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Damning With Faint Praise

Criticizing Senator Obama's pledge to meet with foreign dictators should he be elected President, President Bush said Thursday: What's lost…

The Rational Mullahs?

In today's Cato Daily Dispatch, the Cato Institute notes the recent news on Iran: "Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday…

Saudi Government Outlaws Red for Valentine’s Day

Yesterday was Valentine’s Day in America. Weeks in advance, the shops were filled with red and white cards, teddy bears,…

Operation Iraqi Freedom: An Altruistic War

At the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention on August 22, President Bush spoke about the lessons of World War…

Bombs, Not Ballots

In a January 10th speech, President Bush outlined his new plan to rescue Iraq from the bloody sectarian warfare that…

How To Fully Support Our Troops

Whatever their views of President Bush's new "surge" of 20,000 soldiers, both liberals and conservatives continue to claim that they…

The Religion of Peace

This September, in a speech at the University of Regensburg in Germany, Pope Benedict XVI quoted an ancient source that…

The Military Doctrine of Altruism

A New York Times editorial recently described the military skills our soldiers will need, to do what our politicians are…

The U.S.-Israeli Suicide Pact

The Iran-Hamas-Hezbollah axis was fully responsible for initiating the war on Israel, but the Islamists' aggression was the logical product…

Not All Constitutions Are Created Equal

The American Constitution established individual rights as the founding legal and moral basis of this country. The result was a…