Unrest in Iran: The Vindication of George W. Bush

Larry Elder

Thursday, December 31, 2009



Did Saddam Hussein's fall and the formation of a fledging democracy in Iraq encourage and embolden regime-threatening dissent in Iran?

The anti-Iraq War crowd, many of whom suffer from Give-George-W.-Bush-No Credit-for-Anything Disease, says, "No, of course not." How dare anyone even suggest that the former President was correct, if not about the rightfulness of the war… Continue

2009 Chickens and their 2010 Roost

Victor Davis Hanson

Thursday, December 31, 2009

In the coming year, plenty of our chickens will be coming home to roost.

Take foreign relations. In 2009, the new administration assumed that George W. Bush was largely responsible for global tensions. As a remedy, we loudly reached out to our foes and those with whom we had uneasy relationships.

But so far these leaders -- like Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Venezuela's Hugo Chavez… Continue

Our Year of Obama

Obama is in a great race: Can he remake America before the next elections?

By Victor Davis Hanson December 30, 2009





America is at a day of reckoning that it never quite expected to face.



Not long ago, tired of eight years of Republican rule, terrified by the September 2008 financial panic, unimpressed by the campaign of John McCain, and mesmerized by the hope-and-change elixirs and landmark candidacy of Barack Obama, the American… Continue

Hollywood and Howard Zinn's Marxist Education Project

Michelle Malkin

Friday, December 11, 2009

The two most important questions for society, according to the Greek philosopher Plato, are these: What will we teach our children? And who will teach them? Left-wing celebrities have teamed up with one of America's most radical historians to take control of the classroom in the name of "social justice." Parents, beware: This Hollywood-backed Marxist education project may be coming to… Continue

Jobs or Snow Jobs?

Thomas Sowell

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

President Obama keeps talking about the jobs his administration is "creating" but there are more people unemployed now than before he took office. How can there be more unemployment after so many jobs have been "created"?

Let's go back to square one. What does it take to create a job? It takes wealth to pay someone who is hired, not to mention additional wealth to buy the material that person will use.

But… Continue

December 10, 2009

You Will Lose Your Private Health Insurance



By Robert Tracinski

Before Thanksgiving, the Senate voted to opening debate on President Obama's health-care bill, and that debate has begun in earnest this week.



Well, if they want a debate, let's let them have it. But let's not get distracted by the sideshows Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has planned for us.



Forget about abortion. Of course the left will accept… Continue

America the Satisfied and Bountiful

By Steven Malanga



It's been a brutal economic year for some, and the first reports from the holiday shopping season suggest Americans aren't yet in a mood to reopen their wallets. Yet in the midst of financial turmoil that has some people questioning the very nature of our economy, along comes a U.S. Census report that reminds us just how well our system of democratic capitalism has done over time at creating wealth and spreading it… Continue