A few years ago, I got into an argument with an expert on military operations. I had written a white paper proposing the creation of a national-security court for terrorism cases. In the paper I criticized the trend to “judicialize” warfare, arguing that, in our system, judgments about the detention and treatment of alien enemy [...]
Ramesh Ponnuru: Why the GOP Shouldn’t Get Too Confident – Time.com
January 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Republicans can hardly believe their good fortune. First, Democratic Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota announced that he would not run for re-election, giving Republicans a good shot at taking his seat. Then the Democratic governor of Colorado, Bill Ritter, said he was bowing out. Ditto the Democrats’ top candidate for governor in Michigan. And [...]
Finally! Muslims Stand Up Against Islamic Terrorism
January 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Ibrahim Al Jahim and Majed Moughni hold a sign that says, “Not In The Name Of Islam” outside Federal Courthouse
Totally absent from the nations headlines, with the exception of Fox News, is a startling and unprecedented development in the war on terror. As the panty bomber got his day in court yesterday, the real [...]
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Media Matters: ‘Yentl’ Without the Music?
January 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
In all the time I’ve been covering Media Matters, I’ve only spotted a couple of female bylines attached to their “reports.”
The George Soros Steno Pool claims to employ women, but evidently they’re relegated to brewing the yerba mate. One Christine Schwen has been promoted, however — I guess because the usual “Limbaugh Wire” scribes (with [...]
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From the Pen of David Horowitz: January 1, 2010
January 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Then came a passage to which Sarah took great exception: “I cannot embrace this radical faith,” I wrote. “I feel no kinship with those who can cut short a human life without remorse; or with terrorists who target the innocent; or with adults who torment small children for the sexual thrill. I suspect no decent [...]
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A Half-Hearted Afghanistan Strategy – by Michael Reagan
December 4, 2009 By 24 Comments
The pitfalls of a publicized end date.
From the Pen of David Horowitz: December 23, 2009
Another of my books, “The Politics of Bad Faith,” was recently published in paperback. It consists of my intellectual framework for rejecting the left, and therefore examines the main political issues confronting my generation — the Cold War, the question of socialism and whether the ideals of the left are implicated in the crimes that [...]
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