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May 31, 2009
Mega-egosPaul Shlichta
History is full of mega-egos, and they flourish today in America. More
May 31, 2009
Obama, Reagan, and the Nazi Death CampsLeo Rennert
What do Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama have in common? Visits to a concentration camp to soothe Jewish sensibilities. More
May 31, 2009
God, Gays and MayberryStuart Schwartz
The same-sex marriage battle now being fought can best be described by a twist on a Homer Simpson toast: Here's to power, the cause of -- and solution to--all life's problems! More
May 31, 2009
Islamic Speakers Bureau Backed By Radical ProfsJonathan Schanzer and Asaf Romirowsky
A California nonprofit dedicated to "teaching about Islam & Muslims" at U.S. high schools and college campuses features a board of advisors that is stacked with controversial activist professors. More
May 31, 2009
Why West Bank Settlements Must StopVel Nirtist
Israelis are not the only ones who build on the disputed land to accommodate for 'natural growth. More
May 31, 2009
Compelling White Guy StoriesRandall Hoven
Some stories are more compelling than others. Some Latina females have compelling stories. So do some white males. More
May 30, 2009
Compassion is only for murderersBob Weir
New York Times columnist Bob Herbert, who never saw a convicted murderer who deserved execution, has found another dirt bag to save. More
May 30, 2009
Morally Motivating the MujahidinJeannie DeAngelis
What President Obama fails to acknowledge is that Al-Qaeda would be more impressed with the closing of abortion clinics then voluntarily boarding up Gitmo More
May 30, 2009
Is Democracy the Killer of Liberty?Amil Imani
In a democracy, when a large number of people, motivated by an ideology or a common goal, marry their wallets with their votes, then liberty can be subverted. More
May 30, 2009
What do women want? A timeless questionRosslyn Smith
The achievements of the feminist era may have delivered women to greater unhappiness than that supposedly found by Betty Friedan in the 1960s. More
May 30, 2009
Tears of the Goddess of LibertyBruce Walker
Twenty years ago today, the dream of liberty was crushed in Tiananmen Square. More
May 30, 2009
Judge Sotomayor, Empathize This!Matthew May
What exactly is so rich about her experience? A cursory look at her biography and resume reveals a conceit that seems quite common to the elite left More
May 29, 2009
Sotomayor and White Wise GuysJan LaRue
If you believe the myth that Democrats are champions of equality for women, racial minorities, and folks with "compelling" life stories, maybe you've been spending more time tracking Big Foot than judicial nominations. More
May 29, 2009
The Palin Seminar on Moderate WomenChristopher Chantrill
A speech the MSM don't want to publicize. For good reason. More
May 29, 2009
Study Finds Even Climate 'Alarmed' Americans Don't Want Cap-and-TradeMarc Sheppard
Eighteen percent of Americans have been so "alarmed" by climate alarmists that they'd strongly support any and all policies that would reduce carbon emissions -- except one. More
May 29, 2009
Does Barack Obama believe Israel is a sovereign state?Richard Baehr
Does Barack Obama believe Israel is a sovereign state? There are reasons to doubt it. More
May 29, 2009
Can Holocaust Deniers Be Partners in Peace?Lauri B. Regan
What Obama, like his predecessors Clinton and Carter, does seem concerned with is his place in the history books even if it means selling Israel down the river. More
May 29, 2009
Obama's Plan A is Not WorkingHoward Richman, Raymond Richman, and Jesse Richman
Obama's recovery plan has already failed to live up to his economic advisors' predictions. More
May 28, 2009
The Liar's ClubBruce Walker
The Left is shrinking honesty into an empty, ignored, and mocked virtue. It was not always so. More
May 28, 2009
The Crisis of the Disappearing Educated MaleJanice Shaw Crouse
Over the past couple of decades, the male-female ratio on campuses has been changing dramatically. Women outnumber men by a 4-3 ratio on college campuses. More
May 28, 2009
A Tale of Two Kids from the ProjectsLloyd Marcus
Sonia Sotomayor, Latina Liberal; Lloyd Marcus, Black Conservative. More
May 28, 2009
The Indispensable GeithnerJ.C. Arenas
Timothy Geithner was portrayed as the indispensable man, but now no matter how much the media continue to flack for him, he's still kissing the floor. More
May 28, 2009
The Labor/Corporate PendulumHal Stevens
I am here to pay homage to the pendulum. More
May 28, 2009
What Happened to the Right of the Patient to Choose?Frank S. Rosenbloom, M.D.
Daniel Hauser, 13, is being forced to endergo chemotherapy, despite his and his parents' desire. Do we really want government exercising this kind of control over our medical choices?
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May 27, 2009
Defeating a Hitler with nukes: Nothing else mattersJames Lewis
Like it or not, we are being dragged into the Second Age of Nuclear Terror. Obama is the worst person to have in the White House at this time. More
May 27, 2009
Narcissus And Echo: Obama And The Mainstream MediaRobert Bowie Johnson, Jr.
There is room for much optimism if the ancient story of Narcissus and Echo plays itself out as Ovid recorded it, and Obama and the MSM are their contemporary counterparts. More
May 27, 2009
Our Values and Terrorist IncentivesRandall Hoven
It has become fashionable to condemn President Bush not only for violating "our values", but also for spawning anti-US terrorists. These thoughts only make sense if you ignore all US history through 2007. More
May 27, 2009
Supreme ContortionsSally Zelikovsky
With the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor comes yet another democrat sleight of hand -- ignoring one reality and twisting another. More
May 27, 2009
Obama Supporters SpeakBrad O'Leary
Obama supporters speak in a brand new poll. More
May 27, 2009
And They Said Bush Was CluelessChristopher Chantrill
The President mentioned the Rule of Law in a speech last week. More
May 26, 2009
Our Public Servants at WorkNancy Morgan
A sobering look at what happened last week, as Obama put the government to work on his agenda. More
May 26, 2009
How to Talk to a Liberal If You Really Want to Change His MindBookworm
Many of us have friends, family and colleagues who still cling to liberalism, and worship at the Obama altar. Usually, they are not bad people. Persuading them to think otherwise requires extra care; facts alone won't do it. More
May 26, 2009
The First War In CyberspaceEd Timperlake
Cyberwar is now a fact of life in 21st Century wars. Actual and potential enemies of America already know the dimensions of Cyberwar and have moved into full combat. More
May 26, 2009
California, a Failed StateAlan Aronoff
The liberal utopia has become the Forgotten Man's hell. But all that stands is the way of redemption is the Democrats' control of the state legislature. More
May 26, 2009
Memorial Day Surprises Knock Props from Obama's Diplomatic OverturesLeo Rennert
President Obama vowed to do a better job than George W. Bush by using diplomacy instead of wielding a big stick in dealing with hostile nations like Iran, North Korea and Syria. It hasn't worked. More
May 25, 2009
Donald Rumsfeld: Threat or Menace?Randall Hoven
Who is to blame for (1) our difficulties in Iraq, (2) the delayed Katrina response, (3) lousy relations between the US and Russia, and (4) Republicans losing the Senate? Donald Rumsfeld, of course. At least if you believe GQ. More
May 25, 2009
Revisiting HayekAndrew Foy and Brenton Stransky
Through the inevitable mismanagement of resources and goods at the disposal of the state, all forms of collectivism lead eventually to tyranny. More
May 25, 2009
The Faces of Afghanistan - a photo essayJerry Maurseth
A photo report from a member of the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Engineers serving in Afghanistan More
May 25, 2009
A Memorial in Naval HistoryJan LaRue
They had no right to win. Yet they did, and in doing so they changed the course of a war More
May 25, 2009
Land of the Free Because of the BraveLauri B. Regan
"No war is worth dying for"? More
May 25, 2009
Media still lying about the Swift Boat VeteransScott Swett
Ever since 2004, the media has tried to correct its failure to turn public opinion against the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. More
May 24, 2009
The Survival of the CaretakerJudith Acosta
When Marie had to face the reality of her father's Alzheimer's she knew she was also facing a decision she likened to "choosing between jumping off a cliff or getting hit by a bus." More
May 24, 2009
Who Wrote Dreams and Why It MattersJack Cashill
The Left has built a foundational myth around the genius of Barack Obama, a genius that can be located only in Dreams. More
May 24, 2009
Cyberbullying Laws and the Moral CodeTimothy Birdnow
H.R. 1996, the bill to outlaw cyberbullying, opens Pandora's box. There's a much better way to solve the problem. More
May 24, 2009
Understanding BenedictAndrew Sumereau
World Politics, peace, and the Pope. More
May 24, 2009
Hate Crimes and the Sedition Act of 2009John Griffing
Targeted censorship, attacks on religious freedom, and outrageous protections for pedophilia are headed for the law books, unless the public steps up protest. More
May 24, 2009
The Wishful Thinking of Greenie DreamsPeter C Glover
Green energy solutions that don't really accomplish much. More
May 23, 2009
True Grit: Growing Old in AmericaJudith Acosta
Ours is one of the few civilizations in recorded history that not only ignores the aged but devalues them. More
May 23, 2009
Water Boarding: The View from the Moral High GroundDavid Bueche
Pain, torture, and morality. More
May 23, 2009
Understanding the Black Experience?Kevin Jackson
To tout Obama as the poster child for blackness is a ridiculous notion. More
May 23, 2009
Obama and Henry ClayPaul Shlichta
In his eloquent plea for finding common ground on a deep moral issue, our president is following the lead of Henry Clay. More
May 23, 2009
The Myth of Ever Increasing Fuel EconomyR.H. Higgs
We're expecting miracles from a technology which has truly reached its limits. More
May 23, 2009
The Geography of Carbon EmissionsJack Dini
Limiting carbon emissions in the developed world is a fool's errand. More
May 22, 2009
Time to Legalize CounterfeitingHarold Witkov
There is one vice, one small illegal indiscretion, that, if decriminalized would solve all our problems. The United States needs to legalize the victimless crime known as counterfeiting.
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May 22, 2009
Sacrificing IsraelMoshe Dann
Linking US action against Iran with freezing settlement building, destroying Jewish communities and establishing a second Arab Palestinian state is a set-up for Israel's demonization and destruction. More
May 22, 2009
Corporatism comes to AmericaLee Cary
The best name for what Obama is creating isn't socialism, communism, or even fascism. More
May 22, 2009
Fast Times at Disaster HighPamela Geller
The sick, slumbering American wakes up in his Obama tee shirt and boxers, rubs his swollen eyes, hungover from a night of hope, change, spending, debt, and government takeover. More
May 22, 2009
You Might Not Be A RepublicanRandall Hoven
With all the heavy thinking and breathing going on over "what it means to be Republican," let me provide some light thinking and breathing on the subject. More
May 22, 2009
The Riverdale Plot and Our Dreyfus MomentBruce Walker
We who take Christianity and Judaism seriously, we who view America and Israel as blessed refuges of those hated for the sake of hate, will never persuade our foes to stop being our foes. More
May 21, 2009
One and a Half Cheers for Interior Secretary SalazarHumberto Fontova
Not endangered, and not rescued by Al Gore. More
May 21, 2009
Barry Honey, Where Has All the Love Gone?Kyle-Anne Shiver
Barry Honey, you rode the love-train to victory. I have truly tried to give you the benefit of the doubt with regard to your intentions, hoping they were indeed fraught with goodwill. More
May 21, 2009
Obama's Magic HatGary Horne
Many Obama voters now expect the President to pull utopia out of his magician's hat. What will they do when the hat turns out to be empty? More
May 21, 2009
The Alice in Wonderland World of the GreensPeter Glover and Michael J. Economides
The refusal of green ideologues to grasp the energy realities of our age gets curiouser and curiouser. More
May 21, 2009
Arabs, Jews, and the Swine FluMiguel A. Guanipa
What the religious authorities in Cairo are saying about the disease. More
May 20, 2009
Obama may earn Millions from Schools in Book DealRichard Henry Lee
Obama may earn millions from taxpayer-funded schools in his new book deal. More
May 20, 2009
Universal Truth Depends on What Universe You Live InVictor J. Massad
The laws of my universe and the parallel (liberal) universe. More
May 20, 2009
The Mystery of the Venezuelan SatelliteAdolfo Fabregat
Venezuela's "socialist satellite" is mostly a no-show when it comes to television broadcasts. Bad news for Hugo Chavez, and worse news for the Chinese, whose space program supplied it. More
May 20, 2009
RevolutionHerbert E. Meyer
some of us have called this left-right, liberal-conservative split a "culture war" or even a "second Civil War." The precise, technical word for what is happening in the United States today is revolution. More
May 20, 2009
Who Are You Calling a Lemming?Jim H. Ainsworth
Ever put your finger on a big tent? It leaks. Tent poles sag on soggy ground; rain and snow can make the roof sag and collapse. More
May 20, 2009
Napolitano's Politically Correct Border SecurityJ. Robert Smith
Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano is determined to beef up security along the rough and tumble Canadian border. That's right, Canada. More
May 19, 2009
The Caucasus Tinder BoxKim Zigfeld
The ominous storm clouds of war are gathering once again over tiny, besieged Georgia have shed their first droplets of conflict. More
May 19, 2009
The GOP's Prejean MomentGeorge Joyce
Carrie Prejean represents a modern day inkblot test of inestimable value to America's frustrated and exiled GOP. More
May 19, 2009
Notre Dame Rescued the Right-To-Life Movement from OblivionGeoffrey P. Hunt
One outcome is certain: the abortion debate was rescued, at least for the moment, from drifting into the marginal recesses of the political calculus More
May 19, 2009
Slick BarryBruce Walker
Beneath the obvous difference, there are some disconcerting similarities between the last two Democrats in the White House. More
May 19, 2009
Frankfurt School Reigns Supreme at Notre DameJames Simpson
The mass media has attempted to pass off Notre Dame protests as yet another example of marginalized right-wing hysteria, but a peek just a little deeper into this controversy suggests other things at work. More
May 19, 2009
I wish I were a liberalNancy Morgan
Here's the deal when you join the liberal side. More
May 18, 2009
An appeal for help from our readersThomas Lifson
After a year of incredible growth, it is time for American Thinker to go on to the next stage. We are asking our readers for help. More
May 18, 2009
Geithner's Radioactive Record at the FedChristopher J. Alleva
Last week, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner admitted the Fed failed miserably during his tenure as New York Fed president, and contributed mightily to the financial calamity the world is digging out from under. More
May 18, 2009
Barack's Epistle to the EgyptiansJames Lewis
Obama is Ready for his Grandest Gesture, his Peace Outreach to A Billion Muslims in Cairo. More
May 18, 2009
Obama Stands By while Europe Loots IntelHoward Richman, Raymond Richman, and Jesse Richman
European antitrust chief Neelie Kroes bragged that she was raising money to support the European taxpayer More
May 18, 2009
Nancy Pelosi is the Central IssueWilliam A. Jacobson
The real front in this battle is not the law or morality, but politics. More
May 18, 2009
The Unprotected Endangered SpeciesHarold Witkov
There is only one endangered species President Obama seems unconcerned about. In the modern-day world, the death of a species can be attributed to shrinking habitats, and out of control hunters and poachers. To what extremes wildlife... More
May 17, 2009
The Late Great State of IsraelLori Lowenthal Marcus
The almost total inversion of reality to reportage on the Arab-Israeli conflict laid bare. More
May 17, 2009
Our Lady's AdviceJan LaRue
As President Obama addresses Notre Dame, Our Lady's advice is worth recalling. More
May 17, 2009
The Obama - Netanyahu SummitLeo Rennert
What's in store tomorrow for their first meeting. More
May 17, 2009
How Notre Dame Drifted Away from the Catholic ChurchPaul Shlichta
The old Latin proverb nemo repente turpissimus can be translated as "nobody becomes very evil overnight." More
May 17, 2009
Land For Peace, American StyleRob Miller
Apply the principles urged on Israel to the United States, and you end up with a scenario something like this. More
May 17, 2009
The Attitude of IdeologyLarrey Anderson
Why is it that so many people believe that the world works the way that they want it to work, rather than the way it actually works? More
May 16, 2009
The Catlin Ice FolliesRichard Henry Lee
The global warmists have yet another embarrassment on their hands. More
May 16, 2009
Squirrelly Foreign PolicyRandy Fardal
It's all about surrender. More
May 16, 2009
Obama's LadderHarold Witkov
Lessons for a president from a comedy classic. More
May 16, 2009
Ahmadinejad Can Speak on a US Campus, But Netanyahu CannotEdward Olshaker
Imagine it's 1940, and picture Adolf Hitler speaking at a US university, receiving a polite reception, while Winston Churchill is barred from speaking More
May 16, 2009
How to Stop a Healthcare HijackJ. Robert Smith
Tea Party Americans can do something about it. More
May 15, 2009
Defeating Political RidiculeKyle-Anne Shiver
I've been working for the past year on solid methods to defeat the politics of ridicule - the tactics advocated by Saul Alinsky to every 60s radical that ever burned a draft card or a bra. More
May 15, 2009
Liberal FantasylandRandall Hoven
If you listen to liberals, they are the "reality-based" people. I offer here several pieces of evidence, large and small. You can be the judge More
May 15, 2009
The Cost of Free Government Health CareDavid Gibberman
The other side of the coin labeled "free." More
May 15, 2009
Would you have a personal computer without free markets?James Lewis
Capitalism is creative. Obama's America promises to be excruciatingly boring, among many other flaws. More
May 15, 2009
A Two State Solution - on both sides of the River JordanVictor Sharpe
Alittle history explains a lot. More
May 15, 2009
Are Obama and Netanyahu 'Frenemies?'Sammy Benoit
As Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu gets closer to next week's trip to Washington DC and his meetings with the Obama administration, alarms are being sounded all across the mainstream and blog media More
May 14, 2009
A 'me too' GOP?James A. Leggette
When a business is losing market share to a firm with a better selling product, it only has two true options. More
May 14, 2009
Still the Biggest Missing Story in PoliticsBruce Walker
Putting together a conservative majority should not be rocket science. More
May 14, 2009
Liberalism: Cruel, Corrupt, Unjust, Wasteful, DeludedChristopher Chantrill
In the battle for the soul of the Republican Party the usual suspects want to make the brand more bland. More
May 14, 2009
Will Obama's Justice Department Prosecute Abbas for Murder?Edward Olshaker
Now that President Obama has opened the door, it is time to look again at a famous political murder. More
May 14, 2009
Republicans Should Just Take the HitCarol Peracchio
There may be political lessons for the GOP to be drawn from the world of superfluous bureaucracies. More
May 13, 2009
The Coming Ice AgeDavid Deming
For ninety percent of the last million years, the normal state of the Earth's climate has been an ice age, punctuated by short periods of warm climate, or interglacials. More
May 13, 2009
Nap TimeRick Moran
A modest proposal. More
May 13, 2009
Animal Spirits, An Obama Book Club SelectionLee Cary
A book by two economics professors has the attention of the White House. It implies we're irrational economic animals and the government is the wise zookeeper. More
May 13, 2009
Unrequited Love: Evangelicals and JewsStuart Schwartz
Who would have thought that the key to battling the rising tide of anti-Semitism in Obama's United States lies in these words: "Jesus loves me! This I know, For the Bible tells me so." More
May 13, 2009
Barack Obama's Declaration of DependencePamela Meister
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one Messiah to dissolve the historic bonds that have connected his subjects with the fundamental beliefs of a bunch of dead white guys.... More
May 12, 2009
Barack Obama, the Quintessential Liberal FascistKyle-Anne Shiver
Follow the ideas. More
May 12, 2009
War is HellBruce Walker
Sherman was right: War is Hell. The current war against the Judeo-Christian world waged by al-Qaida and other radical Moslems is no different. More
May 12, 2009
The Politicization of the Auto IndustryAlan Aronoff
The American automotive industry will not be nationalized under the Obama administration; it will be politicized.
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May 12, 2009
The Outsource Corporate Headquarters Act of 2009Raymond Richman, Howard Richman, and Jesse Richman
While Obama is correct that US tax policy discriminates against corporations that produce in the United States, his proposed solution should be called "The Outsource Corporate Headquarters Act of 2009." More
May 11, 2009
Mission Accomplished?Pamela Geller
Eight years after war was declared on the US and the most heinous attack on the USA was launched on American soil, the war has been won (according to President Obama). More
May 11, 2009
Why Does Hollywood Love Fidel Castro?Humberto Fontova
There might be more to these celebrity plugs for a tyrant who jailed more of his subjects than did Hitler or Stalin than the usual celebrity vacuity upstairs More
May 11, 2009
Does the Deficit Matter?Richard Baehr
When will the American public wake up? More
May 11, 2009
How does gay marriage affect you?Bob Weir
If past is indeed prologue, the organized, concentrated and continuous assault by a small percentage of zealots will ultimately wear down the resistance of the larger, less focused, non-committed majority. More
May 11, 2009
The Visual Subtext of the Statue of Liberty Fly-by PhotoVictor J. Massad
One image alone was released from the expensive photo op that terrified New Yorkers last month. It speaks powerfully to the American public -- in symbolic language.
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May 10, 2009
Margaret Thatcher's Victory: Then and NowChristopher Chantrill
If you like counting "firsts," here's one for you. It was just 30 years ago when the British first elected a grocer's daughter to be Prime Minister. More
May 10, 2009
What the Progressives WantCarol Negro
Progressives divide the world into victims and exploiters, and see themselves as saviors of the underdogs. And that requires greater government power in their hands, to vanquish the exploiters. More
May 10, 2009
Michael Savage Banned in the UKPeter Barry Chowka
First they came for Michael Savage.... More
May 10, 2009
Reflections on Conservatism and ChristianityLarrey Anderson
Are social conservatives hurting or helping the cause of conservatism? More
May 10, 2009
Hate Crime Legislation - Back Door to CensorshipJames Simpson
Free speech is in peril in America, as a longstanding goal of the left is within their grasp. More
May 9, 2009
The Price of Denial is DeathJed Gladstein
Afraid to believe that there are people in the world who embrace evil over good and death over life, some journalists live in state of denial. More
May 9, 2009
When Ideology Rules UsBruce Walker
Justice has become a matter of ideology not law. More
May 9, 2009
Oh, for a WesternGary Horne
I don't see Westerns playing at the theaters these days. And I miss having a "cowboy" in the White House. More
May 9, 2009
Princes Among Men: Lessons From The BeleagueredEsther Cameron
Getting to know a beleagured community, 8 of whose young men were murdered by jihadists. More
May 9, 2009
Can we handle the truth?Bob Weir
It's difficult to have a reasonable discussion about inflicting pain and excruciating mental distress on other human beings in the pursuit of a noble cause. More
May 9, 2009
Russia and the NYTKim Zigfeld
The paper's hopeless inability to offer readers real insights about Vladimir Putin's neo-Soviet regime becomes more and more obvious. More
May 8, 2009
Suckers United for ChangeKyle-Anne Shiver
If asked for a word to describe an Obama voter, there is only one that any sentient person could offer: SUCKER. More
May 8, 2009
Ancient Greece's 'global warming'Ben-Peter Terpstra
Plato advanced the position that global warming occurs at regular intervals in Timaeus, and his famous pupil Aristotle (382-322 BC), referred to climate changes in Meteorologica. Too bad the warmists haven't studied ancient history.
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May 8, 2009
Obama's Self-Actualizing LanguageLee Cary
In the minds of his believers, Barack Obama has only to utter words and they become so. It is a phenomenon somewhere on the border between politics and religion.
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May 8, 2009
The Notional Dangers of the Fictional Far RightBruce Walker
The far right of the liberals' imagination simply does not exist. The platform of the conservative wing of the conservative movement is something altogether different than the labels hurled by liberals. More
May 8, 2009
A Worm Bin? For Me? You Shouldn't Have!Judy Gruen
As a mother of four, I freely admit the implied extortion of Mother's Day, but I'm happy to cash in anyway. More
May 8, 2009
Obama sounds death knell for nuclear powerRichard Henry Lee
Forget about building any new nuclear plants. More
May 7, 2009
The Pity of Obama's Judicial DoctrineEd Kaitz
In addition to Obama's severely myopic understanding of the American legal tradition, the current president once again is demonstrating his breathtaking arrogance with respect to the Constitution More
May 7, 2009
Prosecuting our ProtectorsVasko Kohlmayer
Who would have ever thought that we would seriously debate whether to prosecute those who have kept us safe since 9/11?
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May 7, 2009
Why attacking Iran may be morally and militarily necessaryJames Lewis
The ducks are lining up. More
May 7, 2009
Joe Biden's Muddled Tough-Love Speech to AIPACLeo Rennert
Vice President Joe Biden's speech to AIPAC -- immediately dubbed by the media as the Obama administration's tough-love approach to Israel -- is both more and less than that. More
May 7, 2009
Billboards of HateJanet Levy
A campaign to halt military assistance to Israel runs into a backlash when it errects 10 billboards in Albuquerque demonizing Israel. More
May 7, 2009
Wanted: Political Counter-TerroristsW. Grant Ellis
Without an effective strategy against modern leftist political terrorism, America is doomed to a fate called France. Please, let's stop debating small issues. These are merely distractions. More
May 6, 2009
The Coming Of ZerocareJohn Donaldson, MD
It would be naïve to think that we are not going to see Obama and his Democratic majorities impose a form of National Health Care (NHC) as early in this term as he can. More
May 6, 2009
Gullible AmericaAlicia Colon
As the gullible of the world start to relax after being told that the swine flu may not become a pandemic, the rest of us marvel at the breadth of their naïveté. More
May 6, 2009
US Foreign Debt jumps to 35% of GDPRaymond Richman, Howard Richman, and Jesse Richman
Preparing the American economy for the next stage of our crisis: a collapse of the dollar. More
May 6, 2009
Arlen Specter and the Case for Term LimitsPaul Miller
A cynical pol changes parties again, and demonstrates the power of party bosses over the citizens' ability to choose their representatives. More
May 5, 2009
Hyping hysteriaMichael J. Economides
The alliance between politicians, their supporters with agendas and the news media is an unholy union More
May 5, 2009
Cloward-Piven Crisis CareJeannie DeAngelis
The fear of a swine flu pandemic may be a crisis too good to for President Obama waste in his quest to take over national health care. More
May 5, 2009
Unfinished Business in the AIPAC caseClarice Feldman
Another misbegotten prosecution needs formal investigation, and the Department of Justice requires serious reform. More
May 5, 2009
Obama's Car Team Looks like an EdselEd Lasky
America has a former New York Times journalist, Steven Rattner, as our auto czar, a man with zero auto industry expertise. And it shows. More
May 5, 2009
Psychotherapy for liberalsJames Lewis
Talking to liberals is very much like doing therapy. The first lesson any psychiatrist learns is that most clients don't listen. More
May 5, 2009
The President hasn't apologized enoughEdward Bernard Glick
President Barack Obama has not gone far enough in his world apology tour. Here are few more items for which he should apologize. More
May 4, 2009
It's no longer a laughing matterD.L. Hammack
It's no longer funny. This is serious. What was initially a comedy of errors and gaffes is now becoming a serious threat to our security, our economy and our way of life. More
May 4, 2009
GOP Woes and Social ConservativesKyle-Anne Shiver
The data on public opinion surrounding abortion suggests that the Republican Party's pro-life stance is simply not the problem some imagine. More
May 4, 2009
A Wind Blows Against The Political SpectrumLee Cary
Those who plot people and issues along the political spectrum of left, right, and in-between may be late to perceive a new wind blowing from outside their perspective. More
May 4, 2009
The Top Ten Reasons Obamanomics Won't WorkMikiel de Bary
As the essence of Obamanomics is easy money and government aggrandizement, there are lots of reasons for pessimism. Here are ten of them. More
May 4, 2009
Before the DawnBruce Walker
Hope, courage, and honor is contagious, and it does not always come from expected places. More
May 4, 2009
Obama's Supreme Court Renovation BeginsJan LaRue
Sand-blasting "Equal Justice Under Law" from the Courthouse should commence if the Senate confirms a nominee who matches President Obama's criteria for judges. More
May 3, 2009
The end of Europe's independenceZbigniew Mazurak
Unless European states and America suddenly adopt a hawkish foreign policy and strengthen their militaries, Europe will become a mere province of the Russian empire. More
May 3, 2009
The Man who may be Israel's next ambassador to the United StatesDan Gordon
Dr. Michael Oren is being touted as Israel's next ambassador to the U.S. I can tell you a bit about the man. I have served in two wars with him. More
May 3, 2009
Peer Review Needs ImprovementJack Dini
The term 'peer review' is often equated with 'gold standard'. Far from it. An astounding amount of misinformation is published under its rubric. More
May 3, 2009
Illegal immigration, Liberal Elites, and ObamaDavid Paulin
Most middle-class Americans are fed up with illegal immigration. They get no sympathy from liberal elites, however More
May 3, 2009
The Tortured Rhetoric of the Reactionary LeftBen Voth
The reactionaries of the Left are celebrating their own unique sense of jingoism that has come to dominate their political community since Vietnam. More
May 3, 2009
Middle East Justice For AllTed Belman
Those who advocate for justice for the Palestinians must, to be just, also provide justice for the Jews. You can't have one without the other.
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May 2, 2009
Swine Flu in PerspectiveFrank S. Rosenbloom, M.D.
Outbreak! was the title of the movie released in 1995 about an Ebola epidemic, inspired by news reports of outbreaks of the deadly virus in Africa. Pandemics bring in audiences. More
May 2, 2009
War Ain't BeanbagGeoffrey P. Hunt
Perhaps George W Bush's most significant failure as president was not convincing enough Americans that the war on terror was a real war. More
May 2, 2009
Obama and RussiaKim Zigfeld
President Obama has horrifically botched his handling of Russia's efforts to subvert the U.S military base in Kyrgyzstan More
May 2, 2009
Sixty Years after a failed Hope and a realized DreamBruce Walker
On May 2, 1949, sixty years ago, the State of Israel was admitted to the United Nations. These two creations of post-war mankind were, in many ways, intertwined. More
May 2, 2009
Amtraking AutomakersJ. Robert Smith
The odds that the federal government will ever get its hooks out of Chrysler or General Motors are slim to none. Why? In one word, Amtrak. More
May 2, 2009
Like a pocket full of razor bladesDavid Swindle
Totalitarian governments find the devoted support of some of the most talented minds and creative spirits of the West.
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May 1, 2009
Welcome To Buffalo Jump U.S.A.Harold Witkov
Prior to the arrival of the horse in North America, certain Native American tribes had an interesting system for hunting buffalo. More
May 1, 2009
Language NinniesChuck Hustmyre
Killing our language, one word at a time More
May 1, 2009
The Future of the GOP - a symposiumAT symposium
Richard Baehr, Kyle-Anne Shiver, Ed Lasky, Larrey Anderson, and Thomas Lifson argue over the big tent theory and the prospects for the future. More
May 1, 2009
Wishful ThinkingRandall Hoven
There has been a whole lot of wishful thinking going on, from alternate energy to non-harsh interrogations.
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May 1, 2009
Cold, Cold Health CareCarol Peracchio
What happens when a president with a winning smile starts deciding on how much medical care you get? More


