Big Oil vs. Big Congress: Another Witch Hunt
May 29, 2008 | by Mark W. Hendrickson | Topic: The Path to Freedom
In what has become an annual ritual, the wizards of Congress are going after the leaders of Big Oil again. This is political theater at its most cynical. It’s the modern version of the Salem witch hunt. The rapid rise … Read more>
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Bush at the Knesset: Another Historic, Unheralded Speech
May 28, 2008 | by Paul G. Kengor | Topic: The American Story
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in American Thinker.
A couple of weeks ago, President George W. Bush gave an outstanding speech to the Knesset, the Israeli parliament. It stands out among the top five or so best speeches … Read more>
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Enviro-Extremists vs. the Machine in the Garden
May 27, 2008 | by Marvin J. Folkertsma | Topic: The American Story
Political Cartoonists are national treasures. The best ones are able to distill an entire think tank’s worth of commentary into a single frame or two, thus saving our country untold barrels of the dark stuff from the national emergency inkwell … Read more>
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Supporting the Troops—and Their Children—this Memorial Day
May 23, 2008 | by Paul G. Kengor | Topic: The American Story
When it comes to “supporting the troops,” some Americans have chosen some curious means of expression. Who can forget Senator Dick Durbin’s (D-IL) June 2005 statement from the Senate floor, comparing U.S. troops at Guantanamo to “Nazis, Soviets in their … Read more>
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Victims of Their Own Making
May 21, 2008 | by Earl H. Tilford | Topic: The Global Challenge
As Israel celebrates its 60th anniversary, there are voices raised accusing Israel of victimizing the Palestinian Arabs and “running them out” of the Jewish state. Ironically, some 1,300,000 Arab-Israeli citizens live and work in Israel. They worship freely in mosques … Read more>
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The Search for “Higher” Education
May 15, 2008 | by Jason R. Edwards | Topic: The Battle for the Mind
Like swallows returning to Capistrano, spring always marks the flocking of parents with their high-school senior children to my college classroom. Nobly, parents take their charges on multiple tours of colleges and universities in order to make an informed choice … Read more>
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Secrets of Suriname: Another Reagan-Administration Cold War Success Story
May 12, 2008 | by Paul G. Kengor | Topic: The American Story
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in National Review Online.
It was 25 years ago that a remarkable effort took place concerning a small, unremarkable country at the northern tip of South America—Suriname. What happened there was quite significant … Read more>
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George “Truman” Bush
May 9, 2008 | by Paul G. Kengor | Topic: The American Story
A new CNN poll ranks President George W. Bush the most unpopular president in modern American history. The key figure is not Bush’s 28 percent approval rating, which, though dismal, is not as poor as all-time lows set by Harry … Read more>
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Pile of Manure
May 7, 2008 | by Paul G. Kengor | Topic: The American Story
—Hillary Clinton, April 1
As Senator Hillary Clinton presses on in her battle to win more primaries on the road to the Democratic … Read more>
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El Cinco de Mayo
May 5, 2008 | by Mark W. Hendrickson | Topic: The American Story
Cinco de Mayo (5th of May) festivities are to Mexican-Americans what St. Patrick’s Day festivities are to Irish-Americans—a joyful expression of ancestral pride and a celebration of the rich diversity of American culture. Mexican-Americans, like Irish-Americans, migrated to the United … Read more>
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Revisiting the New Deal
May 2, 2008 | by Gary S. Smith | Topic: The Content of Character
As the New Deal celebrates its 75th birthday, it is a fitting time to reflect on the context in which it occurred, its moral and spiritual underpinnings, and its aims. By significantly increasing the size, spending, and scope of the … Read more>
