St. Patrick’s Day with Edmund Burke
What Burke and Conor Cruise O’Brien can teach us about preventing the triumph of evil.
Hugo Chávez
A Nasty Piece of Work
A tawdry new book accuses the late Christopher Hitchens of plagiarism—and worse.
Op-eds
The State of the Chávez-Capriles Race, Or Is Hope Springing in Venezuela?
Unnoticed by many, there is another crucial election taking place in our hemisphere this fall–this Sunday in fact. Fourteen-year incumbent president Hugo Chávez (who re-wro...
Op-eds
Ahmadinejad Shows His Soft Side in UN Speech
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a devout, sincerely spiritual, loyal foot soldier of the Islamic revolution, gave his variation of John Lennon’s “Imagine” before the United Nations on Wedn...
Op-eds
The New War Against America
Last January, President Obama went over to the Pentagon to announce deep cuts in defense. He took the occasion to proclaim: “Even as our troops continue to fight in Afghanistan, the tide of...
Op-eds
US State Dept. Reports Growing Global Anti-Semitism
The US State Department’s report on religious freedom described a “global increase” in anti-Semitism and said the “rising tide of anti-Semitism” was among the key tr...
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Stay Out of Syria
A response to Clifford D. May.
Op-eds
Is ‘The Dictator’ Racist?
Even before it hit theaters, Sacha Baron Cohen's "The Dictator" - a gross-out parody of autocrats and the Western leftists who romanticize them - was met with cries that it's...
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London Jews’ Labour Problem
London mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone—whose political future will be determined in today’s election against Conservative incumbent Boris Johnson—has a Jewish problem. He&rsqu...
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Re: Let Syria Be
It shouldn’t surprise anyone that Andy and I have moved...
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It’s the War, Stupid, Not the Nukes
My invaluable friend, David Goldman, aka Spengler, called our attention to an extremely i...
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Santorum Was Right About Iran—When It Was Unpopular
A grandfather who fled Mussolini taught him to prize freedom.
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Venezuela and Pakistan, Shoo-Ins For the UN Human Rights Council?
You won’t find this information posted yet on the United Nations web site, because when the UN General Assembly “elects” countries to the 47 member seats on the UN Human Rights...
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Obama’s Weaker, More Timid Approach to Defense Sends a Dangerous Message
Iran kicked off the new year with a host of challenges to the...
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Rationale
Is Iran rational? That’s the key question policy-makers and experts have been asking for at least the last decade as Iran has gotten closer to bringing its nuclear-weapons program on line....
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Meet the Jihadist War Criminal Obama Plans to Release from Gitmo
At AEI’s blog, Marc Thiessen provides the low-down on Mullah Mohammed Fazi, on...
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The Real War, Ignored as Usual
The Soviets always used to say “if you say A, you must do B,” meaning that words had to have consequences. Yes, it’s a commonplace banality, one of those things that&rsquo...
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The Great Alawite Hope
Belief in Bashar al-Assad was always misplaced. Now it’s time for change.
Op-eds
In Defense of Biofuels
On the world markets, the cost of a barrel of oil is, at this writing, over $120. In the United States, a gallon of gasoline now costs, on average, roughly $3.50. Even when adjusted for inflation...
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OPEC Strangling American Economy
As oil prices continue to top $120 a barrel, it is time for Congress to take definitive action to break the OPEC cartel, which is taxing the United States into a depression. This year, w...