As the U.S. media have focused on the Syrian civil war and Iran’s elections, news organizations have failed to concentrate on what I consider a key player in the equation: Hezbollah, the Shiite militia. Published June 19, 2013 Comments
By Suzanne Fields - The Washington Times
Barack Obama was in Berlin this week, and he was a different Barack Obama than the one who visited the German capital as a candidate in 2008. He was in a different Berlin, too. Published June 20, 2013 Comments
By Andrew P. Napolitano
When former spy Edward Snowden revealed to the world that the federal government is spying on most Americans, most Americans were surprised and unhappy. Published June 20, 2013 Comments
By James Bovard
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) treats American travelers like cattle being chuted to a civil liberties slaughterhouse. Published June 20, 2013 Comments
By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. - The Washington Times
Who is Gary Muthert? He is the Internal Revenue Service officer in Cincinnati who gathered applications in 2010 - presumably from the Tea Party and other conservative organizations seeking tax-exempt status. Published June 20, 2013 Comments
By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro
There seems to be some confusion in the media about the political leanings of so-called conservative evangelicals supporting immigration reform. Published June 20, 2013 Comments
By Wes Vernon - Special to The Washington Times
This is not merely "another Gershwin book" about the music that has survived almost a full century. Many edifying accounts of the towering 20th-century iconic Gershwin brothers have been published in the 76 years since George (the composer) died at age 37. Published June 20, 2013 Comments
By Michael Taube
Last year, President Obama was eagerly moving forward with his personal war against guns. He was ready to ignore the Second Amendment and hoped to change the way Americans viewed gun ownership as a fundamental right. Published June 19, 2013 Comments
By Daniel Pipes
Rebellion has shaken Turkey since May 31. Is it comparable to the Arab upheavals that overthrew four rulers since 2011, to Iran's Green Movement of 2009 that led to an apparent reformer being elected president last week, or perhaps to Occupy Wall Street, which had negligible consequences? Published June 19, 2013 Comments
By Wayne Allard
Thanks to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, there's a new threat facing motorcyclists nationwide, and possibly all Americans. Published June 19, 2013 Comments
By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times
It is a well-known axiom of presidential politics that when things aren't going well at home, chief executives go abroad. Published June 19, 2013 Comments
By James A. Lyons
Underlying the chaotic situation throughout the Middle East is the Obama administration's dysfunctional political strategy of switching sides in the Arab Spring revolutionary wars. Published June 19, 2013 Comments
By Frank T. Csongos - Special to The Washington Times
Diana West's book, "American Betrayal," is bound to generate spirited debate with her assertion that the United States has been lurching toward socialism since the days of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Published June 19, 2013 Comments
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