Selected Commentary and Analysis
Ann Coulter: KWANZAA: HOLIDAY FROM THE FBI
NOTE: This is an updated version of a column by Ann Coulter that first ran six years ago in December.
--AnnCoulter.com--
[an error occurred while processing this directive]Paul Kengor: A Pair for History
Presidents Ford and Reagan.
--National Review--
[an error occurred while processing this directive]Walter E. Williams: The military draft is confiscation of labor
Congressman Charles Rangel plans to introduce legislation calling for reinstatement of the military draft. He says, “There's no question in my mind that this president and this administration would never have invaded Iraq, especially on the flimsy evidence that was presented to the Congress, if indeed we had a draft and members of Congress and the administration thought that their kids from their communities would be placed in harm's way.”
--WorldNetDaily.com--
[an error occurred while processing this directive]Rachel Ehrenfeld: Carter's Arab financiers
To understand what feeds former president Jimmy Carter's anti-Israeli frenzy, look at his early links to Arab business.
--Washington Times--
[an error occurred while processing this directive]Kevin McCullough: Why Iraq is a success
The nation and economy known as the new Iraq is succeeding, and those who dispute this are simply lying.
--WorldNetDaily.com--
[an error occurred while processing this directive]Alan Dershowitz: Why won't Carter debate his book?
YOU CAN ALWAYS tell when a public figure has written an indefensible book: when he refuses to debate it in the court of public opinion. And you can always tell when he's a hypocrite to boot: when he says he wrote a book in order to stimulate a debate, and then he refuses to participate in any such debate. I'm talking about former president Jimmy Carter and his new book “Palestine Peace Not Apartheid.”
--Boston Globe--
[an error occurred while processing this directive]Ivan Osorio: Bad Politics at a Minimum
What an idiotic blunder for President Bush to have endorsed a minimum wage increase.
--American Spectator--
[an error occurred while processing this directive]Bruce Bartlett: Libertarian or libertarian (small 'l’)?
In a recent column, I discussed the disaffection of libertarians within the conservative coalition, suggesting many might be more at home on the political left. A number of readers wrote to say they agreed with my analysis and had left the Republican Party for the Libertarian Party (LP). Among these is former Georgia Republican Rep. Bob Barr, who officially joined the LP last week.
--Washington Times--
[an error occurred while processing this directive]Peter LaBarbera: What’s Behind Bush’s Political Correctness on Mary Cheney?
President Bush has been put in an awful spot, thanks to Mary Cheney’s “gay parenting” activism. Ms. Cheney, a proud lesbian, is pregnant through artificial insemination and will raise her child with lesbian partner Heather Poe. The media are reporting Bush’s comment to People magazine: “I think Mary is going to be a loving soul to her child. And I’m happy for her.”
--Americans for Truth--
[an error occurred while processing this directive]Patrick J. Michaels: Sealing the Fate of Antarctica
Yet more evidence why Al Gore won't chill out this Christmas.
--American Spectator--
[an error occurred while processing this directive]Rich Lowry: When the Media's Right
Conservatives need to realize that something is not dubious just because it's reported by the New York Times.
--National Review--
Lowry makes some good points, but misses what's really significant. The media drumbeat hasn't just been negative news, it's been negative news delivered in a way that can only be interpreted as attempting to undermine the president. The media have not delivered the message that the war needs to be won, nor that they want it to be won. Instead, they've sent a message to our enemies that we can be divided.
[an error occurred while processing this directive]John Fund: Not So Fast
Why Barack Obama may not run.
--Wall Street Journal--
[an error occurred while processing this directive]Jeremy Lott: Only You
The phony populism of Time magazine.
--American Spectator--
[an error occurred while processing this directive]Rob Bradley: The Gore Who Stole Christmas
He's decided to “inconvenience” the holiday party plans you've made for this weekend.
--American Spectator--
[an error occurred while processing this directive]Michael Farris: Proof Congress Can Rein In Activist Courts
This week's Supreme Court decision overturning an outlandish ruling of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals contains a significant encouragement for those who believe that Congress should rein in federal judges.
--WorldNetDaily.com--
I'm not sure the case cited proves anything. The 9th “Circus” Court ignored the limits congress imposed upon it, and if the Supreme Court had been of like mind, the case would have proven that congress can't rein in activist courts - unless it has the political will to impeach judges who ignore legislative mandates. - BK
[an error occurred while processing this directive]Les Kinsolving: Episcopal Leaders Discriminate Against Adulterers
Kinsolving asks, why is sodomy OK but not sex with neighbor's wife?
--WorldNetDaily.com--
[an error occurred while processing this directive]Joel Himelfarb: Jimmy Carter's ‘Jewish Problem’
My afternoon with Carter and Ken Stein.
--American Spectator--
[an error occurred while processing this directive]Byron York: Did the Clinton Administration Engage in ‘Domestic Spying’ Against Princess Diana?
What the new revelations could mean.
If the Clinton administration was spying on Diana, we can be pretty sure it had nothing to do with national security. He was probably trying to get an angle on how to get her into bed. - BK
--National Review--
[an error occurred while processing this directive]W. James Antle III: Mitt Giving Fits
Gov. Romney's shifting views on social issues are causing him grief on both the left and the right.
--American Spectator--
[an error occurred while processing this directive]Jerry Falwell: NBC Sermonizes Against Chastity
Thursday night on NBC's “ER,” the character of Hope Bobeck, who is defined as a Christian, abruptly decides that she should enter a sexual relationship with an atheist character.
--WorldNetDaily.com--
[an error occurred while processing this directive]Jon Reisman: Olympia Snowe, Stealth Culture Warrior
RINO Senator steadily pushing for the secular ‘progressive’ left.
--American Thinker--
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