It has taken me a couple of weeks but I think I’ve finally gotten handle on why Sarah Palin’s bravado Republican convention speech was such a smash among conservatives: After nearly eight years of watching President George W. Bush curl … Continue reading
Seven years ago, Sept. 11, 2001, we all remember where we were and with whom and what we were doing. I was rushing off for my 9:25 AM class; it was my first semester as a tenure-track professor. Teaching John … Continue reading
In an unexpected, frightening moment in April 1945, Vice President Harry Truman got the news: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was dead. For many Americans who suffered through the Great Depression and World War II, FDR was more than a president; … Continue reading
I would like to share a story on Senator Joe Biden that happened 27 years ago. It involved his international humiliation of a good man, and it became a habit for Biden. I’m confident Biden will repeat the performance with … Continue reading
In December 1989, land, sea and air forces of the United States enveloped the security forces of Panama like a starfish attacking a clam. Operation Just Cause became the prototype for U.S. military operational doctrine for taking down an undersized … Continue reading
Asked by Rick Warren on Saturday when he believes “a baby gets human rights,” John McCain didn’t hesitate to say “at the moment of conception.” For Barack Obama, however, this question remains a struggle. “Well, ah, ah, I think that … Continue reading
As the old European powers of the late 19th century began their inexorable march toward mutual suicide on the battlefields of the 20th century, Germany’s “Iron Chancellor,” Otto von Bismarck, presciently predicted that any future conflagration might well start because … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: This article is also posted at National Review Online.Alexander Solzhenitsyn, a great figure of the 20th century, is dead at the age of 89. How does one adequately honor the man? It’s impossible to capture in one column what … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: A longer version of this article first appeared in American Thinker. “The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He’s the one who gets the people to do the greatest things. And that’s … Continue reading
During his recent Middle East and European tour, Senator Barack Obama stated his strategic positions on Iraq and Afghanistan, which involves a timetable for withdrawal of most, if not all, U.S. forces from Iraq, and redeploying some forces to Afghanistan, … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: A longer version of this article first appeared in American Thinker. “The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He’s the one who gets the people to do the greatest things. And that’s what’s lacking … Continue reading
“George W. Bush is a [EXPLETIVE] theocrat!” If I had a dollar for every time I heard that over the past eight years. Having written a book on the faith of George W. Bush, I was pummeled by liberals for … Continue reading
It’s a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, White Christmas. When December rolls around everyone knows which movies to watch to celebrate the holidays. Sadly, America’s birthday doesn’t seem quite so lucky. So, here is a list of four films … Continue reading
Religious conservatives can help Barack Obama win in November. Here’s how: stay home or go to the voting booth and cast ballots for Obama in surprising numbers. It could happen. First, let’s review. Last year, religious conservatives were sweating over … Continue reading
It was springtime. The year was 1969. The spirit of la revolucion was in the air. Ms. Hillary Rodham and her Wellesley sisters sat in the crowd awaiting words of inspiration from their speaker. The commencement speaker that year was … Continue reading
Last week, the Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College ran another of its “V&V Q&As,” this one with Peter Schweizer, whom I interviewed on his new book, Makers and Takers. As noted in the interview, Schweizer dedicated … Continue reading
Air power is seductive. From the Army Air Service’s Col. Billy Mitchell’s Winged Defense, written in the aftermath of the slaughter fields of the Great War, to U.S. Air Force Colonel John Warden’s The Air Campaign, first published in 1988, air power … Continue reading
“Cynical politics” may be a redundancy, but it is hard to imagine a mo1re cynical political issue than global warming (GW). In his 1992 book Earth in the Balance, Al Gore called for a “wrenching transformation of society.” Leftists, with their … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this article first appeared in National Review Online. Last week, specifically, June 5, 2008, was the 40th anniversary of the death of Robert F. Kennedy, one of the most beloved politicians of his era. I was … Continue reading
What a difference a century makes, specifically a turn of the century. Shortly after the 19th century ended, the United States had a president who was the real deal, whose honesty, sincerity and courage would be challenged only by those … Continue reading
