In Pakistans political battle for the next President, former Pak PM Bhutto has made a public statement on whether the US should be allowed to come into Pakistan and deal with Bin Laden (and by extension the leadershop of al-Qaeda): Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said on Monday that she might allow a U.S. […]

I am right of center, but I guess I’m barely right of center these days. Anyway, I was polled on who I thought would be included in a list of the most important people of the year. Three of my submissions never made the list and could not even beat out Tancredo, which shows probably […]

The Surge is producing the one result the pessimists claimed it could never produce – protecting Iraqis. The theory from the Surrender-at-all-costs crowd is our efforts will be useless in a civil war. But if this is not a civil war but is the blood-thirsty, repression of Iraqis by al-Qaeda then we would expect to […]

Wanted to do a Fly By on the War on terrorism and some key stories out of Iraq and Afghanistan. Not much time for commentary on these this morning. To the surprise (actually, ‘dismay’ would be a more accurate word) of the liberal media the results of The Surge are still paying dividends. The death […]

The Clarence Thomas interview on 60 minutes last night was rivetting – and telling. The reason it was powerful was because it was his life in his own words, and the man speaks with passion. Thomas is from the deep south, from the days of ugly segregation. But his family’s strong work ethic launched him […]

Update: Captain Ed is a must read today on the topic of purists verses big tent conservatives. I am not alone in my views on this matter, not by a long shot. – end update Want to know how bad the split is in the GOP between the small minority of purists who attack everyone […]