Past Articles

Defense Leaders: Pakistan Must Do More to Police Tribal Zone

by: Jim Kouri | published: July 21, 2008

Nevermind about Senator Barack Obama's photo-op excursion to Afghanistan and Iraq, the people to whom Americans should listen are the military officers actually on the field of battle. In fact, Oba...

Winds of Change

by: Jayme Evans | published: July 21, 2008

In these times of economic uncertainty, global terrorism and nationwide tumult, the last thing this country needs is a Commander-In-Chief that has absolutely no military or foreign policy experienc...

Who Needs NATO?

by: Alan Caruba | published: July 20, 2008

What I know about NATO, the North American Treaty Organization, you could put in a bug’s ear. Well, that’s not quite true. I do know the treaty was signed April 4, 1949. It was the resu...

Forget Obama's Afghan Dog and Pony Show; Listen to Our Military Commanders

by: Jim Kouri | published: July 20, 2008

Nevermind what presidential hopeful Barack Obama is saying during his current campaign photo-op in Afghanistan. The people to whom Americans and congress -- both sides of the aisle -- should listen...

Reuters: Who Felled the Berlin Wall? How 'Bout Bruce Springsteen! (No, They're SERIOUS)

by: Warner Todd Huston | published: July 20, 2008

In one of the most ridiculous examples of unbridled hyperbole, Reuters has decided that singer Bruce Springsteen is the one responsible for bringing down the Berlin Wall and ending the Cold War. Ye...

IS IT TIME TO SEGREGATE THE MILITARY BY SEX?

by: Bob Parks | published: July 20, 2008

Caution: This column may be considered sexist by over-sensitive types. Since when did that ever stop me…. With all the high profile murders of Armed Forces females by spouses or boyfriends,...

Obama's Magical Mystery Tour

by: Nancy Morgan | published: July 20, 2008

After a week of intense media foreplay, Obama has finally embarked on his magical mystery tour. As he boarded the plane that took him on the first leg of his anxiously awaited Middle East and Euro...

Are Americans Smarter than they Look?

by: Jim Kouri | published: July 20, 2008

Understanding American voter sentiments heading into the 2008 Election cycle is no easy task. Voters seem to be all over the board on how they feel about the issues, the candidates, and what they t...

PA Top Cop Says Tasers Protect Public and Officers

by: Jim Kouri | published: July 20, 2008

The recent deployment of Tasers to State Police troopers for use in confrontational situations is helping to ensure the safety of the public and officers themselves, Commissioner Jeffrey B. Miller ...

Gas Prices Cause Louisiana Women to Resort to 'Pole Dancing'?

by: Warner Todd Huston | published: July 20, 2008

WAFB TV Channel 9, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana pulled out all the stops for this ridiculous report claiming that "some women" in the Pelican State are resorting to working in strip clubs be...

Mainstream Media Phase of Obama Campaign Moves into High Gear

by: Sher Zieve | published: July 20, 2008

John McCain has visited Afghanistan and Iraq on multiple occasions.  But, the mainstream media neither reports nor follows McCain when he is overseas.  In fact, they have done and continu...

How Chuck Schumer caused the second largest bank failure in US history

by: Jerry Bowyer | published: July 18, 2008

Federal officials aren't supposed to cause bank runs. In fact, much of the New Deal bank regulatory apparatus was set up for the purpose of eliminating such panics. When FDR was hit with a massive ...

Jackson and Obama: Unfortunate words?

by: Erik Rush | published: July 18, 2008

I try to avoid making commentary out of commentaries of news items. I also try to avoid using the word "I" in my columns overmuch, but the reader shall see how that worked out. This is ac...

Big Government: Now Better Than Mother Nature

by: Warner Todd Huston | published: July 18, 2008

Teddy Roosevelt impressed the nation with his focus on conservation and while he was president was responsible for pushing to conserve our nation's wilderness in the form of sundry national parks, ...

Change We Really Need

by: Thomas E. Brewton | published: July 18, 2008

If Senator Obama's magic change-wand truly works, the change we need is eradication from our society of the degraded and debauched ethos of liberal-progressive-socialism that led us to inflatio...

From Riches to Rags?

by: Bonnie Alba | published: July 18, 2008

In 2004, Gerald Swanson, Professor of economics at the University of Arizona authored "America the Broke." He wrote: "our political leaders, Republicans and Democrats alike, have aba...

'Lifelong Conservative' Throwing all Principles to The Winds and Voting for Obama

by: Warner Todd Huston | published: July 17, 2008

Larry Hunter claims he is a "lifelong conservative." Yet, in his recent New York Daily News article, he also says he is voting for Barack Obama for president. The two simply cannot coexi...

Hugo Chavez's Narcotics Connection

by: Jim Kouri | published: July 17, 2008

Recently, Mexican military officials claimed they seized five-and-a-half tons of powdered cocaine from a commercial aircraft that landed in Mexico following a a trip from Venezuela. The street valu...

Apollo 11: American Excellence Remembered

by: Chris Adamo | published: July 17, 2008

Sunday July 20, 2008 will likely be a fairly typical summer day in America. People will get up, go to Church, and maybe hold a barbeque in the back yard. Perhaps the more industrious amongst us wil...

Big O Losing Big Mo?

by: Lisa Fabrizio | published: July 17, 2008

Poor Barack Obama. In the space of a few short weeks, he has gone from liberal savior with a 15 point lead over John McCain, to a mere mortal in a dead heat in the polls. He has alienated some of h...

My Stimulus Bribe

by: Alan Caruba | published: July 17, 2008

I received my stimulus check yesterday. It was $600 and I put it into my checking account and immediately paid a bill that accounted for half of it. I have serious doubts that it did anything to st...

Andrew Breitbart: 'Something's Desperately Wrong' in Hollywood

by: Warner Todd Huston | published: July 16, 2008

Andrew Breitbart, CEO of Breitbart.com, had a great op ed in the Washington Times yesterday about how Hollywood oppresses Republicans and conservatives in La La Land. Detailing the travails of Repu...

Defense Department Official Imprisoned for Espionage

by: Jim Kouri | published: July 16, 2008

Gregg William Bergersen, age 51, of Alexandria, Virginia, was sentenced in the Eastern District of Virginia to 57 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to disclose n...

Congressional Democrats: Far Left Funding More Important than American People

by: Sher Zieve | published: July 16, 2008

On 14 July 2008 President George W. Bush lifted the executive order banning US off-shore drilling.  In response to President Bush’s call to Congress to also lift its ban, Senate Majority...

AP's New Muckraking Style, From Just-The-Facts to In-Your-Face

by: Warner Todd Huston | published: July 16, 2008

For those unfamiliar, since May of this year the Associated Press has had a new Washington Bureau Chief, a past AP reporter named Ron Fournier. According to Politico, the previous chief was pushed ...