On July 24, around noon, President Bush delivered an important speech at Charleston Air Force Base in South Carolina. More

There are preliminary signs of a looming dangerous breach of constitutional safeguards, one that would extend Congressional power into the executive and judicial branches of government. More

At first glance, Albert Einstein the physicist seems much more valuable than Joe Smith the plumber. But would we not be better off with more plumbers than physicists? When Einstein's toilets overflowed, he doubtless stood by helplessly More

Israel's unilateral decision earlier this month to release 250 Fatah terrorists from Israeli jails continues the insane policy of appeasement adopted by successive Israeli Governments since the Oslo Accords were signed in 1993. More

Checking out Infidel from the local library was no easy task. Infidel is Ayaan Hirsi Ali's best-selling autobiography-cum-political manifesto about growing up female in the Muslim faith. More

William Lobdell, writing in the Los Angeles Times, painfully recounts how he lost his Christian faith after a career of reporting on the horrible crimes and hypocrisy within the Church. More

Some in Britain have come up with an ingenuous way of countering the threat of jihad: They pretend it does not exist. More

Historian Howard Zinn, writing recently in The Progressive, said that this past Independence Day, Americans "...would have done well to renounce nationalism and all its symbols...." More

When I got up the other day and read that Winston Churchill would be cut from the curriculum of secondary schools in England, I thought it was a joke More

Since the first of the year, I've been working on a project dealing with the connections between liberal policies and mass mortality More

I must question the standards of journalism the New York Times Magazine applied in publishing Noah Feldman's recent article, "Orthodox Paradox." More

It is clear that the "Surge" is dealing a deathblow to terrorists in Iraq, but let's not run out with our bowl of dates and start lounging about on the banks of the Euphrates just yet. More

Disillusioned with the Bush administration's foreign policy and military strategy in the Middle East, an influential school of thought has developed, clamoring for the United States to adopt a less intrusive approach to the region. More

Turkey is one great theater in the war between modernity and Islamist reaction. In Istanbul one can see radical imams stalking through the Grand Bazaar with fanatical expressions on their faces. More

A rising tide lifts all boats. That's what President Kennedy said in a happier time when he lowered tax rates. But what about the rising tide of education subsidies? More

It's now quite clear how the results of the surge will be dealt with by domestic opponents of the Iraq war. They're going to be ignored. They're being ignored now. More

Not much thought is given to immigrants who arrive in America by following the rules, only to be told they too face deportation. More

The news media haved an awesome responsibility. Too bad that so few rise to the challenge. More

Ever since our nation was attacked on 9/11, a significant division of the country has, we think, been papered over. The fact of the matter is that many deny our President's claim that the nation is at war More

At first glance, it looks democratic, with a small "d." Two high profile nationally-televised debates, featuring the major Democrat and Republican candidates for President in 2008, but with a significant twist: All of the questions will come from ordinary Americans More

Media bias or bad journalism? You be the judge. More

From the time we're in grammar school, all the way through our adult lives we've been taught to take responsibility for our actions and not place blame on others for something we did. Why have so many of our current politicians forgotten these lessons? More

I would like to sketch out the basis of any agreement in the future that, in my view, could bring a lasting peace in the Middle East. More

For decades, most American Jews have believed there were far greater threats from the fringe right than the fringe left in this country. While this view may have been reasonable in the past, it is certainly not so today. More

The current scandal involving the BBC is just the tip of a very large iceberg. More

After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, it became painfully clear that if America was to become more engaged in the Middle East, it would need to develop a greater understanding of the area. Regrettably, many campuses are not up to the task. More

Not surprisingly, the New York Times exploited Tuesday's release of the latest National Intelligence Estimate as yet another opportunity to nourish their "we're less safe because of Iraq" minions. More

Haters of Islamic moderation may not slay Muslims or non-Muslims physically, but they may kill the soul of a great world religion. More

Nowadays we hear from the non-Muslim world about the moderate version of Islam and moderate Muslims. In my view, being a Muslim and not being radical is simply not possible. More

As a Californian, I know well the opinion the rest of the country holds of our political sensibilities. But when it comes to actual political decisions, we're not always so dumb More

Shocking information has come to light about the al Qaeda-inspired terrorist group Fatah al-Islam, which has been battling the Lebanese army inside the Palestinian refugee camp Nahr al-Bared for nearly 2 months More

The bicameral Congressional Human Rights Caucus (CHRC) will hold a landmark hearing today regarding the hundreds of thousands of Jews forced to flee their communities in the Arab Muslim nations More

The closing of Gitmo is one of those debates (like many concerning the War on Terror) that occur without anybody ever bringing up consequences More

The Quartet's Road Map has failed according to the ten foreign ministers of the European Union's Mediterranean States More

A strange paradox is gripping the Middle East during this suspenseful year of the Sitzkrieg --- the war of sitting and waiting. It is literally the best of times and the worst of times. More

In the 1990's, apologist literature attempted to convince readers and audiences in the West that jihad was a "spiritual experience only, and not a menace." More

It took no less than a summit meeting between the heads of the German and French governments to accomplish, but Airbus has finally eliminating double-teaming French and German executives at the top of its organization chart. More

Democrats propose to think about a proposal to study an investigation to reinstate the FCC Fairness Doctrine. But let us not lose our heads. More

Now it's official. Global warming alarmism has indeed "jumped the shark". In particular, the puny turnout in Washington, DC, where Gore himself personally showed up, has proved an acute embarrassment. More

Once again ordinary Americans rise to the challenge while our overpaid political elite ponce about on the stage making outrageous remarks and proposals in an effort to get approving coverage from a media More

Despite a relative lack of success at the box office, Michael Moore will make millions from convincing Americans that more socialism is good for them. More

Add Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to the list of politicians who have claimed that their private affairs have no bearing on their public performance. More

The Palestinian media say that Jesus was a Palestinian. A Dutch film says the same. Would the so-called "historical" Jesus recognize the label? More

Christopher Hitchens is one of the more sensible voices on the Left. But his latest book reveals his feet of clay. More

The only thing every significant figure inside the Beltway has in common is passionate support for "energy independence." More

Ten days after the President commuted the prison term of I. Lewis Libby, Judge Walton upheld the amended sentence in a new memorandum opinion, and displayed his pique at the executive interference More

Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, the International Solidarity Movement is scheduling another yearly conference at a major American university More

On July 2, 2007, tens of thousands of people gathered in the Turkish city of Sivas. They came to commemorate 37 victims of a massacre in the town. The atrocity occurred only fourteen years ago. More

Albert Gore, Jr. has finally found his calling. After flunking out of Vanderbilt Divinity School... More

Perhaps some of you have seen the document titled, "Manifesto: Together facing a new totalitarianism," which is being disseminated widely on the Web. More

The important thing to know about left-wing agitator Michael Moore is that he just doesn't get it. More

Nearly everybody watching the process agrees that the new European Constitution is being locked in by stealth and deception. More

What we already have with giant HMO's and "Managed Care" companies is a dim preview of the fiasco that a single-payer system of Nannystate care would inevitably produce. More

The earth has been subjected to many warming and cooling periods over millions of years, none of which were of human origin. Data from many independent sources have mutually corroborated these effects. More

Tuesday, Rudy Giuliani announced the line-up of his foreign policy team, addressing a key area of concernfor many voters going into November 2008 More

After ten days in wide national distribution,Sicko is performing well below expectations. As of July 10th, there were 5,726 news articles in response to the keyword "sicko" linked from Google News More

President Bush's apt comparison of the present situation to the Revolutionary War evokes a vivid image of Nancy Pelosi and Harold Reid, as members of the Continental Congress, screaming that the war is lost and demanding that we surrender to the British immediately. More

The 9-11 attacks did more than start a war; they started a war about the war. More

It is impossible to understand the current political dynamics of the Iraq War without accepting that from the summer of 2003 to the fall of 2006 - 3+ years - the entire venture was essentially adrift. More

The lack of refining capacity in the US is beginning to affect the world oil markets. While US holiday driving season was in years past simply a US domestic concern More

The Sunday New York Times Magazine on July 8th published a cover piece on Israeli Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni. Colleagues urged me to read it. Some added trenchant comments as well. One even called it 'dreck....pure dreck'. More

The New York Times has consistently misled its readers (including a large percentage of the policy-making elites) regarding the nature of the Iranian nuclear program and the lethal malevolency behind its development. More

My very favorite excuse for low attendance at the much-ballyhooed worldwide Live Earth global warming concerts yesterday came from Johannesburg, where concert organizer John Langford "believes extremely cold weather... kept people away from the concert." More

The American scientific establishment is starting to take baby steps away from taking sides in the politics of global warming. More

It is hard to imagine a more threatening situation than putting a police officer in a prison with hardened criminals More

The fulminant recrudescence of jihadism during the latter half of the 20th century through the present has been accompanied by a burgeoning cadre of Muslim physicians who have adopted a warped credo consistent with the doctrine of jihad war More

It is time to recognize exactly what we are up against and the concerted effort that will be required to save our country from the rampaging Left. More

On July 4, the Web site of Live Earth announced that "music legend" Yusuf (formerly Cat Stevens) would headline the Live Earth concert in Hamburg, Germany on July 7, closing the show there. This is a man who has advocated Salman Rushdie's death. More

Although we don't support the global warming hypothesis that motivates today's Live Earth concerts, there is nothing wrong with saving money on energy More

This weekend, rock stars will jet around the world, cars and buses will clog traffic, and elaborate sound stages will be set up to burn massive amounts of fuel to send the message to fans at home that they had better conserve their energy More

Three days after the botched terror attacks in the UK a newspaper banner reads: "Londoners return to business as usual." Regrettably, that often means minding one's own business More

There are many reasons why the U.S. has chosen its current strategy in the fight against terrorism. The most crucial of them were underlined last weekend, thanks to events in the UK. More

It is a reasonable assumption that both major party candidates will be known by the end of the primaries held February 5th, 2008, seven months from now. More

The disparate forces that have come together to make, promote, and use Michael Moore's film Sicko share an old and bankrupt collectivist agenda. More

From Nigeria to Indonesia, Christians are under siege in virtually every single country in the Muslim world, the victims of countless acts of discrimination, depredation, brutality, and murder More

The death of Antioch College is one of those quiet events that may one day be viewed as the marker of a passing of an era. More

For the past eight years, I've been in a lonely place politically. I don't mean the kind of lonely that conservatives generally find themselves in. More

July 4, 1776, the day in which not only a nation was born, but also a "spirit." The American spirit is alive and well all these 231 years later. More

Before America went to war to topple Saddam Hussein's regime it was widely believed that he possessed weapons of mass destruction. Today it is widely believed that there were no WMD in Iraq before the war. More

Michael Moore has described his new film Sicko as a "comedy," but there's nothing funny about it. More

Unfortunately, today's European recent efforts toward unity owe almost nothing to the American founders, and far more to Marx, Hegel, and Lenin. More

It was comforting last week to cold-cock the comprehensive immigration bill. It was exhilarating to watch the young guns sticking it to the pompous old bulls in the very stockyard of bovine pomposity, the United States Senate More

The thuggish revolt in Iran, better known as the Islamic Revolution, was anything but a progressive movement. This was a conscious assault on the 2500 year old Persian Empire and the progressive Iranian people of the twentieth century. More

While the comeback of the bald eagle is certainly wonderful news for our revered national bird, those spreading the story are exploiting its opportunity to dust off moldy activist folklore. More

Recently, I engaged in one of the most important civic duties of every American: jury duty. More

Among the many remarkable presidents of the 20th Century, Richard Milhous Nixon remains the most fascinating and controversial. More