It has been said that Conservatism fundamentally comes down to standing athwart history yelling stop. Facing off against the forces of Progressives intent on "improving" or "fixing" a status …

The New York Times sent Deborah Solomon to interview former Bush administration legal aide John Yoo. Solomon was on a rather search and destroy mission. Unfortunately for her, the …

Damn... this is a little like Mother Mary being estranged from the baby Jesus... kinda sorta:I was walking through a deserted downtown on Christmas Eve with a friend, past …

At Politico, Dick Cheney reacts to Obama's actions after the failed Christmas terror attack. Hat tip to Powerline where the most relevant section is highlighted. As I've watched the …

Today's Boston Globe has an editorial that stretches the definition of "realpolitik" past any sense of credibility -- but they somehow manage to keep a straight face. Recently, news …

I consider an ideology that promotes political correctness over national security to be the systemic failure but I digress:President Barack Obama on Tuesday blamed "human and systemic failures" for …

There's a bit of a dustup among the more excitable members of the left end of the blogosphere (including the exceptionally prissy Charles Johnson) about CPAC's choosing to accept …

The Prowler at the American Spectator has quotes from an anonymous State Department employee that sheds a little light on how Abulmutallab fell through the cracks: When Umar Farouk …

Via a link from InstaPundit, here is an eye-opening article from the current issue of Wired: "Accept Defeat - The Neuroscience of Screwing Up": Kevin Dunbar is a researcher …

After Pants On Fire Guy tried to go all Grinch on Detroit's Christmas last week, President Obama's Secretary of Homeland Security was quick to comment that the "system" had …