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A must-read from George Will (most everything he writes is a must-read, by the way) on our fair state and it’s current political fortunes, or lack thereof. I encourage everyone to check it out.  Read More →

I commented on this earlier this month, and I am of the same mind now as I was then. It is necessary for people to call out companies like Google each and every time they make a decision that placates the communist government in China. Irrespective of what their corporate responsibilities are in that country, it must be consistently and repeatedly pointed out what they are doing. You say baby steps are what will bring greater freedom to the Chinese people, and I agree with you. However, those... Read More→

CNN has been engaged in a battle for ratings with Fox News for some time now, and in recent weeks they have made some bold programming moves and snapped up some high-profile conservative talent to chip away at FNC’s arguably larger audience. Losing Robert Novak to Fox News was a bad blow for Ted Turner’s kids, but they didn’t seem to have much place for him after he stormed off a live broadcast of Crossfire hurling curses at co-host Paul Begala (I’m so jealous; Novak has... Read More→

Citing that it is too late to jump back into the fray, Ed Cox announced just a short time ago that he will not get back into the race to unseat Hillary Clinton this November. Personally, I think that’s a shame, because he would have made a fine candidate. He was a great speaker at our general meeting last week. He’s a good friend to the New York Young Republican Club and a great Republican. Wish him well and hope he won’t be a stranger.  Read More →

I don’t know if I would phrase the question that way. Democracy is only a risk to regimes that are undemocratic. If the new Palestinian government is legitimate and wishes to negotiate in good faith, then the question should be “Can the Spread of Democracy Resolve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?” But just by looking at their track record, I have no reason to believe that Hamas will act in good faith even for the sake of their own people let alone for the stability of the region... Read More→

The Democrats will try pretty much anything to regain control of at least one chamber of Congress this Fall. Last month they tried to capitalize on people’s disgust over the war in Iraq. Well, unfortunately, people are not as disgusted as Democrats first believed now that Saddam is on trial and a new democratically elected government is in formation. Two weeks ago it was the “culture of corruption” that the Republicans supposedly created with their buddy Jack Abramoff. But that... Read More→

Osama bin Laden’s latest radio show has him giving the typical rants: “America sucks, we’re going to bomb you very soon, Iraq is a quagmire (he borrowed that one from Ted Kennedy, I think), etc., etc., blah, blah, blah.” What struck me though was his offer of a truce. That’s fresh. A truce – which basically means we won’t mess with you if you don’t mess with us – between the radicals of Jihadistan and the United States. Just think about that for... Read More→

Thanks to Gos for plowing the road on Jessica Bruder’s story. She claims that Young Republicans are keeping an old feud alive, but the only thing that I see keeping this so-called feud alive are stories like Bruder’s (which I won’t bother to link to. I’m afraid you’ll have to find it yourself). Her reporting, as Gos pointed out, misses the facts of the present situation by a country mile. And here I thought the phrase “All the news that’s printed to fit”... Read More→

I ventured out this past weekend to take in Steven Spielberg’s film Munich, and I’m still not sure what I think of it. I can’t say it was a bad movie. I’ve always maintained that Spielberg is to motion pictures what Mozart was to music, and he is virtually unrivaled in his ability to stir the emotions of his audience. The movie has more than its fair share of action, suspense, and outright terror, which particularly comes across in the vivid recreation of the capture and murder... Read More→

Consider this a sneak peak into Friday’s Federalist Patriot Digest: We would suggest that DNC Chairman Howard Dean think before he speaks, but since he’s always good for a laugh when he doesn’t, we like him much better as he is now. His latest sound bite states that “every person named in this [Abramoff] scandal is a Republican.” And that would be true if you didn’t count the 40 Democrat Senators who have taken money from Jack Abramoff. Included in the list of Abramoff beneficiaries... Read More→