By Andrew P. Napolitano
The president's men trash the Constitution to pursue antagonists
As a city marked by both "power and forgetfulness," the nation's capital is an important place to discuss and honor the U.S. Constitution, according to Hillsdale College President Larry P. Arnn, marking the college's third annual Constitution Day Celebration on Thursday.
With 21 campaign events scheduled this week, persistent Republican hopeful Newt Gingrich does not appear willing to appease those who want him out of the presidential race.
Norman Podhoretz, neocon par excellence and three years shy of his 80th birthday, has lost nothing of his fire and passion. If he has nothing but contempt for Europeans — "no readier to lift a finger to prevent a second Holocaust than they were the first time around" — he is filled with nothing but hope and praise for George W. Bush.
The Hamas victory in Gaza is a warning that World War IV (as Norman Podhoretz has called it) is going to be long and hard. It is also a warning that the West is currently losing that war.
World peace is now at risk because of "new crazies who say, 'Let's go and bomb Iran.' " So spoke Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency. He didn't mention names. But the latest "bombs away" clarion call came from no less a neoconservative giant than Norman Podhoretz, the original godfather of the movement that played a critical role in bringing down the Soviet empire.
Mr. Podhoretz wrote: " Afghanistan and Iraq cannot be understood if they are regarded as self-contained wars in their own right.
A striking example of this surrender to Islamist extremism, he says, was the recent Iranian capture of 15 British sailors and marines.
