BackboneAmerica

Last year I wrote a piece that examined the stark dichotomy in political views between American and Israeli Jews. American Jews vote overwhelmingly for Democrats, (more…)

Much is being made of the Dick Cheney vs. Barack Obama “debate” now going on in the media over national security. (more…)

Way back in July, 2005 — just days after the deadly terrorist attack on the London Transport system that killed 51 people — I wrote a post at my blog entitled Britain’s Homeless. (more…)

As the Obama Administration works to promote its version of socialist democratic rule at home, the Islamic Republic of Iran is looking to expand its power base in the Middle East. (more…)

Tony Blair gave a speech yesterday to the Council on Global Affairs. Almost to the day ten years previously, (more…)

It is April 2010. Islamic terrorists have been caught attempting to blow up the Brooklyn Bridge in New York with sophisticated high-explosives. (more…)

We’ve long known that Barack Obama is a man for whom image is everything. His appearances are carefully scripted down to the last detail, (more…)

Utopian visions have stirred men’s souls at least since the time of the ancient Greeks. (more…)

The other day President Obama seemed to bow upon first meeting King Fahd of Saudi Arabia. Americans should not bow to any person, (more…)

Bill Kristol’s piece today in the The Weekly Standard is a must-read for those who believe that the Obama Administration is playing fast and loose with our security. (more…)

“Barnstorming from one ungrateful, uncooperative country to the next, signaling weakness, apologizing for America’s generosity and sacrifice? That’s not my idea of success,” says John Andrews of Obama’s foreign trip in the April round of Head On TV debates. But Susan Barnes-Gelt argues the President was impressive abroad and later in the piracy hostage crisis. John on the right, Susan on the left, also go at it this month (more…)

One of the most frustrating things about the left is that they seem to have little use for history and even less regard for objective facts. (more…)

“Part of the success in Iraq involved reaching out to people that we would consider to be Islamic fundamentalists,” said Obama, (more…)

I’ve been struggling over the last few weeks to put my finger on what bothers me so much about Barack Obama. (more…)

The world is not in an all-out shooting war, for which we can all be thankful. But why is this? Is it because nations are less violent (more…)