Time has an interesting poll in which they find that the GOP has a slight edge over the Democrats coming into 2008: So it’s taken almost as a given among the professional political class that the 2008 Presidential election is the Democrats’ to lose. Republicans are so morose in general, and conservatives so unhappy with [...]
Victor Davis Hanson (himself a renowned scholar of the Greco-Persian War) has an interesting take on why 300 seems to rankle so many on the left: There is a great yearning among the public for just a small, rare chance to see some issue presented in terms other than moral ambiguity. 300 provided that in [...]
Austin Bay has an excellent piece that offers much of the context and background for the taking of 15 British sailors as hostages by Iran. The Iranians are clearly trying to rattle the saber, but Bay persuasively argues that it isn’t a true show of strength: Late spring 2007 finds the Iranian “revolutionary government” facing [...]
National Review has an editorial which calls for the resignation of Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General: What little credibility Gonzales had is gone. All that now keeps him in office, save the friendship of the president, is the conviction of many Republicans that removing him would embolden the Democrats. It is an overblown fear. The [...]
The Christian Science Monitor has an intriguing article on how Dwight Eisenhower solved the illegal immigration problem of his day: In 1954, Ike appointed retired Gen. Joseph “Jumpin’ Joe” Swing, a former West Point classmate and veteran of the 101st Airborne, as the new INS commissioner. Influential politicians, including Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson (D) of [...]
White House Press Secretary Tony Snow is now undergoing treatment for a recurrence of cancer after treating colon cancer in 2005. Doctors have said that the growth removed from Snow’s abdomen was malignant and that the cancer has spread to his liver. It’s not a good diagnosis, but Snow has said that he intends to [...]
Noted Constitutional Law scholar Michael Stokes Paulson is leaving the University of Minnesota to join the faculty of the University of St. Thomas. Paulson is a scholar of the first order, an excellent lecturer, and a very strong addition to the already excellent St. Thomas faculty. As a student at St. Thomas, I’m glad to [...]