Getting the U.S. and Ukraine back on track
It’s essential because if Putin wins, it’s not just Ukraine that loses
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The coalition of the unwilling
Western elites prefer not to fight authoritarianism
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President Biden had options
He chose the worst of them
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Europe capitulates to China’s rulers
The EU undermines its own interests and those of its ally across the pond
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Who made the world sick?
China’s Communist rulers did, with assistance from, you know, WHO
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Dragons and snakes stalk us
We can try to kill them, attempt to keep them at bay, or let them rule the jungle
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Is it wrong to prefer the West to the rest?
On various occasions and beginning decades before he was elected president, Ronald Reagan warned that “freedom is never more than one generation from extinction.” He understood, and h...
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Our Man in Havana
“I have come here to bury the last remnant of the Cold War in the Americas.” That was Barack Obama’s “historic” announcement in Cuba last week. But was it true? What...
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The U.N.’s Parade of Dictators
Founded in 1945 to promote global peace, human dignity and freedom, the United Nations is celebrating its 70th anniversary — with a parade of dictators. The ceremonies will peak on Monday,...
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Cold War Christmas Messages We Must Not Forget
Too often these days, the Cold War is treated as ancient history — as something from a simpler age of the world. It ended years before the advent of the high-speed Internet, Google and Face...
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Liberate ‘Zones of Electronic Repression’!
Islamists shouldn’t be allowed to use Western technology to crush dissent.
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What Good Is NATO?
World War II was fought against totalitarianism of the Nazi, Fascist and Japanese Militarist varieties. After the war, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created to defend the Free World...
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The War Against the Free World
America is not fighting a war against Islam. America is fighting a war against Islamism. The difference between Islam and Islamism is straightforward: Islam is a religion, a faith, the b...
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The War of Ideas; It’s Time the Free World Began Seriously Fighting It
An old saw has it that a lie can circle the globe before the truth even laces its sneakers. That's more accurate now – an era when satellites and the Internet have revolutionized commu...
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This War Is Winnable
As President Clinton might say: "It depends on what the meaning of 'win' is." By now, you've no doubt read all about it: President Bush told NBC's Matt Lauer that he...
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Saddam Is From Mars. Is Kerry From Venus?
Next Tuesday, for the first time in 122 years, Venus will pass across the face of the sun--something no one now living has ever witnessed. In these troubled times, it strikes me as some comfort t...
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Talking to Tripoli: Meet Fathi Eljahmi, a Libyan Freedom-Fighter
One contribution any citizen of the Free World can make to those still living under tyranny is simply to learn their names. Especially, get to know the individuals among them who at great risk ch...
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A Creeping Coup’: Is Russia Heading Back to the USSR?
When the Soviet Union collapsed, most Russians looked forward to joining the Free World as quickly as possible. Having been a student and a reporter in the USSR, I soon found myself attending con...
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A Cure for the Clash?
Early in the final decade of the last century, Harvard professor Samuel Huntington offered what seemed an eccentric prediction. While others saw economic, political and ideological tempests ahead...
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9/11 in 20/20 Hindsight
September 11 will be remembered as the worst terrorist attack America ever suffered — if we’re lucky. If not, if we’re not extraordinarily successful in waging the war on...