By Mona Charen (Archive) · Friday, December 23, 2011 This is the time of year to turn our thoughts to noble sentiments and inspiring stories. William Bennett, who has established something of a cottage industry in uplift, has a new book out that celebrates and explicates all that is bracing, wholesome, affecting and necessary about [...]

By Jonah Goldberg (Archive) · Friday, December 23, 2011 As a non-Christian with a deep affection for Christmastime, I’ve always felt a little left out around this time of year, but not in the way you might think. I’ve always felt a bit out of place with the venerable conservative tradition of denouncing the “war [...]

By L. Brent Bozell (Archive) · Friday, December 23, 2011 The depravity of our popular culture and our eagerness to shred traditional values manifests itself every day. Lady Gaga, the top-earning woman in the music business and deemed by ABCs Barbara Walters to be one of the “most fascinating people,” has a new vocation in [...]

By Lawrence Kudlow (Archive) · Friday, December 23, 2011 When you think of Republican Rep. Paul Ryan, terms like earnest, serious and important come to mind. So does the term old-fashioned. Ryan comes from an old-fashioned place, the blue-collar town of Janesville, Wis. He cherishes the old-fashioned values of a faithful family man. He even [...]

By Charles Krauthammer (Archive) · Friday, December 23, 2011 WASHINGTON — Now that Congress appears finally to have reached a compromise on what must be one of the worst pieces of legislation in years — the temporary payroll tax holiday extension — let’s survey the damage. To begin with, what even minimally rational government enacts [...]

By Mark Alexander · Thursday, December 22, 2011 America’s Christian Heritage v Season’s PC “The Commander in Chief directs that divine Service be performed every Sunday at 11 oClock in those Brigades to which there are Chaplains; those which have none to attend the places of worship nearest to them. It is expected that Officers [...]

December 23, 2011 Carol Brown I know it’s true because he said so. Barbara Walters interviewed the Obamas for a 20/20 fluff piece scheduled to air tonight, Friday, December 23rd. When asked on what occasion the POTUS and the FLOTUS lie, Obama, always above the fray, said: Usually, the only time I lie is very [...]

December 23, 2011 By Victor Sharpe The more things change, the more they stay the same.  Nothing could attest to that fact more than the Israel-Arab conflict, which in reality is the Israel-Islamist conflict.   This is not a territorial dispute between Israel and those Arabs who call themselves Palestinians, though it is framed as [...]

December 23, 2011 By Mike Stopa There are a lot of things that Americans fear about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.  They fear that they won’t be able to continue to go to the doctor whom they trust.  They fear that once a single consumer — the government — replaces 300 million consumers [...]

Posted 12/22/2011 06:18 PM ET  War On Terror: The 14 coordinated bombings that ravaged Baghdad on Thursday, killing dozens, only begins Iraq’s post-U.S. nightmare. America’s job was never finished. We, along with many others, have been warning for years of the consequences of a premature withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq. After President George W. [...]