Excerpt Of The Day: How We Lost Vietnam & The Consequences That Followed

“By 1973, the goal of fashioning a South Korean-like, non-communist entity in Indochina was supposedly obtained and the war over. The Paris peace agreements recognized two autonomous Vietnamese states. Almost all American prisoners were returned. The last few American ground troops came home. If the communist North, and its Soviet and Chinese patrons, saw 1973 […]

 


Blegging For My Advertisers

You like to be surprised, right? Then click here. Yeah, go ahead, just click right here. Do it, it’ll be fun, you’ll love it. Wait a second, you aren’t chicken, are you? You’re not going: “No mister, I’m scared to click on the blind link! I’m a little scaredy cat!” That’s not you, right? Then […]

 

Quick Hits For June 30, 2005

— There has been a lot of hang wringing and even “draft talk” on the left inspired by the army’s low recruitment numbers this year. However, not only did the Amry exceed their recruiting numbers in June, they’re only 14% behind for the year. Granted, we’ve had to up recruitment incentives and add more recruiters […]

 

The Democratic Underground Post Of The Day: 9/11 Polling

Someone with the handle of “sabra” polled the fine folks at the forums of the Democratic Underground on a rather provocative question and produced some rather intriguing results. First, here’s Sabra’s question: “Poll question: 9/11: LIHOP, MIHOP, or Other? LIHOP: let it happen on purpose. MIHOP: made it happend on purpose.” Just in case you’re […]

 



How 9/11 Relates To Iraq By Lorie Byrd

Last night I heard several people on television spout something similar to this line, “We were told that Saddam had something to do with 9/11, but that was a lie. ” Excuse me while I take a few minutes to scream at the stupidity. Okay, now I am going to very slowly explain something that […]

 

RWN’s Mark Steyn Interview #2

Once again, I was fortunate enough to have an opportunity to interview the man I consider to be the best columnist in the business, Mark Steyn. This interview was conducted via email and we covered a number of topics including Steyn’s syndication in the US, Israel, the future of Europe and Nato, Christianity in Europe, […]

 







My First WorldNetDaily Link

WorldNetDaily did a really nice spread on my Ed Klein interview. Unfortunately — and inexplicably — WND just posted the address and do not give the readers an actual hyperlink to click on. That’s too bad because it means that instead of getting several thousand WND readers checking out RWN, I didn’t end up getting […]

 

Barone: The Real Reason For the Left’s Anger at Rove’s Remarks

He’s right, and kudos to Betsy for the quote. Why are liberals incensed by Rove’s remarks? Because it forces them to confront an issue they’d been hoping to avoid– the split between America-hating leftists and America-tolerating liberals. They’ve got to keep this alliance intact for political reasons… but ideologically, it’s a muddle: In the liberal […]

 


Quote Of The Day: Scalia On The Dictatorship Of A Shifting Supreme Court Majority

“What distinguishes the rule of law from the dictatorship of a shifting Supreme Court majority is the absolutely indispensable requirement that judicial opinions be grounded in consistently applied principle. That is what prevents judges from ruling now this way, now that thumbs up or thumbs down as their personal preferences dictate. Today’s opinion forthrightly (or […]

 



The Discovery Channel’s 10 Greatest Americans

The Discovery Channel finished polling the American people on who they thought the Greatest Americans of all-time were. The first 5 were pretty good selections, but 6-10 on the list were so abysmal it makes me worry about the future of the Republic…OK, it’s not quite that bad, but it’s bad. Here are the public’s […]

 


Conservative Grapevine Promo

If you’re not reading my other blog — Conservative Grapevine — then you should be. It covers some of the best posts from around the blogosphere and it’s a great supplement to RWN’s daily news. Here are some of the headlines today on CG: — Melbourne Age editor Andrew Jaspan criticizes Douglas Wood, for being […]

 

Q&A Friday 18: The Flag Burning Amendment

Question: What are your views on the Flag Burning Amendment that was passed again today by the house? Do you think it will pass the senate? And if it passes the senate do you think it will be ratified by the states? — nolan1286 I strongly support the flag burning Amendment, but think it should […]

 

Q&A Friday: Will The Libertarians Or Other Third Parties Ever Make A Big Political Splash?

Question: Given the continued(and largely self inflicted) marginalization of the Democratic Party, mixed with increasing disenfranchisement of both libertarian and socially conservative Republicans, do you think it is likely we will see one or more influential new political parties emerge soon? What pros and cons do you see in this scenario vs. our traditional two […]

 



Q&A Friday #18: Should Hacking Be A Crime?

Question: “Should all ‘hacking’ be a crime? Or do you think that some hackers actually do some good.” — Chairman_Mao Answer: Way back in the day when I ran Brass Knuckles Webzine, I read a couple of books about hackers, read some of the online hacking websites semi-regularly, interviewed a couple of hackers, and even […]

 

Q&A Friday #18: Creationism Vs. Evolution

Question: “Where do you think the Republican Party should stand on teaching evolution/ID in public schools? Should we let the scientific community decide – or should non-scientists have a say in scientific matters even if they are at odds with the scientific community itself? What’s your opinion of evolution? Where do you think most of […]