How Obama Should Have Handled the Crimea Crisis
Here are the steps a strong leader would have taken. by Peter Roff If America had a robust foreign policy, “the crisis in the Crimea” might never have come to…
A message Obama needs to deliver and Putin needs to hear
by George Landrith Russian President Vladimir Putin has authorized, and his military forces have carried out, an unprovoked armed invasion of a neighboring nation, Ukraine — whose sole transgression was…
Fantasy-Based Foreign Policy
by Stephen F. Hayes On February 23, five days before Russia invaded Ukraine, National Security Adviser Susan Rice appeared on Meet the Press and shrugged off suggestions that Russia was…
Politics drives repeated and unlawful Obamacare delays
The President aims to protect Congressional Democrats from the consequences of the law they passed. The serial delays of Obamacare are coming so rapidly and for such obviously political reasons…
The wages of weakness
by Charles Krauthammer Vladimir Putin is a lucky man. And he’s got three more years of luck to come. He takes Crimea, and President Obama says it’s not in Russia’s…
Why do liberals have so much hate for black conservatives?
How is the public served by muzzling one of the most thoughtful, accomplished and respected political voices of her time just because she happens to be a Republican? by Juan…
One way to respond to Putin: Don’t let him control the Internet
by George Landrith Russian President Vladimir Putin has authorized, and his military forces have carried out, an armed invasion of a neighboring nation, Ukraine, whose sole transgression was wanting closer…
Obama’s mistaken belief that others see the world as he sees it
by Michael Barone Solipsism. It’s a fancy word that means that the self is the only existing reality and that the external world, including other people, are representations of one’s…
ABC, CBS exclude scientists critical of global warming for more than 1,300 days
by Sean Long Like a simple parlor trick, the networks are able to make skeptical scientists vanish, at least from the eyes of their viewers. In some cases, the broadcast…
What is Lois Lerner hiding?
Where Lois Lerner goes, drama follows. On Wednesday, the former IRS officer again invoked the Fifth before the House Oversight Committee. That precipitated a heated exchange between the committee’s Republican…
Obama blocking IRS probe and breaking promises to help
by Paul Bedard A House chairman probing the IRS scandal on Wednesday said that President Obama has reneged on a promise to have his aides cooperate with the investigation, forcing…
Lois Lerner pleads the fifth again, doesn’t testify on IRS targeting
If there isn’t a smidgen of corruption at the IRS, why plead the fifth? And why hasn’t Obama delivered on the promised cooperation? What is he hiding? by Rebecca Kaplan…
Global Internet governance proposals threaten sovereignty, freedom of information
by Peter Roff The evolution of the Internet has not only changed the world of commerce; it’s revolutionized the diplomatic sphere and helped democratize the foreign policy process. Up until…
Labeling foods with genetic fears
Shoppers wanting organic products don’t need new warnings by George Landrith America feeds the world. During the past half-century, improvements in productivity, land management and agricultural sciences have made this…
The Downside of Inciting Envy
by Arthur C. Brooks The Irish singer Bono once described a difference between America and his native land. “In the United States,” he explained, “you look at the guy that lives…
