During the week that ended Sunday, Newt Gingrich held eight
campaign events and Mitt Romney held nine. Rick Santorum held
15 events last week, and that may ultimately explain why
Santorum continues his otherwise inexplicable surge in the
Republican presid...
Toward the end of the Civil War, Robert E. Lee became so worried
about the morale of his troops that he appeared on the battlefield
several times, ready to lead his men into action. How did his
troops react? They surrounded his horse and forced him to the...
I have frequently discussed in this column the concept of
Calculated Deception. That is President Obama's practice of taking
advantage of what he calculates average people don't know, and what
the Democratic Party-controlled media won't tell them, to misl...
Like vampires fleeing a cross, the secular world shudders and
trembles at the sight of Rick Santorum delivering a speech about
good and evil at Ave Maria University in Florida in 2008.
Santorum's statement came 25 years after another much-maligned
social...
Friday
We are still down in the desert. It's still raining and cold, but
we love it anyway. We (wifey and I) got up, had breakfast, I swam,
then we rushed over to our 12-step meeting. As we did, I got a call
from a woman who works for me confirming my wor...
It may seem to both casual and experienced observers that the
Republican primary race has thus far been a rough and tumble blood
sport, with more pints left to be spilled. But compared with the
bone crushing, rugby style of Australia's governing Labor Par...
Today is George Washington's 280th birthday, which (unlike
"Presidents' Day") deserves full celebration. One evening this week
I was one of several invited to give toasts to George Washington
before students and other supporters of Hillsdale College at it...
Oscar Wilde noted "true friends stab you in the front." Which
explains why President Obama-- the self-proclaimed "best friend
Israel ever had" -- has decided to cut funding for the Jewish
state's missile defense system at the same time he wants to restore...
Oscar Wilde noted "true friends stab you in the front." Which
explains why President Obama-- the self-proclaimed "best friend
Israel ever had" -- has decided to cut funding for the Jewish
state's missile defense system at the same time he wants to restore...
Can you say Tony Ulasewicz?
OK. Let's get down to cases. The case of Media Matters and
all those deeply interesting
stories over at Tucker Carlson's Daily
Caller.
Let's add some history. Context.
Let's focus on one solitary, very bright thread in this
se...
