Partisan Nation

Posted on: May 22nd, 2013

To assume that your opponents have any decency, as the Republicans habitually do, is to be left behind in Politics 1.0.

The Obama-Media War

Posted on: May 21st, 2013

The media loved Obama, but it discovered early on that he did not love it back.

The End of Competition

Posted on: May 20th, 2013

The progressive consolidation imagines that organization can contain the messier side of man.

The Post-Obama Democratic Party

Posted on: May 19th, 2013

Benghazi isn't likely to keep Hillary out of the Democratic field in 2016, but after 2008, she is justifiably paranoid.

With Blood on their Hands

Posted on: May 12th, 2013

Muslim hearts and minds are the obsession of the policymakers of the dying West, but who cares about the hearts and minds of the men and women who defend us.

Amnesty: The Road to Nowhere

Posted on: May 8th, 2013

Whether or not amnesty comes, the United States of America is becoming too much like Mexico; a society of limited possibilities and diminished social mobility.

Terrorism and the Methodology of the Left

Posted on: May 1st, 2013

The left understands that it is working against natural emotions of loyalty and loss, and so it uses deception.

Lag BaOmer: The Fire Burns

Posted on: April 28th, 2013

Few of those dancing in the circle passing around the fire know what they are truly commemorating and yet the act is its own commemoration.

A Tribal War in Boston

Posted on: April 23rd, 2013

The Afghan soldiers murdering American soldiers often do it unprompted and sometimes even without any prior planning.

Kissing the Crocodile

Posted on: April 23rd, 2013

If the fathers of Europe would like to see a future for their children, then they must stop bringing crocodiles home to their birthday parties.

Refusing to Be Terrorized

Posted on: April 22nd, 2013

There is no need for Obama to play Therapist-in-Chief. It's not his job, even if he is better at it than he is at his real job.

The April 14 World

Posted on: April 21st, 2013

There was no such clear dividing line when September 11 faded from memory and we returned to a September 10 world.

Counting and Remembering the ‘Dust of Jacob’

Posted on: April 15th, 2013

The dust is the memory of ages and the children shall always return to the dust of their ancestors.

The Chicagoization of America

Posted on: April 14th, 2013

The urban political machine has gone national. It's here. It's there. It's everywhere.

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A Bloody Endless Peace

Posted on: April 10th, 2013

We must have peace in our time, the peacemakers say. And Israel must provide it.

Better or Worse: Politics and Conceptions of Change

Posted on: April 9th, 2013

Are we on an inevitable evolutionary trajectory rising up or are we doomed to repeat dark ages, progress and then dark ages again?

Talking about Terrorism and Islam

Posted on: April 8th, 2013

Criticizing terror as a means while approving of its ends leads to absurdity.

The Convenient Radical

Posted on: April 7th, 2013

Under Clinton, the anti-war business was booming on the fringe, but the news media never deigned to show up and inflate rally counts the way they did once Bush was in office.

The Deconstruction of Marriage

Posted on: April 4th, 2013

The left's deconstruction of social institutions is not a quest for equality, but for destruction.

Government Money

Posted on: March 20th, 2013

In the free market, money made you king. But under socialism, money just buys you access and leverage.