What will attack on Syria accomplish?
It seems all but certain that the U.S. will launch cruise missiles into Syria as punishment for its use of chemical weapons against civilians. But what is this really going…
It seems all but certain that the U.S. will launch cruise missiles into Syria as punishment for its use of chemical weapons against civilians. But what is this really going…
Fifty years after Dr. King’s famous speech, too many are still judged by the color of their skin. by Thomas Sowell The 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, and…
No one who favors the law wants to be bound by it. by Mark Steyn On his radio show the other day, Hugh Hewitt caught me by surprise and asked…
by Wesley Pruden Al Gore and his traveling medicine show is back in town with his new, improved snake oil, guaranteed to grow hair, improve digestion, promote regularity and kill…
And what would that mean for the threat of catastrophic climate change? Why has the warming trend slowed? Climatologists aren’t sure. What they do know is that the average air…
Debt-ridden California needs every cent it can squeeze out of its taxpayers. The government unions that control the state through the Democratic Party are the highest paid state government employees…
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. “Life’s most persistent and urgent…
by Walter Russell Mead In the beginning, the Hebrew Bible tells us, the universe was all “tohu wabohu,” chaos and tumult. This month the Middle East seems to be reverting…
The U.N. couldn’t even muster the unity to demand that Syria’s gas attacks be investigated At first glance, the case appears to be that of Nero and the burning Rome.…
by Charles Krauthammer Egypt today is a zero-sum game. We’d have preferred there be a democratic alternative. Unfortunately, there is none. The choice is binary: the country will be ruled…
by Harriet Alexander Staff working at America’s National Security Agency – the eavesdropping unit that was revealed to have spied on millions of people – have used the technology to spy…
Democrats strong-armed Obamacare into law three years ago. Now they’re busy flouting it. The mandate that employers provide insurance next year or pay a penalty, as the law requires? Delayed…
by Peter Roff The alleged abuse by the Obama Administration of the United States Internal Revenue Service goes back much farther than the current inquiry into whether conservative political groups…
by Bret Stephens On the subject of Egypt: Is it the U.S. government’s purpose merely to cop an attitude? Or does it also intend to have a policy? An attitude…
By Michael D. Tanner Contrary to stereotypes, there is no evidence that people on welfare are lazy. Indeed, surveys of welfare recipients consistently show their desire for a job. But…