Obama never fails to enlist children in his secularist crusades,
whether at home or abroad. Last week he trotted out two
nine-year-old girls to introduce him at a White House event
celebrating “LGBT Pride Month.”
“We could not be prouder of Zea and...
When civil war broke out in Syria, the good guys were easy to
spot: They were the soldiers who deserted Bashar Assad’s military
after refusing orders to fire on peaceful protesters. But while
orders to commit war crimes are as legitimate as any casu...
Around 1770, John Singleton Copley composed a portrait of Ralph
Inman. The hardly starving artist, by virtue of immortalizing
upper-crust Bostonians like Inman with his brush, had become
America’s most well-known and well-compensated painter. Approachin...
France is the land of great medieval cathedrals par excellence,
and over the years they have awed me with their grandeur, both
spiritual and temporal. Would-be progressives today would have us
believe that the Middle Ages were a Hobbesian hell of wretched...
When he was campaigning for President in 2008, President Obama
told the American people his health reform plan would reduce family
health insurance premiums by $2,500 a year. But I knew then, and
now we know he did too, that just the opposite would be tru...
HARRISBURG — Sarah Murnaghan won her chance to get a new
lung.
After a week-long saga that involved U.S. Sens. Pat
Toomey, R-Pa., and Bob Casey, D-Pa., Secretary of Health
and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and a federal judge, the
10-year-o...
Republican Party leaders have written much about the need for
minority outreach, particularly among voters of Hispanic descent.
They argue for tactical changes — for the GOP to find cosmetically
attractive candidates who can connect with minorities,...
Actor James Gandolfini
died suddenly of an apparent heart attack while on vacation in
Rome. He was 51.
Gandolfini is, of course, best known for portraying Tony Soprano
on the HBO series The Sopranos from 1999 to
2007.
Prior to his So...
Regarding my
analysis of Syria, I didn’t want to go off on a long tangent in
the piece itself, but it’s worth addressing an objection that I
anticipated (and have in fact gotten) from both opponents of
intervention and advocates of aiding...
Ex-Bush 43 aide Peter Wehner has responded to my criticism of
his piece on Sarah Palin and Herman Cain. The link over at
Commentary is
here and I am happy to repeat his interesting, policy driven
beginning. Below. With my answer coming in the near future...
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its reports on
the Senate’s immigration reform bill (S. 744) on Wednesday, with
several positive predictions for the pro-immigration crowd. For
one,
the first CBO report said federal budget deficits will b...
President Obama reaffirmed his desire to reduce nuclear weapon
stockpiles in the U.S. and Russia, and to combat climate change in
a speech in Berlin on Wednesday. He also said he hoped to rekindle
the spirit Berliners showed when they fought to be reunite...
