Year: 2013

Two recent events — one on the east coast and one on the west coast — raise painful questions about whether we are really serious when we say that we want better education for minority children. One of these events was an announcement by Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C., that it plans on August […]

Well, it’s that traditional time of the year again when the president goes on vacation and the conservative world ridicules him for taking time off with his family because of the disarray of our country or the enormousness of expenditures in his doing so. But is there really nothing redeemable or commendable in a father […]

In his new book, “The Liberty Amendments,” my friend Mark Levin is offering a bold plan for the re-establishment of America’s founding principles and a restoration of constitutional republicanism through a series of amendments to the Constitution. I know of no one who has a greater reverence for our Constitution and for the scheme of […]

The online magazine Slate announced last week that it will never again refer to the Washington’s National Football League team, the Redskins, by its name. The name, according to Slate, offends American Indians, and therefore should be dropped. And until such time, Slate will never mention it. It will become, in effect, the R-word. The […]

Attorney General Eric Holder is planning to use his broad executive powers to free tens of thousands of criminals from federal prisons and to encourage states to do likewise. Under the guise of releasing “nonviolent” and “low-level” criminals, the attorney general is going to let drug dealers back out on the street, having completed their […]

“We maintain the peace through our strength; weakness only invites aggression.” — Ronald Reagan, March 23, 1983 President Reagan’s speech to the nation 30 ago launched a major arms buildup to confront the expanding military power and political aspirations of the Soviet Union. It followed the disastrous presidency of Jimmy Carter, whose nonperformance during the […]

The American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ), whose Chief Counsel is: Jay Sekulow: in one week has attracted more than 57,000 signatures to an urgent petition opposing the arming of jihadists. As Al-Qaeda once again grows in strength around the Middle East, the Obama Administration is doing the unthinkable: arming jihadists in Syria. American weapons and […]