The Reagans at Christmas
Let us turn one more time to Ronald Reagan, in his centennial year, for some Christmas cheer. President Reagan loved America, his shining city on a hill, but he loved one thing—or rather one person—more: Nancy, his wife of more than 50 years. Theirs was a marriage of affection and devotion and commitment, captured in […]
Why Do We Celebrate Christmas?
Christmas Day celebrations have tremendous history. Christmas is one of my favorite days of the entire year, because it involves some of my favorite things: eating good food, watching my kids experience the joy of the season and spending time with family and friends. In the United States, Christmas has come to mean many different […]
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary Roasts the EU … at the EU
Innovation and market disruption can be powerful forces for economic growth. But government involvement in the market tends to be a force against disruption, and hence a force against innovation. The drive to protect the dominant companies – often justified in the name of job preservation — prevents success for companies that offer better, cheaper, […]
The Obama administration’s top 10 foolish quotes of 2011
As 2011 draws to a close, it’s worth looking back at some of the year’s most foolish comments from inside the Obama administration. If Academy Awards were handed out for political folly, the Obama team would be sweeping the board come Oscar time. It hasn’t been an easy task narrowing the list down to a […]
What Really Motivates the ‘Occupy’ Protesters?
“Occupy” protesters wear their movement’s leaderless decentralization on their collective sleeve. The attitude fits with a group that claims “democracy” as its chief political end. But it also makes ascertaining their conctete political objectives far more difficult, since, in theory, there can be no established political platform. Polling conducted at some of the Occupy tent […]
What If The President Were a Muslim?
What would the U.S president be like if we had a Muslim President in the White House? What would he do? Would he ignore Christian holidays such as the National Day of Prayer, yet celebrate Ramadan, and certainly they would never attend church services while in office. Maybe he would commit our military forces to […]
Why Obama’s Socialism Will Fail
Socialism is the Big Lie of the twentieth century. While it promised prosperity, equality, and security, it delivered poverty, misery, and tyranny. Equality was achieved only in the sense that everyone was equal in his or her misery. In the same way that a Ponzi scheme or chain letter initially succeeds but eventually collapses, socialism […]
The Islamic Awakening
There was a time in Cairo, just a few months ago, when it was considered slightly outré to suggest that Egypt’s religious conservatives might take advantage of Hosni Mubarak’s demise to engineer their way into power. We were told that battalions of tweeting secularists were steering this revolution, and that the people of Egypt did […]
A Christmas Tale — 1919
It’s easy to complain in the midst of a stressful holiday season. But my family has a unique remedy: We remember one special Christmas in 1919 that gave us the freedom and liberty we enjoy today. This will be the 89th anniversary of the year my father celebrated Christmas Eve deep in the snow-laden woods […]
Israel Defense Ministry Looking Into Israeli Spyware Sales to Iran
The Ministry of Defense said on Friday that it is looking into a report that Israeli-made internet-monitoring software was being used in Iran. Channel 10 News quoted the Defense Ministry as having said that the appropriate course of action will be decided upon based on the findings of the investigation. Earlier on Friday, Bloomberg reported […]
Hamas Will Focus on Arab Spring-Style Protests Against Israel
Hamas will focus on holding Arab Spring-style mass protests against Israel but is not renouncing the use of violence against the Jewish state, leader Khaled Mashaal told The Associated Press late Thursday. Mashaal told the news agency that popular protests have “the power of a tsunami,” pointing to the recent waves of demonstrations across the […]
