Former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson’s Speech at the RNC
Fred Thompson | Human Events
Tonight, I’d like to talk to you about the remarkable story of John McCain.
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The Fight For Afghanistan
Some incredible photos from the newly-central front in the War on Terror.
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Malkin on the Palin Smears
What we’ve seen in the smears against Sarah Palin go beyond the normal post-election squabbling.
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Veteran’s Day
Thank you to our heroes. It’s you who make this grand experiment called America possible.
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On the Sunnyside
All is not lost. An Obama presidency does provide an opportunity for Conservatives.
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The Real John McCain
“What an old anecdote about Mo Udall in the hospital reveals about McCain’s character.” A must-read.
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Obama vs. Obama (VIDEO)
More video evidence that “hope” and “change” really mean “typical politician.” The man has flip flopped more than John Kerry did in 2004.
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McCain Does One Last SNL (VIDEO)
You have to admit that Saturday Night Live has done a spectacular job at becoming relevant again during the campaign. (Olbermann-bashing bonus)
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‘Bankrupting’ the Coal Industry
It would be richly deserved if Barack Obama loses Pennsylvania for his comments on the coal industry.
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BEST OF THE WEB for September 3, 2008
An Unfavorable Comparison
On the second night of the RNC, Fred Thompson and Joe Lieberman laid out the vast gulf of differences between John McCain and Barack Obama. Only one is fit to be President.
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Sen. Lieberman’s Speech to the RNC
Sen. Joe Lieberman | Real Clear Politics
What, after all, is a Democrat like me doing at a Republican convention like this? The answer is simple. I’m here to support John McCain because country matters more than party.
The Four Stages of Conservative Female Abuse
Michelle Malkin | Townhall
There’s something about outspoken conservative women that drives the left mad.
Change We Dare Not Believe In
Thomas Sowell | Investor's Business Daily
One of the few political cliches that makes sense is that “In politics, overnight is a lifetime.”
Sarah Palin, Reformer
John Fund | The Wall Street Journal
How the Governor took on Alaska’s GOP establishment.
Impulse, Meet Experience
George F. Will | The Washington Post
McCain went with his gut in picking Palin. The gut is not the seat of wisdom.
The Media Descend to a New Low
Stephen F. Hayes | The Weekly Standard
The smearing of Sarah Palin gets uglier.
McCain Comes Through
Robert Novak | The Washington Post
His unexpected VP pick has the party faithful in raptures.
Why Obama Can’t Close the Sale
Al Hubbard and Noam Neusner | The Wall Street Journal
Because Americans are paying attention.
The War
Surge of Ignorance
Eric Posner | The Volokh Conspiracy
The New York Times, in their own words, on the Surge.
What Will Rumsfeld Write?
Jed Babbin | The American Spectator
The former secretary of defense is writing a history of the Iraq War.
Pakistan PM Yousuf Gillani Escapes Assassination Attempt
Philippe Naughton and Zahid Hussain | Times of London
Shots were fired at a motorcade belonging to the Pakistani Prime Minister today.
The Anbar Lesson
Editorial | New York Post
A remarkable military turnaround came full-circle this week, as Coalition forces officially turned over responsibility for Iraq’s once-tortured and now (relatively) tranquil Anbar province to the central government.
American Interest
Incomes Up; Inequality Down
Brian S. Wesbury and Bob Stein | Forbes
With all the news about political conventions, vice presidential selections and hurricanes, it was easy to miss some figures released last week by the Census Bureau.
The Real Economic Scorecard
Robert J. Samuelson | The Washington Post
Americans are both better and worse off than they think they are.
Islamic Law Comes to the Phoenix Airport
Robert Spencer | Human Events
Score another victory for the stealth jihad.
The Drinking Age Myth
John Stossel | Townhall
There’s a myth in this country that the drinking age is 21. But that’s only the legal age. The fact that government says you can’t drink before 21 does not mean younger people don’t drink.
Facebook Ads Target You Where It Hurts
Rachel Beckman | The Washington Post
My Facebook page called me fat.
World Affairs
History Starts Again
Melanie Phillips | The Spectator
Russia restarts the Cold War, and History-- which we were famously told had Ended in 1989—revs up again. The west is apparently amazed, appalled, flummoxed, caught on the hop. What planet are these people all living on?
U.S. Officials: North Korea Reassembling Nuclear Facility
Nina Donaghy, Jennifer Griffin and Justin Fisher | Fox News
North Korea, after halting the disassembly of a key nuclear center, is now putting the facility back together in violation of the United States’ conditions for improved diplomatic relations between the countries, U.S. officials told FOX News on Tuesday.
There Goes The Sun
Editorial | Investor's Business Daily
Al Gore’s been busy in recent years scaring everyone about what he’s sure is disastrous global warming. More ruinous, though, would be a deep cooling, which is the direction our planet might really be heading.
Russia and a New Democratic Realism
Francis Fukuyama | Financial Times
The past two US administrations could assume hegemony in economics and security. The next administration cannot.
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SPOTLIGHTS
- Obama Finance Chair Tied To Subprime Scandal
- What about ‘change’? Obama names yet another Washington insider to top post
- Israel: Labor party disappearing
- Child circumcision to be banned in Denmark?
- Iran increases stockpile of uranium
- Arizonan will head Homeland Security
- Minnesota hanky panky: On First Day of Recount, Franken Gains Net of 43 Votes on Coleman
- Longmont Times-Call staffers invited to work as valets at owner’s Christmas party
- Obama’s Pick of Daschle May Test Conflict-of-Interest Pledge
- Eric Holder Nips Marijuana in the Bud and Invents a Time Cover Story
- The Sejil: A New Iranian Missile can hit EU
- PA arrests over 250 Hamas terrorists
- Iraqi Yellowcake discovery- could silence skeptics on WMD
- Abdullah II warns Olmert, Barak: Gaza action could snowball into Jordanian instability
- Iran Said to Have Nuclear Fuel for One Weapon
- The Obamameter Points Left -
- Rezko 2
- Somali pirates seize ninth vessel in 12 days
- Indian Navy sinks pirate mothership during bold stand-off in Gulf of Aden
- Al-Qaida No. 2 insults Obama with racial epithet
- Al-Qaida calls Obama ‘House Negro’
- How the Academic Left Elected Obama
- Al Qaeda leader mocks Obama in Web posting
- IAEA: By the way-Syria site hit by Israel resembled atom plant
- IAEA: Syrian site bombed by IAF bore features of nuclear reactor
- Obama Hears a Giant Sucking Sound -looking at a bottomless ideological hole
- Obama to pick the wet Holder as attorney general, Newsweek
- Britain re-establishes high-level intelligence links with Syria Son
- Russians gone wild
- UN envoy urges Gaza blockade end -Hamas may fire as usual
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