Capitol Review
Pentagon study links Saddam, al Qaeda – Stephen Hays, The Weekly Standard
This ought to be big news. Throughout the early and mid-1990s, Saddam Hussein actively supported an influential terrorist group headed by the man who is now al Qaeda’s second-in-command, according to an exhaustive study issued last week by the Pentagon. (more…)
"If you really believe black people are ‘fellow Americans,’ then treat them as such." — John McWhorter, Losing The Race.
If Barack Obama truly wants to transcend race, he would do well to apply the words of John McWhorter to his "explanation" of his pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
Obama is supposed to be different: a messenger of hope and change, not just another beltway politician; an agent of reconciliation not grievances and reparations; a unifier who transcends partisan and racial divides.
That’s why many gave him the benefit of the doubt when he explained that he didn’t wear a U.S. flag lapel pin because he viewed it as a "substitute for … true patriotism." (more…)
We are Americans, and we want the best. Now!
Instant gratification has become the American ethos.
In roughly three generations, American society has been transformed from a nation of penny-pinchers, scrimpers and savers to a nation of consumption-addicted spendthrifts oblivious to tomorrow. (more…)
Hamas’ terrorist tactics not debatable – Investors Business Daily
After your house has been burglarized, your family brutalized and crowds who hate you and religion cheer in the streets at your misfortune, would you take the advice of someone who said talking will solve all your problems? No, you would see that your choice is either to move out or stay and fight. That is exactly the choice facing Israelis.
Worshippers of Death – Alan Dershowitz, Wall Street Journal
A basic premise of warfare — that combatants can easily be distinguished from noncombatants — has changed. As more women and children are recruited by their mothers and religious leaders to become suicide bombers, more women and children will be shot at. That too is part of the terrorists’ game plan.
Freedom means responsibility – George McGovern, Wall Street Journal
Yes, that George McGovern: "Since leaving office, I’ve written about public policy from a new perspective: outside looking in. I’ve come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society."
Dems are dumping ‘paygo,’ hiking deficits – Wall Street Journal
The real purpose of pay-as-you-go budgeting to make spending easier but tax-cutting harder. But after a $152 billion "stimulus" bill, another $35 billion stimulus proposed and a $597 billion farm bill extension, paygo is officially gone. (more…)
First, I am a conservative; then, I’m a Republican.
Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham and James Dobson hold views much closer to my own and to those of most conservatives than does Sen. John McCain.
I have serious, principled disagreements with the Arizona senator on several issues: freedom of speech, global warming and energy explanation, among others.
In the last two contested presidential primaries, my candidate has been Anybody But John McCain. (more…)