Different Emperor, Same Empire
Like most self-described conservatives, Victor Davis Hanson longs for the not so distant past, back when machismo ruled the day, when men were men and presidents weren’t afraid to swagger. Sure, G.W. Bush’s swagger “may have made things unpopular for America among the masses. But his enemies knew that he would do what it takes to protect the US.” Under Emperor Bush, Hanson tells us,There was a general recognition among unhinged regimes—a Cuba, Saddam’s Iraq, a Libya, a North Korea, a Syria, Venezuela—that regional aspirations were, well, contained. Redlines were everyw

An Ode to Democracy
Hat tip: Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy

Guest Post: The Futility of War
by Rachel King[Rachel King writes on the topic of Online Christian Universities. She welcomes your comments at r.king8383@reddifmail.com.]The World Wars may have ended, but the world is still not free from wars. We have the“war against terror” being fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, the fight between the Israelis and the Palestinians, and many, many more wars that are reducing nations to bloody battlefields and ruining more lives than we know. Why do we wage wars when we know that they are destructive and that nothing good can come of them? Why d

Netanyahu’s Non-Freeze Non-Announcement
Good news in the paper this morning. Great news, in fact. According to Ha’aretz:Netanyahu declares 10-month settlement freeze ‘to restart peace talks’Yes indeed, there’s gonna be peace in the Middle East!I’m being sarcastic, of course. As I’ve come to learn, whenever there appears to be good news in the Israel-Palestine saga, there’s always a catch.The catch this time can be found five paragraphs into the Ha’aretz article, where it’s revealed that Netanyahu’s settlement freeze excludes East Jerusalem. Explains the prime minister:

KSM to Stand Trial, Part 3
Neoconservative columnist Linda Chavez believes that Eric Holder has put America at risk by deciding to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other terror suspects in federal court. Because, Chavez warns, there’s a possibility, a very good possibility, that these suspects will be acquitted. She writes:Does Eric Holder remember the most infamous criminal trial of the 20th century, the 1995 trial of O.J. Simpson for the murder of his estranged wife, Nicole, and Ronald Goldman? There are obvious differences between a criminal murder trial in a state court and one tried in federal district court -- and, the