Cato Institute senior fellow Ted Galen Carpenter writes, “If the congressional hawks and their allies in the foreign policy community and the conservative news media have their way, than war with Iran would be inevitable. But as such beaters of war drums contend, this is not a cause for worry, as the resulting conflict would […]
Iran a Nuclear Power?
Former CIA bin Laden Unit chief Michael Scheuer writes, “It is extremely likely that Iran will — as its genuine national interests clearly demand — string out the negotiations with Obama, Kerry and their fellow ahistorical European colleagues until it can surprise the world by testing a nuclear device. In speaking about U.S.-Cuba relations this […]
America Is Not a Democracy
Originally posted June 18, 2013. America Is Not a Democracy. The Word Democracy Does Not Appear in the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence. The Founders Gave Us a Federal Republic. Walter Williams writes, “Nothing in our Constitution suggests that government is a grantor of rights. Instead government is a protector of rights…. It’s Congress […]
The Koran: A Handbook For Terrorists
Originally published September 8, 2014. “Blood drips from its pages,” words from a parliamentary speech by Geert Wilders. Wilders, a populist Dutch politician and head of the country’s Party for Freedom, has campaigned to stop what he views as the Islamisation of the Netherlands and compares the Quran with the Mein Kampf. In his speech, […]
Muslims to Equal Christians?
Tamara Audi in the WSJ writes, “The world’s Islamic population is growing so rapidly that by 2050, the number of Muslims will be nearly equal to the number of Christians across the planet—possibly for the first time in history.” In “The Paralysis of Europe,” Pat Buchanan writes, “The differences between a liberal secularized Europe and […]
Islam—a Murderous Religion
In “Under the Black Flag” in the April 2015 issue of Chronicles, Taki Theodoracopulos writes, “Perhaps not each of the 1.6 billion Muslims wishes to punish people in the name of their God, but I’ll bet my last dollar that the great majority does. Regarding Muslims in England: “There’s a relentless agenda to secularize Christian […]
Plotting the 2015 NFL Draft
For decades I have plotted out the annual NFL football draft. And each year I enjoy the challenge of uncovering what I find to be the most useful reference source. This year I have selected leading independent draft analyst Nolan Navwrocki’s NFL Draft 2015 Preview as my #1 reference source. Thanks to Nolan, I have […]
Best 20th Century President?
The Cato Institute’s Dan Mitchell offers Calvin Coolidge as a best bet, as would I. Dan also cites passages from Thomas Jefferson, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Ronald Regan as examples of the thinking of good American presidents. And Dan suggests that we not forget the principled words of Presidents Madison, Pierce and Cleveland. On the opposite […]
WSJ Firing Rand Paul Blanks
Americans need to know from the top that the editorial page of the WSJ has, at least from my perspective, more than a whiff of attachment to the original Defense Planning Guidance (DPG). You know, the anything goes global hegemon concept initially kicked off in draft form in 1992 by Dick Cheney aids Scooter Libby, […]
A10 Thunderbolt Warthog Will Attack ISIS
Originally posted December 15, 2014. From Defenseone.com: The House Armed Services Committee voted to adopt an amendment that keeps the Air Force’s contentious A-10 “Warthog” aircraft flying through the next fiscal year. The amendment passed through committee late Wednesday with a 41-20 bipartisan vote. It will be funded by moving $635 million over to the Overseas […]
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