Policy and Culture

The Associated Press has finally admitted it: the Iraq war is being won. From the AP yesterday: “The United States is now winning the war that two years ago seemed lost. Limited, sometimes sharp fighting and periodic terrorist bombings in Iraq are likely to continue, possibly for years. But the Iraqi government and the U.S. […]

Last week, National Review’s “The Campaign Spot” poked a little fun at Obama by putting together a game related to the Michael Jackson-led “We are the World” song. Play this game below to see if you can pick out the right tracks. Did they come from Obama’s Berlin speech or from the “We are the […]

CNN has posted a projected electoral map of the United States for the 2008 race. It shows 16 states “safe” for McCain and another 7 states “leaning” McCain, safely giving him 189 electoral votes. Then it shows 10 states “safe” for Obama and 6 states “leaning” towards Obama, giving him 221 electoral votes. But then […]

Even Europeans are seeing through the Obama facade. And, they don’t have to put up with it every day. Some of them are sane and see the fake political posturing for what it is. Imagine if a politician from another country came here and wanted to give a campaign speech for their country in front […]

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Mark Halperin posted some comments that the McCain campaign released at the conlusion of Obama’s “citizen of the world” speech in Berlin today: “While Barack Obama took a premature victory lap today in the heart of Berlin, proclaiming himself a ‘citizen of the world,’ John McCain continued to make his case to the American citizens […]

I know this sounds repetitive by now, but who does Obama think he is? For the past week, he has gone around the world, playing President. Yes, he’s officially on a Congressional fact-finding mission. But, let’s be real. He’s really on a campaign hype trip. He began his trip by removing the American flag from […]

Charles Krauthammer had an EXCELLENT column today in The Washington Post, “Who Does He Think He Is?”. I urge you to read it now. A few tidbits: “Barack Obama wants to speak at the Brandenburg Gate. He figures it would be a nice backdrop. The supporting cast — a cheering audience and a few fainting […]

The latest from the AP wire: Barack Obama’s aides have removed criticism of President Bush’s increase of troops to Iraq from the campaign Web site, part of an effort to update the Democrat’s written war plan to reflect changing conditions. Debate over the impact of President Bush’s troop “surge” has been at the center of […]

Some say something is wrong with our education system. Usually the answer they give to solve our problems is: more money. But most studies about money in education actually show that more money isn’t the solution. CATO Institute fellow Andrew Coulson has written many articles and books about this subject, including one that appeared in […]