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Though much of the focus of Barack Obama’s first six weeks in office has been on his trillion dollar economic stimulus and (more…)

Iraq has now taken another huge step toward stable democratic rule and no one seems to have noticed.

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Today the existence of Israel is in greater peril than at any time since its founding hour when the fledging state was invaded by every (more…)

Barack Obama has been president for all of 48 hours, and I already feel less safe. In one of his first official acts as president, Obama ordered (more…)

For those now condemning Israel’s decision to confront and destroy Hamas, I suggest reading Ron Rosenbaum.  (more…)

This Thanksgiving season, no one has more reason to be grateful than us. Though the media, politicians, Hollywood and a growing number (more…)

Roger and Kate, friends of mine from Denver who are Christian missionaries in Mozambique, happened to be in Nairobi, Kenya, (more…)

Rush Limbaugh’s giddiness since the Republican election loss has proved infectious among French advocates of American conservatism, (more…)

Looking out the airplane window, on about the twelfth hour of a fourteen hour flight to Ethiopia, the hazy streak of water (more…)

For months I’ve tried to show why Obama is unfit to be president. I have recently focused on his “spread the wealth” socialist economic plan, (more…)

From east to west, living room to board room, Americans are watching a slew of disturbing TV news stories . The focus of the citizen is (more…)

I watched the debate tonight with growing frustration at John McCain’s failure to attack Obama squarely on his confiscatory economic policies.  (more…)

(London, Oct. 6) The mistaken belief that clever diplomacy was a substitute for force of arms led to Athens’ defeat by Sparta, (more…)

The Beijing Olympic Games have replayed not only the international political and cultural story of our generation, but the ultimate, age-old story of heaven and earth themselves. (more…)

The elitists who dominate the Democratic Party have embraced the New Europe and its world view. The fawning reception of Barack Obama in Europe illustrated this. They see him as the anti-Bush, (more…)