Why did Barack Obama finally denounce Rev. Wright yesterday? The reason is different than what he said. More

The government's decision to ban the use of "jihad" and "mujahedeen" referring to Islamic terrorism exposes its failure to define who the enemy is in the Global War on Terror More

Why does Reverend Jeremiah Wright have such harsh feelings towards Israel? He gave us a clue at his speech Monday at the National Press Club. More

On May 13 about 70 percent of Iraq's mobile telephone network will cease to operate. This will be a serious blow to the Iraqi economy, and many Iraqis will no longer be able to phone in tips on terror activity. More

Food riots have occurred in Haiti, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Indonesia, Yemen, and as close to our borders as Mexico, but the problem has its origins in politics. More

Liberals are prepared for the inevitable "swift-boating" of Barack Obama. Look behind you, liberals. It already happened and it was an own-goal scored by liberals. More

We have been nursing a viper in our national bosom. Seven years after September 11, 2001, this is the moment of truth, when the Left must finally decide what side it's on. More

Barack Obama's national plan for voluntary community service clearly illustrates his audacious goal to become the Nation's Community Organizer. More

The talk is of guns in some quarters in Lebanon and of how expensive firearms have gotten. More

Barack Obama has a thing for Marxists. He befriends them, listens to their counsel, and he even hires them to work in his campaign. More

Ah, things were so much simpler in the old days, when rich guys would carry moneybags between their homes on Fifth Avenue and the ones in Newport. More

While many may debate Freud's influence over modern psychology, there is no doubt that the atheism and moral relativism he espoused reigns in it. More

Have you seen it? Newt Gingrich and Nancy Pelosi on TV to demand federal sponsorship of new forms of "clean" energy to combat what Gingrich calls, during the ad, "climate change." More

There's an air of contentment surrounding me. I feel warm, well fed, and comfortable in a sea of fluid. The light thumping inside my form is the only perceptible sound in my tiny universe. More

Just as Al Gore did not invent the Internet, he did not invent global warming theory. Scientists invented it, and they continue to fuel the mass hysteria they created More

What if Jimmy Carter's recent negotiations with the terrorist group Hamas was not at all naïve, but a well-conceived execution of an unstated plan? More

My esteem for the political intellect of former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is second to no one's. But by appearing in the latest Al Gore propaganda commercial, he joins a disturbingly growing number of ostensibly green-turning Republicans More

Bill Ayers, who helped launch Barack Obama's first political campaign, now shapes American education instead of terror bombing. He is able to more damage this way. More

When it came time to judge Jimmy Carter's presidency, Americans voters thundered: Carter, receiving 40% of the popular vote, carrying six states. More

If you interview someone for a job, you'll expect him to tell you what you want to hear. There'll be a façade, and his darker side will remain well-hidden. So also with those interviewing for the presidency. More

The Left misappropriates intellectual capital for perverse ends, in order to lend itself a veneer of respectability and befuddle its critics. More

It appears that this is going to be yet another campaign with little or nothing in the way of real issues. More

The mainstream media seem to think that the pope's visit to the United States was all about the delicious priestly sex-abuse scandal and liberal agenda issues like abortion and women priests. More

Two heated public debates are taking place north of the 49th parallel these days, and broadly speaking, both debates pit progressives against conservatives. More

Although the MSM has largely ignored Barack Obama's plans for NASA, the issue is likely to bubble up during the general election campaign, if he's the Democratic nominee. Here's why. More

I drove by a Protestant church recently that had the following moral exhortation on their lawn marquee: "Saving the world, one light-bulb at a time." Wow! Talk about a test of faith. More

"We have now sunk to a depth where the restatement of the obvious is the duty of intelligent men" Orwell wrote these words, and they are still true today. More

Assume for a moment: It's January, 2009, and Barack Obama has just been inaugurated as President of the United States. Ahmadi-Nejad explodes his first Bomb More

You know the story. Put a frog in hot water and he'll jump out, but put him in cooler water and slowly raise the heat and he'll stay in even as he boils to death. More

The simple yet profound wisdom of the movie character Forrest Gump has entered the Democratic race for the nomination. This time, though, the lesson is: arrogance is as arrogance does. More

If the words "swift" and "boat" must be combined and turned into a verb, then let us insist on its proper use. More

It's not news to anybody these days that we live in a sex-saturated society. The time for some straight talk about casual sex is long overdue. More

I don't know what the "Free Tibet" bumper sticker crowd must be thinking these days, but I can assure you it most certainly doesn't involve the 101st Airborne, tanks, guns, or any of that other "culture of violence" stuff. More

The word "privacy" cannot be found in either the Declaration of Independence or in the U. S. Constitution. The right to privacy can only be guaranteed, by the right to property. More

England is currently deciding whether or not to legalize the use of embryo selection to produce deaf babies to accommodate deaf couples. This, and much worse, is the logical consequence of our legalization of abortion. More

An unprecedented campaign has started by Austrians to protest any deals with the regime of Mullahs in Iran and to support the Iranians who fight for a secular and democratic Iran. More

Barack Obama's campaign has been all about image. The well-dressed, impeccably groomed, and elegantly articulate speaker was able to speak of hope, change, and unity, and for awhile the public bought it. More

There are striking parallels between the Obama "bitter bomb" that Hillary brought up again in the debate Wednesday night and the dirty tricks campaign last year that shot down Republican George Allen's campaign for US Senate from Virginia. More

The media's double standard in its treatment of Republicans and Democrats who talk faith is truly remarkable. Last weekend's "Compassion Forum" for the Democratic presidential contenders provided a great example. More

The same week we mark the anniversary of the Virginia Tech massacre, former president Jimmy Carter paid homage to Cho's most accomplished school massacre predecessor when he laid a wreath of flowers on Arafat's grave More

One of the hallmarks of the Left is its fervent belief that, if poor people behave badly, the fault is not theirs, but instead it lies with "root causes." More

Claims that there were no links between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda are wrong. Documents just released by the Pentagon prove it. More

Barack Obama, the eloquent speaker who mesmerizes the media, falls strangely silent when his words are needed to stand up against evil, intolerance or injustice. More

Just before Prime Minister Gordon Brown's trip to Washington, he leaked a gratuitous media insult to George W. Bush, with whom he meets today. More

Populism uses the politics of discontent. Barack Obama's recurring comparisons between CEO and average worker salaries is a class-warfare play on resentment More

Welcome to the first full post-modern presidential election, where, to quote Marshall McLuhan, "the medium is the message." Well, it's more than that: it's performance More

Liberals claimn to be concerned about privacy when it comes to national security measures. What privacy? I just sent in my Federal Income Tax return for 2007 and I reckon that the government already knows everything about me. More

The nation of Israel is about to commemorate its 60th birthday. That's the official, politically correct, line. But to be truly accurate, a cake celebrating the milestone should have more candles than 60 -- thousands more. More

The 2008 Presidential contest should logically be one where the Democratic Party nominee, still likely to be Barack Obama despite his latest case of foot in mouth disease, would win a solid victory. But this year is not a typical one. More

If and when the time comes to perform the autopsy on Hillary Clinton's campaign, some will trace the start of its demise back to the Norman Hsu episode. Others will ask, "What's a Norman shoe?" More

Geraldine Ferraro wasn't quite right: It's not just Obama's race that has made him the frontrunner on the Left. It's his chic-ness. More

A recent piece of news has shed new light on what could be another storm for both the Clintons. Like an old shipwreck, the crashing waves are slowly revealing more from beneath the sand More

The notion that Israel attempted to ethnically cleanse its territory of Arab residents at the founding of the state of Israel does not accord with the facts of history. More

Ben Stein's new film EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed not just an exploration of the limitations of The Origin of Species, but a journey to uncover the mindset that Darwinism engendered among those with an agenda to replace traditional understandings of God with pure materialism More

Contrary to the dominant media narrative, the Iraq war is working out as a global strategic success, albeit not to a comfortable time schedule or cost More

Many people are wondering if the new future president of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev will act on his own and be a more liberal leader, or will it be more of the same with Putin playing Svengali More

An initiative under the auspices of the European Commission (to the tune of 2 million Euros) comprised of a team of experts from several scientific and academic disciplines, has the objective of providing a scientific (psychological?) diagnosis of the inexorable human propensity to engage in the religious experience. More

The spiritual mentors of Ronald Reagan shaped his understanding and vision of America's role in the world. Why would anyone assume the same does not hold true for Barack Obama? More

The going theory in the world of media psychology is that people need to confront their demons and talk over problems in order to repair relationships. The next logical step is to conclude that what works on the personal level can be applied to the political More

Tibetans are not the only unhappy minority in China. Islamic jihadists are battling Beijing, too. More

Some of Barack Obama's foreign policy advisors have caused controversy. More

Senator Barack Obama set a trap during Tuesday's Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, and Ambassador Ryan Crocker unwittingly stepped into it. More

Most of the American media have continuously misreported the NATO mission in Afghanistan as a disaster unfolding, beginning before the effort even began, with warnings of the "brutal Afghan winter." More

Another far left clergyman, Father Michael Pfleger, has joined his Southside Chicago friend Rev. Jeremiah Wright in the media spotlight, thanks to the presidential campaign of Barack Obama. More

In Al Gore's America, any "global warming denier" is guilty until proven innocent. It's an old trick. More

Is Obama committed to Israel's survival? The question is serious and the answer may be chilling. More

What do you think? Is the mortgage meltdown over? More

He took possession of the Democratic Party with the mesmerizing power of his oratory as his followers screamed, waved their arms, threw their coats in the air, and rallied to his call that, "This community is ready for healing." More

It appears that China, despite all its ballyhooed modernization, isn't so modern when it comes to Tibet. More

Keeping people on the boil makes for very powerful group politics, which is why demagogues and tyrannical regimes do it all over the world. But there is an awful cost. More

The conceit that scientists and bureaucrats can use the power the state to manage nature has lead to disaster in the past, and will again if the global warmists keep getting their way. More

A headline is everything, it draws readers, it lures them into the story, into purchasing the paper or magazine, or tuning in at eleven. More

As the Democrats' nomination process descends into the ugly area of racial politics, it may be helpful to explore and to learn about the origin of some of the equally ugly racial mockeries that have become a part of American political life. More

Most folks have no idea what issues are supported by the two major parties. Even when it comes time to vote they vote for the "person" More

In a move that may prove shortsighted and misguided, the Boston Zoning Commission recently enacted an ordinance ostensibly designed to curb the anti-social behavior of college students. More

The belief that Barack Obama is a candidate who can "unify" the nation may be the most brilliant example of what George Orwell called "doublethink" in the recent history of the Democratic Party More

More and more these days, it seems like the attitude of the younger generation is "Why marriage?" It's a good question More

In recent years, the conservative media clout within the United States has risen markedly, at least in the English language. However, there is a vacuum when it comes to Spanish language conservative media. More

Rabbi Eric Yoffie, President of the Union for Reform Judaism, seems to think Israel has too many allies in America. More

Maybe it's something in the water. Or perhaps it's a virus that only infects politicians and their cronies in the state where Barack Obama chose to build his political base. More

To talk or not to talk to Hamas? That is the question circling among of foreign policy advisors, international experts and the U.S. State Department. In March, the State Department floated the question on its blog and asked if the U.S should engage Hamas as part of its efforts to bring about peace... More

Last weekend, I was profoundly privileged to be in a roomful of the some of the most intelligent, reasonable and sane human beings I have ever encountered. More

Al Gore was in a funk following his defeat in the 2000 election. His wife let slip to Lesley Stahl how important it was to him to find a cause. More

What are we to make of the extraordinary fervor of some of the supporters of Barack Obama? More

One sign that the left is losing (and subconsciously knows it) is the prominence of conspiracy thinking in its fantasies. More

The current agony of the Democratic Party, which grows more acute every day, is laden with an unspoken truth. More

Without a population educated to accept peace, no other negotiations or concessions are meaningful between the Palestinians and Israel. More

The co-called Campaign Finance Reform Act is an unconstitutional abomination. But nobody anticipated who would get hurt the most by it. More

Does Barack Obama really understand America as it is? Or does he fall for the paranoid narrative of the Left? More

The Bush administration launched Part Three of the Bush administration's plan to Do Something. Part One is to have the Federal Reserve System print lots of lovely money. More