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Vance chided for comments on WWII
Dan McLaughlin of National Review Online critiques recent comments from the vice president. JD Vance argued on Meet the Press that the war in Ukraine will need to end with…
Gulf War
1990–1991 conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition
Elections & Public Integrity
Biden’s courage explored
Andrew Stiles writes for the Washington Free Beacon about former Vice President Joe Biden’s emphasis on “courage.” A super PAC supporting former vice president Joe Biden has unveiled its first…
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“a fellow veteran and a judge of compassionate heart”
The Fayetteville Observer has a remarkable story: Standing before Judge Lou Olivera was a retired Special Forces Green Beret sergeant who was in Cumberland County veterans court on April 12 for violating…
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National Review writer probes the impact of social media on warfare
Charles Cooke of National Review Online appears as unimpressed as most sentient beings were with the likely impact of a Twitter hashtag on efforts to convince terrorists to free abducted…
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Stunning Statistics About Disability Claims
Medical and technological advances mean that soldiers who once would have died in combat are now surviving, but with very serious physical and emotional problems for which they need –…
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A wonderful quote
I just rediscovered this great quote from the late Joseph Sobran, controversial pundit and National Review editor until he was canned for allegedly having anti-semitic views, although I have heard…
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Cheney and the media
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…
Elections & Public Integrity
Krauthammer examines who really holds the nation’s war power
Charles Krauthammer‘s latest column at National Review Online dissects the debate over who — the president or Congress — really holds the power to take the United States to war.…
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Steyn wonders why Americans can no longer win wars
Mark Steyn‘s latest National Review cover story reminds that “two-thirds of a century” have passed since America last won a war. (Read on if you think he’s forgetting a victory…
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Goldberg examines America’s China syndrome
Jonah Goldberg‘s latest article for National Review Online diagnoses a malady linked to a belief in the inevitability of American decline and Chinese ascendancy. [W]e?re told one of the consequences…
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My Political Memoirs
I was born during the Reagan administration, during the last years. Unfortunately, I remember nothing from this time period. Neither do I remember Bush Sr.?s campaign and victory. My first…
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20 or 30 years ago
In his first formal interview as president, Barack Obama told Al-Arabiya, “[T]he same respect and partnership that America had with the Muslim world as recently as 20 or 30 years…