Ted Kennedy

February 26, 2020 | John Hannah |

Democrats Fail the Commander-in-Chief Test

Election 2020 On Tuesday, Democrats held yet another debate. And refreshingly, for once, foreign policy was actually on the agenda. Bernie Sanders came under fire for praising authoritarian leaders, Michael...

November 13, 2019 | Clifford D. May

Justice triumphant

The story of an American who overcame should be told around the world

April 12, 2016 | Michael Ledeen

The Death Of Dewey Clarridge

In the summer of 1981, I was Special Advisor to Secretary of State Alexander Haig, and he asked me to try to find out what the CIA was up to in Salvador and Nicaragua.  “I’m afra...

January 24, 2014 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Negotiating with Ourselves

Analyzing the Islamic Republic isn’t a guessing game—at least it shouldn’t be. Iranian Islamists’ words and deeds are pretty consistent. Memoirs, speeches, and biographies...

March 5, 2012 | James Kirchick Commentary |

The Deceits of Seymour Hersh

Last June, the distinguished American journalist Seymour Hersh published an article in the New Yorker entitled “Iran and the Bomb: How Real Is the Nuclear Threat?” His answer...

June 14, 2011 | FrontPage

Symposium: Energy Independence and the Terror War

What is the best way for us to achieve energy independence? What is the urgency for us to do so in terms of our conflict with Islamo-Fascism? To discuss this issue with us today, Frontpage Sympos...

March 9, 2011 |

Jonah v. Dr. K on Gitmo

 I just watched the clip of the discussion between Jonah and Charles Krauthammer on Bret Baier’s Fox panel last night. I come away unpersuaded by Charles’s argument. &nb...

March 7, 2011 |

The Wave Continues

It is still striking, two months into the Great Arab Rebellion, how timorously many Westerners greet the region-wide uprising. Recognizing that democratic aspirations may be only a small factor i...

December 16, 2010 | Clifford D. May Scripps Howard News Service

Vanity Fair Game

Filmmakers get to take dramatic license. Reporters really shouldn’t. But when it comes to Joseph C. Wilson IV and Valerie Plame, the mainstream media, as much as Hollywood, insist on market...

August 28, 2008 |

Change (And A Few Dollars) You Can Believe In

From the Washington Post: Sen. Barack Obama sought more than $3.4 million in congressional earmarks for clients of the lobbyist son of his Democratic running ma...

August 26, 2008 | Claudia Rosett The Rosett Report

Politics and the Etiquette and Art of Mortality

The appearance of Sen. Ted Kennedy on the Democratic stage in Denver last night needs the narrative ministrations not of a journalist, but of a novelist — and a superb novelist at that. Per...

March 4, 2007 |

Close the Immigration Vault with Employer Enforcement

Imagine we had only a single, government-chartered financial institution: the First National Bank. Imagine it had begun a new policy: Henceforth, the vault would remain open and stocked to the br...

January 25, 2007 | Bill Cowan, Carlton Sherwood, Ralph Peters, Andy McCarthy FrontPage Magazine

Symposium: Iraq – The Challenge Ahead

FP: Bill Cowan, Carlton Sherwood, Jim Woolsey, Ralph Peters and Andy McCarthy, welcome to Frontpage Symposium.   I want to get your views on Saddam’s execution,...

September 26, 2006 | National Review Online

Yes, Our Iraq Policy Has Helped al Qaeda Recruit…

Another day, another New York Times publication of classified information.  Another election cycle, another strategic intelligence-community leak transparently designed to affect th...

April 27, 2005 | Clifford D. May |

Teddy Kennedy Yelled at Me! So Shouldn’t He Resign?

For 20 years I have kept my silence. I will do so no longer. In the debate over John Bolton's nomination to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, it finally has been made clear to me tha...

February 15, 2005 | Tech Central Station

Opposition During Wartime

By: Andrew Apostolou. Opposing a government in wartime is proving to be a frustrating experience for the political enemies of president George W. Bush and prime minister Tony Bl...

February 9, 2005 | Clifford D. May

No Exit; The Choice is Between a Strategy for Victory — or Defeat

When a politician or a journalist talks about an “exit strategy” from Iraq, there is only one appropriate response: Roll your eyes and leave the room. Imagine some senator or...

November 10, 2004 | Clifford D. May |

Let the Battles Begin

A long and hard-fought political campaign has ended, but there will be no rest for the weary. Instead, it's time for new battles to begin. The most consequential will be not between America&...

May 16, 2004 | Townhall.com

The Media’s Double Standard on Iraq Prison Abuse

For three weeks, the media has bombarded us with a pornographic orgy of lurid photos and stories of Iraqi prisoner abuse and humiliation. It has been almost impossible to avoid seeing the same di...

February 5, 2004 | Townhall

Saddam’s Real WMD Was Terrorism

David Kay, the former US weapons inspector, reported recently that despite the fact that every major Western intelligence agency and the UN believed Saddam Hussein still possessed them, his team...