The Operational Miracle That Was D-Day
by Victor Davis Hanson Seventy years ago this June 6, the Americans, British and Canadians stormed the beaches of Normandy in the largest amphibious invasion of Europe since the Persian…
Michael Bloomberg’s Soda Ban Won’t Solve the Obesity Problem
The government should incentivize healthy choices rather than prohibit unhealthy ones. by Peter Roff • US News America has tried the experiment with prohibition before. It…
When the President Goes Rogue
by George F. Will What Winston Churchill said of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles — that he was a bull who carried his own china shop around with him…
The Flickering Shadows of Russia and Ukraine
by Dr. Miklos K. Radvanyi In his Allegory of the Cave Plato asserts that the universe revealed by our senses is not the actual world but the shadow of reality.…
The Left’s Assault on the First Amendment
Congress has too much power already; it should not have the power to silence citizens. by Ted Cruz For two centuries there has been bipartisan agreement that American democracy depends…
What About Meriam, President Obama?
Sen. Inhofe calls for a Sudanese woman sentenced to death to receive asylum. by Peter Roff No one knows how much attention the Obama administration is paying to the plight…
New carbon rules will choke economy
Energy prices will rise as large, coal-fired power plants are taken off line without a credible plan to replace them. Eliminating one-third of America’s coal plants is a choice for…
When the Left Turned Against Free Speech
The long, ugly journey from the Free Speech Movement to professors assaulting protesters. by Matt Welch On March 4, in a designated “free-speech zone” at the University of California, Santa…
EPA Quietly Signs Off on State Carbon Taxes
The agency didn’t mention it in the new climate rules, but the plan would allow states to place a levy on greenhouse gases. by Ben Geman EPA’s big new draft…
With greater risks, weaker capability is a bad strategy
by George Landrith Russian President Vladimir Putin is willing to invade neighboring nations to rebuild the former Soviet-era empire. Iran is on the cusp of developing nuclear weapons. North Korea…
ASP’s Nuclear Fairy Tales and Misconceptions
by Peter Huessy Despite the fact that our Triad of forces has been a nuclear umbrella that has kept the nuclear powers from going to war against each other for…
Why impose a 1908 “First Sale” Rule on a Modern and Evolving Internet-based Marketplace?
“Copyright law has historically protected the right of the creator to exclusively distribute their work. This is important because it gives creators the ability to profit from their creation which…
Speaking Loudly and Carrying a Small Stick
by Amir Taheri Until last week, some had hoped that, having failed to develop a credible foreign policy, President Obama may at least be capable of engaging in serious debate…
Cap and Trade: Hammering the Poor … Again
by Diana Furchtgott-Roth President Obama has called inequality “the defining challenge of our time.” But on June 2 he will announce new “cap-and-trade” environmental regulations that will make the poor…
Ad Hoc Foreign Policy
Obama’s West Point speech and his policy of retreat are characterized by smallness. by Charles Krauthammer It is fitting that the day before President Obama gives his grand West Point address…