The defeat of Senator Joe Lieberman in Connecticut's Democratic party primary was the occasion for some characteristic whining from the losing candidate -- a proclivity that earned him the sobriquet "Sore Loserman." Now he's confirming what we all knew -- he's a...
Jonah Goldberg, the former editor of National Review Online who owes his status as a "conservative" pundit to his mom's proximity to the stain on Monica Lewinsky's dress, is now applying his journalistic talents to shilling for Israel's war. But would somebody please...
So they're sending more troops to Iraq, and of course the ostensible reason is to help quell the ever-spreading insurgency, with their purported destination said to be Baghdad. But there's another possibility: are they positioning to move against Syria? Damascus is...
Comparing the capture of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah guerrillas to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Charles Krauthammer weighs in on the Israeli reponse: "Disproportionate? No. When one is wantonly attacked by an aggressor, one has every right -- legal and...
Tension between the U.S. and Israel, always bubbling just beneath the surface, is popping up all over the place, in spite of George W. Bush's confusion about which country he's really chief executive of. Condoleezaa Rice's trip to Rome, where she argued for a...
That "robust" multi-national force Condolezza Rice wants to take over from the IDF in crushing Hezbollah is looking sicklier by the moment: NATO says it is otherwise engaged, and no one except the Italians and possibly the Turks has stepped forward to apply for the...
As Israel ravages Lebanon, with the fulsome endorsement of George W. Bush, here’s a pointed reminder that Israeli and American interests, far from being identical, are often radically divergent. This four-part investigation by Carl Cameron broadcast by Fox News in...
Bloomberg reports:"The U.S. pledged $30 million in aid to help war-ravaged Lebanon avert a humanitarian crisis as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Israel to confer with leaders after a surprise visit to Beirut. The U.S. will contribute the money to a...
Kevin Drum wants to know where all those troops are going to come from if the U.S. isn’t providing any for the "robust" international force the administration is proposing to police Hezbollah-land. Citing this report in the Forward,-- which informs us the...
A special summer symposium issue of The American Conservative magazine is out, and the subject is interesting and timely: thirty contributors, including myself, inquire into the meaning of "left" and "right" today. Is it useful to even talk about "conservatism" and...
