The ‘international community’ rewards the regime for killing civilians. Apr 30, 2011 WSJ Bashar Assad’s regime has murdered at least 500 Syrians, and perhaps hundreds more, in putting down its democratic uprising. So what does the United Nations do? Nothing, except hold out the prospect of a seat on its Human Rights Council for the [...]

Collective bargaining reform hits the liberal heartland. Apr 30, 2011 WSJ Scott Walker impressions are popular these days, and the latest and greatest aping of the Wisconsin Governor is coming from the liberal heartland. On Wednesday, the Massachusetts state House voted 111-42 to limit public employees’ ability to collectively bargain for health care. Mrs. Trumka, [...]

The study of war elucidates some of mankind’s noblest virtues and bitterest vices. So why do colleges seem afraid of it? Apr 30, 2011 WSJ By PETER BERKOWITZ The Union’s victory in the Civil War, whose opening shots were fired by Confederate forces 150 years ago this month, established that the United States, which had [...]

Democrats spent the last week of Easter recess bashing the GOP on the Medicare reforms in the Paul Ryan budget, and Republicans say they are feeling the heat back home. Apr 29, 2011 WSJ By STEPHEN MOORE Democrats spent the last week of Easter recess bashing the GOP on the Medicare reforms in the Paul [...]

Apr 30, 2011 By Paul Driessen We are constantly bombarded with information – much of it inaccurate, misleading, even deliberately so. We are frequently told we must reduce carbon emissions, support “carbon disclosure” and invest in “carbon trusts” – to prevent catastrophic global warming, global climate change or global climate “disruption.” News stories, advocacy and [...]

By Burt Prelutsky (Archive) · Saturday, April 30, 2011 Even though the next presidential election is still more than 500 days away, it’s never too soon to be prepared. After all, Obama hasn’t stopped campaigning since Election Day, 2008. To begin with, and let me be very clear about his, no third party candidate, no [...]

Apr 30, 2011 By Lloyd Marcus CNN traveled with us on Tea Party Express, to approximately 40 rallies nationwide. I, a black conservative, opened each rally singing my “American Tea Party Anthem”. And yet, not I nor any of the other blacks on our team were seen in the CNN documentary; thus, causing viewers to [...]

Apr 30, 2011 By Bill Wagner Job One for a leader is vision and strategy; policy and programs follow, not the other way around.  Debt and deficits are important, but by focusing everything on green eye shade/inside the Beltway/size of government calculations, not only is the GOP not presenting the positive pro growth implications of [...]

Apr 29, 2011 IBD Disaster: If the nation’s political and cultural elites believe they’re presiding over a shrinking country, they should connect with the Americans now sorting through tornado rubble looking for their old, self-reliant selves. They do it so grimly, determinedly. They know, because they live their country’s history even more inwardly than faraway [...]

Apr 29, 2011 IBD War On Terror: More and more Afghans and Iraqis are turning on their coalition partners. Last week’s deadly attack on American soldiers by an Afghan military officer should be a wake-up call. During a meeting at the Kabul airport, a 48-year-old Afghan air corps pilot took out a weapon and fired [...]