Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Chuck Schumer a Letter
Or may I call you “Chuck”? About 30 years ago when I first met you, you were an informal kind of guy. You had recently been elected to the House from a district in Brooklyn and Queens...
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Stay Out of Syria
A response to Clifford D. May.
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The Battle of Syria
Assad’s survival would be a victory for Iran – and a defeat for the U.S.
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The War and the House Divided
It was early 2002, right after the State of the Union Address in which President George W. Bush famously linked Saddam Hussein’s tyrannical Iraqi regime in an “axis of evil” wit...
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La Historia Vuele
¿Está la democracia avanzando o se bate en retirada? Le formulé esa pregunta a la Secretaria de Estado Condoleezza Rice esta semana. Le sugerí que la respuesta s...
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History is Back
Is democracy on the march or is it in retreat? I put that question to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice this week. I suggested the answer was, at best, uncertain: Elections in Gaza have led to...
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Advice for a Presidential Candidate: What Would Winston Churchill Do?
I suspect few readers will disagree when I say that not one of the presidential candidates, Republican or Democratic, has yet articulated a compelling campaign theme. All favor security. Not one...
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Symposium: Addressing the Address
On the president on Iraq.
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How the Left Spent Its Summer Vacation
A few short months ago, the anti-war left was feeling its oats. On campuses around the country, professors were receiving letters asking them to steer students to “a major new organizing in...
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Cómo Pasó la Izquierda sus Vacaciones de Verano
Hace unos pocos meses, la izquierda pacifista se sentía muy importante. En los campus de todo el país, los catedráticos estaban recibiendo cartas pidiéndoles que guiar...
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When the Clock Strikes Midnight, We Will Be Significantly Less Safe
The Democrats' FISA talking points are nonsense.
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Let’s Have a FISA Fight
Here’s something I never thought I’d say: Three cheers for Chris Dodd! With his bid for the Democrats’ presidential nomination canceled for lack of interest, Connecticu...
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Are These Senators Ready to be President?
What passes for the world’s greatest deliberative body is back in session this week, which means it’s time for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to remember they actually have day jobs...
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Dems Unserious on Surveillance
The legal basis for protecting trial lawyers just got even weaker.
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Don’t Give In on FISA Reform, Mr. President
No more delays.
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Phony-Soldier Sympathizers Stoke a Phony Controversy
Rush Limbaugh has never done anything but honor our armed forces.
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McCain’s Missed Opportunity
The maverick outmaneuvers himself.
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The Long War
Yes, we've been in Iraq five years and counting; and yes, the outcome counts.
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La Larga Guerra
Hace 5 años este mes, las tropas americanas liberaron el Irak de Sadam Hussein. Y luego vino lo difícil. La inteligencia americana se había equivocado respecto al ar...
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A Bug’s Life
Six years after the terrorist atrocities of 9/11/01, 15 years after the first attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, 25 years after the bombing of the U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut,...