In this week’s Wall Street Journal, columnist Amir Taheri reports that Iran’s pro-democracy movement is “deepening and growing.”
On Monday, thousands of Iranian students risked their lives and safety to protest the rule of the mullahs in Iran. Some protestors allegedly burned photographs of Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a taboo-shattering move …
President Obama’s recently announced plans for a troop surge of 30,000 service members to Afghanistan echoes former President Bush’s 2006 troop surge to Iraq.
Bush decided on a surge at a time when he faced great public outcry, was demonized in much U.S. media, and was shrilly opposed by many members of the U.S. Congress (including, …
With Republican victories tonight in the two Gubernatorial elections that took place earlier this first Tuesday in November, pundits have been speculating that Virginia and New Jersey voters are handing down a referendum on Barack Obama’s presidency.
I’m not sure if that is the case or if New Jersey and Virginia voters are simply spooked …
Today President Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize. Good for him; it is nice to see our President honored.
But now more than ever, the always noble effort to attempt nonviolent solutions should not be confused with appeasement, or the granting of tolerance, free reign, and even materials to evil, rogue regimes and actors.
With a vicious …
Today the much-anticipated beerfest between Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and James Crowley of the Cambridge police department, brokered by President Obama, will take place.
Yesterday, I was blown away by what struck me as the sincerity, common sense, and decency of Lucia Whalen, the woman who called 911 to report possibly suspicious activity at …
As we bid the fireworks goodbye, I wanted to quickly blog something I feel guilty for not writing about sooner: the cruelty and viciousness of many in the media towards Sarah Palin and her family.
The media and blogosphere are exploding with speculation about Palin’s reasons for deciding to leave office midway through her first term …
In his speech last Thursday in Cairo, President Obama emphasized his respect for the Muslim world. While the notion that, with superior diplomatic skills, Obama can sweet talk fanatics like Iran’s Ahmadinejad into becoming statesmen is illusory, perhaps it is not wise to otherwise pre-judge the effect of the President’s show of respect to …
In boycotting the second United Nations Conference Against Racism (dubbed “Durban II”), being held today in Geneva, Switzerland, President Barack Obama has shown leadership in opposing anti-Semitism.
Over the weekend, President Obama defended his decision to boycott the conference, saying the anti-Israel rhetoric in the draft final communique was “oftentimes …