Reagan's Victory
"Great men not only affect their own time, but in death remain a force to be reckoned with and fought over. We are seeing the opening round of that continuing struggle" (Tony Blankley, Town Hall). 06/10/04
A Tale Of Two Presidents
"It wasn't that [Ronald Reagan] was just a nice man," observes Mark Davis. "He was a wise man -- his rightness proven in the years since his presidency, and yet to be proven further as countless souls around the world enjoy the freedom and prosperity that he helped win for them" (FW Star-Telegram). 06/10/04
There They Go Again
"MEMO to all those who believe that Ronald Reagan is being unfairly lionized in death: Bring it on" (John Podhoretz, NY Post). 06/10/04
Burying Carterism
Duane D. Freese reflects on Carter's malaise and Reagan's optimism (TCS). 06/10/04
A Plan
Paul Wolfowitz lays out the Bush Administration's roadmap for a sovereign Iraq (OpinionJournal). 06/10/04
Betraying Chalabi
Danielle Pletka comments on the betrayal of Ahmed Chalabi (LA Times). 06/10/04
More Saudi Vandalism
Wahhabis continue to tear down holy places in Saudi Arabia (Stephen Schwartz, Weekly Standard). 06/08/04
Risky Path For Pacifist Europe
Bemoaning war's senselessness will not stop an enemy (Max Boot, LA Times). 06/03/04
D-Day's Lessons
Paul Johnson argues that the liberation of Europe holds lessons for today's war leaders (OpinionJournal). 06/03/04
Wages Of Appeasement
Victor Davis Hanson explains how Jimmy Carter and academic multiculturalists helped bring us 9-11 (OpinionJournal). 05/10/04
Post-Bias Media
Ed Driscoll analyzes the post-Bias media (TCS, Part One). 05/05/04
Transcendental Goods
Charles Murray discusses art, accomplishment, faith, and doubt (Ronald Bailey & Nick Gillespie, Reason). 05/03/04
Distorting Bob Woodward
Political hacks and sympathetic journalists have done some job distorting Bob Woodward's book (Robert Novak, Town Hall). 04/29/04
Population Implosion
"The global fall in fertility," writes Phillip Longman in The Empty Cradle, "is creating a world for which few individuals, and no nations, are prepared" (Nicholas Eberstadt, OpinionJournal). 04/28/04
Main Street v. Wall Street
An old, populist rift gets smaller every year (Irwin Stelzer, Weekly Standard). 06/03/04
Bad Service, Awful People
Neil Cavuto asks why we tolerate bad people (Town Hall). 06/02/04
David Brooks: Reagan's Promised Land (NY Times)
Dinesh d'Souza: There They Go Again (NY Post)
Thomas Sowell: Partial-Truth Abortion (Town Hall)
Daniel Henninger: Dems Get Mad, Not Even (OpinionJournal)
Lou Cannon: Actor, Governor, President, Icon (Wash Post)
A Truly Exceptional American (Michael Barone, US News)
Thanks from a Grateful Country (Peggy Noonan, OpinionJournal)
A Great Gentleman ( R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., American Spectator)
He Could See for Miles (Charles Krauthammer, Time)
The Reagan Legacy (OpinionJournal)
America Loves Reagan (Wlady Pleszczynski, American Spectator)
“Whatever else history may say about me when I’m gone, I hope it will record that I appealed to your best hopes, not your worst fears; to your confidence rather than your doubts. My dream is that you will travel the road ahead with liberty’s lamp guiding your steps and opportunity’s arm steadying your way.”
Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004
Jimmy Carter has been given a free ride from the liberal media, liberal historians, and even the American people, who excuse his political delinquencies and disasters on the grounds that he is a "good" man. But as bank robber Willie Sutton said of Carter: "I've never seen a bigger confidence man in my life, and I've been around some of the best in the business." It's time to set the record straight. Finally, an honest historian -- Steven F. Hayward, author of The Age of Reagan -- demolishes the myth of "Saint" Jimmy....
Jimmy Carter's laundry list of failures aren't just accidents of history: They're rooted in Carter's deeply flawed character and ideology -- a smugly pious arrogance matched with a profound distrust of America (from the inside flap of The Real Jimmy Carter).
The Future
With the frequent substantive postings over at Chronically Biased, time is short to do much commentary in this blog these days.
At some point, I'll probably redesig...
[06/03/04 11:11 PM]
Nothing To Add
As usual, Orrin Judd says what needs to be said with economy of words:
So, last month's storyline was that the intelligence services didn't do enough to stop al Qaeda...
[05/13/04 10:16 AM]
Hanna's Perspective
As we continue digging around for interesting perspectives on the Iraqi prison controversy, here's something from my friend Tom Hanna:
The investigation into the abus...
[05/07/04 03:46 PM]
More Perspective
While we're reflecting on bold contrarian perspectives on the Iraqi prison abuse, we might as well check in with the Conservative Observer:
Is no one in all this bruh...
[05/07/04 02:11 PM]
The Good And The Bad
One of the great things about our technological age is that Dan Rather and CNN and Peter Jennings no longer have a monopoly on news, images, and analysis.
Here's a ...
[05/07/04 12:23 PM]
Perspective
Friend Julie Neidlinger posts some thoughts on the Iraqi prisoner abuse.
At a time when it seems like people are falling all over themselves to condemn what happene...
[05/07/04 08:14 AM]