Obama Administration Knifes Britain in the Back over Falklands

In yet another display of disdain for the Anglo-American Special Relationship, the Obama administration has weighed in on the mounting tensions between Great Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands. ...

Ambassador McFaul Runs into Putin’s TV Buzz Saw

Russian state television has launched an all-out assault on the new U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul—undeservedly so, although not unexpected. Russia’s Channel One, run by All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting ...

Panetta: We Have Some Ideas Who Was Behind Iran Killing; Indirectly Throws Israel Under the Bus

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday that U.S. officials had “some ideas” as to who was behind the assassination of a nuclear scientist in Tehran this week, AFP reported. ...

Four Reasons Why Obama Should Worry About Newt

By: Glenn Thrush December 16, 2011 01:28 PM EST The prevailing attitude among many Democrats is that Newt Gingrich 2012 is the best thing to come down the pike since ...

U.S. Smart Power and Postmodern Art: A Congruent Couple?

In its latest strategic move, billed smART Power, the State Department is sending abroad on Americans’ behalf not more Foreign Service officers but a cadre of elite artists. Their mission: ...

Obama Hugs Erdogan, Leader of Hostile State

by Daniel Pipes November 3, 2011 Hillary Clinton’s high-five in June with her Turkish counterpart, Ahmet Davutoglu, prompted me to write that she “should be ashamed of herself, horsing around ...

Yet Another Attack on Marriage

Tomorrow, the Senate Judiciary Committee will begin debate on legislation that would repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). In 1996, Congress passed DOMA by wide margins, and President ...

Foreign Affairs, Anyone? Department of State Reaches Out to Americans

In its never-ending efforts to be hip, the U.S. State Department last week launched a new Web site called “Discover Diplomacy.” It has video clips, it has audio tracks, it ...

Should We Re-enact Glass-Steagall?

(Examiner) The repealing of the Glass-Steagall Act was heralded as one of the greatest bipartisan achievements of our time. It was passed by an overwhelming majority by both Democrats and ...

Scribecast: John Fund Explains Why Voter ID Laws Benefit Minorities

Former President Bill Clinton recently compared voter identification laws to Jim Crow-era statutes that suppressed the black vote after the Civil War. “There has never been in my lifetime, since ...