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Obama and the Shifting Ground of Race Wed Jun 1

Jonah Goldberg

Not that there is no racial animus against Obama. Of course there is. But is it significant? ... more
Abortion Leads to Not-So-Sweet Emotions Thu May 26

Kathryn Lopez

Seventeen-year-old Scotty McCreery may have won "American Idol" singing wholesome country ditties, but playing in the background was a blues song older than the fresh-faced singer. ... more
Are We Done in Afghanistan? Thu May 5

Larry Kudlow

The original post-9/11 goal was to kill bin Laden and wipe out al-Qaida. Now that we've killed bin Laden and dismantled so much of al-Qaida, do we really need to trudge through an even longer war in Afghanistan? ... more
Catalysts, and Leaning Into the Liberal Wind Tue Apr 19

Ross Mackenzie

The catalyst for a career in writing may have been Miss Krenwinkel -- my 8th-grade teacher at Skokie School in Winnetka, Ill. Along about November, she informed my parents I would not be promoted to the vaunted New Trier High School unless I wrote more "compositions." ... more
Enabling the Muslim Brotherhood in America Tue Apr 19

Frank Gaffney

The Muslim Brotherhood's mask is slipping in Egypt. Small "d" democrats there and elsewhere are alarmed by top Brotherhood officials who now aver openly what has been utterly predictable. ... more
From Benghazi to Tel Aviv Thu Apr 7

Cliff May

The so-called International Community has justified military intervention in Libya on humanitarian grounds: Col. Moammar Qaddafi was threatening mass murder in Benghazi. ... more
Why Ration Life-Saving Drugs? Thu Mar 10

Timothy Riley

Health care debates often focus on budget numbers or policy goals. Seldom do we hear how policy changes will affect actual patients. Take what the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is doing with the late-stage cancer drug Avastin. ... more
It's Not Just al-Qaeda Thu Mar 10

Cliff May

It is a fact -- not an opinion -- that al-Qaeda and similar groups are waging what they call a jihad against America, Israel and the West. ... more
On the GOP Menu for 2012 Wed Mar 9

Jonah Goldberg

And so now we enter the mopey phase of the GOP presidential contest. ... more
Let's Talk About a Caliphate Fri Feb 25

Diana West

I almost forgot how the Pundit Right smacked down Glenn Beck over his wholly rational concern that out of Tahrir Square a new caliphate might arise in the Islamic world until I read William Kristol's op-ed this week. ... more
Their Freedom Is Not Our Freedom Thu Feb 3

Diana West

Americans must learn two concepts to better understand the political earthquake the United States is now pushing as President Obama gives his nod to "the Arab street," predominantly organized, it seems, by the Muslim Brotherhood, to force out an ally, Hosni Mubarak. ... more
Blood Libel? Oy Vey Fri Jan 14

David Harsanyi

Wasn't it moving to see progressive tweetdom and punditry unite in the defense of Jewry -- in the Middle Ages? As a member of this most oppressed minority, I personally want to thank you. ... more
Mascot Politics Tue Jan 4

Thomas Sowell

Dr. Victor Davis Hanson's quietly chilling article, "Two Californias," in National Review Online, ought to be read by every American who is concerned about where this country is headed. ... more
2012 Republican Primary Prognostication Thu Dec 30

Jackie Gingrich Cushman

The winner of the Republican presidential nomination will be the candidate who can best respond to the American people, who can listen to them and their concerns and provide leadership -- resulting in a candidate the voters will find more compelling the longer the campaign continues. ... more
When Words Fail Fri Dec 10

Jonah Goldberg

Most theories for why the president came unglued like a papier-mache doll in a steam bath during his press conference this week center on the fact that he can't stand having his liberal bona fides questioned. ... more
Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Care Tue Dec 7

Cal Thomas

People who take polls for a living will tell you that depending on the methodology, the sample, how a question is asked and the understanding of the ones being polled, the outcome can pretty much be predetermined. ... more
Obama's contempt of Congress Mon Dec 6

Frank Gaffney

Even for a man known for his arrogance, Barack Obama's treatment of the Senate in connection with the New START Treaty is astounding. His demand that Senators approve this defective accord during the few days remaining in the lame-duck session amounts to contempt of Congress. It must not be tolerated, let alone rewarded. ... more
Why the Lame Duck Session of Congress is So Dangerous Sat Dec 4

Floyd and Mary Beth Brown

To understand Washington DC, you have to first stop listening to the rhetoric, and start watching the behavior. As TV character Michael Weston aptly puts it, “Watch my actions, not my words.” Underneath all the bluster, we live in a single party country where the Republicans and Democrats are just different factions of a big-government loving elite feasting on the plunder of an enormous bureaucracy. ... more
Glorifying "Great" Liberal Judges Wed Dec 1

Brent Bozell

America was founded on the principle of representative democracy: The government would make policy based on the consent of the governed. ... more
Homeland Insecurity Adviser Mon Oct 4

Frank Gaffney

With the recent departures of OMB Director Peter Orszag, Economic Policy Advisor Lawrence Summers and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, the next senior Obama administration official expected to quit is the National Security Advisor to the President, James Jones. ... more
No Tears For National Review Wed Nov 19

Brent Bozell

The liberal crocodiles at The New York Times are shedding tears for National Review The liberal crocodiles at The New York Times are shedding tears for National Review magazine.magazine. ... more