How Did “Withdraw All Troops” Become Adding Thousands?
Is it correct to state that after nearly eight years of war in Iraq and the loss of 4,500 American lives the United...
Opinion
All Lies Matter
The chant "Black lives matter!" — shouted increasingly by "progressives" — makes one wonder,...
“The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” and Jackson’s Tolkien Extravaganza
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is a fitting conclusion to Jackson’s...
Isolationist? So’s Your Old Founding Father.
For years, even decades, partisans of the Old Right and segments of the New...
John McCain May Acquire More Neoconservative Allies in 2015
Washington watchers have suggested that the neocons are likely to increase their numbers as...
America’s Culture of Death
Michael Brown died on August 9. But aborting babies, a large number of whom...
A Review of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Beowulf”
The latest volume from the previously-unpublished writings of the author of The Hobbit is...
Who Are the World’s Smartest Kids? Not Americans
According to the PISA (Program for international Student Assessment) 2012 test, the smartest kids...
Should Profiling Be Banned?
Last week, the Obama administration announced new curbs on racial profiling by federal law...
A Choice Not an Echo, Fifty Years Later
In her 2014 update to A Choice Not and Echo, Phyllis Schlafly demonstrates that...
Republicans’ Abject Surrender on Spending
There are so many things wrong with the “cromnibus” spending bill that I hardly know where...
The Tortured Logic of the Torture Lobby
Some argue that the torture of innocents under the Bush/Cheney program simply needs to...
Intensive Phonics: The Magic Bullet
In order to reverse the severe decline in literacy in this country, the best...
Is Law Optional?
Do we want people punished, based on other people's preconceptions, rather than on the...
What’s Rule of Law?
Just about every law that Congress enacts violates the requirements for rule of law....
A Meaningless Sop for Conservatives
In a classic example of political grandstanding, the House of Representatives passed a meaningless...
Gruber’s Arrogance Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg
There is no doubt that the attempts to hide implementation of Agenda 21 have...
When Liberal Preferences Meet Islamic Principles
There was a recent scandal that, as much as anything else, illustrates the intellectual...
A Review of McDevitt’s “Coming Home”
Jack McDevitt's latest novel, Coming Home, looks at the history of the “golden age”...