The death of the peace process
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been criticized for his decision to exchange over 1,000 Palestinian terrorists for the life of one kidnapped Israeli. But the debate about the lopsided...
View ArticleBibi had it right
Hamas’ decision to launch a rocket offensive against Israel did a favor for Iran, the country that has supplied the terror group with cash and weapons for a decade: It...
View ArticleNRA aims at foes, but shoots itself in the foot with LaPierre’s statements
Liberal pundits who spent the last week since the Newtown massacre treating the National Rifle Association as a pinata often underestimate the group’s popularity and hold on the loyalty of...
View ArticleHagel & Israel’s foes
With President Obama still letting Chuck Hagel’s putative nomination as Secretary of Defense hang in the wind, it’s not clear whether the former Nebraska senator’s stock is up or down....
View ArticleNew state mess could sink Hillary ’16
If Hillary Clinton thought the soft glow of the good press she received while roaming the globe to no great effect during her four years as secretary of state would...
View ArticleReid, Obama’s filibuster folly
The main justification put forward by Democrats defending their decision to blow up the Senate rules and end filibusters on Cabinet and judicial nominations is that things are so bad...
View ArticleUkraine and the price of Obama’s weakness
The Obama administration still has the opportunity to send a strong message to Vladimir Putin to punish Moscow for Russia’s seizure of Crimea from Ukraine. Indeed, President Obama would do...
View ArticleObama dances around reality as ISIS plays the tune
After months of taking flak for his lack of a coherent strategy to combat ISIS, President Obama came up with an answer. Unfortunately, it’s “Let’s pretend.” In a speech to...
View ArticleTeam Trump’s minor Mideast success presents a major trap
In a week in which his administration was buffeted by legislative failure and internal dissension, President Trump could still claim one minor success. Two of his aides played a role in resolving a...
View ArticleThe questions that must be asked before toppling historic statues
President Trump caught a lot of heat this week when he asked whether statues of George Washington or Thomas Jefferson would be next if those who wished to take down a statue of Robert E. Lee in...
View ArticleObama’s Mideast legacy: Iran’s puppets all around Israel with war on the way
There are some mistakes for which the world never seems to stop paying. When the United States chose to let Syria slide into chaos while simultaneously seeking to end the isolation of Iran with a...
View ArticleKurdish independence would be a win for America
For months, the Trump administration has been coping with a huge problem to which it has no solution. Iran has been the big winner of the conflicts in Iraq and Syria. Its intervention in the Syrian...
View ArticleHow Democrats are failing the Dreamers
On Monday, three Republican senators unveiled a bill to deal with the DACA mess President Trump dumped in their laps earlier this month. Rather than merely keep his promise to rescind President Barack...
View ArticleWhen it comes to Iran, Trump is the real adult in the room
Sen. Bob Corker seemed to speak for many in Washington — including a lot of Republicans — when he unloaded on President Trump in an interview with The New York Times, in which he described the...
View ArticleThe real villain in the ‘sanctuary cities’ debate
Thanks to the difficulties of running as a Republican in a blue state in the age of Trump and the toxic legacy left her by Chris Christie, it’s unlikely New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno will succeed...
View ArticleShunning Trump isn’t the answer for Republicans
Virginia’s gubernatorial election has some Republicans panicking. Many hoped Ed Gillespie’s attempt to exploit concerns about illegal immigration without fully embracing President Trump would prove a...
View ArticleDemocrats have lost Bill Clinton's winning formula
The timing for the conference in Little Rock, Ark., couldn’t have been worse. But apparently the participants didn’t notice. Commemorating the 25 years since the 1992 presidential election may have...
View ArticleWhy Trump should make school choice his next big fight
Few members of President Trump’s Cabinet are as reviled by liberals as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. That may seem strange, given the relatively small impact that department has on the federal...
View ArticleNow, this is presidential obstruction
What if a president used his power to interfere with a federal investigation involving foreign powers committing serious crimes in the United States as well as elsewhere? Such a thing would be...
View ArticleThe US can’t be silent on Iran
The foreign-policy establishment and former Obama administration staffers seem to agree about two things concerning the protests in Iran. One is that the Trump administration should follow the example...
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