Obama used to sigh that he was not a dictator who could act unilaterally. No more. by Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Online Lately a weakened President Obama has fashioned a new attitude about consensual government: “We’re not just going to be waiting for legislation in order to make sure that we’re providing Americans the… Continue reading Governing by Pen and Phone
‘Duty,’ and the Taint of the Tell-All
Robert Gates’s insider memoir is the latest in a dishonorable genre. by Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Online For all the hysteria over former defense secretary Robert Gates’s new insider memoir of his tenure during the Bush and Obama administrations, the disclosures are more breaches of trust than earth-shattering revelations. Much of Duty: Memoirs of a… Continue reading ‘Duty,’ and the Taint of the Tell-All
Obama’s Recessional
There is nothing accidental about the president’s apparent foreign-policy blunders. by Victor Davis Hanson // National Review Online Does Barack Obama have a strategy? He is often criticized for being adrift. Nonetheless, while Obama has never articulated strategic aims in the manner of Ronald Reagan or the two Bushes, it is not therefore true that there… Continue reading Obama’s Recessional
2014: Year of Decision
by Bruce S. Thornton // FrontPage Magazine This year we will see if America is still a center-right country, or if Obama’s two terms will mark a historic shift to the left. History and recent events give cause for optimism, subject, of course, to unforeseen events. The champions of big government, wealth redistribution through taxation and… Continue reading 2014: Year of Decision
The Tenth Life of an Obamacat
Iraq’s Christians Near Extinction
by Raymond Ibrahim FrontPage Magazine A recent Fox News report tells of how “a rash of attacks on Christian-owned businesses in northern Iraq has raised troubling questions about the future safety of the country’s shrinking Christian community, particularly as US forces withdraw completely from the nation they’ve refereed since 2003.” Share This