The Purple Finger

Iraqis know freedom’s knock better than our liberal media. by Bruce S. Thornton Private Papers The election last Thursday in Iraq, the third since the U.S. invaded, is an astonishing historical event in the Muslim Middle East. Share This

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Lancing the Boil

We quietly keep in killing terrorists, promoting elections in Iraq, pressuring Arab autocracies to democratize, and growing the economy. by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online For some time, a large number of Americans have lived in an alternate universe where everything is supposedly going to hell. Share This

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The Political Arcade

Presidents frustrate the sale of political rhetoric. by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Bill Clinton frustrated Republican critics. He passed welfare reform, waged a preemptive war against Slobodan Milosevic without either the approval of the Congress or the United Nations, and reined in federal spending. And so anguished conservatives had a hard time proving

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Democratic Implosion

Can the party of the people be saved from itself? by Victor Davis Hanson National Review Online The idea that we are going to win this war is an idea that unfortunately is just plain wrong. — Howard Dean And there is no reason… that young American soldiers need to be going into the homes

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The Truth about Torture

by Victor Davis Hanson Tribune Media Services Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., recently proposed an amendment to a defense appropriations bill in an attempt to plug loopholes in already existing anti-torture laws. The amendment, which President Bush opposes, is a good idea for America — but not necessarily for the reasons cited by most critics of

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