“Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. But if we had not, our fathers have earned and bought it for us, at the expense of their ease, their estates, their pleasure, and their blood.”
 
– John Adams
 
 
 
 
 
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The President’s good turn on Iraq.
February 28, 2009
It was never very likely that President Obama would come out and praise George W. Bush for the latter’s handling of the Iraq war, and in his speech yesterday to the Marines at Camp Lejeune, N.C., he didn’t. Then again, we didn’t quite expect to find ourselves praising [...]

February 28, 2009

 
by Bill O’Reilly

The TV ratings for February have been tabulated, and in the world of cable news there is weeping on the left. Fox News Channel, which is generally tougher on the president, hammered the two networks that most favor President Obama — CNN and MSNBC. In fact, Fox News was the third-highest [...]

February 27, 2009
By Michael Barone
On the last day of her trip to East Asia, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke briefly of the place of human rights in American policy toward China. “Our pressing on those issues” — issues she didn’t identify any more fully — “can’t interfere with the global economic crisis, the global [...]

February 27, 2009
Of all the functions vested in the federal government by the Constitution, one that is undisputed is protecting its people. For our part, while we believe government has no business bailing out banks, insurance companies, auto manufacturers, congressional reputations and heaven only knows what else, it undoubtedly has an obligation to keep its [...]

February 27, 2009
The Senate passed a bill Thursday that would grant full House representation to the District of Columbia by adding two seats to the House — one for DC and one for Utah, next in line for reapportionment. The House is expected to approve the measure next week. (Two bright spots include an amendment [...]

February 27, 2009
Editorial
President Barack Obama descended from on high to present his budget to Congress on Thursday. Where to start with this $3.6 trillion mammoth?
The budget calls for pulling all but 35,000 to 50,000 troops out of Iraq by August 2010, while ramping up the war in Afghanistan. It calls for restructuring current health care [...]

February 27, 2009
By Mark Alexander
Prior to the election of Barack Hussein Obama, some Republicans complained that identifying him as a socialist, which I have done since he announced his presidential aspirations, was “too extreme.” Shortly after his election, the same lot insisted, “He’s our president now. We should show him respect.”
It is notable, however, that [...]

February 28, 2009
By Christopher Chantrill
Did you notice that when Gov. Sarah Palin was campaigning for vice-president she talked about “reform?”  Candidate Obama campaigned on a different theme, “Change We Can Believe In.”  In case you weren’t paying attention, he had the slogan on the emblazoned on the front of his lectern.

The word “Change” is a [...]