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The Real West Bank Terror War 27 Aug 2013 | 03:45 am

The Israelis have done it again. After Secretary of State John Kerry managed to drag both parties back to the peace table, the Israelis are doing their utmost to sabotage the talks by provoking the Pa...

The Disparate Impact of Holder’s War on Private Schools 27 Aug 2013 | 03:05 am

As we approach the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, the civil-rights milestone will continue to loom large in the ideological media. The right will talk about how much progress we’ve made,...

The South Carolina Test Case 27 Aug 2013 | 02:35 am

South Carolina conservatives smell blood. After a year in which Lindsey Graham has been identified with unpopular causes like immigration reform, opposing shutting down the government to defund ObamaC...

Remember Bashar the Reformer? 26 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm

Bashar al-Assad is in the running for the most dangerous man in the world. There are not too many world leaders who would acquire such reserves of chemical weapons and then seek to use them against an...

Will Obama Finish What He Starts in Syria? 26 Aug 2013 | 10:45 pm

The fact that United Nations weapons inspectors came under fire today in Syria as they attempted to visit the site of last week’s chemical weapons attacks didn’t do much to enhance the credibility of ...

For ObamaCare’s Enemies, the Law 26 Aug 2013 | 09:30 pm

In my discussion recently of the scourge of bureaucratic lawmaking during the Obama administration, I’ve generally focused on federal agencies enacting rules that could not be passed by Congress, thus...

Jody Bottum’s World-Weariness 26 Aug 2013 | 08:20 pm

Joseph Bottum, formerly the editor of the conservative-leaning religious journal First Things, has written an essay in Commonweal magazine titled, “The Things We Share: The Catholic Case for Same-Sex ...

Is the Pentagon Prepared for East Med Gas? 26 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm

More good news out of the Eastern Mediterranean, as even more gas has been discovered in the Levant Basin between Israel and Cyprus. The last decade has seen new gas and oil fields discovered around t...

Want to Appease Iran? Demonize Israel 26 Aug 2013 | 07:40 pm

The willingness of much of the foreign-policy establishment and the mainstream media to embrace any opportunity to avoid conflict with Iran has never been much of a secret. Throughout the last five ye...

How’s That Reset with Russia Going? 26 Aug 2013 | 04:30 pm

It was during the 2008 Presidential race that Russian forces invaded the Republic of Georgia, and even then-Senator Barack Obama’s advisors were shocked by how weak his reaction was. Still, five years...

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