With the announcement of a new nominee for Attorney General, retired federal judge Michael B. Mukasey, President Bush confirms again that the central mission of his administration is the successful prosecution of the war on the Islamist jihadis and the defense of the homeland.
A major British think-tank has released an important report indicating that an increasing number of children are being raised, in effect, by electronic screens. The report warns of “screen kids” being raised by “electronic babysitters.”
Last September, the excellent ABC miniseries “The Path to 9/11,” drew a huge audience of 25 million people, but the Disney Company that owns the project has so far refused to make it available on DVD.
On the morning of General Petraeus’ testimony to the Congress, readers of The New York Times found an ad placed by the Democratic-Party supporters at MoveOn.org—a full page ad that proclaimed in a bold headline: “General Petraeus or General Betray Us?”
The sixth anniversary of the September 11th attacks should have inspired remembrance and gratitude, since so far we’ve been spared the horrors of another terrorist assault on American soil.
The protestors in the hearing rooms and the hysterical anti-Bush partisans at MoveOn.org who attacked General Petraeus betray that they are more interested in rhetoric than results, and do not care a whit about the Iraqi people or the broader war on terror.
Our troops and their sacrifices deserve honor—not denigration on the floor of the United States Senate.
Quarterback Michael Vick may never play again after pleading guilty to a dog-fighting charge, but Denver Broncos running back Travis Henry signed a $25 million contract earlier this year—despite his record as a dead-beat dad with nine out-of-wedlock children with nine different women.
When Anna Politkovskaya, Russia’s top investigative reporter, was murdered last October, it was pretty obvious that whoever did it was linked to objects of her often highly critical reporting.
Novelist Daniel Silva has assumed the place among espionage writers once held by John LeCarre and Len Deighton. But the stories he invents are not set in the Cold War but in against a new backdrop: our war on radical Islamists and their culture of death.
Americans have celebrated Labor Day since 1882, when advocates called for a day of rest for workers. Since then, the holiday has become an American institution – an observance that marks the end of summer and celebrates the workers who make this country the wonder of the world.
The resignation of Attorney General Gonzales opens up the opportunity for the president to add to his highest rank of advisors a prosecutor skilled in the investigation, indictment prosecution and conviction of terrorists, a spokesman for the vigorous steps taken over the past years to combat terrorism abroad and at home—someone who is a skilled defender of laws such as the recent revisions to the foreign intelligence surveillance act.
Why is Europe experiencing such a reduction in birth rates? Noah Pollack observes that European birthrates are in a freefall in many nations – a trend that could well bring economic disaster.
Mike Huckabee’s unexpectedly strong second place showing in the Iowa Straw Poll brought new momentum to his Presidential campaign and for two reasons, Republicans should look seriously at his candidacy.
Fred Thompson will soon declare his formal candidacy, and as soon as he does, he should be asked about the Marriage Protection Amendment.