Policy and Culture

This blog is in a series of posts from my readings of THE RIGHT WAR? THE CONSERVATIVE DEBATE ON IRAQ. Please contribute your comments. The following is a discussion of Chapter 6, a republished article by the Andrew Sullivan, April 20, 2004, New Republic Online.In response to the Editors of National Review (who posted their […]

This blog is in a series of posts from my readings of THE RIGHT WAR? THE CONSERVATIVE DEBATE ON IRAQ. Please contribute your comments. The following is a discussion of Chapter 5, a republished article by the Editors of National Review, May 3, 2004, National Review. After reading from such great scholars like VDH, James […]

This blog is in a series of posts from my readings of THE RIGHT WAR? THE CONSERVATIVE DEBATE ON IRAQ. Please contribute your comments. The following is a discussion of Chapter 4, a republished article by Henry Kissinger, April 11, 2004, THE WASHINGTON POST. After hearing from neo-conservatives and a traditionalist, we now turn to […]

This blog is in a series of posts from my readings of THE RIGHT WAR? THE CONSERVATIVE DEBATE ON IRAQ. Please contribute your comments. The following is a discussion of Chapter 3, a republished article by James Kurth, March 15, 2004, THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE. In March 2004, Professor James Kurth of Swarthmore College, published an […]

This blog is in a series of posts from my readings of THE RIGHT WAR? THE CONSERVATIVE DEBATE ON IRAQ. Please contribute your comments. The following is a discussion of Chapter 2, a republished article by William Kristol and Robert Kagan, February 23, 2004, THE WEEKLY STANDARD. In February 2004, William Kristol and Robert Kagan […]

This blog is in a series of posts from my readings of THE RIGHT WAR? THE CONSERVATIVE DEBATE ON IRAQ. Please contribute your comments. The following is a discussion of Chapter 1, a republished article by Victor Davis Hanson, January 2004, COMMENTARY. In January 2004, Victor Davis Hanson published an article in Commentary magazine, “Iraq’s […]

In the introduction to The Right War? The Conservative Debate in Iraq, editor Gary Rosen ponders the questions that conservatives have been asking about America’s role in the world for nearly all of American history, especially this past century. “Should America retreat from the world, deal with the world as it is, or try to […]

I recently picked up a book that was first published in late 2005 called The Right War? The Conservative Debate On Iraq? I have been a supporter of the war since it began, and I still support the U.S. and coalition efforts there. But, sometimes it seems like I’m the only one still supporting this […]

Another CPAC. This was my fourth year in a row attending CPAC, and third year in a row while working for ISI. Each year, ISI is a co-sponsor of CPAC. Yes, we are part of what has become a “circus” of conservative activits and a number of looney toons mixed in. Very few intellectuals are […]