American politician and diplomat (1923–2023)
Argue that the United States has no business trying to build or maintain an empire, and you’re unlikely to face many arguments from libertarians or limited-government conservatives. But a decision…
Andrew Ferguson devotes his latest “Press Man” column in Commentary to a discussion of former Vice President Dick Cheney’s evolving view of the media’s proper role. He learned how to…
The LA Times is refusing to release videotape of a 2003 banquet where then-state Sen. Barack Obama spoke of his friendship with Palestinian activist Rashid Khalidi. The LAT says the…
At least that’s the view of lefty profs at Washington University in St. Louis, Schlafly’s hometown. They want the school to rescind an honorary degree it plans to give her…
Much is being made this morning of the late President Gerald Ford’s criticism of George W. Bush “from the grave.” I read the Woodward piece and found it generally unsurprising.…
Maurice Greenberg, former head of AIG, friend of Henry Kissinger, and member of the Trilateral Commission, is reported to be launching a takeover bid for The New York Times. This…
Washington Post Ombudsman Michael Getler spent the last two Sundays lamenting the decline of newspapers. Both columns criticized to the lack of hard news on the front page and the…
From an essay by Peggy Noonan: When we think of Reagan, we think so immediately of his presidency that we tend to forget what came before. What came before 1980…