It is a well-established fact that the United States is a center-right nation, yet over the last fifty years, the country’s laws and policies have slowly drifted leftward. One reason for this is that the Right has passively accepted the premise that the Left holds the middle ground. By labeling conservative ideas as extreme, the Left is laying claim to a default position in the center.
The President Campaigns – And Republicans Widen Their Lead
February 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Robert P. Kirchhoefer isn’t being a turncoat when he writes that President Obama’s “Save the Senate” tour (going on this week in Nevada and Colorado) is something he can truly
“…get behind.”
After all, as Kirchhoefer’s February 16th AmSpecBlog post illustrates (with background from Joseph Curl’s same-day article in the Washington Times), our Feckless Leader is doing [...]
New York Times: Gates Says Taliban Must Take Legitimate Afghan Role
January 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Is the Obama Administration courting the Taliban?
According to a New York Times article, Defense Secretary Robert gates said on Friday, January 22, that the Taliban “must be prepared to play a legitimate role” in Afghanistan. Gates went on to say that the Taliban must be prepared to participate in elections, not oppose education and not [...]
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For the entire Harold Koh profile, click here. Selected highlights from the Harold Koh profile: Born in Boston, Massachusetts in December 1954, Harold Hongju Koh is an attorney of Korean-American heritage…. In 2009 President Barack Obama nominated him to be the Legal Advisor to the U.S. State Department. Koh is an advocate of transnationalism, a concept that argues in [...]
The Science Is Not Settled
Phil Jones, a leading global warming advocate, makes a stunning admission.