Seven years, one trillion dollars, more than 4,000 U.S. troops dead and thousands more wounded, the success of U.S. military intervention depends on the Iraqis forming and maintaining a democratic stable government...
The great majority of parents would like to see their children become better off economically than they are, and that hope would be even more common among the children. Yet, polls for a while have suggested that neither the majority of children nor parents in the United States are confident that this progress will happen...
While America debates whether a “bridge-building” Imam Rauf should erect his $100-million, 13-story outreach “Islamic complex” next to Ground Zero, Islam seems to be at war with most of the rest of the world, or perhaps vice versa...
It's not really surprising that neither Shields nor Gerson nor the headline writer understands the difference between defending someone's right to do something and defending the doing of it...
Peter Suderman of Reason interviewed me last week in connection with a short article I did on how Canadian politicians Jean Chretien and Paul Martin turned around the federal budget from persistent deficits to persistent surpluses (until the latest recession)...
I learned that the community’s Summer Speaker Series routinely attracts 500 people to its events, even when the topic is as esoteric as virtual learning...
It turns out that the project that President Obama highlighted the other day–a police station renovation–was not a police station and wasn’t funded by the stimulus package...
by Kori Schakevia Shadow Government (Foreign Policy)
Friday, August 20, 2010
President Obama should be clear about our continuing combat commitments in Iraq, reconsider the transfer to civilians some of the inherently military tasks our civilian mission in Iraq will require, and revise the security agreement with Iraq to provide for continuing presence of some U.S. military forces after 2011...
The resumption of face-to-face negotiations in the absence of President Netanyahu to extend the existing settlement freeze is less a victory for the Obama administration than a sign that the administration recognizes its mistake in seeking to arm-twist Israel into halting work on settlements...
Too often, argues the Hoover Institution scholar, universities are places where small orthodoxies elbow aside big ideas; too many Americans are embarrassed to talk about morality in terms of virtue and character, not just rules and intentions. We need to remember that freedom isn't value-free...
Leaders no longer turn to classic literature for wisdom and guidance. NPR producer Brent Baughman speaks with Charles Hill of Yale University about what they used to read -- and why they don't anymore...
We'll discuss the odds of [Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi] ever spending another minute behind bars with Dr. Robert George, founder of the American Principles Project...
Today on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio; Frank devotes two segments to interviewing an honored guest, Former CIA Director Jim Woolsey, on the issues of the day including Shariah and energy security. Also Bill Gertz addresses the new Pentagon report documenting the rising threat from China...
