Pros and Cons of Drone Strikes in Iraq
by Patrick Tucker On Friday, President Barack Obama ruled out sending U.S. troops back into Iraq to fight the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, or ISIS, fighters as they take…
The Twin Tragedies of War and Peace in Iraq
by Dr. Miklos K. Radvanyi Based on the bilateral agreement President George W. Bush signed in 2008, the last contingent of the United States military left Iraq on December 18,…
Keeping the Bear at Bay
Helping Europe with missile defense would show Russia that the U.S. is serious. The U.S. needs to show that Putin’s ambition will be checked. by Peter Roff The world –…
There’s a Hefty Price to Pay for Driving Down U.S. Coal Usage
by The Oklahoman Editorial Board Reports of the demise of coal-fired power plants are greatly exacerbated by reality. Using coal to make electricity isn’t going away any time soon. And…
Rep. Mike Rogers on Missile Defense
Congressman Mike Rogers gave the following remarks in a speech at the NDIA-AFA-ROA Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series on nuclear deterrence, missile defense, arms control, proliferation and defense policy, hosted by…
Did The IRS Really Lose Lois Lerner’s Emails? Let a Special Prosecutor Find Them
Obama needs to address this ‘phony scandal’ and the public trust with real transparency. by Ron Fournier A sloppy mistake, the government calls it, but you couldn’t blame a person…
IRS Claims It Has Lost Two Years Worth of Emails
The dog ate Lois Lerner’s homework (and emails). If the IRS say it, it must be true. by David Martosko The Internal Revenue Service has lost two years worth of…
What Does the Oregon Shooter Tell Us About Our Gun Laws?
This just in: Criminals don’t follow the law. by Charles C. W. Cooke KGW News has identified the Oregon shooter. He was just 15 years old. What does this mean…
Rep. Cathy McMorris-Rodgers, Actor Gary Sinise Honored at Frontiers of Freedom Annual Reagan Gala
Washington, DC — Frontiers of Freedom, a public advocacy group founded by the late Sen. Malcolm Wallop, R-Wy., announced Thursday it had presented in 2014 Ronald Reagan Award to actor…
Regulators Wreck Innovation
Ride-share services benefit consumers, but the taxi commission doesn’t want to give us a good deal. by Glenn Harlan Reynolds The regulatory knives are out for Uber and Lyft, two…
Trampling Democracy to Fight Climate Change
by Ramesh Ponnuru Republicans are calling President Barack Obama’s new coal-plant regulations a “power grab.” The truth is more complicated, and ominous, than that. This isn’t a case where the…
Providing for the Common Defense
by Peter Huessy Forty-three years ago, on Memorial Day 1971, I was traveling home to Vermont following two years of study at the International Division of Yonsei University in Seoul…
America: Beware of Single-Payer Health Care
The real lesson of the VA scandal. by W. James Antle III Before Bowe Bergdahl dominated the headlines, the country was engrossed by the Veterans Affairs scandal. The VA was…
Unions Slam New EPA Carbon Rules
by Lachlan Markay Labor unions criticized the Environmental Protection Agency’s new regulations on carbon emissions from power plants on last Monday, highlighting growing tensions between the environmentalist and working class…
VA Scandal Further Discredits Obama’s Big Government Policies
Long queues are the price of free care. by Michael Barone President Obama evidently was caught by surprise by the scandal at the Department of Veterans Affairs. So, apparently, was…