WEB EXCLUSIVE: Darrell Issa and the Criminalization of Politics
Politico reports that Rep. Darrell Issa, the conservative firebrand whose specialty is lobbing corruption allegations at the Obama White House, is making plans to hire dozens of subpoena-wielding...
View ArticleWEB EXCLUSIVE: A Short History of the Recess Appointment
President Obama’s recess appointment of Dr. Donald Berwick to be head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services escalates the abuse of the recess appointment power one step further. The...
View ArticleWEB EXCLUSIVE: Rules of Engagement: From Bosnia to Afghanistan
A career military officer is typically less inclined than civilians to offer sweeping criticism of the rules of engagement (ROE) adopted for an operation. This is due to an ingrained understanding of...
View ArticleWEB EXCLUSIVE: How the Mainstream Media Misses the News
For a year, a small number of conservative media outlets have been reporting on the New Black Panther Party scandal – a slam-dunk voter-intimidation case documented on videotape, which the government...
View ArticleWEB EXCLUSIVE: A Sidelight on the ICJ’s Kosovo Decision
Yesterday, the International Court of Justice, in a nonbinding opinion that resulted from a referral from the UN General Assembly at Serbia’s behest, ruled that Kosovo’s breakaway from Serbia was not...
View ArticleWEB EXCLUSIVE: Nil, Baby, Nil
“Where is the outrage? Where are the millions marching in the streets, where is the round-the-clock roadblock coverage tracking every moment of the crisis?” Such were the questions asked by the...
View ArticleWEB EXCLUSIVE: Hiroshima, Obama, and Truman
Today’s ceremony commemorating the 65th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima had something new: the presence of the U.S. ambassador to Japan. Never before had America sent an official...
View ArticleWEB EXCLUSIVE: In Bush v. Obama, Bush Wins in a Rout
According to Reuters: President Barack Obama attacked the economic policies of his Republican predecessor George W. Bush in Bush’s home state… as evidence of the way Republicans would operate if given...
View ArticleWEB EXCLUSIVE: The Federal Government’s Steroids Problem
The news today that former baseball great Roger Clemens has been indicted on federal perjury charges will, no doubt, serve as the catalyst for another outpouring of moral outrage about the use of...
View ArticleWeb Exclusive: Acceptable in Polite Society
The German word Salonfähig doesn’t have a precise English translation. The closest English can do is something along the lines of “acceptable in polite society.” Salonfähig came to mind when I got my...
View ArticleWEB EXCLUSIVE: Venezuela on the Brink
Venezuela goes to the polls on Sept. 26 in a parliamentary election that opponents of President Hugo Chavez see as “a chance to turn the tide,” as Reuters news service puts it. Chavez may be taking on...
View ArticleWEB EXCLUSIVE: Christine O’Donnell, Made and Broken by TV
The Fox News poll in Delaware has parlous news for Republican senatorial nominee Christine O’Donnell — she’s 14 points behind, her opponent is well over 50 percent, and 60 percent of those polled say...
View ArticleWEB EXCLUSIVE: ‘The Aim Is to Make Israel a Pariah’
Last night, Rupert Murdoch gave an extraordinary speech at an Anti-Defamation League dinner in which he revealed, yet again, that he is a true and selfless friend of the Jewish people and of Israel....
View ArticleWeb Exclusive: Blank Tablet: Distorted Defense of Boycott Discredits Publication
What qualifies a publication for consideration as a serious contributor to the national Jewish conversation? Tablet magazine is an online publication that appears to aspire to such a status despite the...
View ArticleWEB EXCLUSIVE: Plame and Fortune
The Sean Penn–Naomi Watts take on the Joseph Wilson–Valerie Plame story, Fair Game, is coming to theaters on November 5, and though political movies almost always flop, and it’s likely to suffer much...
View ArticleWEB EXCLUSIVE: Soros Is No Good Guy, but Beck’s Holocaust Remarks Are Dead Wrong
There has been a lot of criticism of George Soros on COMMENTARY’s blog. The financier has bankrolled a great many left-wing groups and candidates. He wrongly views the United States, his adopted...
View ArticleWEB EXCLUSIVE: The Never-Ending Worst Week Ever
Barack Obama is on an open-ended run of “worsts.” The New York Post’s Michael Goodwin opened his November 7 column thus: “He took a ‘shellacking,’ a 2012 poll shows him trailing two Republicans, and...
View ArticleWEB EXCLUSIVE: North Korea Points to the Way on Iran
“The U.S. has no good options.” How many times have we heard that refrain in the days since North Korea attacked the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong? In fact, even calling our options “options” is...
View ArticleWEB EXCLUSIVE: Obama’s Moment of Truth at the UN
President Obama has affirmed repeatedly that, under his leadership, America’s bond with Israel is absolute, unshakeable, and rock solid. But the Israeli public is not convinced. A Jerusalem Post poll...
View ArticleWEB EXCLUSIVE: America: The Left’s Dispensable Nation
It takes a world-class imagination to believe that the cause of democracy will not suffer from American neglect. Luckily for Peter Beinart, it takes only political bias to assert it. And so Beinart’s...
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