardoned Lewis (Scooter) Libby, I beg him to reconsider and do so, for Libby is an innocent man. More

January 12, 2009
Ending the Gaza War
C. Hart
The IDF (Israel's Defense Force) in Gaza is waiting on political approval to advance to the third stage of Israel's military battle against Hamas. More

January 12, 2009
Give Us 'Change' in Congressional Fundraising Abuses
Mark J. Fitzgibbons
Three kinds of political fundraising money laundering help keep congressional bulls in power. More

January 12, 2009
Jack Bauer in a Post-Bush World
Rick Moran
A litmus test of where one stands on issues relating to war, to executive power, and to the role of the United States in a dangerous and unpredictable world, is back More

January 12, 2009
Israel's Weekend Refugees
Mladen Andrijasevic
We needed a breather after 9 days of sirens and Grads in Be'er Sheva, during which my kids never went out. More

January 11, 2009
The Media Collude in Terrorist Crimes against Humanity
James Lewis

January 11, 2009
CO2 Fairytales in Global Warming
Gregory Young
If one were to script a Global Warming scam one would have to be a knot-head or brain-dead to pick Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) as the lead factor.  More

January 11, 2009
Ban Ki-moon's bigotry
Edward Olshaker
UN chief paid homage to Arafat (but not his victims), demanded removal of Israel's security barrier (but not South Korea's) More

January 11, 2009
Democracy and the 'Shock Doctrine'
Christopher Chantrill
The latest leftist slogan contains less than meets the eye. More

January 11, 2009
Christianity and the Round Planet
Bruce Walker
Many people, like me, grew up believing that when Columbus sailed to America in 1492, Christians at the time thought that he would fall off the edge of the world. More

January 10, 2009
Get to Work, Big Man
Matt May
It's time to hold Michael Moore to an awkward promise he made. More

January 10, 2009
Resurgent Racism in Russia
Kim Zigfeld
Western media are well behind the curve in reporting on the epidemic of race violence in Russia, while Western political leaders are woefully deficient in responding to it. More

January 10, 2009
After the Feds Bail Out the Porn Industry
Doug Powers
Ever wonder what it might be like if the government ran the porn industry? We may soon find out. More

January 10, 2009
30 Politically Incorrect Movie Characters
Ben-Peter Terpstra
Seek and ye shall find politically incorrect movie characters. From working-class heroes to men in spider costumes, they do exist. Really. More

January 10, 2009
Australia: Whose Land Is It Anyway?
Kidist Paulos Asrat

January 9, 2009
Why Soros wants Norm Coleman out of the Senate
Ed Lasky
There's more at work than just a desire to elect another Democrat to the Senate. More

January 9, 2009
Europe's Rampant Muslim Jew-Hatred, and Absent Jewish 'Islamophobia'
Andrew G. Bostom
Despite the usual Islamically-correct gloss of denial in reportage, an ugly, uni-directional pattern of bigoted violence is once again clearly on display in Western Europe. More

January 9, 2009
Defect Analysis and Liberalism
Paul Carlson
The engineering technique of defect analysis yields surpising insight on liberalism's approach to social problems. More

January 9, 2009
Israel's non-war
Moshe Dann
Israel's current action in Gaza is the direct result of past failures. More

January 9, 2009
Respect for Life Begins at Home
Lauri B. Regan
Children raised in a civilized society are taught to love life and fear death while terrorists and suicide bombers are taught from a young age to live just long enough to create as much death and destruction as possible More

January 8, 2009
Let Them Eat Rockets
Richard Baehr
War conducted by Israel, apparently, must now mean zero civilian casualties, while rocket attacks on Israeli civilians are of no concern to the "international community." More

January 8, 2009
The Iran - Hamas Connection
Mark S. Hanna
Ties between Hamas and Iran have been tightening in recent years. Evidence mounts that Hamas operates as a proxy under the mullahs' wing, like Israel's northern antagonist Hezb'allah. More

January 8, 2009
'Proportionality' in Context
Deborah Weiss
Tuesday marked the deadliest day since Israel commenced its Cast Lead Operation eleven days prior.  After terrorists threw mortar shells at Israeli troops from a UN-run elementary school in Gaza, Israeli soldiers fired back.  Booby-trapped bombs planted by Hamas exploded,... More

January 8, 2009
Meditations on Moderation and Demopathy
Richard Landes
How moderates can sometimes be the extremists. More

January 8, 2009
Risky Russian Relations
Peter B. Martin
The Obama diplomatic team needs to take account of some harsh realities in dealing with Neo-Soviet Russia. More

January 7, 2009
Take Two Aspirin and Call Your Congressman in the Morning
Carol Peracchio
The "lead architect" of the Obama Administration's health care plan has some peculiar ideas about the nature of health care problems in America. More

January 7, 2009
Gaza: Another Jihadist Ploy to Fuel Worldwide Anti-Semitism
Marc Sheppard
Recent protests against Israel's long overdue response to six months of its cities' continual barraging by Hamas missiles have displayed a far more dangerous anti-Semitic tone than did precursors. More

January 7, 2009
Inauguration 2009: 'So Help Me God' At Risk
Monte Kuligowski
With the approach of the presidential inauguration, America's most notorious atheist, Michael Newdow, is back in the headlines. More

January 6, 2009
Why should officers risk their lives?
Bob Weir
How can you expect law enforcement officers to do their jobs if they risk prison time on the word of criminals they are paid to protect us from? More

January 6, 2009
Pay-to-Play Politics, the SEIU and Obamacare
David Catron

January 6, 2009
The Left's Net Feedback Strategy
J.R. Dunn
Clever and unscrupulous use of internet sites has given the left an advantage. Time for conservatives to wise up and turn the tables. More

January 5, 2009
Bernie, Barry, and the art of the con
James Lewis
What kind of sucker do you have to be to fall for the lovable pretensions of a really high-class hustler? More

January 5, 2009
The Ridiculous Year End Dance
C. Edmund Wright
Memo to Barack Obama. And his voters.  This is what Joe the Plumber was talking about.
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January 5, 2009
The Diamond Anniversary of Dehumanization
Bruce Walker
Seventy-five years ago this month, one of the most insidious laws in human history came into effect in Nazi Germany.  The innocent sounding name was The Law for the Prevention of Hereditary Diseased Offspring. More

January 4, 2009
Candy-coating the Holocaust
J.R. Dunn
The "Angel at the Fence" story has been proven to be a hoax, and that's a good thing. More

January 4, 2009
Middle East Studies on the Mend?
Jonathan Schanzer and Asaf Romirowsky
The Middle East Studies Association has been a bastion of groupthink for scholar-activists peddling a politicized agenda. Hopeful signs of change are appearing. More

January 4, 2009
'Dictators' to the Right of me, 'Presidents' to the Left
Humberto Fontova
The MSM stories on the Cuban Revolution anniversary all mention a dictator -- but his name is Batista. The Castro brothers invariably appear as Presidents. More

January 4, 2009
Hamas and Its Liberal Supporters are Responsible for the Current Crisis
Abraham H. Miller
Hamas' covenant is not about achieving a Palestinian state along side Israel, but about replacing Israel with a Palestinian state and pushing the Jews into the sea. More

January 4, 2009
The Case for The American Cause
Matt May
It is no exaggeration to conclude that the political landscape of the United States is one of chaos borne of ignorance and outright disdain for our nation's founding principles and values. More

January 3, 2009
Protesting Against Israel or Hating Jews?
Richard L. Cravatts
Recent demonstrations over Gaza show that if you scratch the surface of an Israel-hater long enough, you will eventually find a Jew-hater lurking below. More

January 3, 2009
Girls Need a Dad and Boys Need a Mom
Janice Shaw Crouse
Opposite-sex parent relationships play a vital role in shaping healthy humans. More

January 3, 2009
Is Religion Necessary?
Joseph Ashby
The least understood idea presented in Mitt Romney's 2007 speech on religion was his statement, "Freedom requires religion just as religion requires freedom." More

January 3, 2009
Hope After 'Hope': A Thought Experiment
Esther Cameron
Renewal in the face of defeat is an ancient problem. More

January 2, 2009
The Blago Saga: Chapter 2
Richard Baehr
More twists and turns in the comic opera that is Illinois poltics. More

January 2, 2009
Confronting Hamas' Genocidal Jew-Hatred
Andrew G. Bostom
Israeli leaders and policymaking elites for generations have ignored how the living institution of jihad war is the primary motivation for those masses in the Arab and non-Arab Muslim world seeking the Jewish State's destruction. More

January 2, 2009
The Cost of Provocation
Deborah Weiss
Is there nothing to be said for deterrence or self-defense, if not retribution? More

January 1, 2009
Laura Bush, Steel Magnolia
Kyle-Anne Shiver
Laura Bush has single-handedly restored the term, "lady," to the American vocabulary. And she has done it with such rare aplomb that nary a soul seems to have even noticed -- precisely the way I'm convinced she planned it. More

January 1, 2009
Cuban Stalinism at 50--and the Media Lies Continue
Humberto Fontova
"Cuban mothers let me assure you that I will solve all Cuba's problems without spilling a drop of blood." Upon entering Havana on January 7, 1959, Cuba's new leader Fidel Castro broadcast that promise. More

January 1, 2009
Fifty Years of Fidel
Bruce Walker
Fifty years ago, the forces of Fidel entered Havana and Batista left. Fifty years ago, freedom left Havana and it has never come back. More